Leek, Market Place 1959
Photo ref: L379003
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The stall holders and the ice cream man must be wondering where the customers are. They must either all be at work, or down at Rudyard Lake for the day. By the mid-1950s, Leek had become a major centre for the knitwear industry: three-quarters of all the scarves worn in the UK were said to have been manufactured in the town.

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A Selection of Memories from Leek

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. Here are some from Leek

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I arrived in Leek, or more precisely Leek Brook, aged 4 in 1931. Later went to Miss Rainer's school. Father was sales manager at Joshua Wardle (later director). Many happy memories of Leek and its surroundings until I left for the army in 1945, never to live there again. Nevertheless have visited many times, largely because of the railway at Leekbrook which was very close to our house. Memories include the ...see more
At the beginning of the war I was evacuated to Leek. I was only there until the Christmas but I remember going to school in a building called the Nicholson Institute and I stayed with some lovely people called Wagstaffe near Balls End Park. They had a shop where they sold and repaired watches. I remember that we used to go for walks on Sunday afternoons to Rudyard Lake. Audrey Frost
I was born in Leek and went to St lukes school and then onto Milner girls in Springfield road. Did anyone else out there go to either of these schools.