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Historic maps of Shepshed and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Shepshed maps
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Memories of Shepshed
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Shepshed Super Store
The first shop on the right hand side on the photo was 'Shepshed Super Store' during the 1970s. I owned the shop from 1978-80, selling discount toys, household items and fancy goods.
HEY UP ME DUCK
1953 were a special year for me and Great Britain - we climbed Everest, the Coronation, the parties. We had just moved into a new council estate, they were all prefrabricated houses after the war and supposed to only last a few years to help the housing shortage, but they are still standing. The estate had a green in the centre of it, we played football from dawn to dusk and met all my new mates.
Leicestershire memories
Nanpantan School
During the war years I lived at 280 Forest Road and each day had to catch an Allen's single decker bus for the journey up to the school, the driver of which would swerve his vehicle from side to side to amuse his infant passengers.
The school housed two classes separated by a large wooden screen. Miss Cotton was the reception class teacher and Miss Barron the head mistress. Girls and boys were separated at play times and used the appropriate doors and playgrounds. During the winters a good fire blazed in each of the two large fireplaces. School dinners arrived in insulated metal containers. On the grass verge outside was a large brick & concrete air raid shelter sufficient to house our numbers but we never had to use it. Amongst the forty or so of us were a handful of evacuees, two of whom lived in a very large house off The Holt.
Miss Barron's conducted individual passing out tests, including the times tables up... Read more
Long Whatton Primary School
My name is Sandra Faure nee Cartlidge.
I have wonderful memories of my childhood in Long Whatton, especially those when I was at the Primary School.
Anyone remember Mrs Sharpe and Mrs Varnam?
Mrs Sharpe was a lovely person and I feel that we all got a good start in life having her as our teacher. She taught us so many things apart from the normal lessons. I remember how happy she was when I became the first ever Queens Guide in Long Whatton. She even gave me five pounds, which in those days, was a LOT of money!
I remember how we used to be able to play in the fields which were opposite my house (9, The Green). They were really happy days for me and my two brothers and all our friends.
Scarlett Fever
My dad Raymond Washington went to this school, he said he had some happy memories but remembers the school being closed due to scarlet fever, he was the first to get it then they closed the school, he was sent to Hinckley Hospital.
Newtons
My grandparents Frank and Hilda Newton lived at 20 Wards End, Loughborough. The house was several hundred years old and used to be a public house but I cannot remember the name. I have a written history of the house, it was pulled down to make way for Storer House. My grandfather and his father had a sign above the front door as they were chimney sweeps. Both my grandfather and great-grandfather were vergers at Emmanuel Church.
Market Place, Boots The Chemist
Well this is of the corner of the Market Place and the High Street to the right or the A6. They moved Boots further down to the left, now a few buildings down.
