tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82605426168821318502024-03-19T09:28:20.939+00:00Lynne About LoughboroughBlogging about Loughborough: local history, past and current events, places to visit! Basically, anything that's interesting to me and I think might be of interest to you! Articles are usually posted at 8pm on Sundays.stjeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02358079860710812787noreply@blogger.comBlogger528125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-80802223674666461922024-03-17T17:26:00.002+00:002024-03-19T09:19:48.208+00:00The Day The Clock Stopped<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you walk
into Loughborough town centre today, and you look up to the town hall clock,
you will be confused: is it really 10 minutes past 5 o’clock? Well, no, and
here’s the reason why …</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmgOGG9aJjtEFjpyClnVaDgPhSnqARbiVJMhxvefCGFEoWAFRGHd_JkQnn3Oo0al97VVFceVr_L_iUlG_MOeuakUjDFWYg5uobLUx1pAuyVBBFnuoSjIVxDbNbiYJVvys7sCK5S63OwPOnKhDKjCyajH67m_6Pc-nsx7G0fgZXFn2YJDWloVDk4CPIkp8/s3488/DSCF0078.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3488" data-original-width="2616" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmgOGG9aJjtEFjpyClnVaDgPhSnqARbiVJMhxvefCGFEoWAFRGHd_JkQnn3Oo0al97VVFceVr_L_iUlG_MOeuakUjDFWYg5uobLUx1pAuyVBBFnuoSjIVxDbNbiYJVvys7sCK5S63OwPOnKhDKjCyajH67m_6Pc-nsx7G0fgZXFn2YJDWloVDk4CPIkp8/w480-h640/DSCF0078.JPG" width="480" /></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">On Wednesday
15th March 2023, at around 3-3.30pm, the <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2023/03/fire-at-loughboroughs-hsbc-branch.html" target="_blank"><b>HSBC branch in Loughborough Market Place</b></a>, caught fire, and
a substantial portion of the building collapsed. The fire spread to the Town
Hall which is next door to the bank, and damage was done to certain areas. I’m
assuming that this was when the Town Hall clock stopped - a couple of hours after the fire started. But, of course, this
wasn’t the first time the beautiful timepiece had stopped …</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Although the Town
Hall had been built as the Corn Exchange in 1855, it was later extended, and
became the Town Hall. The clock was commissioned in 1879 following a bequest from
Basil Edward Farnham of Quorn, for which he left £200, the clock being for the
use of the inhabitants, farmers and others, in recognition of the kindness
shown to him for the many years he represented them as member of parliament for
the northern division of the county of Leicester.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The clock was
to be illuminated, but there was much discussion about the ownership of the
clock, and who would pay to light it up! The clock was owned by the Town Hall
Company, but it was the Loughborough Local Board who had been requested to pay
for the gas to light up the clock.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The clock was
made by <a href="https://copejewellers.co.uk/about-us" target="_blank">George and Francis Cope</a> who started a clockmaking business near Canning
Circus in Nottingham in 1845. They – and the later generations of the family - made
many types of clocks, some of which can still be seen today, like the tower
clocks, a courtoom clock for the Galleries of justice, a large grandfather
clock which is possibly still in Yate’s Wine Lodge in Nottingham, a
wall-mounted clock in an auctioneers in Radford, the clock on the Nottingham University’s
Trent Building, one on West Bridgford Grammar School building, as well as the
one on the impressive council buildings in the centre of Nottingham, which was
constructed in 1928. Incidentally, the bells for the latter were cast at none
other than Taylors, Loughborough’s own bellfoundry. Nowadays, the firm of clockmakers
is trading as a jewellers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, in the
week leading up to 28th February 1880, Loughborough’s Town Hall clock was
installed and set to work. The clock is described thus, in the ‘<i>Hinckley
News</i>’ of 28th February 1880:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;">“The main wheel
is 14 inches in diameter, and all the others correspond. It is fitted with Sir
E. Beckett’s new double three-legged gravity escapement, and has a compensated
pendulum and maintaining power to keep it going while it is being wound up. The
pendulum weighs over a hundredweight, and the distinctive features of the escapement
is that the pendulum does part of the work itself, and is not embraced as other
escapements are by a crutch or a fork, but hangs independently, and the power
to propel it is obtained by the falling to the centre of the gravity arms. Each
arm after it has been discharged by the pendulum, falls with the pendulum to
the centre, and after it has lifted the other arm, the train then lifts it
ready to be discharged by the pendulum, which is a second and a quarter one.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;">The whole of
the wheels are made of the best brass. The striking part has a main wheel, 14 inches
in diameter, and the barrels for the cord to be wound on are made of iron. The
hammer weighs 28lbs, and is lifted six inches high from cams. Wire ropes and
iron pulleys are used and all the clock works are mounted in strong cast iron
frames, which are cast solid, and are so arranged that any wheel may be taken
out and dismantled without disturbing the rest. The dials are over 5ft 6in in
diameter, and are fitted at an angle, one side facing to the Market Place, and
the other to Ward’s End.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;">The outer
circle is filled in with white opal glass, and the centre is of half-inch plate
glass ground on one side. The hands are made of copper and gilt. Provision has
also been made for illuminating the clock with gas, and a mechanical arrangement
for lighting the same has been added.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The article
goes on to describe the bell:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;">“The bell,
which is hung in a small turret above the clock has been cast by our eminent
local firm of bell founders, Messrs. John Taylor and Co., and possess a very
clear and mellow tone, the note struck by it being C. It is 2ft 8in in diameter
and weighs 6cwt. 3aqrs. 3lbs. Besides the name of the founder, and the year in
which it was cast, the bell bears the following inscription: ‘This bell and
clock the gift of the late E. B. Farnham, of Quorndon House, M.P. for North
Leicestershire, 1837 to 1859.’ The bell has been struck several times during
the past few days, and its sound can be heard at a considerable distance.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interestingly,
in later years, Miss Ada Annie Stubbs, daughter of <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2023/04/so-who-was-frederic-stubbs.html" target="_blank"><b>Frederick Stubbs, jeweller and watch and clockmaker of Loughborough</b></a>, regularly winds the Town Hall clock,
and checks its accuracy every morning at 7am when she listens to the news
broadcast. In the summer of 1956, the clock was overhauled by a Nottingham Company
(I do not know if it was the same company as had made the clock originally), but on
26th January 1957, Miss Stubbs was worried that the clock had fallen silent, so she rushed to the Town Hall from her home on Leicester Road, to set if going again.
Apparently, the clock had stopped just before 11pm the night before, but Miss
Stubbs was only able to get it working again for about 30 minutes. The Nottingham
company was called out again to sort it out. Miss Stubbs died in 1968, and more
recently the clock’s mechanism was replaced so it no longer needs to be wound up
to work.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Since that
time, the clock has undergone further refurbishment, for example in 1980, and
again in 2012 it stopped working. This time, it was out of action for six years,
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/reel/1730975280267374" target="_blank">finally ringing out again in 2018</a>, which it had continued to do until that
fateful day last March. Here’s hoping it will once again be repaired and ring
out across the town centre. </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script";">With apologies for
typos which are all mine!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11pt;">Lynne</span></p>stjeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02358079860710812787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-20549022735967848402024-03-10T16:00:00.001+00:002024-03-10T22:39:33.681+00:00The Victoria Pub<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">A very long
time ago, 2013, to be precise, Bill Wells and I got together to talk about the
pubs of Loughborough, just after his book, ‘</span><i>Billy’s Book of Loughborough
Boozers</i><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">’ was published, a new edition of his earlier work. We were both
familiar with the work of Eric Swift, who wrote a book entitled ‘</span><i>Inns of
Leicestershire</i><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">’ which was published in Leicester in 1975, which covered
many of the pubs in Loughborough.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Swift’s opening
words in his chapter on Loughborough inns begins (I’ve split this long paragraph
into a couple of shorter ones to make it easier to read on a blog):</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Loughborough
owed much of its prosperity at the end of the 18th century to the canal which
gave access to the [River] Trent, and later through Leicester to The Grand Junction
and so to London. Several canal-side pubs are left. All can be reached from the
towing path, many have a post or hitching ring, to which the bargee can attach
his horse while having a drink inside.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">The Albion</span></i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">, on the towing path as you enter
Loughborough from the North, and named after a famous British battleship, is
typical. <i>The Boat</i>, not so old, is near the bridge on Meadow Lane, and <i>The
Victoria</i> on the bankside where Nottingham Road passes over the canal, is
long delicensed: but painted on the wall it says, ‘Family and Commercial Hotel’,
though I suspect the narrow boats brought a good many customers.”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you want to find out more about life on the canal, there is an exhibition on now down at the Local and Famiyl History Centre in the Loughborough public library.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anyway, <i>The
Boat</i> is still there, where Swift says it is, although the houses that were
attached to it on the left have been demolished. <i>The Albion</i> closed a few
years ago, around 2015, if I remember rightly, and has been converted.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Also, as
Swift says, <i>The Victoria</i> is still a standing building, but hasn’t been a
pub for many, many years. Bill and I discussed which of the buildings “on the
bankside where Nottingham Road passes over the canal” it might possibly have
been, and came to the conclusion it was the one that most recently has been a
car body repair shop. Although it doesn’t actually sit on the canalside, it
does have the appearance from the front of looking like a pub, but we could be
wrong!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anyway, what
is amazing is that this particular property on Nottingham Road has been in need
of a little tlc for quite some time, so imagine my surprise when a couple of
weeks ago I happened to pass by while a glazier was replacing the wooden window
frames with upvc. This has given the building a bit of a facelift, and a new
lease of life! Hopefully, Swift would approve!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi33E1O4Y-a1s_dAQopFNcMI3wGBZ4WXLsttjNY9DJpU5rhgiCTuuSPN1V85QIT0ixoj0jcrUQDdZu_Rx0MMWYvo0d7Fm2bqDV10juYT3YGZMNczzZ9UV6ThW8E4VU0znRQkjO0yNg0bKlbL8b0_-fafTcd9TDddgavxJHb50ysZ_DTfNHm4E9DXLbqgMz2/s1200/DSC08622.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi33E1O4Y-a1s_dAQopFNcMI3wGBZ4WXLsttjNY9DJpU5rhgiCTuuSPN1V85QIT0ixoj0jcrUQDdZu_Rx0MMWYvo0d7Fm2bqDV10juYT3YGZMNczzZ9UV6ThW8E4VU0znRQkjO0yNg0bKlbL8b0_-fafTcd9TDddgavxJHb50ysZ_DTfNHm4E9DXLbqgMz2/w640-h480/DSC08622.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Heading towards the railway station</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1h76zIdoikXAt8VzV4Dm4U-g7lNm-ChnUvLAhJEWBjATsiTYu1jvxUUnQTO-DlqlEGKlsc37NRjPR1NGnyyy4UxZCjMEIptzoRUtgapzdmm_KBmoGkiCmEOkhJbA1Zb38y1AUMs_ZXt6ioW-CUENiIUWGH2VpIS0Cu3fECFoOoOiMReCAAJn0Uw0CfooC/s351/Victoria%202008.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="319" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1h76zIdoikXAt8VzV4Dm4U-g7lNm-ChnUvLAhJEWBjATsiTYu1jvxUUnQTO-DlqlEGKlsc37NRjPR1NGnyyy4UxZCjMEIptzoRUtgapzdmm_KBmoGkiCmEOkhJbA1Zb38y1AUMs_ZXt6ioW-CUENiIUWGH2VpIS0Cu3fECFoOoOiMReCAAJn0Uw0CfooC/w582-h640/Victoria%202008.jpg" width="582" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Heading towards town</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX_SBfrMfTLqCDUd1JMgJxMbvz54OH7O6bvio0Uow_NhMKb1LXIggqJabB5CyiIkuxoNqUbqCL7UKTQZZMJGCagvaxeBQK1c6zjaTgkzXCK9LCLYWtcBJ7MDsXW23XbI8X9HYDiCqkxbIgzTQUGmNO2g1YRYUGozznByYL7hJzvin7oEKMjsSoEz27GQyl/s1200/DSC08090.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX_SBfrMfTLqCDUd1JMgJxMbvz54OH7O6bvio0Uow_NhMKb1LXIggqJabB5CyiIkuxoNqUbqCL7UKTQZZMJGCagvaxeBQK1c6zjaTgkzXCK9LCLYWtcBJ7MDsXW23XbI8X9HYDiCqkxbIgzTQUGmNO2g1YRYUGozznByYL7hJzvin7oEKMjsSoEz27GQyl/w640-h480/DSC08090.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The former Victoria? Pictured in July 2022</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC3M0FpXrcAS4KryVAxavl7BFS7lfuh_M0NR7AuqpieD0rkpvR8_gZhFb9GUwZjCCcO0UJJEWWeMsSkX53eSnAPn_EBXANbFwJuLCNODpBZ7CRle2VLuXyZbtmicHCUrM-BtrWzvvlUIEjICX-qaEW4s_Y69DsZfrY4teDQ83s5iHwEyR_rBF-KA1XBshN/s1200/DSC08623.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC3M0FpXrcAS4KryVAxavl7BFS7lfuh_M0NR7AuqpieD0rkpvR8_gZhFb9GUwZjCCcO0UJJEWWeMsSkX53eSnAPn_EBXANbFwJuLCNODpBZ7CRle2VLuXyZbtmicHCUrM-BtrWzvvlUIEjICX-qaEW4s_Y69DsZfrY4teDQ83s5iHwEyR_rBF-KA1XBshN/w640-h480/DSC08623.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Pictured in January 2024 </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal">____________________________________</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script";">Posted by
lynneaboutloughborough</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script";">With apologies for
typos which are all mine!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">_______________________________________________</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thank you for
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citation for this looks as follows:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dyer, Lynne
(2024). The Victoria Pub. Available from: <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-victoria-pub.html" target="_blank">https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-victoria-pub.html</a> [Accessed 10 March 2024]</span></p>
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1842, the Loughborough Druidesses group was created. The event was reported in
the ‘</span><i>Leicestershire Mercury’</i><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"> of 18th June 1842, and explains what the
purpose of the group was:</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;">“<i>United
Ancient Order of Druids</i>. A Society of Druidesses was formed on Monday
evening, at a private room at Mr Remington’s Mundy Arms <span style="font-size: x-small;">[2]</span>, Loughborough,
called the Victoria Lodge, under the superintendence of Lodge 116 of the above
ancient order, when nearly 90 members enrolled, ‘with every prospect (says a
correspondent) of becoming a very extensive and respectable lodge, whose study
will be to promote the happiness, and better the condition of their fellow
curates by strictly adhering to the principles of friendship and benevolence.
The [women] were very much enamoured with those new and modernised system of
social [interaction] and separated with full spirits in anticipation of ‘A
feast of reason and flow of soul’ over a good dish of tea in their lodge room,
to commemorate the opening of so laudable an institution.’”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8apikC91-6hhN8W6oFLa6-hamL8G1lengfY_mbz3NjHLkhfwhuXnN0P9ARQkTbMtvkfvQOjoWkIhhKQK9YhQnlq7GaaKB-t41jzU0U7S4RfvzfO2kThVMZi1WHRY2-dv_t9KO3T5yB65wzQPTEqFO25SP7mtdv5lgcMiPGMMtYigv_GtlQLxlJZq2eqYm/s4896/DSC05024.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8apikC91-6hhN8W6oFLa6-hamL8G1lengfY_mbz3NjHLkhfwhuXnN0P9ARQkTbMtvkfvQOjoWkIhhKQK9YhQnlq7GaaKB-t41jzU0U7S4RfvzfO2kThVMZi1WHRY2-dv_t9KO3T5yB65wzQPTEqFO25SP7mtdv5lgcMiPGMMtYigv_GtlQLxlJZq2eqYm/w640-h480/DSC05024.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Mundy Arms, now Fat Sam's, was demolished and rebuilt in 1935. Pictured here in 2021</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On 26th June
1843 the Royal Victoria Lodge of Druidesses, held their first anniversary meeting
at Remington’s Mundy Arms. The </span><i style="font-family: verdana;">‘Nottingham Review’</i><span style="font-family: verdana;">, of June 30th, 1843
had this to say:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;">“A goodly
number of the fair members partook of tea together, after which, they tripped
it on the light fantastic toe, and were highly entertained by the performances
of the Loughborough band. The joyous hilarity of the evening was prolonged to a
very late hour, and the company separated highly gratified. The lodge now
consists of about 120 members.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sadly, by 3rd
September 1843, Mary Brand, one of the members of the Druidesses, had died, and
members of the lodge processed to her funeral, as reported in the <i>‘Nottingham
Review’</i> of September 8th, 1843:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;">“… about
forty members of the ‘Royal Victoria Order of Druidesses’ Lodge, which has
recently been opened at Mrs Remington’s the Mundy Arms, Loughborough, attended
the funeral of a deceased member, Mary Brand. The procession had a very solemn
and imposing appearance, and was beheld by a large concourse of spectators.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On 24th June
1844, 150 members of the Royal Victoria Lodge of Druidesses had a tea meeting
at the house of host Remington’s Mundy Arms, where everything was of the best
quality.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Although
quoted as the fourth-anniversary meeting, the meeting which took place on 23rd June
1845, was actually the third-anniversary meeting. This is what the <i>‘Leicester
Journal and Midland Counties General Advertiser’</i> of 27th June 1845 reported:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;">“LOUGHBOROUGH
– On Monday evening last, the fourth anniversary [i.e. the third] meeting of
the Loyal [Royal] Victoria Lodge of Druidesses was held at the lodge house, the
Mundy Arms Inn, Loughborough, when, after the usual routine business was
concluded, upwards of 70 sat down to tea. The lodge now numbers 153 members,
and under the judicious management of the President, Mr E. Wilkinson,
(Vice-President, Mr J. Goode, and Secretary, Mr A. W. Clarke <span style="font-size: x-small;">[2]</span> the funds are rapidly increasing. The
members, to testify their respect for, and a due appreciation of, that
gentleman’s services, presented to him a handsome teapot, and massive but glass
cream jug, and a similar present to Mr Goode in due form. This, the most
interesting part of the ceremony of the evening, having been concluded, music
and dancing lent their charms till chanticleer proclaimed the dawn of the day.
The members, we understand, have voluntarily subscribed a sufficient sum, to
make a similar present to those made to the President and Vice-President, to
the Secretary.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The
anniversary meeting which took place on 23rd June 1846 was also held in the
Mundy Arms, although the establishment is now run by Mr Kennington. The <i>‘Leicester
Journal’</i> on June 26th, 1846, reported as follows:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;">“The members
took tea together in the afternoon, and in the evening the annual business was
transacted. The President, Vice-President, and Secretary, Messrs. Wilkinsons,
Goode, and A. M. Clarke <span style="font-size: x-small;">[3]</span>,
continue to conduct the affairs of the lodge, in the most economical and
creditable manner, and an increased number of members, and flourishing state of
the funds is the result. The present number of members is 166. After the
business was transacted, the younger members commenced dancing, and kept it up
until a late hour.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The lodge reached
its 12th anniversary on 13th June 1854, but they have moved away from the
Mundy Arms. Here’s the report from the <i>‘Leicester Journal’</i> of 16th June
1854:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;">“DRUIDESSES’
ANNIVERSARY The twelfth anniversary of the Royal Victoria Lodge of the Druidesses
was held in a room in Moira Street, Loughborough … An excellent tea was
provided on the occasion, to which upwards of ninety of the sisterhood sat
down. After tea the younger members repaired to the Black Boy public house <span style="font-size: x-small;">[4]</span> where they ‘tripped it on the light fantastic toe’ for several
hours. Before tea, several alterations were made in the rules, which it is
hoped will prove beneficial to the lodge, which numbers 125 members, and which
there is reason to believe has not been conducted so ably as it might have
been, as the funds in hand do not amount to £70.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3sdRlU6AnAaRFvVdv5jCNajP_ql3Tml7XPnRoa7qhBiFm-TREB_oHNJ9PhPW8fN_CHTV7oo8hyphenhyphenja7UgkMfbtiDkQlk8Jepo4EI8XGh2jhhMzteUOiwa5nX-LU1inqUfc7QDjaNpfFxoP-m3QQboZIMfXFmRkqga5R02mGIhdzxm1o0_BP88kogLq2KLh5/s4896/Blacksmiths%20Sept%202021%20DSC00567.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3sdRlU6AnAaRFvVdv5jCNajP_ql3Tml7XPnRoa7qhBiFm-TREB_oHNJ9PhPW8fN_CHTV7oo8hyphenhyphenja7UgkMfbtiDkQlk8Jepo4EI8XGh2jhhMzteUOiwa5nX-LU1inqUfc7QDjaNpfFxoP-m3QQboZIMfXFmRkqga5R02mGIhdzxm1o0_BP88kogLq2KLh5/w640-h480/Blacksmiths%20Sept%202021%20DSC00567.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Black Boy pub was demolished and rebuilt in 1931. The Blacksmiths pictured in 2021</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The
Druidesses were still going strong another twelve years later, and it was
reported in the </span><i style="font-family: verdana;">‘Leicester Journal’</i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> of 16th June, 1865, that the
Druidesses had celebrated their anniversary by taking tea together in the Odd
Fellows’ Hall </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">[5]</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">, at which
there was a good attendance.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Of course,
there was also a lodge of Druids, and members of the Hand and Heart Lodge, No.
116 of the United Ancient Order of Druids celebrated their anniversary at the
Cross Keys Inn <span style="font-size: x-small;">[6]</span>, run by Mr Woodward. The <i>‘Leicester Journal’</i>
of 21st July 1871 reported thus:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;">“After the
usual loyal and other toasts had been disposed of, the following were given and
duly honoured: ‘Success to the Hand and Heart Lodge’, ‘The Ladies and
Druidesses’” </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">– and many more!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Not surprisingly,
the Loughborough lodge was not the only one in the area, and there was a lodge
formed around a similar time in Castle Donnington, which met at the
Bricklayer’s Arms Inn, which in 1845 was run by Mr John Cresswell. There was
also a lodge at Walton-on-the-Wolds, called the ‘Temple of Friendship’, which
on its anniversary in 1857 had over 80 members. That anniversary was celebrated
by the members taking tea together, and concluding with a merry dance that went
off in a very satisfactory manner.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In 1859 in
Barrow-on-Soar, the members of the Star of Friendship Lodge, 2,110, Manchester
Unity [of Oddfellows] held an anniversary dinner at the Hammer and Pincers, run
by Mr Swaines. The Loughborough Brass Band attended the event, and:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;">“The members
attended by the band walked in procession to church, escorting the members of
the Druidesses Lodge … after which they returned in the same order, and
conducted the Druidesses to the Royal Oak Inn, where a substantial dinner was
provided for them by host Barsby. This lodge bears the singular title of the
‘Royal Ichthyosaurus’ out of respect, it is supposed, to Mr Lee, whose
geological museum is rich with fossil specimens of the amphibious animal <span style="font-size: x-small;">[7]</span>. The
lodge, though small, is progressing favourably, numbering about 30 members, and
is patrionised by some of the principal inhabitants. After dinner they beguiled
an hour or two in the orchard at the back of the inn, and took tea together
about six o’clock, being joined by a few … [men] … who had received special
invitations. The day’s enjoyment was wound up by a merry dance.”</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> – as reported
to the <i>‘Leicester Journal’</i> 24th June 1859.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We also find
that in 1881 there is a lodge of Druidesses in Sileby, which meets periodically
in the Undenominational School, which is also where they held their anniversary
dinner – a tea of beef and ham - in 1882.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sadly, I have
been unable to establish when the Druidesses ceased to exist, and i</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">n reality I have found little information about the group, other than the occasions of their annual meetings. More information about the pubs mentioned can be found in '<i>Loughborough Pubs</i>'. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b>Notes</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">[1] The United Ancient Order of Druids was probably the biggest and most successful of the Druid orders in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It was formed in 1833 as a breakaway group from the Ancient Order of Druids, which had itself been formed in London, as early as 1781, and had a similar ethos to that of the Oddfellows - amongst other things, to take subscriptions from all members, which would be used to help members in times of hardship.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">[2] Now Fat Sam's</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">[3] T</span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">his is probably Augustus William Clarke (1802-1878), who was a grocer and angola hosiery warehouseman.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">[4] N</span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">ow The Blacksmiths</span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">[5] This was </span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">on Sparrow Hill, and is now an International Supermarket</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">[6] N</span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">ow The Phantom</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">[7] Some information can be found on the <a href="https://www.barrowuponsoarheritage.org.uk/articles/industries/old-industries-of-barrow/limestone-quarrying-burning-in-leicestershire/barrow-fossils.html" target="_blank">Barrow local history website</a></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lynne</span></p>stjeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02358079860710812787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-45301831013499198272024-03-03T19:09:00.001+00:002024-03-03T19:09:13.579+00:00Bricks, brickyards, and grocers!<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over the past
few months I’ve been thinking a lot about Loughborough’s industry, some of its
companies, and the families behind them. Trying to get my head around 19th and
early 20th century Loughborough has at times been quite puzzling, while at other
times quite exciting! My research has seen me journey out of Loughborough, but
always brings me back safely to our lovely town.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's an
example of something I found really quite amazing! This article from the </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hinckley
News</i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, 28 February 1880 - to do with bricks …</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSc-tBNBZlCQIWoxSCBS0sVFMqz-_q4CeQ-ibtGY2TAHHEeWccA1W2gKIopSnyH_JLQs4AMA-swaq3-jCuKckr00WtMA5HJ7Vn-bSyBwnyjyAmrHtqTzwH5wLNutyMxXUeQxbxjG7vm4alNzJfCjYhplqG6-5kg17RvSs8shyphenhyphenezo71BoqVFaS5iiI_S8WF/s642/Newspaper%20cutting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="547" data-original-width="642" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSc-tBNBZlCQIWoxSCBS0sVFMqz-_q4CeQ-ibtGY2TAHHEeWccA1W2gKIopSnyH_JLQs4AMA-swaq3-jCuKckr00WtMA5HJ7Vn-bSyBwnyjyAmrHtqTzwH5wLNutyMxXUeQxbxjG7vm4alNzJfCjYhplqG6-5kg17RvSs8shyphenhyphenezo71BoqVFaS5iiI_S8WF/w640-h546/Newspaper%20cutting.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">So, who was
J.S. Brown, Jun.?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">I tracked him
down as one Joseph Stanely Brown, son of Joseph Stanley Brown, snr., if you
will, born in 1849, in Leicester!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Joseph
Stanley Brown snr. had been born around 1817 in Sileby, and around the time of
his son’s birth he was the innkeeper at the Pelican Inn on Gallowtree Gate,
Leicester. He had married Mary Mee, the daughter of William and his wife Ann
(nee Sharpe) on 1st May 1837, and Joseph was their 6th child. By 1861, the
family had moved to Belgrave Gate, where Joseph Stanley snr. was the licensed
victualler of the Crown and Anchor pub. I haven’t managed to find Joseph
Stanley jnr. on the 1871 census return, but his father, mother and some of his
siblings are still living at the Crown and Anchor, but as well as being the
licensed victualler, Joseph Stanley snr. is also a cattle dealer.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">By 1874,
Joseph Stanley Brown jnr. is in the grocery business on Loughborough High
Street, along with William Wright Jarratt, son of Jabez Jarratt, and brother of
… Jabez Jarratt. On 25th May 1874, Joseph jnr. marries William Jarratt’s older
sister, Sarah Ann. Sadly, Sarah died in 1878, and in 1880 widower Joseph
marries another of William’s older sisters, Harriett Elizabeth.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Now, quite
where the brickworks come into all this I haven’t quite worked out! Suffice to
say that once they were offloaded, Joseph and wife Harriett move to Leicester, where
Joseph is listed on the 1881 census return as a provisions dealer at 36
Belgrave Gate. Meanwhile, father, Joseph has moved to Stanely Villas on
Humberstone Gate, and he is listed on the census return as being a farmer of
174 acres, and employing 4 men and 2 boys, and 10 years later, he is still on
Humberstone Gate, but is living on his own means, and it is here that he dies
in 1894.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">I don’t know
how long Joseph jnr. stayed at Belgrave Gate, but by the time of the 1891
census he has moved to 109 Overton Road, Leicester, but is still a provisions
dealer. He seemingly can’t settle anywhere, so the 1901 census return shows
that he has moved to Victoria Road East in Leicester, but he is still a
provisions dealer. Continuing to live at Victoria Road East, and continuing in
the trade of provision dealer, in 1921 Joseph Stanley, living with his wife and
a couple of visitors, appears to be now calling himself Stanley. He remains at
this address until at least 1924, but then the trail runs cold. I’ve been
unable to trace the death of Joseph Stanley Brown, jnr., also his wife,
Harriett Elizabeth Brown (nee Jarratt).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As this post started
on the topic of bricks and brickyards, we should perhaps finish where we began.
