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Market Harborough Town Walk Guide
Paperback
Melton Mowbray Town and City Memories
Paperback
Uppingham Photographic Memories
Hardback
- 9 photos on Sileby appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Sileby
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Barn Croft.
The house in the middle is where I lived from 1972. The address is 62 Main Street and the house was called Barn Croft. The house on the right was a farm and the house that the middle house was built on was part of the farmyard. When the farm closed, one of the daughters had this built c1930. She lived there until she died c1970. Her name was Olive Clarke and was one of three girls I believe. The house had a barn at the bottom of the garden, converted in 1990 after my father sold the property in 1985. I have some belongings of Olive's like an autograph book and a booklet ...read more here
A memory of Cossington contributed by The Frith Memory Archivist
Growing up in Rothley
Rothley is and always will be my home no matter where in the world i live, It is 36 Years since i resided on Woodgate my father is George Hunt, he owned the Barbers shop at no 19 untill his retirement almost 25 years ago.
When i lived on Woodgate we had Betty Smith the chemist on one side of us and Dick Elkington and his wife on the other running the sweet shop, which later i believe became the Candy Store. and next to that was George Hutchins the Newsagent.
I especially used to love the time leading up to Christmas, when all the shop windows on Woodgate were decorated with Fairy lights and false snow, coming home from ...read more here
A memory of Rothley contributed by Sandie Lee
Working on the boats.
The wooden boats in the picture belong to the riverside restaurant, out of shot to the right. As a teenager, in 1974, it was my job on a Sunday afternoon to hire these out. We did have a few people fall out of the boats, but no one complained. A warm brew and some towels was all it took to make things right.
A memory of Barrow Upon Soar contributed by Paul Howard
the cottage on The Green
The cottage on the left of this photo was where my great grandfather and his ten children lived at the turn of the 20th century. He was a butcher. There was a slaughterhouse at the back of the property. They lived there from about 1895 to 1908.
A memory of Syston contributed by Marianne Head
Extracts From Sileby & Leicestershire books
Regimented pollard trees do little to provide a backdrop screen which will mask out the
endless row of unattractive house backs, against which the memorial tends to be lost.
The immediate area is, of course, ideal for open air services, but the ‘no cycling’ sign has
nothing to add to the scene.
An extract from from"Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories".
The Free Trade Inn has served many generations in this industrial village. In the heart of the Soar Valley, Sileby is still home to workshops for various trades, hosiery and light engineering being the most important.
An extract from from"Leicestershire & Rutland Living Memories".
Here we see a fairly busy scene in the centre of this large and expanding village. Late Victorian shops exemplify the continuity of trading here; they shoulder up to earlier businesses, one of which has some timber framing (centre).
An extract from from"Leicestershire & Rutland Living Memories".
The Greedon Estate is
situated on the north
west side of the
Seagrave Road. This is
a particularly
uninspiring view, but
again it is a view so
typical of peripheral
village estates.
Concrete post and
wire fences and rough
grass verges do little
to help the scene, but
G and E Jackson &
Son Ltd’s shop front,
so typical of the
1950s, just adds the
dire finishing touch
to the scene.
An extract from from"Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories".
Following the armistice in
1918, war memorials were
erected by many parishes
throughout the British Isles,
either close to the church, or
in a public place, as a
symbol of a shared grief,
where people could come
together to remember their
relatives and friends.
Gardens such as this should
also be able to offer a private
area where it is possible to
reflect quietly, away from
public gaze, but this is often
a rare luxury. At Sileby in
1960 the approach to the
garden is somewhat grim,
with only a few shrubs and
an isolated tree.
An extract from from"Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories".