Knighton

A Memory of Oadby.

Grew up in Newmarket Street, Knighton. Like most kids at that time we never had new clothes & had little food. I went to Avenue Road School when I was four years old, this was in 1939 just before the war. Craddock Arms Pub was at the end of the street, trips made regularly by my father. Dad sent me a postcard many years later of Old Knighton Schools nearby. Does a picture of this exist today. We were lucky not to get too much bombing, we had a brick shelter at the end of our garden, which later my brother decided to take some bricks out to make a window. It's a wonder it didn't fall down (thank you Dave). I went to Sir Jonathon North school which I found was not my cup of tea, but I had no choice. I left in 1950. Alma Fristo nee Oldfield.