As I hope I’ve shown, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Joseph Stanley Brown jnr., of Leicester, son
of a licensed victualler, turned farmer, Joseph Stanley Bronw snr., went into
partnership with William Wright Jarratt of Loughborough and together they had a
grocer’s shop on Loughborough High Street. In 1874, Brown married Jarratt’s
older sister, Sarah Ann, who sadly died in 1878, and in 1880 Brown married
Jarratt’s other older sister, Harriett – at which point, Brown’s interest in
the Far Park Lane brickmaking business is wound up, hence the sale.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Brown moves to Leicester and seems to have a successful
grocery business for the remainder of his life. Meanwhile, Jarratt continues in
the grocery business until his death in 1905, but curiously, his brother’s son,
Edwin Arthur Jarratt (clerk to the School Board, and Registrar of Births and
Deaths) is in 1901 living next door to William Trueman Tucker, eponymous brick
manufacturer and employer, at Southernhay on Charnwood Road!</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjAIGXXCMVIjmLD0MMaoAj6sgUmFIEu4Bamj1LGyfIF7Dt2YFYlVnVFhKs2S-UimwSmLqHNaPSsmP13lHDc7z9wnRM0AfFYl-8qESj27zEAdGuzEIO9EMPKQu2QX9E3v2w1C1vBQrYcOA0fEvUxmiCRZJR9JMXi_gnYiWA7De2tCIbbbClgvS3-o3SgNzZ/s4273/Parkside%20on%20left%202021%20DSC04501.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4273" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjAIGXXCMVIjmLD0MMaoAj6sgUmFIEu4Bamj1LGyfIF7Dt2YFYlVnVFhKs2S-UimwSmLqHNaPSsmP13lHDc7z9wnRM0AfFYl-8qESj27zEAdGuzEIO9EMPKQu2QX9E3v2w1C1vBQrYcOA0fEvUxmiCRZJR9JMXi_gnYiWA7De2tCIbbbClgvS3-o3SgNzZ/w640-h464/Parkside%20on%20left%202021%20DSC04501.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Parkside, home of William Trueman Tucker (left) Southernhay, home of Edwin Arthur Jarratt (right)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">____________________________________</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lynne</span></p>stjeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02358079860710812787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-47870969107577110502024-02-25T19:00:00.002+00:002024-02-27T10:23:03.274+00:00Loughborough's K6 telephone kiosk<span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Brief history
of the telephone kiosk</b></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There were
several versions of the telephone kiosk created, ranging from the K1 released
in 1912, through to the K8 created in 1968, to the KX100, the last to be
designed in the 1980s.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Grade II
listed telephone kiosk at Loughborough railway station is of the K6 variety,
and was made by the Carron Company of Stirlingshire, who were also responsible
for many of the letter boxes that can still be found around the country <span style="font-size: x-small;">[1]</span>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Initially,
telephone kiosks weren’t standardised, and early ones were sometimes made of
wood, and looked like garden sheds! A company called the National Telephone
Company (NTC) began the process of trying to standardise the kiosk design, and
they created three models: the Birmingham, the Norwich, and the Wilson. Then,
around 1912 the General Post Office (GPO) took over from the NTC and
successfully standardised the kiosks, and began the numbering of the designs,
starting with the K1, which started to appear around 1920. However, this K1
design, which had three concrete panels and a wooden door, a pyramid roof,
sometimes thatched, is probably very unlike the ubiquitous red telephone kiosks
like ours at Loughborough railway station.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For some
reason, the K1 design wasn’t very popular and so in 1924, the GPO held a
competition for a new design. The competition was won by Giles Gilbert Scott,
grandson of Sir George Gilbert Scott who was responsible for Victorian
renovations to many churches. The competition winner was knighted that same
year after the consecration service at the new Liverpool Cathedral which he had
designed, but which wasn’t completed until 1980. The new K2 kiosk was made of
cast iron with a wooden door, had a domed roof and was painted red! However,
the kiosk was large and expensive, and really only took off in London, so Giles
Gilbert Scott then designed the K3, introduced in 1929.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The K3 was
smaller than the K2 and was made from concrete. It was painted in cream, with
the metal frames of the glass panels – of which there were 6 rows of three
equal sized ones in each of the three glazed sides – highlighted in red.
However, the K3 design only lasted for about six years, until about 1935, as
the box tended to be rather brittle.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The K4
telephone kiosk, was designed by the Engineering Department of the General Post
Office, and its production overlapped with that of the K3. Essentially, the
kiosk followed the design of Gilbert Scott’s K2, but was constructed from cast
iron, and had a stamp dispensing machine as its rear ‘wall’, so it was very
large, and had to be placed so access could be gained from all four sides. The
kiosk was painted entirely red, and had six rows of three panes of equal sized
glass panes. However, the K4 was not hugely successful, partly due to the noise
of the stamp machine which interfered with telephone conversations, the stamp
machine not being waterproof, and the kiosk generally being overly large – and
nicknamed the ‘Vermillion Giant’ – and only about 50 were ever produced.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The K5 can
hardly be said to have been any more successful than the K4, and in fact, it
never actually reached full-scale production. Had it gone into full production,
the kiosk would probably be made from concrete, however, the design only ever
reached the metal-faced plywood stage. In a design change from the earlier
kiosks, the K5 was not fully glazed on the three normally glass sides, but had
a window of two rows by two columns, rather like a house window.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigoU-CDPAYbEpHNnBfYh9wkvmgqbzhbtzAWV7VuUQQwjY8h3VCiykqwbmBxWIjayR56jiLhQW0c5ZIr0ZIJmEe9uWnV3SYNMqV5_OBGFJ6XSgR5ZQaV4NwU-mMfmCh2h96cIcLEBZ1flF2OXUWhmQbaZL_b9hQCWq866OJ-GuxMgJ8rXzgqxGWhv_aGdRD/s1200/DSC08626.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigoU-CDPAYbEpHNnBfYh9wkvmgqbzhbtzAWV7VuUQQwjY8h3VCiykqwbmBxWIjayR56jiLhQW0c5ZIr0ZIJmEe9uWnV3SYNMqV5_OBGFJ6XSgR5ZQaV4NwU-mMfmCh2h96cIcLEBZ1flF2OXUWhmQbaZL_b9hQCWq866OJ-GuxMgJ8rXzgqxGWhv_aGdRD/w480-h640/DSC08626.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our K6 telephone kiosk</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And so we
come to the K6 kiosk, which is the design outside the Midland Mainline station
at Loughborough. Although it looks perfectly normal, it does strike me as being a little odd because I would have expected the door to be on the front so when opened the dail and handset etc. are straight in front of you, but strangely, the door is actually on one of the sides, so you have to sidle up to the wall to get in! (see pic below). And I've just discovered why this is! In 1939, the K6 design was modified, resulting in a Mark 2 with several new versions:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mk2 - K6A - the door is fitted opposite the back panel and is hinged, and therefore opens, to the left</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mk2 - K6B - </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">the door is fitted opposite the back panel and is hinged, and therefore opens, to the right</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mk2 - K6C - the door is fitted as the lefthand side panel and is hinged, and therefore opens, to the left</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mk2 - K6D </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">- the door is fitted as the righthand side panel and is hinged, and therefore opens, to the right</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interestingly, this kiosk is still in use as a telephone, but its original rotary handset and coin buttons (A for money in, B for returned coins) have been replaced. You can just about see the number punchpad through the glass on the first picture below:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhK_SCaTjFP_3L_qborTI8ceCqSm3Lj-UlqKiSYtPWitnYMcAiYiZ5k_LoTO_rbVVkVAfh9CTJVg0svticRP0_oV8u1s2P5AVKEb4PDWUTRJvtFzETXxlSE_33vukSU-B2G6QaM1OByNGz6hZMTcrWBE7ouFIfFZt_RLEv6IqknOUOHuC5qUTKxOcZbmB/s1200/DSC08628.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhK_SCaTjFP_3L_qborTI8ceCqSm3Lj-UlqKiSYtPWitnYMcAiYiZ5k_LoTO_rbVVkVAfh9CTJVg0svticRP0_oV8u1s2P5AVKEb4PDWUTRJvtFzETXxlSE_33vukSU-B2G6QaM1OByNGz6hZMTcrWBE7ouFIfFZt_RLEv6IqknOUOHuC5qUTKxOcZbmB/w480-h640/DSC08628.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtd3FqHbD2AwkvX4JnRbZblAiqt1xuRY_hoJpBjAqser-mV-c6wAKLmO-yrOsPO7MCdXtUXsb6qi5x1iFoBkwBZZJ7U-dco8ES6qFwIkf6ute8JzbEq0OtQxMGU5DMlgwty61g5hxIcpRR9KVQJyGLGhjpRnwKENkDN9kstlccCTH-l1zYzoQ90Z2UVHs/s1200/DSC07729.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="917" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtd3FqHbD2AwkvX4JnRbZblAiqt1xuRY_hoJpBjAqser-mV-c6wAKLmO-yrOsPO7MCdXtUXsb6qi5x1iFoBkwBZZJ7U-dco8ES6qFwIkf6ute8JzbEq0OtQxMGU5DMlgwty61g5hxIcpRR9KVQJyGLGhjpRnwKENkDN9kstlccCTH-l1zYzoQ90Z2UVHs/w490-h640/DSC07729.JPG" width="490" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What the inside would have originally looked like</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There were originally detailed instructions on how to use the telephone, as well as a list of all the dialling codes, mounted inside the kiosk.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm7SwUWtSwMJ72DzuEjLqH9bATcCX6dYGQnsv93oUdsJakAxwFcfaHuge-s4t1FPIarWX4B9AdjzujU9ehhhas2kQ9jrrvU-ZIsz3q-UhBIMExe5FH7pmgklyDdHOWQwMR51BU5OLNngE_hutmIAufHrnDt7GgJ5LdLVR6T_63mrFHpwL0kDRDHQLZ149r/s1200/DSC07730.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="661" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm7SwUWtSwMJ72DzuEjLqH9bATcCX6dYGQnsv93oUdsJakAxwFcfaHuge-s4t1FPIarWX4B9AdjzujU9ehhhas2kQ9jrrvU-ZIsz3q-UhBIMExe5FH7pmgklyDdHOWQwMR51BU5OLNngE_hutmIAufHrnDt7GgJ5LdLVR6T_63mrFHpwL0kDRDHQLZ149r/w220-h400/DSC07730.JPG" width="220" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Instructions for use!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The K6 is
really the one which came to be the iconic ‘red telephone box’ that we know
today. It was designed in 1935, in celebration of the silver jubilee of King
George V, who had come to the throne in 1911. The K6 was another box designed
by Giles Gilbert Scott, who had designed the earlier boxes. The K6 was
commissioned by the General Post Office, and 8,000 jubilee boxes came to our
streets in jubilee year, 1936, sited in the towns and villages that actually
had a Post Office.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These K6
boxes were mounted on a concrete base, and were rectangular in shape, being
made of cast-iron sections (except for the door which is actually made from teak) that are bolted together. Each piece of the kiosk is
numbered, perhaps to ensure that each piece was attached during construction to the right piece!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrRT9yNWIRRx9LNwytyaknD8tRwZCuvZ4_fzVUOJezNUeINbbWCAhy6S5trzt1gIdRVHItfuoLV7ZYUu6GCtdL2ypn76Vz7VcqVVjLk3bYtv80y65GTGu4RHtgRxtjNIoUaXNCwRddOFbB1sOuci7jYWp1l1RR_GVNI5eWaCnPbdshGBBUeRSnozDxoVz6/s1200/DSC07721.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrRT9yNWIRRx9LNwytyaknD8tRwZCuvZ4_fzVUOJezNUeINbbWCAhy6S5trzt1gIdRVHItfuoLV7ZYUu6GCtdL2ypn76Vz7VcqVVjLk3bYtv80y65GTGu4RHtgRxtjNIoUaXNCwRddOFbB1sOuci7jYWp1l1RR_GVNI5eWaCnPbdshGBBUeRSnozDxoVz6/w640-h480/DSC07721.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT3z8VXwS6i8lfxs445WXGueY8yaxWIC_QUVcfsCYoHwlrvOskbxCVuC0Rjtj-lkSTPyaFUupZbQA1ToNXZs0790DehX2H0z5JmV90mrU6sgOurNwdpfDZ-FxhaS5Mt2UBnjI2jMyWkpuuO1BFnfE9Fk2Q7Jd_LXg4Sdim3HzpsETsUSww-XEuzOiP5ZA3/s1200/DSC07725.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT3z8VXwS6i8lfxs445WXGueY8yaxWIC_QUVcfsCYoHwlrvOskbxCVuC0Rjtj-lkSTPyaFUupZbQA1ToNXZs0790DehX2H0z5JmV90mrU6sgOurNwdpfDZ-FxhaS5Mt2UBnjI2jMyWkpuuO1BFnfE9Fk2Q7Jd_LXg4Sdim3HzpsETsUSww-XEuzOiP5ZA3/w480-h640/DSC07725.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Three of the four sides of the box are glazed, with 8 rows of glass on each
side, and each side having a larger glass panel sandwiched between two small
panels. The box has a domed roof and a teak door, which has a metal cup-shaped
handle.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A foundry
plate, showing the name of the company that made the box – in our case, the
Carron Company of Stirlingshire - can be found on the back of the box, towards
the bottom.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXwVolIwn3RzGalVAZhRhxTEfP7GD-chlg6DXQE8J_H8Whk9cFs_WrDqdpLR_W4Ma0V8PYUlT8r1G1Jsfhd5xWQIzfQSk2Po5dRfBL2lTCpcFLDTEs0hRV0iNZ30pUsUOzu7TyzFfPTw1_pw47QM46f8OY2RbK6NSUw-8nJKH2xge9LfeUrz08YuErrvFN/s1200/DSC08627.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXwVolIwn3RzGalVAZhRhxTEfP7GD-chlg6DXQE8J_H8Whk9cFs_WrDqdpLR_W4Ma0V8PYUlT8r1G1Jsfhd5xWQIzfQSk2Po5dRfBL2lTCpcFLDTEs0hRV0iNZ30pUsUOzu7TyzFfPTw1_pw47QM46f8OY2RbK6NSUw-8nJKH2xge9LfeUrz08YuErrvFN/w640-h480/DSC08627.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The front
pediment, above the door, bears a moulded St Edward’s crown. Since the K6 was
produced until 1968, and as Queen Elizabeth favoured the use of the St Edward’s
Crown over the Tudor Crown, kiosks produced since 1953 bear the St Edward’s
Crown. This helps us to date the railway station K6 kiosk as having been
produced between 1953 and 1968.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYhC25sH57TkfrhsnnlsnAE_FjYZT7-45G8VgwdQirVn0jEXFgBZxYYM67dAUlVPTgcxZHkMjmKh-Nm9eGy4VeBf9VR1TeJ8mo4b875V-AhuKHQkcvCnhrTKB3faB6xPUcYc3ssE-6-kDX98rIcU1Rd6UXS6wHaXNspvADlrDsEoWsGwUxQKZRTNwZUDhN/s1200/DSC08629.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYhC25sH57TkfrhsnnlsnAE_FjYZT7-45G8VgwdQirVn0jEXFgBZxYYM67dAUlVPTgcxZHkMjmKh-Nm9eGy4VeBf9VR1TeJ8mo4b875V-AhuKHQkcvCnhrTKB3faB6xPUcYc3ssE-6-kDX98rIcU1Rd6UXS6wHaXNspvADlrDsEoWsGwUxQKZRTNwZUDhN/w640-h480/DSC08629.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1937 was the
300th anniversary of the Post Office, and in celebration of this another 1,000
K6 boxes were installed over a period of 12 years, provided that the local
authority paid a subscription of £4 over a 5-year period. Sadly, the original
K6 was prone to being damaged, so a Mark II was developed and introduced in
1939, a design which was slightly more damage resistant.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Having said
that the red K6 is iconic and familiar, in 1949, some rural boxes were painted
in different colours, and some later ones in green and battleship grey. Over
time, the K6 began to look dated, and production stopped, by which time - 1968
- around 60,000 boxes of the K6 design had been installed.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The moulded
crown on the domed roof of the kiosk was originally painted in red, but since
the early 1990s, in recognition of the heritage value of the iconic red
telephone kiosk, British Telecom have highlighted the crown in gold paint. Ours
is still red, however (see pic above).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the late
1950s, the General Post Office began to consider a new design for the telephone
kiosk, and initially chose a design for the new K7 by Nevill Conder, which was
a square affair, intended to be constructed from aluminium and glass. However,
the K7 never entered full-production, and only about a dozen prototypes were
produced. This was mostly because aluminium became discoloured and stained in
the British climate, making the K7 quite unsuitable. Enter the K8 …</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The K8 was
designed by Bruce Martin, but rather than using aluminium as he suggested, the
K8 was constructed of cast-iron sections which were bolted together, and
mounted on a concrete base that was slightly narrower than the kiosk itself.
The kiosk was three-quarter glazed on three sides, is rectangular in shape, and
is painted red. In all, around 11,000 K8 kiosks were installed across the
country.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">When British
Telecom took over the public telephone network from the General Post Office in
1985, a new kiosk, the KX100, was introduced. Its frame was made from
aluminium, which was clad with stainless steel panels, the back panel which
reached the ground, being made from stainless steel, and the other three sides,
which didn’t quite reach the ground, and provided ventilation, were made of
glass, and included a ‘modesty</span> <span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">panel’. Further variations of the KX100 – the KX100+
- having a domed roof, appeared between around 1996, which offered the customer
the option of either paying for their call using cash or card, and also
offering access to the internet. By 1999, there were just under 150,000 KX100
and its variants in existence.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today, as
people move to using mobile telephones, thus reducing the need to have a public
telephone kiosk on every street, many of these public telephone kiosks have
been, and are being converted. Popular conversions include use as a housing for
defibrillator equipment, small libraries or book exchanges, tourist information
kiosks, museums, or even small coffee vending machines!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkxIg2fMDxJNzDgfiGvtfeSyHslVwPXiCGa7KdWqQxXKQUfPc6r_yTFpcOWZVBOI6juZUG7bdl4-cry2lylQ2rxSlERM9mnitcRkjwEJht2jGnW-SNd4XtbuT1KHNyfLk9UBPVlz9jtpsSsts9AkxsEWu0g41gXHaoCzOQQVqrMwSrQBy6We66CHd33ftw/s1200/DSC02054.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkxIg2fMDxJNzDgfiGvtfeSyHslVwPXiCGa7KdWqQxXKQUfPc6r_yTFpcOWZVBOI6juZUG7bdl4-cry2lylQ2rxSlERM9mnitcRkjwEJht2jGnW-SNd4XtbuT1KHNyfLk9UBPVlz9jtpsSsts9AkxsEWu0g41gXHaoCzOQQVqrMwSrQBy6We66CHd33ftw/w480-h640/DSC02054.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A K6 in use as a tiny library near Carn Brea, Cornwall [2]</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh77bUa-Y6YH9YLmcG7KNDoxUC1HF-zCAOQ7IWV6w7KfiRAnuCTDukPB0M7j3N5NPBKSV-qsJiq2FEY-y1ubts3-VgG1ylCKeWGQ6rJM2duI2p2uNHG4dhi_qlsWylUrSpmiODeAWdFjSes9keHHOwC4q9BfKbi2LM-3xOmb70SWleSKtMIkNA-VpP2unlG/s1200/DSC08396%201.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="747" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh77bUa-Y6YH9YLmcG7KNDoxUC1HF-zCAOQ7IWV6w7KfiRAnuCTDukPB0M7j3N5NPBKSV-qsJiq2FEY-y1ubts3-VgG1ylCKeWGQ6rJM2duI2p2uNHG4dhi_qlsWylUrSpmiODeAWdFjSes9keHHOwC4q9BfKbi2LM-3xOmb70SWleSKtMIkNA-VpP2unlG/w398-h640/DSC08396%201.JPG" width="398" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A K6 with a gold crown, in use as a defibrillator in Melton</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhoCvBE18X0AtYkS3DXaSr_lTI221z3g1EgURXs-dO-3Ra5yThksN2sGeWFzR7HOJc5XmXKDq1wJTkUQ_ngTsfLl1z6H5DypBC8eNElbfNxxgc36W0REfgHzlIXv9xasyf81CTdHf18R4gIMoDOBj-ySkvJTraKLYrOraeEWcy2_aSTP_51xtxBBGw79Gm/s1200/PXL_20240211_210808564.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1200" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhoCvBE18X0AtYkS3DXaSr_lTI221z3g1EgURXs-dO-3Ra5yThksN2sGeWFzR7HOJc5XmXKDq1wJTkUQ_ngTsfLl1z6H5DypBC8eNElbfNxxgc36W0REfgHzlIXv9xasyf81CTdHf18R4gIMoDOBj-ySkvJTraKLYrOraeEWcy2_aSTP_51xtxBBGw79Gm/w640-h444/PXL_20240211_210808564.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">News of a <a href="https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24093990.gary-lineker-james-blunt-museum-herefordshire/" target="_blank">Leicester hero being celebrated in a tiny K6 museum</a> in Hereford!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">And here are some KX100s in Loughborough - the one on Cattle Market and those outside the Sparrow Hill post office.</span></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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architect</span></b></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Giles Gilbert
Scott (1880-1960) grew up on a farm in Sussex, and attended a Jesuit school in
Windsor. Giles was the son of architect
George Gilbert Scott (jnr.), and grandson of Sir George Gilbert Scott the
Victorian architect mostly remembered for his renovation of churches. The
latter was involved in the re-ordering and renovation of our own parish church,
and along with W. Bonython Moffatt, also designed <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2016/05/loughborough-union-workhouse.html" target="_blank"><b>Loughborough’s Union Workhouse</b></a>
on Regent Street.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Giles’ mother
was keen that he also followed the family tradition and encouraged him into the
world of architecture. He was articled to the architectural firm of Temple
Moore, and at the age of only 22 he won the competition to design the new
cathedral at Liverpool. As Giles was a Roman Catholic, the competition
committee assigned a joint architect, G. F. Bodley, but Bodley died 4 years
into the build, and Giles was able to modify the original design. Liverpool
Cathedral was not completed until 1980, so Giles didn’t get to see the
completion of is design.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Giles was
knighted in 1924, and was President of the Royal Institution of British
Architecture (RIBA) for a time. Some of his other designs include religious
buildings, like the Catholic Cathedral in Oban; the chapel at Charterhouse
School in Godalming, Surrey, and the church for Ampleforth College. While his
secular buildings include Chester House in Clarendon Place, London; Waterloo
Bridge; the library for Clare College, Cambridge; the Bodleian Library at
Oxford, and Battersea Power Station, which, rather like the red telephone box,
is an iconic structure!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is
interesting to note that the website maintained by the Gilbert Scott family has
as its logo, a red telephone box!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Notes</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">[1] I wrote a series of posts about those iconic letter boxes in October and November 2022. Here's the list:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2022/10/loughboroughs-letterboxes-pt-1.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Part 1</span></b></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2022/10/loughboroughs-letterboxes-pt-2.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Part 2</span></b></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2022/10/loughboroughs-letterboxes-pt-3.html" target="_blank"><b>Part 3</b></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2022/10/loughboroughs-letterboxes-pt-4.html" target="_blank"><b>Part 4</b></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2022/10/loughboroughs-letterboxes-pt-5.html" target="_blank"><b>Part 5</b></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">The case of the <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-case-of-burton-street-pillar-box.html" target="_blank"><b>Burton Street box</b></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2022/11/unusual-and-unreal-letterboxes.html" target="_blank"><b>Unusual and unreal letter boxes!</b></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">[2] Another connection with Loughborough is that the manufacturer, John Heathcoat, who took his lacemaking business to Tiverton in Devon after the Luddite riots, opened another factory in 1934, this time in Carn Brea - see picture below.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGAW6i4jQWuTQzgFZP0ytkPIgEjl1vhusF34LTpuOw3jGlTOiTAyoS0dpWPGSJWo7K63ejjKFUnW2tG7D8TTLFqvmGr68XsGEdvusidF7X6_OY9Oh_Hj2gugeQ2w9DcTf7xuvPuAF1mvRKdgJti9n_gdRsaz7Lv54Azg7kw8rqUkFCm4vHlZBQ5tMXwr4-/s760/Carn%20Brea%20factory.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="760" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGAW6i4jQWuTQzgFZP0ytkPIgEjl1vhusF34LTpuOw3jGlTOiTAyoS0dpWPGSJWo7K63ejjKFUnW2tG7D8TTLFqvmGr68XsGEdvusidF7X6_OY9Oh_Hj2gugeQ2w9DcTf7xuvPuAF1mvRKdgJti9n_gdRsaz7Lv54Azg7kw8rqUkFCm4vHlZBQ5tMXwr4-/w400-h246/Carn%20Brea%20factory.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>____________________________________<p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lynne</span></p></div>stjeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02358079860710812787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-61275982323589049052024-02-18T19:00:00.059+00:002024-02-18T19:00:00.248+00:00Loughborough's Carillon<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Every year, when I ponder what to write about the <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/p/loughborough-zeppelin-trail.html" target="_blank"><b>Zeppelin raid</b></a> on Loughborough on 31st January 1916, or when I wander through the Queen's Park, or when I think about what I can do to promote Loughborough to visitors, and when I do promote the town when I lead <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/p/three-towers-trail.html" target="_blank"><b>guided walks</b></a>, one of the features that always comes up is the Carillon. And, would you believe, in the recent Art Deco talk I gave to a local history society, the Carillon even made an appearance in there!!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Carillon Tower and War Memorial Museum is unique in the country. True, there are other carillons, for example, that at Bournville, and there's even one down at our own bellfoundry, but the uniqueness is attributed to the one in Queen's Park being a war memorial. The carillon itself is a musical instrument that has been regularly played by the Borough Carillonneur, who was <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2022/06/Loughborough-Carillon-and-Carilloneurs-Part-2.html" target="_blank"><b>Eric Jordan</b></a> at the time of the opening, and is currently Caroline Sharpe, or by visiting carillonneurs, or <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2022/07/loughborough-carillon-and-carilloneurs.html" target="_blank"><b>student carillonneurs</b></a>, since the day the Carillon was opened in 1923. Regular recitals were also <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2022/07/loughborough-carillon-and-bbc100.html" target="_blank"><b>broadcast from the Carillon by the BBC</b></a>!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Of course, such a magnificent monument, the building of which was a truly local affair - bricks by Tuckers, steelwork by Morris, bells by Taylors, and actually built by Moss - but came at a cost, some of which money was raised by the <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-alexandra-bedspread.html" target="_blank"><b>creation of a bedspread</b></a>, which was awarded as a prize to the person who guessed the correct weight - or at least, came closest - of the Carillon tower! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was when I was doing my <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2014/02/ww1-and-zeppelin-raids.html" target="_blank"><b>tour guide training</b></a>, way back in 2012, that I first learned about <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-horse-horse-my-kingdom-for-horse.html" target="_blank"><b>Songster, the war horse</b></a> who returned from the First World War and lived to an old age. Then, when I was a volunteer museum assistant at the Carillon for a couple of seasons, back in 2014, I encountered the life-sized Songster - well, it may not have been full size, but it seemed very large to me! - whose reins were being held by a mannequin dressed in full Leicestershire Yeomanry uniform. I have to say, both were rather scary! I also learned about trench art, which wasn't something I'd come across before. Since then, an attractive <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2019/06/armed-forces-day-in-loughborough.html" target="_blank"><b>wire model of Songster</b></a> has graced the flowerbed close to the Carillon!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The first year I volunteered I staffed the top museum floor; the second year, I was on the first floor museum - see the end of this article for a selection of photographs of some of the artefacts that were on those floors. Access to both floors - and to the clavier room, and the actual bell chamber - is via a wonderful, spiral staircase! Who doesn't love these?! I have to put my claustrophobia to one side, and concentrate fully on putting one foot in front of the other! It's really not unlike climbing to the top of a castle turret - and who doesn't love those, too?! Or climbing the church tower, either to get to the bell chamber, or out onto the roof to see the surrounding countryside!! Or even the <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2021/09/loughborough-grammar-school-tower.html" target="_blank"><b>tower of the Loughborough Grammar School</b></a> which is often open during Heritage Open Days in September. When the Carillon tower is open, it is possible to <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2022/06/httpslynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com202206loughborough-carillon-and-carilloneurs-part-1.html" target="_blank"><b>climb to the top and survey the countryside</b></a> around our wonderful town, and see the actual bells in the bell chamber.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHzeslOzmyTv-w48xMM9LcPtR_v_zjgxtLhzH4ZA_W_z3O3K_HsJozp642q5pcWTtMHPCb75sfp7UTihTh7cYrJdF4kDuiBa5tplvyN0uIUGrfyKeB3YM_gbSclksndgKphdAmle0pXLWKOR5lmQFPFL8XAlb5uTsYnUZ-5_pEgB3MdfCDSbcU86J7ut_z/s1200/DSCF5231.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHzeslOzmyTv-w48xMM9LcPtR_v_zjgxtLhzH4ZA_W_z3O3K_HsJozp642q5pcWTtMHPCb75sfp7UTihTh7cYrJdF4kDuiBa5tplvyN0uIUGrfyKeB3YM_gbSclksndgKphdAmle0pXLWKOR5lmQFPFL8XAlb5uTsYnUZ-5_pEgB3MdfCDSbcU86J7ut_z/w480-h640/DSCF5231.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Carillon stairs</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrV3Y8QRhRx1yifRSPp3wgri3K18vweCMeJGyXg23AeFb0BiYK4WAyg9UUZ9cyPYPD_PNoxxvdReB7EE4SUn08rciizHLSPahdEcOe_lxVWYKf46gCakfAJdT2OxLQ0SRqQZWUx5Tp8v8VcJIpuVn7-NMps2VMXij6HCCJifWpFaEeFdROcLHylZ7dljA3/s1200/DSCN2500.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrV3Y8QRhRx1yifRSPp3wgri3K18vweCMeJGyXg23AeFb0BiYK4WAyg9UUZ9cyPYPD_PNoxxvdReB7EE4SUn08rciizHLSPahdEcOe_lxVWYKf46gCakfAJdT2OxLQ0SRqQZWUx5Tp8v8VcJIpuVn7-NMps2VMXij6HCCJifWpFaEeFdROcLHylZ7dljA3/w480-h640/DSCN2500.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Descending the spiral stairs in the parish church</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnlgPVba4KxvSvKzCrlaHSxvFv08cZd64XWPuzXCaPmz5_CLgOKo5VI2zisMDuV8UhYxdXV9Q2CjC13e_FltPAlFC0YAbHjwz0KeLx7i5Sq8PsfBPo7TnlwGqmiFKp9C7C9rmH8tAv9JlXQOJIc3y-g7MDz2q0XkqfraBcj1fpLjJFq_W6WJpt-Zu9JPW/s1200/DSCN2473.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnlgPVba4KxvSvKzCrlaHSxvFv08cZd64XWPuzXCaPmz5_CLgOKo5VI2zisMDuV8UhYxdXV9Q2CjC13e_FltPAlFC0YAbHjwz0KeLx7i5Sq8PsfBPo7TnlwGqmiFKp9C7C9rmH8tAv9JlXQOJIc3y-g7MDz2q0XkqfraBcj1fpLjJFq_W6WJpt-Zu9JPW/w480-h640/DSCN2473.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One of the bells in the bell chamber at the parish church</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOMLEeZt890h3O8So9Hd2LUgmri1OehgPA2J_eaqcLYQ5OzTht1_1O12BB6VSxrH7NsAIOZNe2Bke1bTfkdvTEF7CRgrN4USyO4yGNVEb1ssI0xzVMJXC-kO7bg2sP4SLoNxosD1l5G45n06LAxrw6AEZVghluRBIeFBcBluYWw8GJIF2wHokWVZQpkApc/s4896/DSC00758.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOMLEeZt890h3O8So9Hd2LUgmri1OehgPA2J_eaqcLYQ5OzTht1_1O12BB6VSxrH7NsAIOZNe2Bke1bTfkdvTEF7CRgrN4USyO4yGNVEb1ssI0xzVMJXC-kO7bg2sP4SLoNxosD1l5G45n06LAxrw6AEZVghluRBIeFBcBluYWw8GJIF2wHokWVZQpkApc/w640-h480/DSC00758.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The spiral stairs in the Loughborough Grammar School Tower</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In May 1952, the <i>Leicester Evening Mail</i> informed its readers that there was a "small museum inside where war relics are kept". </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1iGt-xtv96vGnK4l_1Z4pocEkOk9h15CKO-qP133IQAvUGtw1QPbMVFLx8KXYc8HAXYuVlWNueFKenaVBbBuN51szLFFH2fmV6V_pM-YMP1YFYmpDGhm3RnL1bpRCKbRhd-lw7hz5ITsupzwPYDoklMhWVBfIUb7L7ne18rb61sCoFT-Zlz_AWsoqkn4/s558/Leic%20Evening%20Mail%201952.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="213" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1iGt-xtv96vGnK4l_1Z4pocEkOk9h15CKO-qP133IQAvUGtw1QPbMVFLx8KXYc8HAXYuVlWNueFKenaVBbBuN51szLFFH2fmV6V_pM-YMP1YFYmpDGhm3RnL1bpRCKbRhd-lw7hz5ITsupzwPYDoklMhWVBfIUb7L7ne18rb61sCoFT-Zlz_AWsoqkn4/w244-h640/Leic%20Evening%20Mail%201952.jpg" width="244" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In January 1964, the <i>Illustrated Leicester Chronicle</i> included a long description of the "unique building", saying:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> "Anyone may enter the tower to view the bells, at certain times of the day, for a small admission fee, however, one must be warned that there are 138 steps to the top of the tower! Half-way up there is a war-museum, relics brought back from the war by local men who served there." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">A comprehensive description of the contents of the museum then followed, and included both artefacts and documents.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7D5Jfjs6S7YPKfRoWPuaONF3FThgoIMqAZRWkCvdzgir0AxJkOWIf_b-3v2hPNOC-b9bYFISacLr8WeZGaIfF9QJ9hx1khFESUWHJDULEhRjOMUpiKWan0Yyul5JHraCXvgwXTViY859qFVNBgoVnAuzLznhrX8xZWta6JC5vw0FpM5OKefNrW15fBTkP/s660/news%201964.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7D5Jfjs6S7YPKfRoWPuaONF3FThgoIMqAZRWkCvdzgir0AxJkOWIf_b-3v2hPNOC-b9bYFISacLr8WeZGaIfF9QJ9hx1khFESUWHJDULEhRjOMUpiKWan0Yyul5JHraCXvgwXTViY859qFVNBgoVnAuzLznhrX8xZWta6JC5vw0FpM5OKefNrW15fBTkP/w354-h640/news%201964.jpg" width="354" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It wasn't until Monday 5th November 1984 that the Carillon was added to the Register of Listed Buildings, and granted Grade II status. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">During the opening season, which I believe is usually Easter to October (but do please check <a href="https://www.carillontower.org.uk/" target="_blank">the official website</a>!), the Carillon receives all kinds of visitors, many of whom come from overseas on special visits. Locals and students alike climb the tower, listen to the carillon recitals, and learn from the museum exhibits, and from talking to the volunteer guides, and members of the Carillon team even go out into schools, sharing the story of the wonderful building, and taking along objects that the students can handle and learn more about. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last summer we celebrated the <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2023/07/carillon100.html" target="_blank"><b>100th anniversary</b></a> of the completion of the Carillon in July 1923. I believe the weather on the occasion of the opening ceremony was quite reasonable and seasonable, however on 23 July 2023 it rained heavily and constantly! Nevertheless, enthusiasts did turn out for what was a momentous occasion. More recently, the Carillon was the destination for the replica of the <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2023/10/loughborough-bell-festival-2023.html" target="_blank"><b>Great Paul Bell</b></a>, which was made from willow, and journeyed from the parish church to Queen's Park via the town centre!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Of course, every November, the Carillon is the focal point for the poignant <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2023/11/remember-fair-and-remembrance-service.html" target="_blank"><b>Service of Remembrance</b></a>, which is fitting, given its role as the town's war memorial, commemorating not only those who died during the First and Second World Wars, but also in subsequent, and more recent conflict.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6TvNwVt6pAd3BSpZNrcDEOMzDd0PEHT62-4JP_dfPnvVsWZlLLjRR1dOAd6P2WB_6CSOq4q7HK1DDxmAHeoADWwapUaOtyK3NbqZoumve3erLoJl5VO0Fb6PJigfxyipPt2p6MSvipopK3f_XGqn5sXC1rv6gasBrn_xur0PvHbvoKRbshUaP0DxsYENc/s1200/DSCF5229.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<p><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11pt;">Lynne</span></p>stjeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02358079860710812787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-73279839067246529462024-02-15T15:53:00.002+00:002024-02-15T15:53:30.395+00:00Decimalisation and the relative value of money<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Or, how much is that in old money?! Or, how much is that worth today?!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So today, 15 February 2024, is the 53rd anniversary of the UK changing its currency from pounds, shillings, and pence (£ s. d.) to pounds and pence. This was quite a dramatic change, as we were used to there being 12 pennies in a shilling, and twenty shillings in a pound! And now we were changing to 100 pennies in a pound! I'm sure many of us were good at our 12 times tables because of our currency!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, in 1971, just before we converted, we had coins to the value of halfpennies, pennies, threepences, sixpences, florins (2 shillings), half-crowns (2 shillings and 6 pence), and ten shilling notes (although, actually these were replaced in 1969, just before decimalisation for what is now the 50 pence piece), £1, £5, £10, £20, and £50 paper notes. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm sure somewhere I've got a set of mint decimal coins that I was given when we changed our currency ... and unlike today, these included the new halfpenny piece, a new 5-pence piece, but no 20-pence piece.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Of course, at the time the new money was introduced, shoppers were quite convinced that the price of goods would increase as there were fewer coins of a lower denomination. I guess this was probably true, because the old halfpenny which was taken out of circulation was actually worth a fifth of a new penny (i.e. £0.0021) and since the lowest new denomination was a halfpence, worth £0.005, which means nothing could cost less than this!! I think!! There's a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_banknotes_and_coins" target="_blank">good article on the internet</a> which explains our coinage much better than I have! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This all got me to thinking about inflation and when people (I've selected a number of industrialists) left money in their will when they died, how much would this be worth today! Sounds simple enough, but actually, trying to work it out, even with the aid of online calculators was actually quite difficult! And, just how accurate this is, is open to consideration!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Please excuse the red underlining which is Word telling me I've made a spelling mistake, and please excuse the odd places where I've put a comma instead of a full stop - rest assured the final calculations are based on the correct figures with commas and full stops in the right places!! And please excuse the fuzziness of the text!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Firstly, I tried using the <a href="https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator" target="_blank">Bank of England calculator</a>, and this is the result of asking for a conversion of the value at the time of death, to today:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUdc_ZsuLQMWyyvuqk_EgW9vHYhUGHVZFEMeL9DI6x0W7LXLOOoLvKv542E53_TfSug0qnucSCDAafzkYcK3_lYVc28E6E_Y94h_K6iiKy5KJYZ52lMfwC_i81V6n6xhMFyhbKA13nZPFVooctWUOdJNs5nthb3PrV7mcGco5B8qpyNp1VVJEzctXR3Y1/s725/BofE%20money%20calc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="725" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUdc_ZsuLQMWyyvuqk_EgW9vHYhUGHVZFEMeL9DI6x0W7LXLOOoLvKv542E53_TfSug0qnucSCDAafzkYcK3_lYVc28E6E_Y94h_K6iiKy5KJYZ52lMfwC_i81V6n6xhMFyhbKA13nZPFVooctWUOdJNs5nthb3PrV7mcGco5B8qpyNp1VVJEzctXR3Y1/w640-h380/BofE%20money%20calc.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Next, a friend tried <a href="https://www.in2013dollars.com/uk/inflation/1832?amount=15000" target="_blank">another calculator</a> for me, and got wildly different figures:</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPyIK3DK1I5F5N45k6g4_uYyHhRuuP8ZS-baIwb1yWnOQJyC-JqiX0s-r5P9l91QP6fEtYRaKEGiXk_YJm9vSjBXeNLysk-Uvq1ddgt2gD6Ij5JKdzkF99i5G-5Xfo0fr16nRMp67xFslLZwvdpFMZ1BA7faK8xsu4tnQZy_FRcJhYptpPEbpop-zP4Nkg/s721/Money%20md.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="721" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPyIK3DK1I5F5N45k6g4_uYyHhRuuP8ZS-baIwb1yWnOQJyC-JqiX0s-r5P9l91QP6fEtYRaKEGiXk_YJm9vSjBXeNLysk-Uvq1ddgt2gD6Ij5JKdzkF99i5G-5Xfo0fr16nRMp67xFslLZwvdpFMZ1BA7faK8xsu4tnQZy_FRcJhYptpPEbpop-zP4Nkg/w640-h374/Money%20md.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, I thought I'd better try another calculator, and this time, I converted first to the 2017 value, and then from the 2017 value to today's value. This is the result of the <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency-converter/" target="_blank">conversion to 2017</a> values:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWeKvV6zDu2jotqWMWzHiGMQ1QWzRJLOD23Hg4nhyphenhyphen9jg2zXhUN5Eor8j2XV-gISrSZAJ9096Wckw9F-Aa7Rr3KuXuzDSHFQ866DuPCYJPa9bHIzzSm4Nb0Zb6YWh81bi0pEYzNosDa0GEExA1o50D_mqEfe8PGPCRIKwENKCbX3stRMYUnAVM7sJPWgoGj/s721/Money%202017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="721" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWeKvV6zDu2jotqWMWzHiGMQ1QWzRJLOD23Hg4nhyphenhyphen9jg2zXhUN5Eor8j2XV-gISrSZAJ9096Wckw9F-Aa7Rr3KuXuzDSHFQ866DuPCYJPa9bHIzzSm4Nb0Zb6YWh81bi0pEYzNosDa0GEExA1o50D_mqEfe8PGPCRIKwENKCbX3stRMYUnAVM7sJPWgoGj/w640-h398/Money%202017.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">And this is the result of the <a href="https://www.in2013dollars.com/uk/inflation/2017" target="_blank">conversion from the above 2017</a> values to today's values:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbNNURlehyRXFg6EmQshe0xevzkGrK9uyLxbB0nRwQP_VqWBjKC7KjVb9VdsAVq13b_YIHXVQNXD6BoT_eQomTAk6P7epM1oEKQQY-QsdQWys5rwE0rtKybKLEbgj-i90Y_KuYULDvhnR3zoZgQQaRWp2qljRJTi1n0mkissswNJna0u0FXJROzdUJh9MM/s653/Money%202017-2024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="653" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbNNURlehyRXFg6EmQshe0xevzkGrK9uyLxbB0nRwQP_VqWBjKC7KjVb9VdsAVq13b_YIHXVQNXD6BoT_eQomTAk6P7epM1oEKQQY-QsdQWys5rwE0rtKybKLEbgj-i90Y_KuYULDvhnR3zoZgQQaRWp2qljRJTi1n0mkissswNJna0u0FXJROzdUJh9MM/w640-h462/Money%202017-2024.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Just to be sure, I <a href="https://www.inflationtool.com/british-pound/2017-to-present-value" target="_blank">tried another calculator</a> to convert from the 2017 value to today's value:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlpUXxqeG2n__HReFM33FoHeLSapX5WsuwK8Ea4i6P764b15qn98m0DCdJvtHcgA1aUQhBCwHVRHxN5YLbloZhA4TXMdO0Lgg65kL74wdMLW0dK6DffBvkZ69KKtJez7SaS9_IT0AbYvAZcPbLazCJ4SQtGje3NuIW-O2wsRqJ781Psd_XwiCPNjDo9BwK/s654/Money%202017-2024%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="654" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlpUXxqeG2n__HReFM33FoHeLSapX5WsuwK8Ea4i6P764b15qn98m0DCdJvtHcgA1aUQhBCwHVRHxN5YLbloZhA4TXMdO0Lgg65kL74wdMLW0dK6DffBvkZ69KKtJez7SaS9_IT0AbYvAZcPbLazCJ4SQtGje3NuIW-O2wsRqJ781Psd_XwiCPNjDo9BwK/w640-h464/Money%202017-2024%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Having reached such different figures, I decided to take the four values and calculate the average of these, to arrive at a potential figure for what these industrialists left, and what it might be worth today:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDm2_8BHaT2S6BBnFqaBTtZh7pe4Dna6JF3k9BvqBD1YW4_9pR-UdVHq88ToihzY1iug_sy_RjNyDP8DhUrgfpAFjkEOs-GQOOyLXk2jBiTEbMaiQyHJXdrTS8PUkUucHivS2M2IFg-x7V9GLi6MEMiZ0Nkp7GhZ_L3JDboc4HF7EJhiyMw5ecX1stYDT-/s722/Money%20av%20of%204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="722" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDm2_8BHaT2S6BBnFqaBTtZh7pe4Dna6JF3k9BvqBD1YW4_9pR-UdVHq88ToihzY1iug_sy_RjNyDP8DhUrgfpAFjkEOs-GQOOyLXk2jBiTEbMaiQyHJXdrTS8PUkUucHivS2M2IFg-x7V9GLi6MEMiZ0Nkp7GhZ_L3JDboc4HF7EJhiyMw5ecX1stYDT-/w640-h378/Money%20av%20of%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, to put the values into perspective with each other, here's the chart of who appears to have left the most, and who left the least:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG6Gt8SY2Rso6vjSlEoWjTju3Y8YstoJDmdFYgZ0zMGdWG9d756653rsSe6C7zhHcVNS26IjRXiUPcZjyIWOJCBPWZzJHtJXoYlhyphenhyphenujA6bAeYUGB0XrKmUUPvXjjVO-kp9UyLbhAKXCWtksjZJlanZrB8N30nmT5vpJnADucyyXd5oi8VGdy-F8FMw1uZT/s594/Money%20positions.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="594" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG6Gt8SY2Rso6vjSlEoWjTju3Y8YstoJDmdFYgZ0zMGdWG9d756653rsSe6C7zhHcVNS26IjRXiUPcZjyIWOJCBPWZzJHtJXoYlhyphenhyphenujA6bAeYUGB0XrKmUUPvXjjVO-kp9UyLbhAKXCWtksjZJlanZrB8N30nmT5vpJnADucyyXd5oi8VGdy-F8FMw1uZT/w640-h286/Money%20positions.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Of course, there are other ways to look at the value of money, here's one example: around the time of his death, Thomas Messenger would have been able to spend his money in one of the ways listed below:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmXhjPdzm4rQsB2zRTxwtfD-MuVmmI-dsU7sH32WA_6IYNJOgUIFVzv27jTyZq77NY-ZFzD4UKKWffJ-0LDdmN-f_kwy8iamYz9Bahu9m0vgO5EI3PODqhLiJP5LYhyqkPWDuVcAm8xiMK3LRoto-oQYHoPAczsi3dryE7wLNmuM-J3v35bDWEGLjtYQv/s660/value%20of%20money.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="660" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmXhjPdzm4rQsB2zRTxwtfD-MuVmmI-dsU7sH32WA_6IYNJOgUIFVzv27jTyZq77NY-ZFzD4UKKWffJ-0LDdmN-f_kwy8iamYz9Bahu9m0vgO5EI3PODqhLiJP5LYhyqkPWDuVcAm8xiMK3LRoto-oQYHoPAczsi3dryE7wLNmuM-J3v35bDWEGLjtYQv/w640-h438/value%20of%20money.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Calculation and picture courtesy of the National Archives</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;">____________________</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">________________</span></div><div>
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Shrove Tuesday, otherwise known as pancake day!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">As we know,
it’s a moveable feast, but cast your mind back to this day in 1862 … The <i>Loughborough
Monitor</i> of Thursday March 6th, carried the following report of an event
that had taken place two days earlier:</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">CONCERT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE DISPENSARY</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">On Shrove
Tuesday evening the Loughborough Amateur Choral Society gave their promised
Concert for the benefit of the above valuable public charity, in the Odd-fellow’s
Hall [<a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2014/04/handels-messiah-snibston-discovery_28.html" target="_blank"><b>now an international supermarket</b></a>]. As we anticipated, there was a very
large and highly respectable audience, although there was a deficiency in the
numbers of the elite of the neighbourhood, considering the object for which the
concert was given.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">The hall
itself presented a very lively and greatly improved appearance, having just been
cleaned and re-painted throughout, and the walls being finished in tinted
coloured panels; many of the audience remarked [on] the pleasant contrast
between its present aspect and uses, and its former gloomy condition and somewhat
questionable appropriation.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">An additional
decoration, prepared for the occasion by Mr. G. Russell, was extended nearly the
whole width of the room, and consisted of the inscription – “For the benefit of
the Dispensary,” – executed in bold letters of vermillion chocolate upon a white
[back]ground, the whole very tastefully bordered round with flowers coloured in
rose and green.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">The excellent
acoustic properties of the building proved to be such as to make many wish that
our noble Town Hall was equally adapted for vocal and instrumental
performances, although there is as much need for improved ventilation as there
is at the Town Hall.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">The members
of the Amateur Choral Society acquitted themselves, on the whole, to the satisfaction
of the audience, who very freely accorded their approval at the termination of
each piece; although we have no doubt those present who were able to criticise
would discover very much that <i>might</i> be, and we feel persuaded <i>will</i>
be, amended.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Their success
at present is greatest in choral pieces, as there was an evident need of more
severe practice in the trios and quartetts [sic.]. We may, however, make very
favourable exception in the case of Miss Peel, who sang most sweetly the
beautiful song, “<i>My soul doth magnify the Lord</i>”, in which she was
deservedly encored. We have no desire to look too closely into any defects that
might be noticed, as we cannot forget that the majority of the members of this
society are working men, and that their praiseworthy object was to enhance the
funds of our public dispensary.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">The members
of the society were aided by the gratuitous services of Mr. H. Dennis, of Hugglescote,
as leader of the orchestra; Mr. West, of Sawley, first violin; Mr. Turner, of Sawley,
second violin; Mr. Edwards of Sheepshed Choral Society; Mr. J. Granger, of
Nottingham, bass singer, who was heartily encored in singing the bass solo, “<i>Arm,
arm, ye brave!</i>” and also by other friends.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">A vote of
thanks moved by Mr. Mills, and supported by Mr. Marshall, was cordially
presented to the Society and to those gentlemen who had so kindly assisted; and
this was acknowledged by Mr. Dennis. We
are glad to say that after the payment of all expenses there remains the
handsome sum of £6 15s. to hand over to the funds of the Dispensary. We hope
the society will ere long give a concert for their own benefit.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">The following
is the programme:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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believe that since I shared with you some changes that had happened around the
town centre during <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2024/01/changes-in-loughborough-2023.html" target="_blank"><b>2023</b></a>, yet more things have changed in the past couple of
weeks!!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">The most
recent thing I’ve seen is that Moore and York, the estate agents, seem to have
vacated the mill building on Devonshire Square/Ward’s End, that they have occupied
for many years. Whether or not this is a permanent situation or not, I don’t know, but
I do know they recently had a new heating system installed! The building might
be on the register of locally listed buildings, although in reality, I’m not
sure if the listing might perhaps be for the other end of the building, at the edge
of the Granby Street car park. Nevertheless, the building in question is, in my
opinion, quite lovely with its red and blue brick, its brick window arches, and
its interesting cross-shaped white brick pattern.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX7Sf7E_c36ufpOFeh6wg0OtAvHKJg4XPtFm2fgbR0TDUWDySe_N0zrRHi8ZDv5cjLbcA2n_lfCI__S207JPulPMX5h7sBzChBdGSgHXXfYulsbURgyuIST2z8_bw6N-nLqN4UrMeJuE6T9VAse3mfqz-GKHjT2vbBBdS1e-b49zl3gjdSCjBxulLUFweM/s1200/DSC08659.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX7Sf7E_c36ufpOFeh6wg0OtAvHKJg4XPtFm2fgbR0TDUWDySe_N0zrRHi8ZDv5cjLbcA2n_lfCI__S207JPulPMX5h7sBzChBdGSgHXXfYulsbURgyuIST2z8_bw6N-nLqN4UrMeJuE6T9VAse3mfqz-GKHjT2vbBBdS1e-b49zl3gjdSCjBxulLUFweM/w480-h640/DSC08659.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">View from Devonshire Square</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVvI9QjDuIvovxaStYo4T4e7OWOSHg6mQzdVWC2VFi-9CVrUZs1LNOTY6BSTCBSkKPR-l1DT-3RUR25kpOnEhlPADhNxFe3DZCnobySwZ11PoVlYOrNgJTvoikwWiycCtkwW89XPP-0QgUHTbrblRv3xAKjhM6j8Y6m1B7oyiZn_4ohqbL8J-VgZT_vkSx/s1200/DSC08661.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="784" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVvI9QjDuIvovxaStYo4T4e7OWOSHg6mQzdVWC2VFi-9CVrUZs1LNOTY6BSTCBSkKPR-l1DT-3RUR25kpOnEhlPADhNxFe3DZCnobySwZ11PoVlYOrNgJTvoikwWiycCtkwW89XPP-0QgUHTbrblRv3xAKjhM6j8Y6m1B7oyiZn_4ohqbL8J-VgZT_vkSx/w418-h640/DSC08661.JPG" width="418" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">View from Ward's End</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">I mentioned
in my previous post that the Moon and Bell had gone, but since then work seems
to have begun on the building itself. The Old Bleach Yard signs that were on
the side of the building along the alleyway have gone (ok, so they were rather,
ummm, bleached by the sun!), some of the rear windows have been boarded up, and
the flat roof is being attended to.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBAOr5JPMHMce5LN1W9y8Udg7OHdVEMjvSe0s9iGdFyZ4Q3lfubSLJJK-HYatY6CUkVhibMSbBaoRp96PL92SqbV1GIhJ-qwxAXrhJgVYBf6Q5EewHgRpLJkK-LD8KuLTw_oXldwkO2MgBpd49tbjDhXDWk2E9rZEVwGlmIKb1ZDAvdXXJX5zHVaV59jS/s1200/DSC08666.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBAOr5JPMHMce5LN1W9y8Udg7OHdVEMjvSe0s9iGdFyZ4Q3lfubSLJJK-HYatY6CUkVhibMSbBaoRp96PL92SqbV1GIhJ-qwxAXrhJgVYBf6Q5EewHgRpLJkK-LD8KuLTw_oXldwkO2MgBpd49tbjDhXDWk2E9rZEVwGlmIKb1ZDAvdXXJX5zHVaV59jS/w480-h640/DSC08666.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Old Bleach Yard alleyway</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcyhRSBlX-HoBFofVvFLKL8wtsyHVEC7xQbhx3bSWUQrf-6wKLF5TFe-XbbYn7GAUePe5rsRbLKpAYSsx87_HJBvwLERLngGQr2DBbNETXGtlyH8Hv7kR3h-z13bQ0TbTK5tnGs8mGpYy8I2pBsfuGBqlJVC9oGssv5AcjabfWK0y7p6UaR_p3-vDJZW1D/s1200/DSC08668.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcyhRSBlX-HoBFofVvFLKL8wtsyHVEC7xQbhx3bSWUQrf-6wKLF5TFe-XbbYn7GAUePe5rsRbLKpAYSsx87_HJBvwLERLngGQr2DBbNETXGtlyH8Hv7kR3h-z13bQ0TbTK5tnGs8mGpYy8I2pBsfuGBqlJVC9oGssv5AcjabfWK0y7p6UaR_p3-vDJZW1D/w640-h480/DSC08668.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Moon and Bell from the rear</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZ2NgJuyhy70ffqqYp5cuQ7MIl8r4uuvlMj4nkl0bJOhL0hPh83x2QndOp6VTNKcjfAwI18BadjDxrUP8XKhUF8uG2MqSvDLXyCrXosU11N6LxbExc7nQvQz0YfESuDcJrln-3RcsoMWPIv_jNXLDzSuwW9SObcW66QTwfk2RS_6N69b0w45vss0QDbgJ/s1200/DSCN5057.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZ2NgJuyhy70ffqqYp5cuQ7MIl8r4uuvlMj4nkl0bJOhL0hPh83x2QndOp6VTNKcjfAwI18BadjDxrUP8XKhUF8uG2MqSvDLXyCrXosU11N6LxbExc7nQvQz0YfESuDcJrln-3RcsoMWPIv_jNXLDzSuwW9SObcW66QTwfk2RS_6N69b0w45vss0QDbgJ/w480-h640/DSCN5057.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Old Bleach Yard banners in 2015</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJC-eeoluJa7LHQksz1hfSRoZeKMvTLJ6AL8jYEcEB2EyLdfl7ehHO8lE22uzVTVzCOTj9QSHF9eMz6yFguWobu_jUzZQBjrLuHL-8l_ysMIw8pnC6hSIDi4qTZVhH7QUP6s9p_isYfIff8FpU03haDLS-hIxEDy8IbgVyFserPAwbSUl35iLzFPY3jpNv/s1200/DSC08667.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJC-eeoluJa7LHQksz1hfSRoZeKMvTLJ6AL8jYEcEB2EyLdfl7ehHO8lE22uzVTVzCOTj9QSHF9eMz6yFguWobu_jUzZQBjrLuHL-8l_ysMIw8pnC6hSIDi4qTZVhH7QUP6s9p_isYfIff8FpU03haDLS-hIxEDy8IbgVyFserPAwbSUl35iLzFPY3jpNv/w640-h480/DSC08667.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Old Bleach Yard banners gone, 2024</span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">And the
little shop that for a very long time traded in vacuum cleaners, and has since hosted
a number of other businesses, is now being turned into a pottery, which is
having an open day on 24th and 25th February. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFtZOsszfJs6g06y4Y9R3hjr9_kEaQVq_w7L8VtlmkPTnQSJYz3-kFcV7sq0a6yTFR6DU-QLGj_cMsA-xEbdoALnw1ewbx0TLh0p4Wbpo5L5w0TgRTOMf1CHrOpTA_devZQMYl0ydVilHO9Rhv80raMvA-xAFmWLj2gNsC_his9tjyS-p2cakTvEPHLREt/s1200/DSC08664.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFtZOsszfJs6g06y4Y9R3hjr9_kEaQVq_w7L8VtlmkPTnQSJYz3-kFcV7sq0a6yTFR6DU-QLGj_cMsA-xEbdoALnw1ewbx0TLh0p4Wbpo5L5w0TgRTOMf1CHrOpTA_devZQMYl0ydVilHO9Rhv80raMvA-xAFmWLj2gNsC_his9tjyS-p2cakTvEPHLREt/w480-h640/DSC08664.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJMWM0URCOEnrdXIdCdiAFOM2c7dE5Vih4g-P5qaYEXwOBzTtWKfefJCKVuedDSjYOuEXiQd_iglBJ8SCh_3A177TJr6U112XKMjuJz9LQBqZWu8J-WzEv_LF-H1yjImvOsYGmzFqhYCRpDEAjtza86bZlzZPqtRP61SNafnVqc0UDryFgYDtz3-uZayKC/s1200/DSC08665.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJMWM0URCOEnrdXIdCdiAFOM2c7dE5Vih4g-P5qaYEXwOBzTtWKfefJCKVuedDSjYOuEXiQd_iglBJ8SCh_3A177TJr6U112XKMjuJz9LQBqZWu8J-WzEv_LF-H1yjImvOsYGmzFqhYCRpDEAjtza86bZlzZPqtRP61SNafnVqc0UDryFgYDtz3-uZayKC/w640-h480/DSC08665.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whilst I was
in the area, I walked through Queen’s Park, and noticed the trees that had been
removed. Well, actually I couldn’t have noticed the trees, as they had ummmm,
been removed, but I did gasp at the difference the removal of two of the trees
had made to the view (and to the shade over and around the benches).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEfvZ1t6JJA0cDpflhVpqQcUw7l4eIsnfXcPHGHguW4LAzToR8csz61hBoSfv66VVIQoWBpS0Qv5_jpmFFeK1d8pCfKnyTkZhX7dF9bMgI8TQazZ1pIgHLH2lOBLyYvaV1cLg2_Hl7iHXH1Kr4hE2ZO8o4BaAdClpfHN7RhXP1i_djkjFM8ab2c7iFHdsE/s1200/DSC08671.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEfvZ1t6JJA0cDpflhVpqQcUw7l4eIsnfXcPHGHguW4LAzToR8csz61hBoSfv66VVIQoWBpS0Qv5_jpmFFeK1d8pCfKnyTkZhX7dF9bMgI8TQazZ1pIgHLH2lOBLyYvaV1cLg2_Hl7iHXH1Kr4hE2ZO8o4BaAdClpfHN7RhXP1i_djkjFM8ab2c7iFHdsE/w640-h480/DSC08671.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the residential
streets, a property with a <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2016/12/swithland-slate.html" target="_blank"><b>Swithland slate</b></a> roof has had these tiles removed and
replaced with different ones – probably Welsh slate, so still fairly in-keeping
with the house, but much more of a grey colour when compared with the green hue of the Swithland variety.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqhHGstzxe2FsP_lG3thnx5kW0_-gy64CuGQqcXn7LCTTpiQJaL5FDCVo04rVYp71T9sGhDI7V5Iz_cHxd3BjSqeRPxYZyzeYgUqUwGMwmgf-7qUu_giMxXgd_wsdiNt8XXdWTBXpBW6o7x4m1K3dBZaM461aiQMEXzGlMmlCpr40A90ZWsf1gGEBMejS7/s842/Park%20Street%20Swithland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="767" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqhHGstzxe2FsP_lG3thnx5kW0_-gy64CuGQqcXn7LCTTpiQJaL5FDCVo04rVYp71T9sGhDI7V5Iz_cHxd3BjSqeRPxYZyzeYgUqUwGMwmgf-7qUu_giMxXgd_wsdiNt8XXdWTBXpBW6o7x4m1K3dBZaM461aiQMEXzGlMmlCpr40A90ZWsf1gGEBMejS7/w582-h640/Park%20Street%20Swithland.jpg" width="582" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The old Swithland slate roof</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitTXgJNB2r5pUACP-dAzEXXLQe3ucamG5Hj0iq-NbGITCaW7omA6HJZym4spfmAXsxAYNcBGFlfl2qn2X1lldoIJ51lxB3gWpT-p15U_VEwbmIzV73G2BNPat7blgty8GI_rif5UE5Y0YJjd6bZb2qFAi-B0UeCW_-HgEr2UQMZhQ9tcLWoasTtUA-tO-F/s1200/DSC08673.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitTXgJNB2r5pUACP-dAzEXXLQe3ucamG5Hj0iq-NbGITCaW7omA6HJZym4spfmAXsxAYNcBGFlfl2qn2X1lldoIJ51lxB3gWpT-p15U_VEwbmIzV73G2BNPat7blgty8GI_rif5UE5Y0YJjd6bZb2qFAi-B0UeCW_-HgEr2UQMZhQ9tcLWoasTtUA-tO-F/w480-h640/DSC08673.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A new roof</span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Champs now
has scaffolding around it. Well, actually, I think it may have been like this
before Christmas, but it didn’t quite make it to the blog! Prior to 2018, this
sports bar was called The Unicorn.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtCooZ_AEw9v6DO7knrlZNIkBP1Le1EUkzupXujUXyjoKtQ2GR07dlrPke6mvPdLtISHtUVC0WBZffKSnrP6j3dgDKtaZlHXO8hJLrlgsOqp1YpWjzIlJgRaesr86DR-aTRr5vqAyFvAIxkFDke0hh_r5g1GV0hB-1rGCXK7POfsPCHJJ0AKyOqG-7JZ2/s1200/DSC08655.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtCooZ_AEw9v6DO7knrlZNIkBP1Le1EUkzupXujUXyjoKtQ2GR07dlrPke6mvPdLtISHtUVC0WBZffKSnrP6j3dgDKtaZlHXO8hJLrlgsOqp1YpWjzIlJgRaesr86DR-aTRr5vqAyFvAIxkFDke0hh_r5g1GV0hB-1rGCXK7POfsPCHJJ0AKyOqG-7JZ2/w640-h480/DSC08655.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieum_nDJtf_m2HpYAUJbOXMbVe4oGtw5Us4g9aw_lxlCLwxE4hj8Lye8EmItZR_3-xjqBakUnTtdP-FTZU9LfW_4ndJnrPNELBYLdL_L3sTrRYw59TCyAopsinhS88AKE2jHh1MUbiPjk59W5yhfCjyVRqS1CbaZXck1tLaS5GYF8w9nSNAlANFmgZfiCm/s1200/DSC08656.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieum_nDJtf_m2HpYAUJbOXMbVe4oGtw5Us4g9aw_lxlCLwxE4hj8Lye8EmItZR_3-xjqBakUnTtdP-FTZU9LfW_4ndJnrPNELBYLdL_L3sTrRYw59TCyAopsinhS88AKE2jHh1MUbiPjk59W5yhfCjyVRqS1CbaZXck1tLaS5GYF8w9nSNAlANFmgZfiCm/w480-h640/DSC08656.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Briefly, it
looks like the Peacock is having a bit of work done, too.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg12fIgf_yBo5A1FYjAl4n2b03_vhsCJyzZawZoCTSsKmgdJnrpXx44jsJLtQVtGaLGtjYu8DNr5m5-bwwnHEckOOzShIOHXTvx2N8Kk6iPQ3ovOiTE6SpGhdH-cLXpzWHa925JyighV-hhozVGdr-UUM6H1fcYSaw5tB4mpq8VOzXf1tNAczVbL0OOJHbg/s1200/DSC08609.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg12fIgf_yBo5A1FYjAl4n2b03_vhsCJyzZawZoCTSsKmgdJnrpXx44jsJLtQVtGaLGtjYu8DNr5m5-bwwnHEckOOzShIOHXTvx2N8Kk6iPQ3ovOiTE6SpGhdH-cLXpzWHa925JyighV-hhozVGdr-UUM6H1fcYSaw5tB4mpq8VOzXf1tNAczVbL0OOJHbg/w640-h480/DSC08609.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The white property
on Fennel Street (now the A6), which suffered a fire a few years ago, has had its
side chimney (?) removed.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibwIQO0dzRINL0uylzQpzDarDPWYqGn6WaUPrb6f8J4IxAkBBPVCGtJAisnu7fs0HQobZjEXuujljt5Q9CqNB4g0o0uhdjF1CP-2qFPAoT-tJ520kleGR5cyZONAJ5ZycPPv_zB1CrGSgrUR4MibYSoIisj1z5W4uiS0AWJ_1MJa5gt0-Dicllg2-GUW90/s1200/DSC08074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibwIQO0dzRINL0uylzQpzDarDPWYqGn6WaUPrb6f8J4IxAkBBPVCGtJAisnu7fs0HQobZjEXuujljt5Q9CqNB4g0o0uhdjF1CP-2qFPAoT-tJ520kleGR5cyZONAJ5ZycPPv_zB1CrGSgrUR4MibYSoIisj1z5W4uiS0AWJ_1MJa5gt0-Dicllg2-GUW90/w640-h480/DSC08074.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Pictured in November 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAvVPj4vIbSRl_1yHU4bAMLc1vyDJlrfFeK6isDClrVulEguHuogxkhecz5clNg_tNpiSpV_lJ0QXDD_7EDl7JAcv7bt8dw7cgOL5mz6VLR_moCMSce0rkmLArVbwQTLu7Ah6joqD_awdKTcukM4CfEHDmmy-M3AGmaGM1dT5itkQsbatqtzQgHitGomHG/s1200/DSC08651.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAvVPj4vIbSRl_1yHU4bAMLc1vyDJlrfFeK6isDClrVulEguHuogxkhecz5clNg_tNpiSpV_lJ0QXDD_7EDl7JAcv7bt8dw7cgOL5mz6VLR_moCMSce0rkmLArVbwQTLu7Ah6joqD_awdKTcukM4CfEHDmmy-M3AGmaGM1dT5itkQsbatqtzQgHitGomHG/w640-h428/DSC08651.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_FE8UqqRjRxFhU8OlymYT9P0KW4NvJOE_KiRIUBkqoaD3-vl_SW91ohWZXJ9XnuZ39JDr9u2J8MW9XVzeZMF4BFi4k8k-FZ9DUlC1IplbaR7ttgI-NFcYr8f9XfJJievXOxQU2lwuCD-HSTwuLVME1p-4QWp0Jw8sfWIBW4r6dnTWNX6BF2NdYWBPC6G5/s1200/DSC08654.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_FE8UqqRjRxFhU8OlymYT9P0KW4NvJOE_KiRIUBkqoaD3-vl_SW91ohWZXJ9XnuZ39JDr9u2J8MW9XVzeZMF4BFi4k8k-FZ9DUlC1IplbaR7ttgI-NFcYr8f9XfJJievXOxQU2lwuCD-HSTwuLVME1p-4QWp0Jw8sfWIBW4r6dnTWNX6BF2NdYWBPC6G5/w640-h480/DSC08654.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And there I must end for another week!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">____________________________________</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script";">Posted by
lynneaboutloughborough</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script";">With apologies for
typos which are all mine!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">_______________________________________________</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Thank you for
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(2023). More changes around the town in early 2024. Available from: <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2024/02/more-changes-around-town-in-early-2024.html" target="_blank">https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2024/02/more-changes-around-town-in-early-2024.html</a> [Accessed 4 February 2024]</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Take down
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Lynne<o:p></o:p></span></p>stjeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02358079860710812787noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-87134976182221239282024-01-31T18:05:00.003+00:002024-01-31T18:05:38.691+00:00The Zeppelin raid of 1916<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I could not
let today go by without some small commemoration of the night of the Zeppelin
raid on Loughborough - 31st January 1916 - which killed ten people and injured a further twelve.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">In 2016 there
was a commemoration service in The Rushes, and a plaque was unveiled on which those who died are memorialised. In the past couple of years, this memorial has
been augmented with an information board, giving the plaque a bit more context.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">You can find plenty of information about the Zeppelin raid scattered across this blog. And do look out for another Zeppelin-related walk scheduled for September 2024!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">So, back in 2020,
a friend wrote a guest post for the blog which discussed <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2020/02/what-became-of-loughborough-zeppelin.html" target="_blank">what eventually happened to the Zeppelin L20</a> .</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Also, over
the years I have written a number of posts about the raids; here are some of
them:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2016/05/night-of-zeppelin.html" target="_blank">Account of the community play</a> which covered so many different aspects of the attacks. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2021/01/loughborough-zeppelin-attack-anniversary.html" target="_blank">What happened to some who survived their injuries</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">The <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2022/01/zeppelins-charnwood-museum-and-gilberts.html" target="_blank">background story of Josiah Gilbert</a>, a shopkeeper on Empress Road </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">The story of
Josiah Gilbert – <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2021/01/so-who-was-josiah-gilbert-pt-1.html" target="_blank">Part 1</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">And <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2021/01/so-who-was-josiah-gilbert-pt-2.html" target="_blank">Part 2</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/p/loughborough-zeppelin-trail.html" target="_blank">A virtual walk</a> around
the sites directly affected by the Zeppelin bombs</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">A <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2014/02/ww1-and-zeppelin-raids.html" target="_blank">guided walk led by a friend</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">A <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2016/01/a-commemorative-walk.html" target="_blank">walk around the sites</a> on the 100th anniversary</span></p>
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lynneaboutloughborough</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script";">With apologies for
typos which are all mine!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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(2023). The Zeppelin raid of 1916. Available from: <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-zeppelin-raid-of-1916.html" target="_blank">https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-zeppelin-raid-of-1916.html</a> [Accessed 31 January 2024]</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lynne</span></p>stjeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02358079860710812787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-78881155523647119662024-01-28T20:43:00.001+00:002024-01-28T20:43:14.061+00:00Tuckers clay pits<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Over the
years I seem to have written quite a few blogposts about Tuckers, the
brickmakers of Loughborough (see below), and included the company in some of my
presentations and books. It seems timely to re-visit …</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Evidence of
Tucker’s brickworks can still be seen around Loughborough. Charnwood Water,
formerly a Tucker’s claypit, is now filled with water and is a haven for birds,
a great place for anglers, a perfect place for model boats (though not so often
nowadays), is ideal for walking, and once was the location for raft and dragon
boat races.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">I make quite
regular visits to Charnwood Water, which was once known as Tuckers Pond, and every
time I visit, I see something different! I guess this is partly because of the
changing seasons, which means that the plants are different throughout the
year, and the views are different when the trees are in leave and during the
winter. It’s also partly because of the migratory birds that grace the pond, so
Sometimes there’s loads of Canada Geese, or black and white ducks, while other
times there’ll be loads of cygnets. Bizarrely, I’ll see something different, or
differently depending on which way round I choose to walk the perimeter! And I
see and hear different things depending on whether I’m focussing on looking
around, or more on listening – or not focussing on anything other than putting
one foot in front of the other, a different experience in the muddy winter, and
the sunny spring!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiaIh-DPra-u-BhnY4eLjxLKLZ-FEFvDxVClhjoIW8t_agl3oe_qJhOsghbhkmMxYMdXorHSuXrgp6NzGWtJv75NaYVoXX3nfcTf_BgHgM7OoEokOFZbPkoLbThukYxJGFozg372MOewoCYXjl0dnD2zGx0pjE-oPgU6UxfUBbeSONTqIBdPhdxnQ84JIm/s4896/DSC01113.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiaIh-DPra-u-BhnY4eLjxLKLZ-FEFvDxVClhjoIW8t_agl3oe_qJhOsghbhkmMxYMdXorHSuXrgp6NzGWtJv75NaYVoXX3nfcTf_BgHgM7OoEokOFZbPkoLbThukYxJGFozg372MOewoCYXjl0dnD2zGx0pjE-oPgU6UxfUBbeSONTqIBdPhdxnQ84JIm/w640-h480/DSC01113.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOXdeTbUDZ98AFJD1gC_OutHMuiQaLtK1uupyb0_6LFf00PD_hlvvHeIWx9X972M5dxptHIxcbHFvIVOquTTNN-g8J8C92E9lU0XJJiTV6diqMHj8qdBlgM2HTAWXbAolb5PJtZNFT8dvfEQISM6io42Sy_qVhRUTV4Li0k0Q035SpY0wjVjD3gSnfDvK/s4896/DSC01121.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOXdeTbUDZ98AFJD1gC_OutHMuiQaLtK1uupyb0_6LFf00PD_hlvvHeIWx9X972M5dxptHIxcbHFvIVOquTTNN-g8J8C92E9lU0XJJiTV6diqMHj8qdBlgM2HTAWXbAolb5PJtZNFT8dvfEQISM6io42Sy_qVhRUTV4Li0k0Q035SpY0wjVjD3gSnfDvK/w640-h480/DSC01121.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmljKUq1SU2R5Z3jQR0aC7AETTRHeN5Qb_z0x_ezgkxIwXL7b5txx0Pyj3lHJmPQyu8VsDD9pb63WEly_qXqW-rbWd_O4MYnRd3nR8pk_YFn5wiGLIt4PtTa2q9fHsDl7JadhTdfI8SBZOqhuPUcQ3Kqejjy3ScwX67Vkgxw-cWmPA5Ile28nO5wFiPVYe/s4896/DSC02808.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmljKUq1SU2R5Z3jQR0aC7AETTRHeN5Qb_z0x_ezgkxIwXL7b5txx0Pyj3lHJmPQyu8VsDD9pb63WEly_qXqW-rbWd_O4MYnRd3nR8pk_YFn5wiGLIt4PtTa2q9fHsDl7JadhTdfI8SBZOqhuPUcQ3Kqejjy3ScwX67Vkgxw-cWmPA5Ile28nO5wFiPVYe/w640-h480/DSC02808.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjktr03uCT80_JzLJYvF1CIYDR8xTHcJ9xz5tZIsvvhbtOjHNGvnwT_ft_DAZ5-y155dzY6gDBj4ny-ujcxi9xwsSqj3tiyvmDxce2vs8COYt35DDHiTjcSoticeAv9DMxCZqbAjfWjnhlgKw79BnZsdbo6acRkMl4FRfw7dUld-UJjHOgGVagdRWcWH76F/s4896/DSC02811.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjktr03uCT80_JzLJYvF1CIYDR8xTHcJ9xz5tZIsvvhbtOjHNGvnwT_ft_DAZ5-y155dzY6gDBj4ny-ujcxi9xwsSqj3tiyvmDxce2vs8COYt35DDHiTjcSoticeAv9DMxCZqbAjfWjnhlgKw79BnZsdbo6acRkMl4FRfw7dUld-UJjHOgGVagdRWcWH76F/w640-h480/DSC02811.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Of course,
although I believe this was the main brickworks Tuckers also had a works off
what is now Epinal Way, on William Street. There are two ponds in the vicinity,
and the little one is now also haven for wildlife, and if I remember rightly, I
have also seen people fishing there. It’s a bit hidden, and I don’t think it’s
possible to walk all the way around, and some of the banks are a bit slopey,
but it’s an interesting place, nestled as it is between allotments and a new
housing estate. I’m not sure that the larger pond is publicly accessible.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWTJjVfVbtRpT764glTarATvy1tDVQ5-jJFN_Xt2roHSxgRW3s8tx3D7yK5k_BqtIdtJ92oH8jxRIMVe8EnOrEyaoGxHcaIW6q7xw9aaMzGwUvhJHDOy6FoaflF1yc4Aw571En7NfIV0jdAnHFtBsiCMiniZwCngdXRBh6Bu3ctzGadVW86NqZpF8DISn/s4048/IMG_20220613_194933.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3036" data-original-width="4048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWTJjVfVbtRpT764glTarATvy1tDVQ5-jJFN_Xt2roHSxgRW3s8tx3D7yK5k_BqtIdtJ92oH8jxRIMVe8EnOrEyaoGxHcaIW6q7xw9aaMzGwUvhJHDOy6FoaflF1yc4Aw571En7NfIV0jdAnHFtBsiCMiniZwCngdXRBh6Bu3ctzGadVW86NqZpF8DISn/w640-h480/IMG_20220613_194933.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">The other
Tuckers works was called the <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-68049102" target="_blank">Park Road Brick and Tile Works</a>, and was off Park
Road, with kilns and other buildings closer to what is now Beacon Road. The
main site is now occupied by a supermarket – the building, the car park and the
petrol station covering almost exactly the footprint of the brickworks, and the
area closer to Beacon Road is now a storage area for a building firm. However,
before this, the area was used as the town landfill site, before moving to its
present position on Railway Terrace, off Nottingham Road.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Previous posts
about Tuckers</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">A selection
of <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2021/04/tuckers-bricks-part-3.html" target="_blank">Tuckers buildings post-1934</a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">A few <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2021/03/tuckers-bricks-part-2.html" target="_blank">Tuckers brick buildings from 1928-1933</a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Some of
<a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2021/03/tuckers-bricks-part-1.html" target="_blank">Tuckers early buildings up to 1927</a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">A selection
of <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2021/04/tuckers-buildings-in-loughborough.html" target="_blank">buildings in Loughborough</a> made from Tuckers bricks </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">A bit of
<a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2016/04/tuckers.html" target="_blank">family history</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Previous posts
about Charnwood Water</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">A <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2015/01/winter-walk-around-water-charnwood-that.html" target="_blank">winter walk around Charnwood Water</a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2018/03/loughborough-snow-today.html" target="_blank">Charnwood Water in the snow</a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">____________________________________</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Homemade Apple;">Posted by lynneaboutloughborough</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Homemade Apple;">With
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lynne</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>stjeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02358079860710812787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-24436471569519610782024-01-21T19:30:00.000+00:002024-01-21T19:30:13.612+00:00Meandering mindfully around The Outwoods<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This weekend I had the joy of spending some time in The Outwoods: luckily it was Saturday and not earlier in the week, so the temperature was a tropical +6 degrees, rather than the minus figures it had been during the week, although thermals and walking boots were still the order of the day!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I hadn't realised I'd already written so extensively about The Outwoods, on here, and I've had a couple of guest blog posts featuring the area too - see the full list below - which cover some of the memorial benches, the sculpture trail, and a bit of history. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anyway, this time I was actually attending an art event, the first of which was led by <a href="https://andreaabbatangelo.com/" target="_blank">Andrea Abbatangelo</a>. It was all to do with <a href="https://www.charnwoodforest.org/about/" target="_blank">Charnwood Forest</a> applying to become a <a href="https://unesco.org.uk/geoparks/" target="_blank">UNESCO GeoPark</a> <span style="font-size: x-small;">[1]</span> - I guess a group similar to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites, but for geologically interesting ones - and Charnwood Forest certainly is that!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Initially, we did 'exercises' up near the car park (because we were attending some other events, we actually drove to The Outwoods, which isn't something we normally do!). This involved describing something we'd seen as we arrived at the woods, and taking some time to scan interesting looking things, before using microscopes (attached to mobile phones) to look at some things close up. It's very strange what you can see, or what you think you can see when you look carefully and closely at something.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I suppose our walk could have been described as a mindful walk, as we took our time, and closely observed our surroundings. In truth, although I don't normally take my time, I do tend to stop and look at details wherever I am, and I do sometimes wander around just observing anyway - call it psychogeography or flanerie!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anway, after we'd finished the event in the woods, we had a very welcome lunch stop in the cafe, and some interesting chats with other participants, before moving off to Woodhouse Eaves to hear a talk from another artist. <a href="https://lux.org.uk/artist/frances-scott/" target="_blank">Frances Scott</a>, with her partner, David, had researched The Outwoods, and revealed that Roger Mason had not been the first person to find the Charnia fossil somewhere in the Charnwood Forest in 1957, but that it had first been found by a schoolgirl, <a href="https://trowelblazers.com/2015/03/04/tina-negus/" target="_blank">Tina Negus</a>, a year earlier, but not been recognised by her teachers for the importance it really held. Her part in finding this fossil was finally acknowledged in 2004, but I admit to not knowing anything about his until now. After a Q&A session and a another round of chatting, we then made our way to Nanpantan ...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Can you believe that although I have been to <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2021/05/visit-to-nanpantan-hall.html" target="_blank"><b>Nanpantan Hall</b></a> a few times, I have never been to St Mary's church. Sure, I've walked past it numerous times, and <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2023/06/building-stone.html" target="_blank"><b>written about it</b></a>, but never been in, and actually, in truth, I didn't go into the church this time, either, as the artwork was in the church hall, and presumably the church was locked (I didn't check). We stepped into a darkened room and were treated to a couple of films made by / of <a href="https://www.elasticfiction.co/" target="_blank">Becky Lyon</a>, who also has an installation at Morley Quarry in Shepshed, although we didn't have time to visit on this occasion. I must say, it was pretty mesmerising!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">As we were leaving the church hall, we took a slight detour and view the poignant war memorial, had a much better look at the bellcote and bell than can be seen from the road, spotted some sheep, and some interesting stones, dedicated to a former owner of Nanpantan Hall.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">All in all, a very good day, especially as I could immerse myself in nature, appreciate some art, and learn something new!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here are some photos of my day - enjoy! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeImp_AWkBM869msX5qxoYS3N67PWGZ6aE3qBx-0LZniwsVuDSMmvZwTRsflJD387B2m8QOgMSxlspxbANUAgvWNgMlImRQuDcwahHU-04CigyNY09raCHNkz8SAS6ampH0-utivBmLpgzzD53vWusQiu7wPHJhQ1m1j1SMELlo-cev-GXpaT7RXg4CP0W/s1200/DSC08290.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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unified geographical areas where sites and landscapes of international
geological significance are managed with a holistic concept of protection,
education and sustainable development. Geoparks are areas of exceptional geological
significance. All of the UK’s geoparks have internationally significant
geology, but what makes them special is that they are community-led
partnerships that promote an appreciation of natural and cultural heritage
while supporting the sustainable economic development of the area, primarily
through geological and eco-tourism."</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here are some of my earlier posts about The Outwoods:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2021/10/o-is-for-outwoods.html" target="_blank">O is for Outwoods</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2023/08/walking-from-loughborough-to-outwoods.html" target="_blank">Walking from Loughborough to The Outwoods and Back</a> - guest post</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2022/07/outwoods-sculpture-trail.html" target="_blank">Outwoods Sculpture Trail 2022</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2022/10/outwoods-sculptures-in-town.html" target="_blank">Outwoods Sculptures in town</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2020/10/outwoods.html" target="_blank">Memorial benches</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2019/06/a-walk-to-oaks-in-charnwood-via-outwoods.html" target="_blank">Walk to Oaks in Charnwood via The Outwoods</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2016/01/new-year-walk-to-outwoods.html" target="_blank">New Year walk to The Outwoods 2016</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2020/06/life-in-locked-down-loughborough.html" target="_blank">Life in locked down Loughborough</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">____________________________________</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script";">Posted by
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Of course, apart from actual building changes, there have also been lots of instances of building change of use, or simply building vacation.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here are some photos of a few of the changes I've noticed (apologies that some are so out of focus - I was having a worse day for photography than usual!):</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Moon and Bell closed</b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8lA3uhHja1Ifs7qhFyYApXuviDLj0DolBH_VrW1QmWURCRClSjmotgsBLAEFSZ7nxpQ20Qq4WmPeZeLPDXZ121hLwddM96FIJCmgdE6AMwjufwqB38URJczAA9Tu5JqPCbguTKYfzqgYfGfDskphSZ9F0zQVjyNwRNEiF6QDzT67x6cVusL7q1i-H3Gq1/s1200/DSC08176.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8lA3uhHja1Ifs7qhFyYApXuviDLj0DolBH_VrW1QmWURCRClSjmotgsBLAEFSZ7nxpQ20Qq4WmPeZeLPDXZ121hLwddM96FIJCmgdE6AMwjufwqB38URJczAA9Tu5JqPCbguTKYfzqgYfGfDskphSZ9F0zQVjyNwRNEiF6QDzT67x6cVusL7q1i-H3Gq1/w640-h480/DSC08176.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2014/09/spotlight-on-ancient-loughborough-part.html" target="_blank">Windmill</a> changed to a residential property</b> (I couldn't find my later photo which I'm sure showed even more changes than this particular photo from October 2023 does)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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One sister was a lecturer at Royal Holloway College, the other was influential in the field of X-ray crystallography. This post was the 7th most read of the year. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In February 2023 I was lucky enough to have a guided tour around <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2023/02/spotlight-on-chesterton-house.html" target="_blank"><b>Chesterton House</b></a>, a building which had once been home to the first girls' grammar school in the country. It was also once home to the Warner family who owned the shop on the corner of Fennel Street. This was a popular post whose position in the chart was 6th, and I was grateful to be able to provide the post which gave an update on the entry that I had included in '<a href="https://www.amberley-books.com/loughborough-in-50-buildings.html" target="_blank"><i>Loughborough in 50 Buildings</i></a>'.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Then, in March 2023 I happened to be walking along Packe Street, and noticed that there was an open event happening at the <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2023/03/saving-generator.html" target="_blank"><b>Generator building</b></a>. Not being able to resist, I walked through the open door - and I'm glad I did because I had a wonderful time looking around the building, and because you clearly enjoyed reading my post about it, putting this article into 5th position!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Again, at the beginning of 2023, I looked back over some of the <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2023/01/changes-in-loughborough-in-2022.html" target="_blank"><b>changes that happened in Loughborough during 2022</b></a> - and goodness me, there were a lot of changes, to industrial, retail, and residential buildings, from demolitions to rebuilds, and renovations! Mostly photos, this post came in 4th.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was very lucky to have quite a number of guest bloggers during 2023, and I am so pleased that one of these made it to 3rd position! '<a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2023/02/warners-corner.html" target="_blank"><b>Warner's Corner</b></a>' described the shop that so many people from Loughborough remember - particularly its orange sunscreens - and the family that made the business. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's hardly surprising that a pictorial post about the <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2023/03/fire-at-loughboroughs-hsbc-branch.html" target="_blank"><b>fire at Loughborough's HSBC</b></a>, in Market Place, came in 2nd place. The repairs to the building are going to take 18 months to 2 years, but it's nice to see the temporary, decorative hoarding that has recently gone up.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, the most viewed post of 2023 is about my first visit of the year to <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2023/03/garendon-park-estate.html" target="_blank"><b>Garendon Park</b></a>. This included photos of some of the well-known, and less well-known structures on the estate.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Incidentally, I actually wrote three posts about my visits to the Garendon Park Estate, and the second of these came in at position 13.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Looking at the popularity in 2023 of all the blog posts I've ever written, a few older posts have made the top 10, including a piece about the <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2021/06/derby-road-co-operative-store.html" target="_blank"><b>Derby Road Co-op</b></a> building, and the <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2016/05/loughborough-union-workhouse.html" target="_blank"><b>Loughborough Union Workhouse</b></a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Highlights of the year for me include hosting a variety of guest blogs during August 2023, when </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">the blog celebrated its 10th birthday; attending the local history fair at Beaumanor Hall; having a stall at the Carillon100 event, and the publication of '<i>Loughborough Pubs</i>'.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What I am most grateful for though, is you! Thank you so much for reading the blog during 2023, and thank you for your comments and questions! You can find a <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/p/links-to-all-blog-posts-in.html" target="_blank"><b>complete list of blog posts here</b></a>! I hope to be able to continue the blog into 2024, but for now, I must sign off and ring in the New Year!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thanks again,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lynne </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">____________________________________</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe Script";">Posted by lynneaboutloughborough</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe Script";">With apologies for typos which are all mine!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">_______________________________________________</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you for reading this blog.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Copyright:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The copyright <b>©</b> of all content on this blog rests with me, however, you are welcome to quote passages from any of my posts, with appropriate credit. 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like to go and see all the beautiful Christmas trees that people set up for the
