Leicester, The Lake, Abbey Park c.1955

Photo ref: L144059

Photo ref: L144059

Photo of Leicester, The Lake, Abbey Park c.1955

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What is there more pleasurable than to take a rowing boat out onto a picturesque, well-treed lake, to escape for an afternoon of peace and relaxation away from Leicester's factories and mills? Although the park has been municipalised, it is an essential green lung which must never be forfeited to any so-called development pressures under any circumstances.

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Memories of Leicester, the Lake, Abbey Park c1955

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Woodgate, Frog Island

During the war my grandparents moved from Great Yarmouth to Leicester, my grandmother worked at Freres biscuit factory in Woodgate, my father went to Slater Street School and they lived in Henry Street. It was a cul-de-sac leading on to Central Street Railway Station. Can anybody tell me just out of interest if any of these places are still there today? I also remember my grandfather telling there was a pub called the Ship. It led into Warrington Street.

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Added 21 September 2010