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Wigston, Leicester Road c.1965
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More about this scene

Before traffic calming started, the central shopping area of this large suburb had already seen some changes: note the 1960s building encroaching and replacing the Victorian terraces - some of them have been boarded up.

Memories of Wigston, Leicester Road c1965

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 Wigston, Leicester Road c.1965

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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, to two little ponds to fish for tadpoles and further along to Rally Bridge, which was a footbridge across ...see more