Christmas Tree Festival. I guess I’ve been to the Melton festival the most, to
support the Hathern Band, (here's the <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2014/12/christmas-in-leicestershire.html" target="_blank"><b>2014 Festival</b></a>, and the <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2016/12/christmas-trees.html" target="_blank"><b>2016 Festival</b></a>,) but I’ve also been to Lichfield and a couple of other
places.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Closer to
home, I’ve made it to the All Saints tree festival for a couple of years (here's the <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2018/12/parish-church-christmas-trees.html" target="_blank"><b>2018 Festival</b></a> the <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2019/12/christmas-trees-abound.html" target="_blank"><b>2019 Festival</b></a> and the <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2022/12/parish-church-christmas-tree-festival.html" target="_blank"><b>2022 Festival</b></a>, and
this year was no exception. There were some lovely trees to view, and if you’re
quick, you can still catch them, if you haven’t already been down. Every year I
think I might contribute a tree myself, but so far I’ve not managed to do it. However,
I was surprised to see my contribution to the Old Rectory Museum tree still hanging
on in there!!!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Here are some
photos from this year’s festival at All Saints. Enjoy!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Lynne</span></p>stjeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02358079860710812787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-5131518056948223182023-12-10T19:00:00.003+00:002024-01-15T13:43:13.056+00:00Ladybird Books from jobbing printers to global brand<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Introduction</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I’m pretty
sure I first met Wim in passing at the inaugural <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2015/10/loogabarooga-festival.html" target="_blank"><b>Loogabaroogoo Festival of Illustrated Children’s Literature</b></a>, which was held around the town during
the October half term of 2015 – but it could have been at a later one, as several took place! Or it might even have been at the Charnwood Museum Being Human event a few years later! Anyway, for the past couple of years we’ve both been part of a project
taking place at the bellfoundry, so we’ve had plenty of time to share
Loughborough stories!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOJdIK2ceJqYLJEA8L4WDNVtjfWJWIwhHba_CAWVfqfN8nJ-h180GOldySpEkV0a9Hc5z_W6q44zphVNUipL1_odu2yzLpkB8EA6fgGMEt4kw2B0q15RjWyLaU0n2_fODx39rAMKrIkZJ5DzLIuG32OQkVsFbJ0OcjwnlvKP7BLmfCehtpfDzlCq79kkfH/s800/Being%20Human%20DSC06051.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOJdIK2ceJqYLJEA8L4WDNVtjfWJWIwhHba_CAWVfqfN8nJ-h180GOldySpEkV0a9Hc5z_W6q44zphVNUipL1_odu2yzLpkB8EA6fgGMEt4kw2B0q15RjWyLaU0n2_fODx39rAMKrIkZJ5DzLIuG32OQkVsFbJ0OcjwnlvKP7BLmfCehtpfDzlCq79kkfH/w640-h480/Being%20Human%20DSC06051.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A Ladybird reading corner</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Although
there has been much written about the topic of Wim’s guest blog post – even huge
books, and even a <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2023/08/henry-wills-loughboroughs-most-renowned.html" target="_blank"><b>guest blog post earlier this year</b></a>! - Wim looks at the history of that iconic Loughborough firm, Ladybird
Books, and explains how and when the children’s books came about, and what it
was that actually made the firm so special! Read on for a most interesting
story!</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Signika; font-size: medium;">Ladybird Books -- from Jobbing
Printers to Global Brand<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Signika; font-size: medium;">Wim Van Mierlo (Loughborough
University)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Signika; font-size: medium;">As a book
historian working at the University, I naturally became interested in the
‘phenomenon’ that is Ladybird Books. Because
Ladybird is so deeply embedded in the history of our town, the story of the
company’s founding is already quite very well known – not least for readers of
Lynne’s blog. Yet what few people know is actually how special – that is to
say: unusual -- that history is as a publishing venture. No disrespect to
Loughborough or the great people who worked for Ladybird in their time. But as someone who knows a thing or two about
the history of publishing in the UK, I am struck time and again how
extraordinary the Ladybird story in fact was. No other city, let alone a market
town, outside of London can boast a publishing success equal to that of
Ladybird. At the height of their fame, they churned out some 500,000 books per
week.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4asz2FigFbLFnQQLGxcDChL03YAx8ooom_AvGezeb_VA63tc2PemG3AdK32Tjtvb1ZDZ4Xa4WgrX1kw8rt1NCz3AHqEvYMExIAfTe28aJGV59_CrNMfyGErYT9fSDNdvji8xyd_ZGgVlZuKGXCmoMvThI6rE4Xo1aSF3ijVfrjkhoOq1bBi6O0MNxmd7z/s480/IMG_20190804_152709.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="389" data-original-width="480" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4asz2FigFbLFnQQLGxcDChL03YAx8ooom_AvGezeb_VA63tc2PemG3AdK32Tjtvb1ZDZ4Xa4WgrX1kw8rt1NCz3AHqEvYMExIAfTe28aJGV59_CrNMfyGErYT9fSDNdvji8xyd_ZGgVlZuKGXCmoMvThI6rE4Xo1aSF3ijVfrjkhoOq1bBi6O0MNxmd7z/w640-h518/IMG_20190804_152709.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ladybird Books on display at Leicester Museum and Art Gallery 2019</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Signika; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Signika; font-size: medium;">In every
respect, Ladybird was not supposed to happen. And yet it did. The brand’s
success is due to the company’s business-savvy directors who knew their trade and
were able to adapt themselves to changing fortunes. Until such time,
unfortunately, the market sadly outwitted them in the 1990s.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Signika; font-size: medium;">Let me begin,
however, with a factual correction. The date on the green plaque outside the
Carillon shopping centre on Market Street is unfortunately wrong. The first
Ladybird book did not roll off the presses in 1915, but shortly before 27
August 1914. We know this from the date
stamp in the copy that was sent to British Museum Library for legal deposit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Signika; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5vcLH54EgeBr0Bx8qBEQwU2wBPTxp2ALKR-F8YYiY5Ag1Wa53SZq1MfSJ7y3ohZ5qZQ2ZmfXxhwA_lM4uK5siCE3tTm6ibFQCYhIXjjY_nE8EcpwINuynHx2rRlezTSpJqVU5MeaHb88Z-MfhKJp8HwlWBYAxsvmlmlr1FnfhWZT4NwAisi2BPkzkeweN/s480/Ladybird%20Plaques%20Carillon%20Centre%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5vcLH54EgeBr0Bx8qBEQwU2wBPTxp2ALKR-F8YYiY5Ag1Wa53SZq1MfSJ7y3ohZ5qZQ2ZmfXxhwA_lM4uK5siCE3tTm6ibFQCYhIXjjY_nE8EcpwINuynHx2rRlezTSpJqVU5MeaHb88Z-MfhKJp8HwlWBYAxsvmlmlr1FnfhWZT4NwAisi2BPkzkeweN/w640-h480/Ladybird%20Plaques%20Carillon%20Centre%20(1).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Leicestershire County Council green plaque on the entrance to the Carillon shopping centre</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Signika; font-size: medium;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Signika; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Signika; font-size: medium;">This date is
important, for it also puts into question the company’s own account of why it
ventured into publishing children’s picture books. According to company lore,
Wills and Hepworth wanted to keep the presses running following the outbreak of
War. But hostilities were only declared on 4 August. The time in between is
very short, so it is quite likely that the decision to make picture books was
taken earlier.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Signika; font-size: medium;">Wills and
Hepworth were what in the industry are known as jobbing printers. They were not
‘publishers’ in the strict sense of the word; they printed anything that needed
printing – both letterpress and lithography. Jobbing would remain the mainstay
– and very profitable side – of the business for decades yet. One of their most
important clients was the midlands automotive industry, whose catalogues they
printed.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimjqKH7Xnj0cy7wuUllPu0YqDY0x_4xFOuzLLPc-3SiZ89Cye1Q0JQkmA1EcJTOT0Rb9ZycC2l3B6wtNpv-bhlMLKJ4HWJvSDSgr3N5HcFeKu_SeMpY58WvW34l0lznPkfFR-jdhXUCQvbxZMLZf2p-4DH-DKVYPJmYkNyrUq5np3n3-P0DsrjvsMc2MkD/s4896/Image%202%20Wills%20title%20page%201901.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimjqKH7Xnj0cy7wuUllPu0YqDY0x_4xFOuzLLPc-3SiZ89Cye1Q0JQkmA1EcJTOT0Rb9ZycC2l3B6wtNpv-bhlMLKJ4HWJvSDSgr3N5HcFeKu_SeMpY58WvW34l0lznPkfFR-jdhXUCQvbxZMLZf2p-4DH-DKVYPJmYkNyrUq5np3n3-P0DsrjvsMc2MkD/w480-h640/Image%202%20Wills%20title%20page%201901.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Title page from the 1901 Wills Almanac, published by Henry Wills</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Signika; font-size: medium;">Two factors,
however, were important for the future success of Ladybird books. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Signika; font-size: medium;">First, Wills
and Hepworth were not afraid of diversifying. They did not just run a
printshop. They offered a variety of services, from selling stationery to
picture framing. They also ran a bookshop, which included a branch of <a href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bloomsbury-project/institutions/mudie.htm" target="_blank">Mudie’s famous circulating library</a>. In the 1920s, as the business accounts now at the
<a href="http://www.recordoffice.org.uk/" target="_blank">Leicestershire Record Office</a> show, they even produced advertising stills for
cinemas throughout the Midlands, Lancashire and Yorkshire. Picture books were
another – in many respects quite bold – way to diversify their business
activity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1oAQe_Q_ny2K7fFhfiy9Wg006I4ZtYlRoj4SSp3v5_7sPULN2tjuVkOE8hcAmpg0XRrZBPOp3StmiBnM8h-AKRmTg5V_rmn2CfGpyyOT_OZ723mjzc0TYec0rV5IdRT2UAsJFDkeO4FS2STNtZEUt8RG1Zn98cVDhMWdZC2FVF-zTL2HfYBdKJ2UBr80m/s4896/Image%206%20Ladybird%20Book%20Bench%20Oct%202018.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1oAQe_Q_ny2K7fFhfiy9Wg006I4ZtYlRoj4SSp3v5_7sPULN2tjuVkOE8hcAmpg0XRrZBPOp3StmiBnM8h-AKRmTg5V_rmn2CfGpyyOT_OZ723mjzc0TYec0rV5IdRT2UAsJFDkeO4FS2STNtZEUt8RG1Zn98cVDhMWdZC2FVF-zTL2HfYBdKJ2UBr80m/w640-h480/Image%206%20Ladybird%20Book%20Bench%20Oct%202018.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A Ladybird book bench in Loughborough's Queen's Park</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Signika; font-size: medium;">The
publishing of books is not something that jobbing printers normally get into.
(The publishing industry is to this day very London-centric.) The publishing of
picture books is even less of an obvious choice. The market for children’s books was a busy
one. However – and this is the second factor in the success of Ladybird books –
Wills and Hepworth recognized an opportunity that tallied with their expertise.
Because so much of their printing work involved what today we call ‘graphic
design’, they had the equipment and the know-how to combine letterpress and
simple engravings suitable for the production of picture books. Compared to
other children’s books of the time, Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales (1914) and Tiny
Tots Travels (1914), and all other early Ladybird titles were simple if not
rather crude affairs. Nonetheless, these early books sturdy, but cheap to
produce. Wills and Hepworth in fact made use of an age-old trick in the book
trade. By recycling images and stories from one book to the next, the firm
could regularly put out new titles without having to worry too much about
creating new content.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmi7s9648MCP2ryqgFFCdhzxnyRt4XA2XV-RPO-dX69BXmr_IFa5h7-Jr0-2HCOc3DElgcE3i3-JxHShphew65D6UQtoXG_UjZXyRQrb4GeOf_TY5FDuaLjiWhBILRW05X2_yIhmqyXfWwbsxOEyG_9TckNIINmTij5IupfZM8z4bRnep390bw83IHUD3h/s3971/IMG_20200501_113510.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1723" data-original-width="3971" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmi7s9648MCP2ryqgFFCdhzxnyRt4XA2XV-RPO-dX69BXmr_IFa5h7-Jr0-2HCOc3DElgcE3i3-JxHShphew65D6UQtoXG_UjZXyRQrb4GeOf_TY5FDuaLjiWhBILRW05X2_yIhmqyXfWwbsxOEyG_9TckNIINmTij5IupfZM8z4bRnep390bw83IHUD3h/w640-h278/IMG_20200501_113510.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some Ladybird books</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Signika; font-size: medium;">It is clear
they thought their picture books should not distract them from the main
business. The production of picture books remained a sideline, was picked up
again during the Second World War, only to be set aside once more in peacetime. Paper shortages during the war at least prompted Wills and Hepworth to
‘invent’ the new iconic format: a single sheet of paper printed on both sides
and then folded in a book of 52 pages. This ‘chapbook’ format had been the
staple of cheap, popular reading since at least the seventeenth century. Wills
and Hepworth knew their trade. Even so, it took the firm until 1953 to develop
their magic formula of cheap, but good-quality picture books with interesting
and informative content were absent from the market. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglRRv1KH3cuJqIGWHTAhOzy6shrMrgR0i1QfgrfEoqXl9-yaIgk_p3ehvpdBO7UJm23ybG3Ml2AoISCzAvrjp9qF9XZQhnjJEx2F00yuJLRN7_lzYJujvKUnSpNbCXIWAmg5pVr4Kt0QxzMM5JYR08B8nXbYuunhZA5AQyh8TUacVn4Je8FcJF6dg3icDa/s4769/Image%204%20Almanac%20ads%201941.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4769" data-original-width="3198" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglRRv1KH3cuJqIGWHTAhOzy6shrMrgR0i1QfgrfEoqXl9-yaIgk_p3ehvpdBO7UJm23ybG3Ml2AoISCzAvrjp9qF9XZQhnjJEx2F00yuJLRN7_lzYJujvKUnSpNbCXIWAmg5pVr4Kt0QxzMM5JYR08B8nXbYuunhZA5AQyh8TUacVn4Je8FcJF6dg3icDa/w430-h640/Image%204%20Almanac%20ads%201941.JPG" width="430" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Advert for Ladybird Books in Wills' Loughborough Almanac for 1941</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Signika; font-size: medium;">Wills and
Hepworth remained jobbing printers until 1971, when they finally dedicated
themselves full-time to Ladybird Books. The company legally changed its name to
Ladybird Books Ltd. [1] and moved its operation from Angel Yard, where Henry
Wills had started his printing business in 1873, to Windmill Road [2].</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Signika; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWntn-lOYh-jI86znnhxvR5JCYHbGQaRuO9X5GdlSBXhabMX87GLkfMkQKhaJvAJlQys-1cFX6kE2wsxVl3gBkqoBD0tahvEHkOgecsgYSIX4NymoAkXE-U8MKh3sTMKs-i9uBafWXnzJbH9Z-M4oApmi1ktQBSS2FaL-5rcZWVs7-T1U8JHbudjstoTej/s2048/DSCF3367.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWntn-lOYh-jI86znnhxvR5JCYHbGQaRuO9X5GdlSBXhabMX87GLkfMkQKhaJvAJlQys-1cFX6kE2wsxVl3gBkqoBD0tahvEHkOgecsgYSIX4NymoAkXE-U8MKh3sTMKs-i9uBafWXnzJbH9Z-M4oApmi1ktQBSS2FaL-5rcZWVs7-T1U8JHbudjstoTej/w640-h480/DSCF3367.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Beeches Road Ladybird Books factory, now Anstey Wallpapers</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Signika; font-size: medium;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Signika; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span>____________________________________________<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">NOTES</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">[1] The
resolution ‘that the name of the Company be changed to Ladybird Books Limited,
was passed at an Extraordinary General Meeting, held on 22nd September 1972
somewhere on Derby Square, Loughborough.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">[2] Today we
know Ladybird Books was situated on Beeches Road, at the far end, towards the canal,
and close to what is now Windmill Road. At one time, the whole length of
Beeches Road, from the White House on the corner with Leicester Road, to the
exit onto Great Central Road was once all called Windmill Road. The address for
the new factory can be found quoted in different places as either Beeches Road
or Windmill Road, which could be because at the early planning stages, it might
not have been decided on the orientation of the actual factory building, nor
whether the factory would be closest to Beeches Road or at the end of Windmill
Road, close to Great Central Road. If you think about the site today, which is
occupied by the <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2020/01/wiliam-morris-and-ladybird-books.html" target="_blank"><b>Anstey Wallpaper Company</b></a>, the factory faces onto Beeches Road,
while the vehicle entrance (transport lorries, and cars heading towards the car
park) is side on to Windmill Road, but it could so easily have been the other
way round! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">____________________________________</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Sources</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Be sure to catch the guest blog post about <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2023/08/henry-wills-loughboroughs-most-renowned.html" target="_blank">Henry Wills</a>, written by the Chair of the Loughborough Library Local Studies Volunteers, in August 2023. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You can read more about Ladybird Books over on the <a href="https://ladybirdflyawayhome.com/before-there-were-ladybird-books-the-earliest-books/" target="_blank">Ladybird Fly Away Home</a> website</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In 2019 I wrote a short piece about Ladybird Books as part of a bigger article on <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2020/01/wiliam-morris-and-ladybird-books.html" target="_blank">Loughborough firms</a>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Other books about Ladybird Books include:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Johnson, Lorraine (2014). <i>The Ladybird story: children's books for everyone</i>. London: British Library</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Zeegan, Lawrence (2015). <i>Ladybird by design: 100 years of words and pictures</i>. London: Ladybird Books.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Ladybird: a cover story - 500 iconic covers</i> (n.d.). London: Ladybird Books</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">____________________________________</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">About Wim</span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11pt;">Wim joined Loughborough University in 2015, and since then has contributed to the teaching on the
Publishing and English programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He is also Programme Director for Publishing, Digital Lead for the School of the Arts,
English and Drama; and co-leader of <a href="http://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/dh-lboro/">DH@Lboro</a>, our digital
humanities research group.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11pt;">Much of his work concentrated on 'Modernism' and the early
twentieth century, but his interests range across the eighteenth, nineteenth, and
twentieth centuries. Wim has published about William Wordsworth,
W. B. Yeats, T. Sturge Moore, James Joyce, Flann O'Brien, Thomas Pynchon, and
Fred D'aguiar. Wim's primary area of expertise is in the study of literary
manuscripts and archives, but he also works on textual scholarship and scholarly
editing, reception history, literary history and literary heritage, marginalia,
writers' libraries, digital humanities, poetry, Irish studies, and photography.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">Wim is President of the </span><a href="http://www.textualscholarship.eu/"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">European Society for
Textual Scholarship</span></a><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> and
Editor of the Society’s journal </span><a href="https://journals.openedition.org/variants/"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">Variants</span></i></a><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">See more on the <a href="https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/english/staff/wim-van-mierlo/" target="_blank">Loughborough University website</a>.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">_______________________________________________</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script";">Posted by
lynneaboutloughborough</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script";">With apologies for
typos which are all mine!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">_______________________________________________</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thank you for
reading this blog.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Copyright:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The copyright
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reading this blog.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lynne</span></p>stjeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02358079860710812787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-66673472542768063092023-12-03T19:27:00.002+00:002023-12-03T19:28:18.633+00:00Pubs and recent legislation<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last week we
looked at <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2023/11/loughborough-pubs-as-meeting-places.html" target="_blank"><b>pubs, focussing on their use as meeting places</b></a> for various events, like
auctions and inquests, and for societies like gardening clubs and friendly
societies. This week, let’s have a look at the different ways pubs today are
managed.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In 1989, the
Monopolies and Mergers Commission produced a report on the supply of beer,
which resulted in two Statutory Instruments documents, which became known
collectively as the ‘<a href="https://www.sunriseag.net/adoptapub/A01-beerorders.htm" target="_blank">Beer Orders</a>’ 1989, Individually these SIs were ‘The Supply of Beer (Tied Estate) Order,
1989’ and ‘The Supply of Beer (Loan Ties, Licensed Premises and Wholesale
Prices) Order, 1989’.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The reason
for the ‘Beer Orders’ was because the Monopolies and Mergers Commission were
concerned by the lack of competition in the market, which was at the time served
by around six national brewers in the UK, and these breweries dominated the
market. I’m sure we’ve all heard of them - <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Allied
Brewers, Bass, Courage, Grand Metropolitan, Scottish & Newcastle, and
Whitbread.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The ‘Beer Orders’
were aimed at loosening the tie between pubs and brewers, and the way it worked
was to restrict the number of tied pubs [1] that a large brewery could own
(they became limited to only 2,000 across the UK). In addition, the brewery was
obliged to introduce at least one guest beer in its premises. The whole premise
was to make the whole industry easier to get into, and to increase competition
between all those with vested interests – so, the brewers, the wholesalers, and
the pub retailers themselves.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And so it was
that pub-owning companies came into existence, usually referred to as ‘PubCos’,
some of which were large organisations who weren’t previously in the pub
business. Some of the ones we’re probably familiar with are Punch Taverns, which
were a spin-off from Allied Lyons Brewery; Enterprise Inn, which were spun off
from Bass, and Admiral Taverns, which were created by Scottish & Newcastle. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As well as the ‘PubCos’, there were other companies created specifically to buy
some of the pubs that the big breweries were obliged by the ‘Beer Orders’ to sell,
an example being the Pub Estates Group. So, as well as the PubCos etc., some
breweries who didn’t own more than 2,000 venues already, also bought more pubs
to add to their holdings, and some of these now have a variety of different
brands. An example of this is Greene King who run the brands we know as Hungry Horse,
Chef & Brewer etc.. Pubs were also sold to individuals, some continuing to
operate as pubs, other converted to housing.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I believe the
‘Beer Orders’ were all done in good faith that the market would diversify, and
the wealth spread more evenly, but, of course, we now know that the ‘Beer Orders’
seemed to have had the opposite effect, which was in many ways far less a desirable
outcome.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The ’Beer
Orders’ of 1989 were revoked 2003, and in 2004, the House of Commons produced <a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmselect/cmtrdind/128/128i.pdf" target="_blank">a report on Pubcos</a>. (There’s also a <a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmberr/26/2604.htm#n2" target="_blank">2008-9 report</a> from the House of Commons, which explains the
2004 report in more detail).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I
believe it was the 2003-4 event that led to the 2003 Licensing Act, and it was this which in turn led to the
creation of the microbreweries. The <a href="https://www.charnwoodbrewery.co.uk/micropubs" target="_blank">Charnwood Brewery</a> was one of the first to
open in Loughborough, and has a small seating area at its Jubilee Drive premises,
and dedicated micropubs at Mountsorrel and Shepshed (soon to be joined by one
at Barrow). </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LoughboroughMicropub/?locale=en_GB" target="_blank">Needle and Pin</a> in The Rushes opened shortly after the Charnwood Brewery, and has been
followed by <a href="https://whatpub.com/pubs/LGH/258/moonface-brewery-tap-loughborough" target="_blank">Moonface Brewery and Tap</a> on Moira Street.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8T7fTD7IquLQNEBO006T3OqNJbRfeKba6anJWqNgn9Xbyga2G72P0bazzVu2JPXKppjyM3a_QdGuxCjNzQCGlESQq87rRDX1jLnWZDqfDmSLZ6RnJDafTEKLYruuxXP1aTYhyphenhyphenLHXoAUVxt2UyubtoCqVTETqnXWiEb6mwW_TVyWS6dME-3uNBL7vgHS-P/s4727/Charnwood%20Brewery%20Aug%202020%20DSC00649.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3545" data-original-width="4727" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8T7fTD7IquLQNEBO006T3OqNJbRfeKba6anJWqNgn9Xbyga2G72P0bazzVu2JPXKppjyM3a_QdGuxCjNzQCGlESQq87rRDX1jLnWZDqfDmSLZ6RnJDafTEKLYruuxXP1aTYhyphenhyphenLHXoAUVxt2UyubtoCqVTETqnXWiEb6mwW_TVyWS6dME-3uNBL7vgHS-P/w640-h480/Charnwood%20Brewery%20Aug%202020%20DSC00649.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Charnwood Brewery</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjbxZ7LpU_r4T-vDWoY18195ZZOs0DLMvwLUaQ5tzfkadQhpzupYtiM4csgPat5knXFud-TlAC7JsnPYy-TvP2-9yzIUleha-smH8N9PNM6VI0ju-H4rRxV5lJ9giNMoK_efjRA07u-UmjyIxWuN6CbDS4-ix4nretTGxzh_MKjsFyczEWAAW0MEVt2snz/s4896/DSC04980.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjbxZ7LpU_r4T-vDWoY18195ZZOs0DLMvwLUaQ5tzfkadQhpzupYtiM4csgPat5knXFud-TlAC7JsnPYy-TvP2-9yzIUleha-smH8N9PNM6VI0ju-H4rRxV5lJ9giNMoK_efjRA07u-UmjyIxWuN6CbDS4-ix4nretTGxzh_MKjsFyczEWAAW0MEVt2snz/w480-h640/DSC04980.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Needle & Pin</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxaeo6nnNUPhvOYl8Ut4LIjl4y7a_Z6wDXMN-vFWHEHVNYxMPCcFuy0skcfxdt-QL3VMA918UNNwYUvCAeU8oW4mKqt_-BQLmrz0RILuYSehyphenhyphenD7MkV7PfL5r31Yrh1iYUWWZtXyQv4s4vnjIPSr4h_oOUw2PA0x4TM398rNemdTklrVsJXcfYrREqlHd4S/s4896/Moonface%20July%202021%20DSC08608.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxaeo6nnNUPhvOYl8Ut4LIjl4y7a_Z6wDXMN-vFWHEHVNYxMPCcFuy0skcfxdt-QL3VMA918UNNwYUvCAeU8oW4mKqt_-BQLmrz0RILuYSehyphenhyphenD7MkV7PfL5r31Yrh1iYUWWZtXyQv4s4vnjIPSr4h_oOUw2PA0x4TM398rNemdTklrVsJXcfYrREqlHd4S/w640-h480/Moonface%20July%202021%20DSC08608.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Moonface</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In 2016, the ‘Pub
Code Regulations’ were introduced, the aim of which was to regulate in some way
the relationship between the PubCo and the pub tenant. So, the PubCo would rent
the pub to the tenant and would sell supplies to them, effectively making them
into a tied pub. The regulations gave the tenant an opportunity to change the renting
model to one where they paid a Market Rent Only (MRO), meaning no more obligation
to buy supplies from the PubCo. The catch is that this can only be involved at
certain points, and the option is only open to tenants of PubCos that own over
500 pubs. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I must admit,
my poor brain finds it difficult to cope with, and understand all the changes
that have happened to our pubs over the years. So, who actually owns what? When
I visit the pub will I find a landlord, a lessee, a tenant, a building owner? I
suppose it doesn’t really matter as long as the experience of visiting the pub
lives up to expectations, and people are treated to excellence in customer
service, and an excellent product!!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, the <a href="https://www.stonegategroup.co.uk/find-your-local/" target="_blank">Stonegate Pub Company</a>, which was created in 2010 when it bought 333 pubs from Mitchells and Butler,
has since that time taken over many, many other business, the latest being
Enterprise Inns (known as EI) in 2020. That latter acquisition has led to
Stonegate having about 5,000 sites, about one-third of which are held in the
managed division of the company, and about two-thirds are leased and tenanted.
