Twycross, The Village c.1955
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Photo of Twycross, The Village c.1955

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The camera has been set up on a triangle of land at the junction of the A444 Burton Road with the road to Sheepy Magna, which drifts out of shot to the left. The houses of the late 18th and early 19th centuries are almost picturesque behind hedges and walls, with a restrained petrol sign being all that is needed to alert drivers to the garage's presence - petrol companies are now in the van of unbelievable garishness and visual offensiveness. Out of sight is the Curzon Arms Hotel.

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I remember moving to Twycross with Mum and Dad (Leslie and Louie Jones) and it was in the middle of the war.  Dad had to go into the RAF and I remember going to Atherstone Station to meet him one day when he came home on leave. He was in the RAF for about two years he then returned and went to work back at Measham Colliery. My Grandma Frances Jones lived opposite with my Grandad James Jones and ...see more
My parents moved to Twycross from London in the early 1960s. We lived on Sheepy Road next door to Mr Charlie Brooks and Louie Jones. On the opposite side were Stan and Ilma Jones and Len Gibbs and his daughter Joan. I remember there being a family whose surname was Talbot in the big house opposite us, but they moved away and a family called Turner moved in. We went to school in Congerstone, followed by ...see more