South Wigston, Gloucester Crescent c.1960
Photo ref:
S548014
Photo ref:
S548014
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A rather flowery title for a small shopping development of the late 1950s on the Fairfield Estate, away to the east of the town's main shopping street. As a range of handy local shops the group continues in business, although the end unit, which was empty around 1960, continues to be empty some forty years later.
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Memories of South Wigston, Gloucester Crescent c1960
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. These memories are of South Wigston, Gloucester Crescent c.1960
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We lived on Arnold Ave, Wigston previous to 1947. My great great grandfather’s name was Heathcote, he lived on Lansdown Rd. He was quite old then. I am looking for info on the Heathcotes'.
I work in this area nowadays, the SLCS is still going strong but is now a small branch of SAINSBURYS. The flats and shops look in pretty good nick for their age, though round the back they look a little seedy! The flat with the space underneath it now has a fish and chip in the space!
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 that not a lot has changed but the end shop on the left of the picture is now a fish and chip shop, ...see more
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 Westcotes area. SLCS must be 'The South Leicester Co-op Society'
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