The Slug and Lettuce is one of their venues, as is the Walkabout brand – neither
of which we have in Loughborough. Those Stonegate premises we do have in
Loughborough are The Phantom, and the Bell Foundry.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYak6i9fJorFaiPeJoRJrWsvDdQ8VdV_A-dW_vO7d2UY90yEVoeBodUUpF2QJ8q1g6zyZ5QEjmdV63lfW4iK05sUmNlinW0Mk1RzrqlhjWiRa9oXM1Tp6l49dL6OiWQWwm9bkQd6cfrg_fBIZOXo5HKkL-MI6ZaXeIHov1hOr5NziuSqx6TwgVfnJDOus3/s2048/DSCF3755.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="2048" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYak6i9fJorFaiPeJoRJrWsvDdQ8VdV_A-dW_vO7d2UY90yEVoeBodUUpF2QJ8q1g6zyZ5QEjmdV63lfW4iK05sUmNlinW0Mk1RzrqlhjWiRa9oXM1Tp6l49dL6OiWQWwm9bkQd6cfrg_fBIZOXo5HKkL-MI6ZaXeIHov1hOr5NziuSqx6TwgVfnJDOus3/w640-h376/DSCF3755.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Phantom</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGLxh1JrulIWFptp2dM7hS1GDUB1ilEWFT8t8RxqjsUuOhhz8WJlB5Nlow4xsD9xFC4Evx04oDDXIg5vbyEfL72IiPUgZAe0wAYCuXN1Pojw1HJwAv86XWVFvFR1HgNEy5GhPWG5gpPGrdB97yM-As5-xmpHs8Oro-0dhWWiGSenKoF_CCCce_dXTOOEaQ/s4896/DSC05333.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGLxh1JrulIWFptp2dM7hS1GDUB1ilEWFT8t8RxqjsUuOhhz8WJlB5Nlow4xsD9xFC4Evx04oDDXIg5vbyEfL72IiPUgZAe0wAYCuXN1Pojw1HJwAv86XWVFvFR1HgNEy5GhPWG5gpPGrdB97yM-As5-xmpHs8Oro-0dhWWiGSenKoF_CCCce_dXTOOEaQ/w640-h480/DSC05333.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bell Foundry</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.admiraltaverns.co.uk/" target="_blank">Admiral Taverns</a>, which was founded in 2003, now have around 1,600 what they call community
pubs, which are run by what the group calls ‘entrepreneurial licensees’. There
are currently quite a few Admiral Taverns up for sale or lease, and our lovely
Windmill on Sparrow Hill was one of these until relatively recently.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wetherspoons
was also one of those PubCos that were created following the 1989 SI. Until
very recently, we had two of their pubs in Loughborough, The Moon and Bell, and
The Amber Rooms. Sadly, the former has now closed its doors as a pub.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-kE6JOPVO2ZhRyEiYLaKoQ4kkhG3exDEHn1M5YugMmXjf8ZwstlFboUvI0eqSiBlgz6osZ2hk7s16TxUeXIhf33W6TTJZwO-NlCqmmGITIfullpfJxc7z-UOwPC5VirDRknEVsRu54Q-V1ukKGM3sgn-Z4ItUAOSdIEsy2Bkt8uKnGmGPrKBa86yxPbtZ/s4896/DSC07959.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-kE6JOPVO2ZhRyEiYLaKoQ4kkhG3exDEHn1M5YugMmXjf8ZwstlFboUvI0eqSiBlgz6osZ2hk7s16TxUeXIhf33W6TTJZwO-NlCqmmGITIfullpfJxc7z-UOwPC5VirDRknEVsRu54Q-V1ukKGM3sgn-Z4ItUAOSdIEsy2Bkt8uKnGmGPrKBa86yxPbtZ/w640-h480/DSC07959.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Moon and Bell</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I think that's enough about pubs for one evening, don't you?? You can read more about some of the pubs mentioned in the above article in '<i>Loughborough Pubs</i>'. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">NOTES</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">[1] A tied
pub is one which sells and promotes only the beer made by the company that owns
the pub. Compare with a free house which sells a wide variety of beers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you’re
interested in statistics of pubs from about 1990 to the year 2020, you can find
these in a <a href="https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8591/CBP-8591.pdf" target="_blank">House of Commons briefing paper</a>. </span></p>
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<p><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">Lynne</span></p>stjeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02358079860710812787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-88397504172860050892023-11-26T14:28:00.001+00:002023-11-26T18:57:27.805+00:00Loughborough pubs as meeting places<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">Whilst I was
writing my latest book, ‘</span><i>Loughborough Pubs</i><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">’, I learned so many things
not just about the history of individual establishments, but also about
licensing, competition, pub management, legislation etc., of which there was
far too much to include in the short volume that is now published.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Many of the
pubs in Loughborough were the places where inquests into deaths were held, and
auctions of land, property, and goods were also held in pubs. In the case of
inquests, this would often be the pub nearest to the place where the person had
died. Pubs were used for such ‘events’ as they were often the place with the
biggest and most accessible rooms, often upstairs. <i>Some</i> of the pubs in
which these events took place include the Bellfoundry when it was the Saracen’s
Head; Champs, when it was the Unicorn; Fat Sam’s when it was the Mundy Arms;
the Royal Oak; the Plough at Thorpe Acre; the Old English Gentleman; the
Windmill, and the <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2021/09/bull-in-hollow-part-1.html" target="_blank">Bull-in-the-Hollow</a> when it was the Buffalo’s Head</span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVkGrmRrKaCpowszXFpqxRi7lq_wk7drmAR9smx7fUw5gtVY134oSnkD3nLIZmHNfShkzimsiuoxKC79yXUmEKHHI_piuuyzA6PFJe4OtYVKBTLV91CT2dzOP4o3z9pmaTR5RvaJWl2lyPYjLvZE8hDt07E5C0Culed6W_zINAsCiQxFZIOF5AwalA5m3v/s2048/DSCF0060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVkGrmRrKaCpowszXFpqxRi7lq_wk7drmAR9smx7fUw5gtVY134oSnkD3nLIZmHNfShkzimsiuoxKC79yXUmEKHHI_piuuyzA6PFJe4OtYVKBTLV91CT2dzOP4o3z9pmaTR5RvaJWl2lyPYjLvZE8hDt07E5C0Culed6W_zINAsCiQxFZIOF5AwalA5m3v/w640-h480/DSCF0060.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Royal Oak</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBmPEn2mF4Ugp3CQZgvxhPFGcIUEc1pAo7P1b6Nq-NLsiJGZH_z2O_13H5hcSdPIeSimmDMWxhhkWNNggADY2JGGmBvySgUn-V6t4LsWBNOh6SO1E1xoc02lvJCzzn2kwAz3l3s-4UYKk3tM7pscbIBz05W3Mc_-5wCV0zTuT_Rn2rG7PvGRC9B206tT-T/s2048/Old%20English%20Gentleman%20pub%20Ashby%20Road.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBmPEn2mF4Ugp3CQZgvxhPFGcIUEc1pAo7P1b6Nq-NLsiJGZH_z2O_13H5hcSdPIeSimmDMWxhhkWNNggADY2JGGmBvySgUn-V6t4LsWBNOh6SO1E1xoc02lvJCzzn2kwAz3l3s-4UYKk3tM7pscbIBz05W3Mc_-5wCV0zTuT_Rn2rG7PvGRC9B206tT-T/w640-h480/Old%20English%20Gentleman%20pub%20Ashby%20Road.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old English Gentleman</td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjONEtV77Hh9pTtMncDRaWwBI3-hSBgiSdLCCygSpptgssqgd4ua8-bdeiFBzsuJSQYRRwp7Bf6Jw0pjcc-d07Mn3oh1z0Qzix98_gh44LasdKmwKZLv0_ADJp0JIXRSRO2HUkRmfq99s6dTvtuS2IIl1AAXg2OZ-kL8D9UVauhnPMWM5-5Esd0_PN70dIo/s800/DSC05933.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjONEtV77Hh9pTtMncDRaWwBI3-hSBgiSdLCCygSpptgssqgd4ua8-bdeiFBzsuJSQYRRwp7Bf6Jw0pjcc-d07Mn3oh1z0Qzix98_gh44LasdKmwKZLv0_ADJp0JIXRSRO2HUkRmfq99s6dTvtuS2IIl1AAXg2OZ-kL8D9UVauhnPMWM5-5Esd0_PN70dIo/w640-h480/DSC05933.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Windmill</td></tr></tbody></table><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Pubs were
also often meeting places for various societies. I’ve mentioned the
Loughborough <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2021/07/chrysanthemums-and-celery-shows.html" target="_blank">Chrysanthemum and Celery shows</a> in an earlier post</span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">, in ‘<i>Secret Loughborough</i>’ I
wrote about the Freemasons meeting in the Bull’s Head, and the landlord of the
Clarence, Henry George Lovett being a member of the Royal Antediluvian Order of
Buffaloes, and in ‘<i>A-Z of Loughborough</i>’ I included an entry on Thomas
Glover:</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">“Born in
1817, Thomas Glover of the White Horse Inn on Bedford Street, owned many
residential properties in Loughborough. In 1843 he met with local people to
form a friendly society, the aim of which would be to administer relief to its
members in times of illness and adversity. Called the Free Shepherds’ Society,
it was perhaps based on the existing national Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds,
created in Ashton under Lyne, being an amalgamation of the Royal Shepherds
Sanctuary Benefits Society and the Ancient Order of Shepherds.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unfortunately,
by the time the Loughborough Society was eventually established, in 1881, and was
holding its meetings in the Golden Fleece, Thomas Glover had already been dead
for 27 years, so never lived to see his initial ideas come to fruition.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interestingly,
while we had a pub called the Druid’s Arms, the United Ancient Order of Druids
at one time held their regular meetings at the Windmill, and some anniversary dinners
at the Cross Keys, now the Phantom, while the Oddfellows opened a new branch at
the Windmill in 1834, and the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes (RAOB),
Percy Gale Lodge 944, were still meeting and fundraising here at the end of the
twentieth century.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGmt7zvZOsRyu1tmosD6yfLYeyOZ8tdUU6kquKbE1jGJa6I68SxjcZCLcPWK1lQb1H5Affw5lprgAotVTwxE93vQvxNjVl-Uuq_XGDFVibM2lAy_XXEvLNZrXww-zPiC8QpRyW3GhDdGDQxAtdeXKvyDbZtNAal7ZPp9V9A2RgWNqvaYzZrcANe1NEuiH/s2048/DSCF3755.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="2048" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGmt7zvZOsRyu1tmosD6yfLYeyOZ8tdUU6kquKbE1jGJa6I68SxjcZCLcPWK1lQb1H5Affw5lprgAotVTwxE93vQvxNjVl-Uuq_XGDFVibM2lAy_XXEvLNZrXww-zPiC8QpRyW3GhDdGDQxAtdeXKvyDbZtNAal7ZPp9V9A2RgWNqvaYzZrcANe1NEuiH/w640-h376/DSCF3755.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Phantom, previously the Cross Keys</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Meanwhile,
the Royal Victoria Lodge of the Order of Druidesses held their inaugural and
subsequent meetings in the Mundy Arms but went dancing on the occasion of their
twelfth anniversary at the Black Boy pub, now the Blacksmith’s Arms. The Mundy
Arms also hosted anniversary dinners of the Ancient Order of Corks, a part of
the Freemasons, while a new Lodge of the Ancient Order of Shepherds in
connection with the Ancient Order of Foresters was created at the Swan-in-the-Rushes,
in 1866.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWicrT2m-vdQEo6j8c2ZbDhSko1s2yvu6gBLG0ITmmwAPL9-1-eP_tJ4CYLj23bb9e5OEafJ0038sGWMvQnyzadaN4YUwYU40WzFqCUuLKKdUnZXbp9h279e-qvCpEqtpl9LRJ9C2ll50rbfY2i7dPB1bn8GALicOTWDsloj4j4VEXCqjFEc_nUyynoM0/s480/DSCF5181.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWicrT2m-vdQEo6j8c2ZbDhSko1s2yvu6gBLG0ITmmwAPL9-1-eP_tJ4CYLj23bb9e5OEafJ0038sGWMvQnyzadaN4YUwYU40WzFqCUuLKKdUnZXbp9h279e-qvCpEqtpl9LRJ9C2ll50rbfY2i7dPB1bn8GALicOTWDsloj4j4VEXCqjFEc_nUyynoM0/w640-h480/DSCF5181.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">12 Degrees West, previously the Mundy Arms, now Fat Sam's</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlVwk0fBnJbHcoCVGU7LTEzOLNSDGg55Xm7CpIWFV2JOHbmfzrWEkuUA6UT3vqPtWyVsdoakaTVTCWlHimojjwREIpJ9i2gcCgEtg2tZLVAdqTw9oz0AwTuykA3HlOGgpkrMXRTP3g4uY9qUvUaJdi50MKUJQC3aGxF09etuJiu8NofghoCOoIvXL71pd8/s2048/Blacksmiths%202014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlVwk0fBnJbHcoCVGU7LTEzOLNSDGg55Xm7CpIWFV2JOHbmfzrWEkuUA6UT3vqPtWyVsdoakaTVTCWlHimojjwREIpJ9i2gcCgEtg2tZLVAdqTw9oz0AwTuykA3HlOGgpkrMXRTP3g4uY9qUvUaJdi50MKUJQC3aGxF09etuJiu8NofghoCOoIvXL71pd8/w640-h480/Blacksmiths%202014.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Blacksmiths, previously the Black Boy</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwFz3eD6-1u9ySWZBeIWayGOPvGNaUGSUn53XgT31B8Q3BnnOhfJMIUcLjuXz4DjqHm3h7ZcOrCvW7i4-9hSmif2GaGwqXBtVUHfP0yb4IMlv4tsUOAqIORXLlMr7i9xtzJYgGcP9GDA_BC4FyfMZx9k1tyE04A8WMmA4VwJcGRBdloQr2D2Wp0eSz6xAm/s4769/May%202022%20DSC04926.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3577" data-original-width="4769" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwFz3eD6-1u9ySWZBeIWayGOPvGNaUGSUn53XgT31B8Q3BnnOhfJMIUcLjuXz4DjqHm3h7ZcOrCvW7i4-9hSmif2GaGwqXBtVUHfP0yb4IMlv4tsUOAqIORXLlMr7i9xtzJYgGcP9GDA_BC4FyfMZx9k1tyE04A8WMmA4VwJcGRBdloQr2D2Wp0eSz6xAm/w640-h480/May%202022%20DSC04926.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Swan-in-the-Rushes</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And sadly, that’s
all I have time for this week folks! Tune in next week for a bit more about
pubs!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lynne</span></p>stjeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02358079860710812787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-4156866149403522572023-11-19T18:55:00.003+00:002023-11-19T18:55:50.409+00:00Remember the fair and the Remembrance service 2023<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, I'm running behind a bit at the moment with the blog, so all I have to offer you is my view of the 802nd Loughborough fair, and the 2023 Remembrance Day service. This only happened 10 days, and one week ago, but it already seems like longer ago than that.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I managed to get along to the actual opening of the fair on the Wednesday (this, of course, is an extra day that was granted a few years ago, and prior to that the fair started on the Thursday). It still astounds me how the fair leaves overnight and the market place and surrounding area is prepared for the Remembrance Service the following morning.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've written quite extensively about the fair and the Remembrance Service in previous blog posts: you can find a complete list of blog posts, including these, here. Meanwhile, here's some photos from the 2023 events.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl2pTWEGYo4SMQr3yhef2qRjp-ogIvORfpKu1-xJD3faSSYvdvQLLFLyOMFfgW_rIY_7sUoJXje0C26NMLUbQ31rgfC9kCADtmv7PHDW9F2We7ekxpmaQUZFDi-EvH6bOwSJ-xDkYqKXsf-mo6DH8PK41YcdX0NTxOeef1UVuf2qszcbPR4LaSH6uqO2nB/s1200/DSC07813.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl2pTWEGYo4SMQr3yhef2qRjp-ogIvORfpKu1-xJD3faSSYvdvQLLFLyOMFfgW_rIY_7sUoJXje0C26NMLUbQ31rgfC9kCADtmv7PHDW9F2We7ekxpmaQUZFDi-EvH6bOwSJ-xDkYqKXsf-mo6DH8PK41YcdX0NTxOeef1UVuf2qszcbPR4LaSH6uqO2nB/w640-h480/DSC07813.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP7J_x26owT6tRXtcS_OMbovV1CTJFA_IZuFLlPwGTEMHiiA0o_m3UAy34FuBTQBwjGHMPZ-gJxkLgzjmlWXgj_fNeRXAVSDB_fKu0H3UQIcMp4fyYMEaT0zQZJ3hrVmZ883goHrm4LGvSY-gWBffEQv237K8FaMOs-4kjnwkCQBzqR2Ou2EhBMrHNuMJr/s1200/DSC07817.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Normally in
this November blog post, I would share something with you about either the
<a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2013/11/spotlight-on-loughborough-fair.html" target="_blank"><b>wonderful fair</b></a>, this year celebrating its 802nd year, or something about
<a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2019/11/remembrance-2019.html" target="_blank"><b>Remembrance</b></a>, often from our beautiful Queen’s Park (although last year,
from <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2022/11/remembrance-2022.html" target="_blank"><b>Falmouth</b></a>). However, this year, I wanted to share with you a guest
blog post which shines a spotlight on the work of the Loughborough Library Local
Studies Volunteer Group (LLLSVG), particularly in relation to Loughborough’s
markets and fair, and the collective memory.</span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">The post has
been guest written by Daniel Mutibwa, whom I met only recently, in fact less
than a year ago, but we immediately discovered a mutual love for heritage, and for
sharing our work in collaboration with others.</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">In this
wonderful guest blog post for me, Daniel really does shine a spotlight on the
heritage work that the Loughborough Library Local Studies Volunteer Group
(LLLSVG) does. The Group reaches all corners of the world through its varied research,
which one day could be <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2023/06/researching-family-history.html" target="_blank"><b>research into family histories</b></a>, another day into local
firms, and much, much more – as you will see if you read on!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">The Group is
the founding member of the Loughborough Heritage Forum, an opportunity for
heritage workers to get together to share knowledge and work together to
promote heritage across Loughborough, into Charnwood and beyond. The Group also
has a sub-group focussed on Loughborough’s built heritage.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Although
based in the depths of the public library on Granby Street in the Local and
Family History Centre, and therefore perhaps a little hard to find, you are most welcome to come and visit them,
especially if you have a local history query. Group members can often be seen
out and about supporting heritage events (like the <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2023/07/carillon100.html" target="_blank"><b>Carillon100 day</b></a>)</span></p>
<p><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">2023 was a
very good year for the volunteers, and they are looking forward to learning and
sharing more about Loughborough’s history and heritage in the coming years. Enough
from me … enjoy the spotlight below!</span></p><h2 style="line-height: 130%; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Bree Serif; font-size: medium;">Community Engagement in Heritage Work:<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Bree Serif; font-size: medium;">Spotlighting the Loughborough Library
Local Studies Volunteer Group<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Bree Serif; font-size: medium;">Daniel H. Mutibwa (Nottingham University)</span></b></h2>
<div style="line-height: 130%; margin: 6pt 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Bree Serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In
his widely acclaimed book titled <i>How Societies Remember</i> published in
1989, the late British social anthropologist — Paul Connerton — made a very
interesting four-fold observation about how we interact with our past and
present. First, we experience our present world in ways causally connected with
past events and objects. Second, we experience our present differently in
accordance with the different pasts to which we are able to connect that
present. Third, it is difficult to disentangle our past from our present
because present factors tend to influence (but also distort) our recollections
of the past. Conversely — and fourth, past factors tend to influence (but
equally distort) our experience of the present. To Connerton, this interaction
reaches into the most minute and everyday details of our lives (1989: 2). In
putting forward this observation, Paul Connerton was discussing what he thought
was the most helpful way of understanding memory in general, and social memory
in particular. This discussion also engaged with the different forms and modes
that individual and collective commemorative acts take.</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Bree Serif; font-size: medium;">Six
years later in 1995, the late British sociologist — John Urry — picked up and
built upon Paul Connerton’s observation in an article published in a very
prominent academic journal called <i>The Sociological Review</i>. In that
article titled ‘How Societies Remember the Past’, John Urry explicitly
connected memory with heritage and showed particular interest in the role
played by what he termed ‘non-hegemonic collective enthusiasms’ in facilitating
collective remembering (1995: 51). Urry was very critical of the ways in which
memory institutions typically essentialise grand narratives that reinforce
conservative, elitist and selective views of past events while deflecting
attention from the possibilities of incorporating a multiplicity of accounts,
perspectives and actors — including the lived experiences of ordinary people.
He was very concerned about how this produces a monolithic heritage that
underrepresents numerous communities, groups and publics in society. One way to
redress this imbalance, Urry noted, was the ‘proliferation of social groups who
have sought through their enthusiasm to preserve aspects of “their” history’
(1995: 58) as part of a much broader two-pronged strategy to (1) democratise
engagement with heritage work— and to do so taking a bottom-up, inclusive
approach, and (2) conserve and animate heritage sustainably in ways that are
relatable to the life experiences of generations of local communities.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8rkuq2YkSo0Gu4znbWW-LxnkcaPJnRBKOOdgB0XAKO0xIIvvWMZH7jGtsNJZpwaQ5VqMal50pao4vFaWyPPvuuhsZcIU_9zmMEuCr5wlWfzvD_xCzkForybxs6og-QCMR9WvDrxoc4c6ZlRsWLp3pEg5MnPVjOVleJYsXP82b6yLIGqXJTO_wyR-OMI9L/s3488/DSCF0020.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2616" data-original-width="3488" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8rkuq2YkSo0Gu4znbWW-LxnkcaPJnRBKOOdgB0XAKO0xIIvvWMZH7jGtsNJZpwaQ5VqMal50pao4vFaWyPPvuuhsZcIU_9zmMEuCr5wlWfzvD_xCzkForybxs6og-QCMR9WvDrxoc4c6ZlRsWLp3pEg5MnPVjOVleJYsXP82b6yLIGqXJTO_wyR-OMI9L/w640-h480/DSCF0020.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Bree Serif;">Loughborough's Carnegie Public Libary, pictured in 2013</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="line-height: 130%; margin: 6pt 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Bree Serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fast
forward to the late 2000s — about a decade following the publication of John
Urry’s journal article cited above. The Loughborough Library Local Studies
Volunteer Group (LLLSVG) — hereafter interchangeably referred to as LLLSVG and
the Group — entered the picture to do precisely what John Urry outlines above
and to facilitate the interaction between the past and the present that Paul
Connerton observes earlier. In an interview conversation held in early May 2023
with LLLSVG’s Chairperson (Kathy Phillips) and Treasurer (Sharon Gray)
respectively, I learnt that the Group constituted itself to preserve and
enhance the local studies collection based in the Local and Family History
Centre at Loughborough Library for the people of Charnwood. This was a year after
austerity-induced measures compelled local authorities to cut library staff
jobs. Local authorities at the time were committed to supporting and delivering
cultural provision in its many different facets — including library services.
