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Wigston, Leicestershire
Wigston maps
Historic maps of Wigston and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Wigston maps
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Illustrated Victorian map of Leicestershire
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Wigston books
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Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories
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Leicestershire Photographic Memories
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Leicestershire & Rutland Living Memories
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5 Wigston photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Wigston
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I remember going to Bell Street around 1967/8 to see Michael Aspel open "Key Markets" which was a supermarket of sorts, and would be on the left-hand-side of this picture (I think either next door to the Co-op, or may have occupied the same space for a while until it closed down.
Also Foryan's (not sure of the spelling) bicycle and... [more]
Shared on 01 August 2008
The corner shop was Tyler's, a sweet and grocers shop. They sold 1d iced lollies made from a juice drink similar to Ribena. You were allowed out to play all day except Sundays, and we would very often go around in a little gang. We especially enjoyed going over the fields (the hills and hollows) behind Church Nook,... [more]
Shared on 06 February 2008
Leicestershire memories
I remember this school so well, my first born went to this school in 1983 and so did my daughter, it's a shame they pulled part of it down. I remember walking the children over to what is now the infant school to use their swimming pool, later when they pulled some of the old school down the children were moved... [more]
Shared on 23 May 2008
South Wigston, Gloucester Crescent
I moved to South Wigston in 1978 as a newly wed, I lived on Marstown Avenue which then was a two way road, and very busy, and I remember using these shops all the time. I used to do my shopping in what is now called Jacksons and is a Sainsburys shop. I notice looking at the picture of the 1960s... [more]
Shared on 23 May 2008
This view is not much different from the forties. This photo has been taken from outside Rawlinsons butchers shop to the right and St Thomas's church to the left ( both out of shot). The first shop to the right is Eric Holmes Cycle shop. Eric Holmes Jnr was a school friend of mine and we both attended Basset Street Juniors(just... [more]
Shared on 18 September 2007
When I was about 6-7 years old we lived in Lansdowne Grove ( 1 mile approx) and Crow Mills was a favorite place to come and fish for minnows and frog spawn. The summers seemed endless and jam jars were a precious item to us as they were needed to bring home the results of the days exploits. I think the... [more]
Shared on 18 September 2007
1963: We were so desperate for somewhere to live when we got married that we almost signed up for one of the upstairs flats above the shops. The flats were brand new and looked very attractive back then. The the reality set in that we couldn't afford it and we ended up renting a flat off the Narborough Road in the... [more]
Shared on 18 September 2007
Starting School and Pastimes post war
I remember starting infants school at Bassett Street School. Here there were 3 separate schools, one for infants, one for junior girls and one for junior boys all up to the age of 11 years. We had to drink milk from small bottles. In the winter the milk would freeze and push the bottle top off and in summer it would... [more]
Shared on 13 September 2007
Extracts From Wigston & Leicestershire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Wigston, inspired by Frith photos.
Leicester Photographic Memories
The design of the building on the extreme left of the photograph is 'restrained Co-op' of the 1930s, not pictur- esque but solid and honest. Beyond are the utilitarian shops of the 1960s, quite new when the picture was taken. Today much has gone, including the odd eaves-slatted canopy to the recessed shops, which has been sawn off. The Co-op has been rebuilt in... [more]
This is an extract from Leicester Photographic Memories.
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Leicester Photographic Memories
The pleasant later 19th-century houses look across at the cleared site upon which the Fire Station and the garage (once Regent, now Texaco) were built around the late 1950s. The fire station is typical of its kind with its curving roof, jettied first floor and flat-roofed flanking engine park. Behind the camera on rising ground is St Wolstans Church, vainly trying to ignore its... [more]
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Leicester Photographic Memories
Looking towards Bull Head Street, a mixture of building periods come together to provide a pleasant moment in Wigston. The Queen's Head Pub of the late 19th century is next door to the mid-20th-century house, with to the left and right two-storey shops. From this perspective the scene has changed little, but look behind the camera and there is all the poor quality 1960s... [more]
This is an extract from Leicester Photographic Memories.
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