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Groby, The Village c.1960
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A lovely composition of local stone cottages in the lee of the tree-shrouded parish church. They rely on simple but excellent details, such as the timber-bracketed door hood and an unusual cantilevered canted bay window prominent to the right - no incongruous plastic windows and doors in 1960. The modern expansion of Groby as a Leicester suburb is to be glimpsed as the main road swings to the right towards Coalville. In front of the church is a three-storey tower which forms a part of the basically 15th-century Old Hall.

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A Selection of Memories from Groby

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Phil & John''s Amazing Journey Part 3 Scouts Field Head And Further Afield
Heading out of the village, our next port of call is the Scout Hut.  Was it still there?  Well the old gravel path that we used to walk or cycle up was blocked by new buildings.  So back to the main road and a scramble up the grassy bank, through the small wooded area, and there it was.  As luck would have it, due to a children’s party, the hut was open, and we ...see more
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Phil & John's Amazing Journey Part 2 Football, Pubs, Old Friends
Stopping briefly outside the Working Men’s Club, the meeting place on Saturday lunchtimes for us Groby footballers before away games, we pass the chippy, the old blacksmiths where the old Smithy had let us watch him shoeing the horses on our way home from school, and Chaplin’s the family butcher. We had considered going down to the field on the road to Groby Pool, where ...see more
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Phil & John's Amazing Journey Part 1 Infant School Memories
How many of us as fresh faced five year olds, on our very first day at school, look around the classroom and think ‘will any of these children be classed as ‘true’ friends fifty years from today’? Well none of us of course, we are far too young and nervous to be thinking of anything other than ‘when can I go home?’, but about a year ago my great buddy, John Hughes, pointed ...see more
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