That commitment has not wavered to this day, but the persistent austere
conditions within which local authorities have operated mean provision cannot
be sustained. To avert the spectre of the local history collection being locked
up and possibly transferred to the Records Office located south of the county
town, at South Wigston, LLLSVG stepped in and took stewardship of the
collection on behalf of Leicestershire County Council (LCC). Ever since, the
Group has operated under the auspices of the Libraries and Heritage Services
within LCC and is a formally approved library service provider. This, as we are
going to see below, is a considerable feat.</span></span></div><p>
</p><div style="line-height: 130%; margin: 6pt 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Bree Serif; font-size: medium;">Within
this arrangement, the Group provides extensive and varied expertise in, and
rich experience and rigorously researched authoritative accounts of, local
history and heritage to a range of stakeholders including Loughborough Library
staff and users, members of the public, students and teachers, researchers,
architects and planners, writers and artists, cyclists and walkers, local
businesses, heritage agencies of different kinds and local history aficionados
beyond Loughborough. To put this in perspective, the local studies collection
was originally created, staffed and used primarily by local and family
historians — including academic staff at Loughborough University. Like those
original local and family historians, LLLSVG members run the collection and
local heritage work on a volunteering basis. In addition to staffing the
collection section during the week, LLLSVG members bring their distinctive and
varied expertise in wide-ranging subject areas of local history and heritage to
bear when fielding often complex queries. Many regular library staff do not
possess that expertise that spans subject areas ranging from genealogy to
photography to archiving to publishing to storytelling to church history among
many others. The Group’s rich and extensive expertise has been conveyed,
exchanged and shared with numerous stakeholders at various events — including
via publications of different kinds, local heritage-themed exhibitions and
talks. Here, LLLSVG’s ‘local historians, genealogists, librarian and information
specialists with backgrounds in industry, education and academia’ (LLLSVG,
2022: 2) have provided a critical library service that would otherwise not
exist. Naturally, the Group has become a key LCC flagship partner.</span></div><p><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCxNwUTeIoGSAG2mF2G0Rhi2dO1eNtfwuNxnwNtY-cbU1tt33DLgHi7gYsXogk_p5HHblLaVv0tf16pjWfVupcLPxn1Xbun5SkZZSpUQ3_0eiSMBDmwkuu3f6-3HlVrnPibv524QqT6bXj_IZRIsQosv_lugLE1Y8DHXwRVwxqXAE8S2zQPCEgviS1oPh5/s4608/PiP%202018%20DSCN5181.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCxNwUTeIoGSAG2mF2G0Rhi2dO1eNtfwuNxnwNtY-cbU1tt33DLgHi7gYsXogk_p5HHblLaVv0tf16pjWfVupcLPxn1Xbun5SkZZSpUQ3_0eiSMBDmwkuu3f6-3HlVrnPibv524QqT6bXj_IZRIsQosv_lugLE1Y8DHXwRVwxqXAE8S2zQPCEgviS1oPh5/w640-h480/PiP%202018%20DSCN5181.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Bree Serif;">Some of the LLLSVG members at Picnic in the Park 2018, commemorating the work of the Suffragettes and the Votes for Women campaign</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="line-height: 130%; margin: 6pt 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Bree Serif; font-size: medium;">But
the Group’s heritage work extends much farther. Over the years, LLLSVG has
built up a portfolio of impactful work both within and beyond the library that
has earned the Group an excellent reputation and validation. For example, in
2020, LCC commissioned the Group to carry out research on the comprehensive
history and heritage of the markets and fair for which Loughborough is
nationally and internationally renowned. This commissioned work marked the 800th anniversary of the Royal Charters which permitted the markets and fair to be
held. In addition to their significant contribution to an exhibition (July to
Dec 2021) celebrating the anniversary in Loughborough’s Charnwood Museum, there
resulted a fine book titled <i>800th Anniversary: Loughborough
Markets and Fair 1221 – 2021</i> that was published in January 2022 and makes
for an impressive and informative read. It is worth adding that Charnwood
Borough Council (CBC), which operates the markets and fair, commissioned LLLSVG
to write a chapter for the book — drawing, in part, on some of the relevant
objects, specimens, records, images and exhibitions at heritage venues that CBC
manages on a daily basis. As a reader, I could see the vast expertise,
invaluable experience and rigorous research practice demonstrated by the
contributing members of the Group shining through. I was also reminded of some
of the research I have conducted that has captured the interplay between
history, memory and identity across various communities and regions in the UK
(Mutibwa, 2016). Connecting that research to one of the overarching narratives
of LLLSVG’s book, I could discern how the Group skilfully reconstructs and
brings to life Loughborough’s markets and fair as a cornerstone of the town’s
unique past identity. That past identity comes alive through acts of
commemoration at the heart of which are two key aspects: (1) remembering what
the town was, and (2) setting that past in relation to the present (Mutibwa,
2016: 9). </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 130%; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8V0Ru4lS1OjUd0s_SYTSMRmqLPb91YOphCgNh_zEkUiMZhMi_XeHDneW7OzmNLZ8xyOfEh5WWFgf-c6kPQeuZNtQ47h86FY60Wt-kCKY6HFobHeK9vOiLEnixHRciojXmXqrWh8tj_H-KLrdMQia3YkQVEVe6CLcbrMK6CRAn2uvVkDBP-KwlgH7dpRPX/s4896/DSC07745.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8V0Ru4lS1OjUd0s_SYTSMRmqLPb91YOphCgNh_zEkUiMZhMi_XeHDneW7OzmNLZ8xyOfEh5WWFgf-c6kPQeuZNtQ47h86FY60Wt-kCKY6HFobHeK9vOiLEnixHRciojXmXqrWh8tj_H-KLrdMQia3YkQVEVe6CLcbrMK6CRAn2uvVkDBP-KwlgH7dpRPX/w640-h480/DSC07745.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Bree Serif;"><i>800th Anniversary: Loughborough Markets and Fair 1221-2021</i> ,<br />and other publications from the LLLSVG</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="line-height: 130%; margin: 6pt 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Bree Serif;">This
brings us back to the point made earlier in this blog post about the different
formats of individual and collective commemorative acts that Paul Connerton
suggested. LLLSVG’s book identifies several such ways of remembering the
heritage surrounding the town’s markets and fair over a period spanning eight
centuries: (1) re-enactment; (2) light installations; (3) exhibitions; (4)
banners; (5) a plaque; (6) a celebratory and commemorative cake; and (7)
commemorative mugs (LLLSVG, 2022: 96–103). </span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 130%; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitDvx5fJx5Bi8REjhYW_A9CJ2KG-P9d60hlyB0Qcb4wc_Dn9gqciuDWRqbWE1rSyTd2M9Yozupm9PVW7O39yj_ARmoe8Kh47UXiMWoO9FQK86hVsCqAFjDQ6XB88kbEABuX3q1AxVsEzBhSKa9J0NGeADlvk8CGf7kjIQBb-tzr0Ek7cge2ysDHHbGR6-z/s4896/Cake%202021%20DSC08757.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitDvx5fJx5Bi8REjhYW_A9CJ2KG-P9d60hlyB0Qcb4wc_Dn9gqciuDWRqbWE1rSyTd2M9Yozupm9PVW7O39yj_ARmoe8Kh47UXiMWoO9FQK86hVsCqAFjDQ6XB88kbEABuX3q1AxVsEzBhSKa9J0NGeADlvk8CGf7kjIQBb-tzr0Ek7cge2ysDHHbGR6-z/w640-h480/Cake%202021%20DSC08757.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2aRvD-twW_QnnZGW-r0Oa6WrAvL3FEBNSlJDI7eXadH5bgJxkAaBnOCHZEe4tV86w77-er4MqLQPiDreHqGcFZuCVdEU-wPX4Wklc1RBEVnXQ59N4OIxSWt7_RSUbdyvJcHIhYsLmfKP7iDn5tLm4cTZiAFgHxlOgbt9pkLAPwg1EMuJDpgpT1GHxdH2L/s4896/Mug%20DSC08793.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2aRvD-twW_QnnZGW-r0Oa6WrAvL3FEBNSlJDI7eXadH5bgJxkAaBnOCHZEe4tV86w77-er4MqLQPiDreHqGcFZuCVdEU-wPX4Wklc1RBEVnXQ59N4OIxSWt7_RSUbdyvJcHIhYsLmfKP7iDn5tLm4cTZiAFgHxlOgbt9pkLAPwg1EMuJDpgpT1GHxdH2L/w640-h480/Mug%20DSC08793.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY4rQG3ZwH08eKHRflXDc9mfkRRkI3iDEwFaDq-w6oiLuQBauH3RwX-vZUWiGaJYXT_2Ihjms2N9OMzldKIrlUmq6NdqOWUo8HOG-3KhlMcGWD6shL8uhoZt6PoQwL_WzyiWdqBOfKN2FgRpFXbDXpJZV9rx_71tbF-btEcQ40k3kKw1l1fCvyBR9zn-P-/s4896/plaque%20DSC08774.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY4rQG3ZwH08eKHRflXDc9mfkRRkI3iDEwFaDq-w6oiLuQBauH3RwX-vZUWiGaJYXT_2Ihjms2N9OMzldKIrlUmq6NdqOWUo8HOG-3KhlMcGWD6shL8uhoZt6PoQwL_WzyiWdqBOfKN2FgRpFXbDXpJZV9rx_71tbF-btEcQ40k3kKw1l1fCvyBR9zn-P-/w640-h480/plaque%20DSC08774.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Bree Serif;">The
celebratory cake, the mug, and the unveiling of the plaque at the <br />800th anniversary of Loughborough markets and fair in 2021</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="line-height: 130%; margin: 6pt 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Bree Serif; font-size: medium;">Unsurprisingly,
<i>800th Anniversary: Loughborough Markets and Fair 1221 – 2021</i>
won the Group an important <a href="https://www.lrhf.co.uk/heritage-awards/" target="_blank">Leicestershire and Rutland Heritage Forum Award</a> in the
category of Archives and Research in early October 2023. This
accomplishment is clear testament to LLLSVG’s impactful heritage work in
Loughborough and beyond. Even before this major feat, the Group had undertaken
local heritage projects that involved profiling some of Loughborough’s oldest
established local businesses that are still trading to this day — with a
particular focus on their trajectories and continuing impact on the town. That
profiling exercise took the form of public displays that were exhibited at
Loughborough Library. One might argue that both the research that informed
those public displays and the displays themselves generated meaningful
engagement with, and (re)presentation of, local business histories and
associated local community experiences very likely unavailable elsewhere to
access.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 130%; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9_ttYhzOurF0Z08aUISLhIJo4PtGctLsg3VhVVR1d4Wf4WhfLHkTxfsaf_5EbP9p3UmLLqvo4A5x7YskxBpK0gJq9s0pmrQeyo2RYcPg_wPjuI3d5fqgsI0alEMR-3CqVFvtrnWKl1rsjeTc86rxk_yRZj0M-0gwIUa3Avfzl8-7k2x0Z7J713J1D9Hp0/s4032/LBS%202017%20IMG_20170406_110501.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9_ttYhzOurF0Z08aUISLhIJo4PtGctLsg3VhVVR1d4Wf4WhfLHkTxfsaf_5EbP9p3UmLLqvo4A5x7YskxBpK0gJq9s0pmrQeyo2RYcPg_wPjuI3d5fqgsI0alEMR-3CqVFvtrnWKl1rsjeTc86rxk_yRZj0M-0gwIUa3Avfzl8-7k2x0Z7J713J1D9Hp0/w480-h640/LBS%202017%20IMG_20170406_110501.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6iYSmxz2PtRDe3Pybe5HloOL1AGsF2uLWWiX8pZ-3AVBGe8HfsKrRMeTYlzgkwDz_4UvgeB5IuH9cpmYreiJrVqwxAmJ_B1TtW_wH905wzz1Fv_FbsxQ7q-jtv7wHd5kF2-LPzPMdgY_yk125ILeT6zI9lAkv0GTq76-yqJ-9tsjf6TBSsr8rGVsH4tQB/s4032/LBS%202017%20IMG_20170406_112702.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6iYSmxz2PtRDe3Pybe5HloOL1AGsF2uLWWiX8pZ-3AVBGe8HfsKrRMeTYlzgkwDz_4UvgeB5IuH9cpmYreiJrVqwxAmJ_B1TtW_wH905wzz1Fv_FbsxQ7q-jtv7wHd5kF2-LPzPMdgY_yk125ILeT6zI9lAkv0GTq76-yqJ-9tsjf6TBSsr8rGVsH4tQB/w300-h400/LBS%202017%20IMG_20170406_112702.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Bree Serif; font-size: medium;">Photographs from a display about Loughborough Building Society, <br />held at the public library in 2017</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Bree Serif; font-size: medium;">The
Group was represented on the Loughborough Town Deal’s <a href="https://www.loughboroughtowndeal.co.uk/community-consultation-and-engag" target="_blank">Community Consultation and Engagement Group</a> committee that advised Charnwood Borough Council with respect to the town’s
investment plan, which resulted in securing £16.9 million from the Government’s
Towns Fund. One of the 11 projects funded, the <a href="https://www.charnwood.gov.uk/pages/bedford_square_gateway_project_2021" target="_blank">Bedford Square Gateway Project</a>, was one for which consideration was called for on how best to incorporate
local heritage into this, a major regeneration venture. In particular, much of
the heritage content (e.g., names of prominent local personalities, place
names) inscribed on the decorative paving stones in the new pedestrianised
areas as a means to celebrate and memorialise Loughborough’s past were
contributed by LLLSVG. </span></span><div><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Bree Serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Bree Serif; font-size: medium;">The Group’s important contribution here cannot be
understated considering that the Bedford Square Gateway Project was a major
collaborative venture funded by CBC, the <a href="https://www.loughboroughtowndeal.co.uk/" target="_blank">Loughborough Town Deal</a> and the <a href="https://llep.org.uk/" target="_blank">Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership</a> (LLEP) — all of whom are key players
in the creative, cultural and heritage economies across the county of
Leicestershire and beyond. Besides LLLSVG’s growing visibility and influence on
the local heritage scene in Loughborough and farther afield, the Group has
gradually and very deservedly become the ‘go-to source’ for expert knowledge on
the local history of Loughborough. This is unmistakeably underlined by the fact
that CBC, on its bespoke website that promotes the town’s local tourism economy, advises the public to consult
LLLSVG on its ‘wealth of knowledge about [the town’s] local history’ (<a href="https://www.discovercharnwood.co.uk/history-of-loughborough" target="_blank">Discover Charnwood</a>, 2023: n.p).</span></span><span style="font-family: Bree Serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span> </span><p><span style="font-family: Bree Serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Bree Serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTueHJu8Nep3Rbq2KjV-jyQKo6DaErJC6g20PVnzXPy3jOwwcuVQNMnILC-NmfREud7NJIyK3cnow7aFtPAodkWJROkkRe3-PjYwwSf-reDzoFhfmwmqJKPeYQMGLusdWhcSnTvkY51w9SXSkJE8bhBSws4zZmXJinHWWqc4xrmZTBuIklNhiogFl5aur/s4896/DSC01741.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTueHJu8Nep3Rbq2KjV-jyQKo6DaErJC6g20PVnzXPy3jOwwcuVQNMnILC-NmfREud7NJIyK3cnow7aFtPAodkWJROkkRe3-PjYwwSf-reDzoFhfmwmqJKPeYQMGLusdWhcSnTvkY51w9SXSkJE8bhBSws4zZmXJinHWWqc4xrmZTBuIklNhiogFl5aur/w640-h480/DSC01741.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjd1-3NMA8ab23ogK6RGfqt5m7_dT5gsDaVmzW2Y3-SIrxVStRZyg9wJnHinYihIb9tJO3SI4oC_nMqXh4tm0Ms89r_m5dsShE8BUUCFjC7tDOR73dGW_7SkT-320j1oQET6JwFqLvlKvpf5l9LtLdsqHwGcNKUa7S80fQHM0wF_kVbkhsf4hfh-uV-qEt/s4896/DSC01737.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjd1-3NMA8ab23ogK6RGfqt5m7_dT5gsDaVmzW2Y3-SIrxVStRZyg9wJnHinYihIb9tJO3SI4oC_nMqXh4tm0Ms89r_m5dsShE8BUUCFjC7tDOR73dGW_7SkT-320j1oQET6JwFqLvlKvpf5l9LtLdsqHwGcNKUa7S80fQHM0wF_kVbkhsf4hfh-uV-qEt/w640-h480/DSC01737.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbFojuFRmR2EE78BQZfL26BIuLNqM1jhFMJoEVJuZBZtebNzgdFVqX0A5uHwI2TqhkA0qfiohDnCybpGO7h4G9KdZkDVjAH_R0Fmxm98sy2PP4qHCeaW4lwjBaAhmlQN6HlexGl5BVV4BjoOVhxnXMx3Nb4-CA3ErdOOg9doTj2Gb1soiQtkGO_Rj07JYI/s4896/DSC01739.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbFojuFRmR2EE78BQZfL26BIuLNqM1jhFMJoEVJuZBZtebNzgdFVqX0A5uHwI2TqhkA0qfiohDnCybpGO7h4G9KdZkDVjAH_R0Fmxm98sy2PP4qHCeaW4lwjBaAhmlQN6HlexGl5BVV4BjoOVhxnXMx3Nb4-CA3ErdOOg9doTj2Gb1soiQtkGO_Rj07JYI/w640-h480/DSC01739.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Bree Serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">Some of the
Devonshire Square heritage floor tiles, <br />installed as part of the Bedford Square Gateway
Project</span> </span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div style="line-height: 130%; margin: 6pt 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Bree Serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Where
John Urry would see the Group’s heritage work as mere ‘collective enthusiasms’,
I see that same work very, very differently. I see that critical work as a
distinctive product of powerful local heritage movers and shakers who take an
inclusive and bottom-up approach to engagement with, and preservation of,
Loughborough’s history. I am in complete agreement with Paul Connerton about
how the Group’s heritage work commemorates the town’s past in numerous and
effective ways — thanks to the varied and distinctive expertise, complementary
competencies and diverse lived experiences that LLLSVG members bring along to
what they do enthusiastically. Those members view and treat their heritage work
as part of a wider strategy to conserve and memorialise the past in ways that
people in Loughborough and beyond can relate with. At times, this takes the
form of animating past lived realities — individual and collective alike and
how those historical realities shape the present. For example, I think about
how the markets and fair in the town over time, by adding ‘colour, vibrancy and
atmosphere […] bring in thousands of people each week to Loughborough which is
very important to [the town’s] local economy’ (LLLSVG, 2022: 107). At other
times, the Group’s work provides a space to reflect on, and document, how
individual and collective past aspirations, dreams and hopes have materialised
and how they have been remembered. That space also allows opportunities to
reflect on, and record, why those aspirations, dreams and hopes may not have
materialised and whether or not they are remembered or consciously forgotten. </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 130%; margin: 6pt 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Bree Serif; font-size: medium;">For
instance, I think about the accounts captured in public displays created by
LLLSVG of the oldest, established local businesses in Loughborough that are
still trading. I cannot help but wonder what those accounts reveal about
scenarios that could have been — had different business and/or organisational
decisions been made. The same can be said of opportunities that local
businesses feel have been missed for a range of different reasons. Of utmost
interest and relevance is learning about the impact these events may have had
both on the businesses themselves, the town as a whole and the wider East
Midlands region and possibly beyond. Equally important is finding out the ways
in which these events may have had a direct or indirect impact on what the
local business landscape and climate have shaped up to become over time.
Ultimately, the Group’s proven ability to bring formal written local discourses
and (hi)stories into critical and productive dialogue with the perspectives of
local communities is contributing to a multivocal and rich interpretation and
(re)presentation of Loughborough’s history and heritage. This effectively
counters the production of the monolithic heritage that John Urry and others
have raised serious concerns about.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqTWfstfDHhvKD710tKHkXNl-hI0pp4r5nc7s3CtQI5JDpaU7YSlKN-OYzkLYcOZB-kdkPWNOgEHGhyT-mhr5FO8sDmllPiVQx7sDLiKSe6zcY9XuttccncbKZa5We3RaZ0RLHfDOPLepOc3b8CtqMYQ1wFNpLJ-I2pf4ZhwdHI7f0sn3Scu99ZZqKagD5/s4608/Geo%20Hill%202015%20DSCN5098.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqTWfstfDHhvKD710tKHkXNl-hI0pp4r5nc7s3CtQI5JDpaU7YSlKN-OYzkLYcOZB-kdkPWNOgEHGhyT-mhr5FO8sDmllPiVQx7sDLiKSe6zcY9XuttccncbKZa5We3RaZ0RLHfDOPLepOc3b8CtqMYQ1wFNpLJ-I2pf4ZhwdHI7f0sn3Scu99ZZqKagD5/w480-h640/Geo%20Hill%202015%20DSCN5098.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizC3TNIvpOTk800c6NWEvieUKkMmCuT69xBqqKkF9J4iTNpB7etAKFu16cKYPZG8dVE5g2sJF_HZuYD5eJyIEv7t1HjQNZEdq6TMJEjiIiKUz8HT-KWh_FEmKaTSLDhyBcVCT5JM-7WQ06o9A4K4qFNHUTDVHUMCcStUIC23zaBnTwemUpewpj41AG1iOV/s4608/Geo%20Hill%202015%20DSCN5099.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizC3TNIvpOTk800c6NWEvieUKkMmCuT69xBqqKkF9J4iTNpB7etAKFu16cKYPZG8dVE5g2sJF_HZuYD5eJyIEv7t1HjQNZEdq6TMJEjiIiKUz8HT-KWh_FEmKaTSLDhyBcVCT5JM-7WQ06o9A4K4qFNHUTDVHUMCcStUIC23zaBnTwemUpewpj41AG1iOV/w480-h640/Geo%20Hill%202015%20DSCN5099.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUnOymvh21umFyXAqfL8x0ag6XfhWHotgYhpWGtW4IBhz6Ele8A3_gi0kewrA-PjQ7HvRKh1BlHKtONxw_VvZGO0wVxhPf-7WcPKBzG1aF3HPHzEgvh4Bv5mZuwtK1GnxVtIA7EdSFxg-idewpxFcU9GxEI41N94C1uek-LnTF73smfsHM_rRLwTI9QaNQ/s4608/Geo%20Hill%202015%20DSCN5105.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUnOymvh21umFyXAqfL8x0ag6XfhWHotgYhpWGtW4IBhz6Ele8A3_gi0kewrA-PjQ7HvRKh1BlHKtONxw_VvZGO0wVxhPf-7WcPKBzG1aF3HPHzEgvh4Bv5mZuwtK1GnxVtIA7EdSFxg-idewpxFcU9GxEI41N94C1uek-LnTF73smfsHM_rRLwTI9QaNQ/w480-h640/Geo%20Hill%202015%20DSCN5105.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Bree Serif;">Selection of photographs of the George Hill exhibition, held in the Carnegie Library in 2015</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="line-height: 130%; margin: 6pt 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Bree Serif; font-size: medium;">Bringing
together formal historical accounts and the words, lived experiences, artefacts
and memories of the people involved is quite empowering because it allows
people to shape what is meaningful and of enduring value to them. It gives
people the opportunity to shape the collective memories of their pasts and to
control the means through which the associated stories are told, retold,
understood and (re)interpreted in their rightful and/or fitting contexts. This
reflects what I understand to be community engagement in heritage work. The
work by LLLSVG described in this blog post could not capture exceptional
community engagement in heritage work any better. At a time when LCC is
preparing the groundwork for aligning culture- and heritage-based provision across
Leicestershire more effectively and strategically via a <a href="https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/projects/visioning-a-cultural-and-creative-county-summer-project-day/" target="_blank">Cultural Strategy</a>, the Group’s portfolio of work, growing status and outstanding contributions
are going to feature prominently in pointing the way to developing democratic
partnerships between local authorities and local community groups around
community engagement in creative, cultural and heritage work — both within
Leicestershire and beyond.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">____________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">NOTES<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">You can
see more of the LLLSVG and some of their work on the <a href="https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/volunteering/stories/loughborough-library-local-studies-volunteers-making-a-difference/" target="_blank">Culture Leicestershire website</a>, where they are featured for one of their recent exhibitions, and for
some extensive family history work they undertook, and also at the <a href="https://www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/volunteering/" target="_blank">Volunteering Day</a> held at County Hall in March 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">If you would
like to follow the work of the LLLSVG you can find them on X: <a href="https://twitter.com/Loughlibvol" target="_blank">@Loughlibvol</a> and on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lllsvgroup_loughborough/" target="_blank">@lllsvgroup</a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Contact
details for the Local Studies collection at Loughborough Library (follow the
sign to the Local and Family History Centre), including opening hours, can be
found on the <a href="https://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/leisure-and-community/libraries/find-a-library/loughborough-library" target="_blank">county council’s website</a>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">____________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 130%; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">References<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 130%; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Connerton,
P. (1989). <i>How Societies Remember</i>. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 130%; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 6pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Discover Charnwood (2023). History of
Loughborough. <i>Charnwood Borough Council (CBC)</i>. Available online at: <a href="about:blank">https://www.discovercharnwood.co.uk/history-of-loughborough</a>
