Ibstock, Crown Inn c.1965
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The road rises up from the south, past the parish church, to enter Ibstock, gateway to industrial north-west Leicestershire. The Crown Inn, a turn of the 20th century brick and tile pub, shows a friendly face to the traveller, offering Double Diamond; along with Watney's Red Barrel, it must be among the most over-advertised and over-rated beers ever.

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A Selection of Memories from Ibstock

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Ibstock

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It may look drab on this photo but: I grew up here in the 1960's and this photo brings back many fond memories. The bus stop is where I used to wait for the Brown's Blue to Ashby Grammar just outside of Reenes ? clothes shop. The car opposite is a two-tone cream and blue Riley ? which was thought of at the time as rather posh. It was owned by the father of Russ Hickling ? who I was told was a draughtsman ? and ...see more
I was born at number 15 Sunnyside Estate Ibstock in one of the prefabs 1956 along with my mum and dad and sister. It’s long gone now but think there are bungalows where the prefabs used to be.
I got married in this church in March 1975
I can remember working at the bake house after school clearing and washing up, and on the occasional Saturday morning, I especially remember putting the jam into the donuts and rolling them in caster sugar Happy Days.