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Loughborough, High Street c.1955
Photo ref:
L197008X
More about this scene
Whilst the open fields still surrounded Loughborough the town could not expand; later they were enclosed by law and the pattern of small fields emerged. The great hunting parks remained, although partly used for farming. Woolcombing and framework knitting became the principal industries in Loughborough. Hundreds were employed in Paget's 'manufactory' but most people worked at home or in small frame shops. Yet the town was still under the control of the one - Hastings - family. The Hastings family owned the majority of the land and hundreds of properties in Loughborough. The Boot, the Royal George, the Rose and Crown, the Unicorn, the Bull's Head, the Griffin and the Black Horse were all a part of the Hastings' extensive grip on the town. But the family needed cash to invest in the new coalfields.
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