South Wigston, Gloucester Crescent c.1960
Photo ref:
S548015
Photo ref:
S548015
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The mid 20th century saw the housing boom: around the towns and cities, large and small estates were built on agricultural land. Here, the very spacious and pleasantly laid-out corner of just such an estate indicates the post-war planning and housing ideals. Note the bubble car for inner-city shopping.
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A Selection of Memories from South Wigston
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 South Wigston
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The little shop was owned by my father Ernie Garnett. He worked long hours with just half day closing for a few hours on a Wednesday and then back for the Leicester Mercury to be delivered.
my brother and I have just looked at the photographs of South wigston. Jack hill was our father who owned the shop until he passed and then mum and our brother John carried it on until sadly our brother passed approx 20 yrs ago. A fantastic shop and a lot of memories for an awful lot of people. Customers became friends and dad was very well respected in the community. Kevin and Karen hill
On a Saturday morning my sister and I would go and do some shopping for granny. In particular I remember going to get half and ounce of snuff from a little shop near the cinema. Who remembers the Ritz picture house on this road? Our aunty took us to see The Al Jolson Story, it was the first time we had ever been to the cinema. I was born in Jordon Ave, South Wigston. When the fair came to town it ...see more
This reminds me of John Rawlinson, Timothy Greenhow, Paul Manning and Anthony....? all good friends I left behind me when my family moved away from Leicester to Lyme Regis, Dorset in 1964. These pictures match my memories of South Wigston and surrounding area when it seems to have been a curious mix of vigorous industrial activity (my mates all seemed to want to go straight to ...see more
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