(Accessed 14.10.2023).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 130%; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 6pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Loughborough Library Local Studies
Volunteer Group (LLLSVG) (2022). <i>800<sup>th</sup> Anniversary: Loughborough
Markets and Fair 1221 – 2021</i>. Loughborough Library Local Studies Volunteer
Group.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 130%; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 6pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Mutibwa, D. H. (2016). Memory,
Storytelling and the Digital Archive: Revitalising Community and Regional
Identities in the Virtual age. <i>International Journal of Media and Cultural
Politics</i>, <i>12</i>(1): 7–26. Pre-print also available online at: <a href="https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/97003/1/Memory,%20Storytelling%20&%20the%20Digital%20Archive-Revitalising%20Community%20&%20Regional%20Identities%20in%20the%20Virtual%20Age-Daniel%20H.%20Mutibwa-MCP%202016.pdf">https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/97003/1/Memory,%20Storytelling%20&%20the%20Digital%20Archive-Revitalising%20Community%20&%20Regional%20Identities%20in%20the%20Virtual%20Age-Daniel%20H.%20Mutibwa-MCP%202016.pdf</a>
(Accessed 3.11.2023)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 130%; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Urry,
J. (1995). How Societies Remember the Past. <i>The Sociological Review</i>, <i>43</i>(1):
45–65.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">____________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">About the author</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Although
currently on sabbatical, Daniel Mutibwa is Associate Professor of Creative
Industries and Digital Culture in the Department of Cultural, Media and Visual
Studies (CMVS) at Nottingham University. Daniel joined the University of
Nottingham in 2016 from the University of Leeds where he received his PhD
qualification. Daniel holds a Postgraduate Certificate in the Political Economy
of Information and Communication Technologies from Aarlborg University
(Denmark), an MPhil from Saarland University (Germany) and a BA (Hons) from
Makerere University (Uganda).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One of
Daniel’s current research projects involves collaborating with Leicestershire
County Council (LCC), a range of regional and national policy partners,
statutory and non-statutory bodies, and diverse local communities in order to
develop a cultural strategy for LCC. The project is called ‘Visioning a
Creative and Cultural County (VCCC).</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">____________________________________</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script";">Posted by
lynneaboutloughborough</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script";">With apologies for
typos which are all mine!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">_______________________________________________</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Thank you for
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Today we'll have a look at some of the shops: in 2013 I didn't actually share many photos at all, so most of the pics will be from 2023.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVh3LBBa0VOFxVPHygu800MqyUmaZkN7kLqLXqGb8Jr06nZAAcxksJ5jyKzVuJVKK0BM0rWSjFdx4x6I8euIE5D4ozJZ5rAQiCqrDj7i-_AdpyefRDSStjJ6JUxkIQZkwBvDBzYMiqZwJ5wAsYXubpw_6onq0A8Vtwmdm6zVXGJhO7A8u_dUHjPGm8fPzM/s1600/DSC06245.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVh3LBBa0VOFxVPHygu800MqyUmaZkN7kLqLXqGb8Jr06nZAAcxksJ5jyKzVuJVKK0BM0rWSjFdx4x6I8euIE5D4ozJZ5rAQiCqrDj7i-_AdpyefRDSStjJ6JUxkIQZkwBvDBzYMiqZwJ5wAsYXubpw_6onq0A8Vtwmdm6zVXGJhO7A8u_dUHjPGm8fPzM/w480-h640/DSC06245.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fifty-Three, the cafe on the corner of Storer Road and Ashby Road, with ghost sign from the old grocers</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_Blbys3SAkaUzy50z2wHKguBY0lUqfCGKdq8wbsPXGnqKKmBQ23XU0JXhilKx2_0_1iuxQrK7AA4Hvm3Bm4YpAbE1Z8DggYwryMJh5BqxkrjtqKnuKVYbcBCuAJvPNX_UYY7JDT4secqv0vCesIKuOAT80c5_lE4brJurUO3AVDT7gqI0x_qiwjCSt5G/s2048/St%20Mary's%20Roman%20Catholic%20Church%20Ashby%20Road.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_Blbys3SAkaUzy50z2wHKguBY0lUqfCGKdq8wbsPXGnqKKmBQ23XU0JXhilKx2_0_1iuxQrK7AA4Hvm3Bm4YpAbE1Z8DggYwryMJh5BqxkrjtqKnuKVYbcBCuAJvPNX_UYY7JDT4secqv0vCesIKuOAT80c5_lE4brJurUO3AVDT7gqI0x_qiwjCSt5G/w640-h480/St%20Mary's%20Roman%20Catholic%20Church%20Ashby%20Road.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's the Catholic church on the corner of Hastings Street in 2013. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg420dH0czrLklVRf6xYxIYNkb1h95pvoAPJjhd7-lASQjeHVHBTJQFKMUt-cWIp4wxu5eSLRqceIlBwtClOCteFrqqfZu0aIBIphEG6CEcCeaUj49uRTkqRaDZedossLjoS3tnqPd3zxln6iCD5Vecq3gFTrcsiueYx611RMy0L3E3kcriGucmzHVsQEP9/s1600/DSC07505.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg420dH0czrLklVRf6xYxIYNkb1h95pvoAPJjhd7-lASQjeHVHBTJQFKMUt-cWIp4wxu5eSLRqceIlBwtClOCteFrqqfZu0aIBIphEG6CEcCeaUj49uRTkqRaDZedossLjoS3tnqPd3zxln6iCD5Vecq3gFTrcsiueYx611RMy0L3E3kcriGucmzHVsQEP9/w640-h480/DSC07505.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hastings Street - Catholic church left, lemon lady right - on a sunny day October 2023!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsMZF_v5djykgryYxoU7PUJSyY1vP7HE7cugXQLwSLpM-Jv1pOSm7duH8lORjARfe7a78h7lPQCamZapSNev6NwwaKI5xYi12pkDjoyTOGm1v55aZ4UU3eArWYBkZdbSgnY0cc1Te200_XA2EVvw9ysDhbXCXcjntLbjTOuSBC5KC6aYOg81I0AnhkJR4_/s1600/DSC06249.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsMZF_v5djykgryYxoU7PUJSyY1vP7HE7cugXQLwSLpM-Jv1pOSm7duH8lORjARfe7a78h7lPQCamZapSNev6NwwaKI5xYi12pkDjoyTOGm1v55aZ4UU3eArWYBkZdbSgnY0cc1Te200_XA2EVvw9ysDhbXCXcjntLbjTOuSBC5KC6aYOg81I0AnhkJR4_/w640-h480/DSC06249.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hastings Street - Catholic church left, lemon lady right - on wet day in August 2023!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSpvB1fJWQI4jk2Zd9tDzpzHxawb_oGxtPAOle2ZfyHH1vbzLe8J4EqpzK_L42QrM26ybB4scjLonTr2w04bHn89PYEWpIc-9IDub_WeaVERxS4tS1vp3exqzxgqBbQO-kkyHIDULcChQ2TFPSBJKvnqd3btdo0k5kxGzsx3DZSqaJO1iiD8triN4TGj70/s1600/DSC06250.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="926" data-original-width="1600" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSpvB1fJWQI4jk2Zd9tDzpzHxawb_oGxtPAOle2ZfyHH1vbzLe8J4EqpzK_L42QrM26ybB4scjLonTr2w04bHn89PYEWpIc-9IDub_WeaVERxS4tS1vp3exqzxgqBbQO-kkyHIDULcChQ2TFPSBJKvnqd3btdo0k5kxGzsx3DZSqaJO1iiD8triN4TGj70/w640-h370/DSC06250.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Shops on Ashby Road, heading down towards the town centre</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAWGKMaJconT0Bj_nMtMNMFUd4EtqSbAb647aS2uDFO63Gh4MLYlW2lQGbzy6vXO4fz41OlE1qZ_VOgPJTLLCHBpV4YOuMrTW40oV5i3xNjyQ39TSOXgE0-v7cSUNDrdE9_MrEecr-3BCUF53y-Fy5FhIJAtugtICFF_PO981g-t6EeXUg9sMqD3y8Gd9s/s2048/Generous%20Briton%20pub%20Ashby%20Road.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAWGKMaJconT0Bj_nMtMNMFUd4EtqSbAb647aS2uDFO63Gh4MLYlW2lQGbzy6vXO4fz41OlE1qZ_VOgPJTLLCHBpV4YOuMrTW40oV5i3xNjyQ39TSOXgE0-v7cSUNDrdE9_MrEecr-3BCUF53y-Fy5FhIJAtugtICFF_PO981g-t6EeXUg9sMqD3y8Gd9s/w640-h480/Generous%20Briton%20pub%20Ashby%20Road.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Generous Briton on the corner of Regent Street in 2013</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixKFn6qa0HJ_3zGHP-VsuE1MhYgsvUhZFj6YTESWF4k1fUYbQCJCB1ndzBo803-jukpnKAjf9VWnnNDYTUE8p5Xi5irmRhiLbE-sHifOalHjlMDvHEJGh8SN6p3HO9fdckqLKxkC2sHgHiwjXSnaKYuf3gxXvjvmFAEvpeWS1kjKzwBdrUatUCBA8J8lGx/s1600/DSC06251.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1600" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixKFn6qa0HJ_3zGHP-VsuE1MhYgsvUhZFj6YTESWF4k1fUYbQCJCB1ndzBo803-jukpnKAjf9VWnnNDYTUE8p5Xi5irmRhiLbE-sHifOalHjlMDvHEJGh8SN6p3HO9fdckqLKxkC2sHgHiwjXSnaKYuf3gxXvjvmFAEvpeWS1kjKzwBdrUatUCBA8J8lGx/w640-h354/DSC06251.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The dentist and the Generous Briton, on the corner of Regent Street</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuskZLf7mt0dQ7-fqySvyFCDdFmveci0LP9iACpRNO9dg2MKgHja2sCI7n6YqCZ7rghxgBwzu9dgNayXcvSqzw_vrVk0dkCNUtaVzBYhgh30d47QEapcR_Bu7ZJc5YCq1nUE23V26vXMVPeFono4Ffdg4oBj_uTbv7lnBXEyjhy5PFb0pEVYyHGnAji6Tc/s1600/DSC06254.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="1600" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuskZLf7mt0dQ7-fqySvyFCDdFmveci0LP9iACpRNO9dg2MKgHja2sCI7n6YqCZ7rghxgBwzu9dgNayXcvSqzw_vrVk0dkCNUtaVzBYhgh30d47QEapcR_Bu7ZJc5YCq1nUE23V26vXMVPeFono4Ffdg4oBj_uTbv7lnBXEyjhy5PFb0pEVYyHGnAji6Tc/w640-h310/DSC06254.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On the corner of Regent Street, heading towards the town centre</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-GNROKr9EwCXwC2zH-npvqotEzLhi-peIkUzP8AgCU1yW8nHThn5FIriOec4d51gAA-88iGJag1bX0PD9Toj8dCkhipe5yHZdpGhX6tgBY083mLis-68bPmsu9nmDNg3Hmzh3p0R9yuSdyTbr9v3Qk5HOq1BaNVbMGVhAPtBPcoEtcQuawdQ_57xizXm9/s2048/Old%20English%20Gentleman%20pub%20Ashby%20Road.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-GNROKr9EwCXwC2zH-npvqotEzLhi-peIkUzP8AgCU1yW8nHThn5FIriOec4d51gAA-88iGJag1bX0PD9Toj8dCkhipe5yHZdpGhX6tgBY083mLis-68bPmsu9nmDNg3Hmzh3p0R9yuSdyTbr9v3Qk5HOq1BaNVbMGVhAPtBPcoEtcQuawdQ_57xizXm9/w640-h480/Old%20English%20Gentleman%20pub%20Ashby%20Road.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Old English Gentleman on the right-hand side of Ashby Road towards town 2013</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8LCbRj3KvF1C13lVpmlh3YPcrqap1Mhueq4nReltC80brNGFirupPsq8N6f-nffjEExEMpy6bii9VlV-arE4w1RT8U4mXGBHXbQu_oXMhwKLjN2CDrtExgnZN3qjNQ7mCeKNX3tPvL2qFSRsFnbhua_5RQAieNaF4TNxJaFO019-fnpvlgO3acrg9pSJ4/s1600/DSC06256.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1600" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8LCbRj3KvF1C13lVpmlh3YPcrqap1Mhueq4nReltC80brNGFirupPsq8N6f-nffjEExEMpy6bii9VlV-arE4w1RT8U4mXGBHXbQu_oXMhwKLjN2CDrtExgnZN3qjNQ7mCeKNX3tPvL2qFSRsFnbhua_5RQAieNaF4TNxJaFO019-fnpvlgO3acrg9pSJ4/w640-h392/DSC06256.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On the right-hand side of Ashby Road, heading into the town centre</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj85h3wDYQR6y34ALOgfM6W7GSKMWoMJD2E93K88R6MuBSxyAHVSqmSTU0QzfFKt6YlmCltvuV3gr-iHbxB2YQu6HHR3M3_to86B08lfv1_ZKEUnBQJPlSGgQnvpAVruPks9rMoZBp6cZSVQJIyfie2Pjz9njsY2sYts4hNqY2fZfvqIcpVspv5m4FrLd1f/s1600/DSC06258.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1306" data-original-width="1600" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj85h3wDYQR6y34ALOgfM6W7GSKMWoMJD2E93K88R6MuBSxyAHVSqmSTU0QzfFKt6YlmCltvuV3gr-iHbxB2YQu6HHR3M3_to86B08lfv1_ZKEUnBQJPlSGgQnvpAVruPks9rMoZBp6cZSVQJIyfie2Pjz9njsY2sYts4hNqY2fZfvqIcpVspv5m4FrLd1f/w640-h522/DSC06258.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Back on the other side, on the corner of Union Street</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU8ip1XxF8EuY40vzmrqgudlip4dHzCU-jeFwvJTLzstsuDetVejr84UbVT6t1DliyumsuRVVT9Fu8JdxOujRo-y2qQ3blR68OuMs088fPkePU2glmwnGtk1dITOpdlsTeRM0rKbNnNP9rKeDoc_xTJ1tEIAn_ErAEy5x4mDiOb-nfJnzXsKeWiyKXfUPN/s2048/DSCF0198.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU8ip1XxF8EuY40vzmrqgudlip4dHzCU-jeFwvJTLzstsuDetVejr84UbVT6t1DliyumsuRVVT9Fu8JdxOujRo-y2qQ3blR68OuMs088fPkePU2glmwnGtk1dITOpdlsTeRM0rKbNnNP9rKeDoc_xTJ1tEIAn_ErAEy5x4mDiOb-nfJnzXsKeWiyKXfUPN/w480-h640/DSCF0198.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I think this was open Heaven in 2013, but in 2023 is Purple Pumpkin Patch (see below)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQIH-CmZ4cIuLX8E9g5E1JqqRRY_LF0X6dvxZXrnk-6TkTuEo8AM6DTVlBH65W5YsI5hl5Ds9sAV_KM-I-2WpHfhF1bFBc_6j09tvCi1AKtde1MGgNLihLOpqjrpR1mG_U7bWRPau7OzmPOH_ujyw7gUDYmzFZuUlTrLFomxXTR64c858_qdq_hXNNsWMl/s1600/DSC06263.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQIH-CmZ4cIuLX8E9g5E1JqqRRY_LF0X6dvxZXrnk-6TkTuEo8AM6DTVlBH65W5YsI5hl5Ds9sAV_KM-I-2WpHfhF1bFBc_6j09tvCi1AKtde1MGgNLihLOpqjrpR1mG_U7bWRPau7OzmPOH_ujyw7gUDYmzFZuUlTrLFomxXTR64c858_qdq_hXNNsWMl/w640-h480/DSC06263.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On the corner of Chestnut Street</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQLhKZ4yR3tclMdTql6iYpApcBmG9VBYrsJPznJcHRLvezIQVSjHwwcY22KIUhG9ztMC5Yz6OpnbUyTL8wHutoQu0kDLMZEpe3JdIsDJbQkJzqOgRplpcygS2hxXBFxv4kLwX9hJOSrmtg74yPk28Qb01rje7FxuXgdGG49btXKLe3zAbdPU0nPBTbwVk/s1600/DSC06264.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="793" data-original-width="1600" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQLhKZ4yR3tclMdTql6iYpApcBmG9VBYrsJPznJcHRLvezIQVSjHwwcY22KIUhG9ztMC5Yz6OpnbUyTL8wHutoQu0kDLMZEpe3JdIsDJbQkJzqOgRplpcygS2hxXBFxv4kLwX9hJOSrmtg74yPk28Qb01rje7FxuXgdGG49btXKLe3zAbdPU0nPBTbwVk/w640-h318/DSC06264.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On the left-hand side of Ashby Road heading towards town</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSG_EtFK-rEHp3qb-BuKYE3BuAg216igpu97YBnXkyrlLCY4K4dqnHFDF5n2xY5XS6oRlF2O0Uf7sJ9MLG00gY8O2T6roaWhJFBVgB_WhtRozNHVLwPtpkjHYjGjZRS4jHfNaXnGDR_yd0f0iSdpLfBLJxkjAtHJDtsrbT85LZIoJv1OHkofjmyFB0Q-vZ/s1600/DSC06265.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1039" data-original-width="1600" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSG_EtFK-rEHp3qb-BuKYE3BuAg216igpu97YBnXkyrlLCY4K4dqnHFDF5n2xY5XS6oRlF2O0Uf7sJ9MLG00gY8O2T6roaWhJFBVgB_WhtRozNHVLwPtpkjHYjGjZRS4jHfNaXnGDR_yd0f0iSdpLfBLJxkjAtHJDtsrbT85LZIoJv1OHkofjmyFB0Q-vZ/w640-h416/DSC06265.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A little further along on the left-hand side</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFQ3rgWLQHYBR61DcBq3bWUk-ky9RI3C4XE-FawRtS9Y72zofwm7TgZV4NbCyp-m6Vdr8tGszoTJk2ntrDZBA2Z8zwGovqLLHGAyRQBBJaHJmdX7l4FrTi7E8jJJFJHdBE_GraFQ2Aa-XyVPQL0QVVKXmh6R2gqSjlwemb0zFcwOg5WQznW0pnUa9olsfZ/s1600/DSC06266.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFQ3rgWLQHYBR61DcBq3bWUk-ky9RI3C4XE-FawRtS9Y72zofwm7TgZV4NbCyp-m6Vdr8tGszoTJk2ntrDZBA2Z8zwGovqLLHGAyRQBBJaHJmdX7l4FrTi7E8jJJFJHdBE_GraFQ2Aa-XyVPQL0QVVKXmh6R2gqSjlwemb0zFcwOg5WQznW0pnUa9olsfZ/w640-h480/DSC06266.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The former post office on the corner with Broad Street</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix3diR_3uTvgJDJ-8fsQPDQwY4hTFW-kW1lnDz2gCzx9-5NPv4x8TJ8w_n3Zzkv3yeUZcckaO4mGQGnShEjCWM5hNHJ-tSuq6_CBrnZ2CAOPImtyozvminQOrFkaGLhsDGQzFl-UmTW6LIPPn-R9UbPNpJl2RvfCBuhr5iJnZyrNKTwM0AS_2BBrk5vapH/s1600/DSC06267.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix3diR_3uTvgJDJ-8fsQPDQwY4hTFW-kW1lnDz2gCzx9-5NPv4x8TJ8w_n3Zzkv3yeUZcckaO4mGQGnShEjCWM5hNHJ-tSuq6_CBrnZ2CAOPImtyozvminQOrFkaGLhsDGQzFl-UmTW6LIPPn-R9UbPNpJl2RvfCBuhr5iJnZyrNKTwM0AS_2BBrk5vapH/w640-h480/DSC06267.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On the opposite corner of Broad Street, which used to be Hopkins the plumber</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMs1ojLNxNnJ3O6Q5eXPAMuayK_CUK5YE-_aMkqFKYogXt1Uihm7-4kc3uP-O7K2vO6DP3skJGzaFQOvGr2eGmM4xnjY5D_dKeW7wYadORvuXAlxtr5IIxVBz-zZaiMLlvabBKUoayR9yNmDrV9IJJ_3vkDJHepZk9AbY7FZVCXkV9H3peUTn2buw6gcqG/s1600/DSC06269.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1600" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMs1ojLNxNnJ3O6Q5eXPAMuayK_CUK5YE-_aMkqFKYogXt1Uihm7-4kc3uP-O7K2vO6DP3skJGzaFQOvGr2eGmM4xnjY5D_dKeW7wYadORvuXAlxtr5IIxVBz-zZaiMLlvabBKUoayR9yNmDrV9IJJ_3vkDJHepZk9AbY7FZVCXkV9H3peUTn2buw6gcqG/w640-h424/DSC06269.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On the right-hand side heading towards the town centre</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvgNgvGZu8R3mh_RUrbfcHVD0y6NGbXLMNwAtNKuMatreKhAMb9ohUknLu8sXhf3zYxb6jvRMXl2LomClVAbiD7Guz_rnIeeBawgrYNOSWYAGSiA2D7zH7bIyf3wg1YQExw5vs8nf_EYg0_kFEQ6TU6062a1sUVdIS7BXkdVefwlFguwDwR2ehLy_zqVRR/s1600/DSC06272.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="1600" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvgNgvGZu8R3mh_RUrbfcHVD0y6NGbXLMNwAtNKuMatreKhAMb9ohUknLu8sXhf3zYxb6jvRMXl2LomClVAbiD7Guz_rnIeeBawgrYNOSWYAGSiA2D7zH7bIyf3wg1YQExw5vs8nf_EYg0_kFEQ6TU6062a1sUVdIS7BXkdVefwlFguwDwR2ehLy_zqVRR/w640-h330/DSC06272.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A group of houses on the right-hand side heading towards the town centre</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJiuK_xego508vQVKernUrKeVdmGvV-JhNQME8g1fjJUp6ARGzTlQTNtYfayieviCptTLpgYJyTzwnznNxeGsMxu_UFJj7qs9CREFjHzRYc7HhXnzz7W5wRtktmu2x5uOkDSh4DHAbXhpx4jzJIr2eNj346U6oQdVbyo2Mp8Hq8FqhT35RyG0jkzGvgj_0/s1600/DSC06274.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1047" data-original-width="1600" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJiuK_xego508vQVKernUrKeVdmGvV-JhNQME8g1fjJUp6ARGzTlQTNtYfayieviCptTLpgYJyTzwnznNxeGsMxu_UFJj7qs9CREFjHzRYc7HhXnzz7W5wRtktmu2x5uOkDSh4DHAbXhpx4jzJIr2eNj346U6oQdVbyo2Mp8Hq8FqhT35RyG0jkzGvgj_0/w640-h418/DSC06274.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Looking back along Ashby Road away from the town centre, for the corner of Granville Street</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDPESdhrSfsL0wmiW2qtEoqO1FfHHKBR-i-oXibOyFhVIsVMS_Y9PDFfT0sp9qrxEKkMWznszoxkelEZrjGz_EQGcl5hz8T6CHYtUjdIQGkZcIKgmYcxJ_m9AD2ZFj_uO19hTznirD_zWP1ifFOsCaOhjXo1ufbwtP_0hRYqYiyTA49d88n4hIDweht1XT/s1600/DSC06275.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDPESdhrSfsL0wmiW2qtEoqO1FfHHKBR-i-oXibOyFhVIsVMS_Y9PDFfT0sp9qrxEKkMWznszoxkelEZrjGz_EQGcl5hz8T6CHYtUjdIQGkZcIKgmYcxJ_m9AD2ZFj_uO19hTznirD_zWP1ifFOsCaOhjXo1ufbwtP_0hRYqYiyTA49d88n4hIDweht1XT/w640-h480/DSC06275.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Right-hand side towards the town centre on the corner of Granville Street</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRhbx8YnYP0SwOB_GlI2OfECHv3Xc5GtJB9Y3fMw3Y4iEb0q4oU8rPpemJ9vOJOiQLtdbbTZgtvLHu2K49nQQN1e6N7WxACECMlgSoKIJaRYg9YmTjhMzTVDJJsBRtcZWE2PLNMds9ixKFcXnlLHu11tXuyeQvRlvhFcaEfm_ZmIZY2_bLFt6zxTEQd6RR/s1600/DSC06276.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="994" data-original-width="1600" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRhbx8YnYP0SwOB_GlI2OfECHv3Xc5GtJB9Y3fMw3Y4iEb0q4oU8rPpemJ9vOJOiQLtdbbTZgtvLHu2K49nQQN1e6N7WxACECMlgSoKIJaRYg9YmTjhMzTVDJJsBRtcZWE2PLNMds9ixKFcXnlLHu11tXuyeQvRlvhFcaEfm_ZmIZY2_bLFt6zxTEQd6RR/w640-h398/DSC06276.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Left-hand side of Ashby Road, looking from Granville Street</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPTop-gpxTPYYZzl6kEtf9RwNv2BTJLZeTp2WorUr_ImE-fn5IKQV1xqDqLHT1ddL9DbvM3ARIIgycGIGL6p6FQ3bwwISjplkH-j07QP4J0Lmyj_a2rfAmPxfdCAtJhvB0Ug6r-xWh0gK3576Xsm7bqVlSO10A7_wShaNtXCnz9yWDW5AQdfm1dKFIuvU6/s1600/DSC06277.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPTop-gpxTPYYZzl6kEtf9RwNv2BTJLZeTp2WorUr_ImE-fn5IKQV1xqDqLHT1ddL9DbvM3ARIIgycGIGL6p6FQ3bwwISjplkH-j07QP4J0Lmyj_a2rfAmPxfdCAtJhvB0Ug6r-xWh0gK3576Xsm7bqVlSO10A7_wShaNtXCnz9yWDW5AQdfm1dKFIuvU6/w640-h480/DSC06277.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Left-hand side of Ashby Road looking towards the town center</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ZlICqaRu_fb-2Txw3IuWhm5fL8c9SAQerBGS9xS0BORDeqBiimJspOKI8_TrMP1yWEc9zDawEMwKSdyF4pBPG09yu1xVpqPSlfHb7Batfq5_1QnjuC1bNvl5CcUuO89lQrTrYmlZ4h0qBtH2dm9Yt1MoebaBlkKdPJ3PNiLOk-PSj4HoQS7685oSPp63/s1600/DSC06287.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ZlICqaRu_fb-2Txw3IuWhm5fL8c9SAQerBGS9xS0BORDeqBiimJspOKI8_TrMP1yWEc9zDawEMwKSdyF4pBPG09yu1xVpqPSlfHb7Batfq5_1QnjuC1bNvl5CcUuO89lQrTrYmlZ4h0qBtH2dm9Yt1MoebaBlkKdPJ3PNiLOk-PSj4HoQS7685oSPp63/w640-h480/DSC06287.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Right-hand side of Ashby Road, opposite Sainsbury</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Difficult to see what's changed since 2013 as I hadn't posted many photos to be able to compare, but I'm sure you'll spot some huge changes!</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">____________________________________</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script";">Posted by
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<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lynne</span></p>stjeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02358079860710812787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-70780996196163431822023-10-29T19:00:00.001+00:002023-10-29T19:00:00.145+00:00Spotlight on Ashby Road 2023 Even Numbers<p><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2023/10/spotlight-on-ashby-road-2023-odd-numbers.html" target="_blank"><b>Last week</b></a> we looked at some of the properties on Ashby Road that bore odd numbers.
This came about because back in August 2013 I had taken a trip down Ashby Road,
photographing the beautiful houses, some of the architectural detail, and the
area in general. I also briefly looked into the history of some of the houses,
and who had lived in them, all of which led to a <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2013/10/spotlight-on.html" target="_blank"><b>blog post in October 2013</b></a>. So,
today let's look at those buildings along Ashby Road with even numbers! Some of
the shops will follow next week!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's what I
saw – I’ll try and show you a photo from 2013 next to one from 2023, although in all honesty I didn't share many pictures in 2013, so I've supplemented these with some from 2020! We'll start at the lower-numbered end of the street!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsh0T54CIdv9mLymF-XbJJE2HwLR7q5g6CzMdVlot1TwE11WaI8jvwG3iB-d2MVfvmMy1LDUJt-eoH24DqOeLl_hng8o8iHZHXuwTtgaJbfVJuQMTSw58Z_s-NmpiQYSnOAsx8zOn208Dm4QXxgbGsgiXA2RRehJS-Zz1KcaGxg-LpBEoiwj5oDRz1X5L/s1600/DSC06246.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1600" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsh0T54CIdv9mLymF-XbJJE2HwLR7q5g6CzMdVlot1TwE11WaI8jvwG3iB-d2MVfvmMy1LDUJt-eoH24DqOeLl_hng8o8iHZHXuwTtgaJbfVJuQMTSw58Z_s-NmpiQYSnOAsx8zOn208Dm4QXxgbGsgiXA2RRehJS-Zz1KcaGxg-LpBEoiwj5oDRz1X5L/w640-h432/DSC06246.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here we see the run of houses from the dental practice on the corner of Radmoor Road, no.150, in 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJocdyiHx9RSJvjK0PI0eGcTW14oxFuxRe6N-PwMgz_GjwnND7xCFKC-VymWZyF2Sro1WoHi6QAHWkWyODrjA4yvKeRpBm2Gn5oucC2xpfe65BmLfVYloE4Wc5tvXONGDbAYFhMyJzjIUe3WkTJtWO3EPfEV4yp3OMSYEdjBn0RN_rSmcs1YaI2BIYrm_/s2048/150%20Ashby%20Road%20Sherwood%20House%20%20Loughborough.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJocdyiHx9RSJvjK0PI0eGcTW14oxFuxRe6N-PwMgz_GjwnND7xCFKC-VymWZyF2Sro1WoHi6QAHWkWyODrjA4yvKeRpBm2Gn5oucC2xpfe65BmLfVYloE4Wc5tvXONGDbAYFhMyJzjIUe3WkTJtWO3EPfEV4yp3OMSYEdjBn0RN_rSmcs1YaI2BIYrm_/w480-h640/150%20Ashby%20Road%20Sherwood%20House%20%20Loughborough.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You may not be able to tell, but the gate piers from 2013 have been replaced with new ones!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />The following properties, photographed in 2023, are from no.154 to no.182 - Victorian properties, 1930s ones, 1950s ones, and newer!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWmoKPIEatkHV4f0e6i4tbMxlenYbYHpgZfDq3FV64LlJsEVjBQ-dODraJB-eRfHeItBiWBaIEqRjQlgxoLg5kzWgKBzzblc0OCpykqQuk4pak_v0YBvrf68HX3m4vzqiMZWwyDYTr2DLYsbIm-fDF1Jjbe9woj0c0JJJbL5Bfh8Jo12yrrem9HAZ_K4nt/w640-h480/DSC06224.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />And here we go back to substantial Victorian detached properties.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYIXJ0sk5MyRlwtk9IC5nWA7d1Dpi7NjCy8cahFBCO_nEjhPEm0iYPYzF1L4raJw1xqFN7dRb7v_VslPVEm5iDKlYc79-kkVmoKUlE5bQqQ0jfjNGTjkRL6r06W7Pu2dtdWxaJXE2ovpS_T-14efMyoIBm353c8XEH8n_fM5VvMJ4RC1bb5wfzn-ONnCWD/s1600/DSC06218.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYIXJ0sk5MyRlwtk9IC5nWA7d1Dpi7NjCy8cahFBCO_nEjhPEm0iYPYzF1L4raJw1xqFN7dRb7v_VslPVEm5iDKlYc79-kkVmoKUlE5bQqQ0jfjNGTjkRL6r06W7Pu2dtdWxaJXE2ovpS_T-14efMyoIBm353c8XEH8n_fM5VvMJ4RC1bb5wfzn-ONnCWD/w640-h480/DSC06218.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Redholme, no.184, pictured in 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQQ3xHyv1S5QRsTOCPzZXk-jkS8kiWu-Y9q7G0G3FpfDyT0IpACW6pCNB_Y7kNOj_OmBUCOYw5QGrJctV2DH3QNtnHlYd0SzQHeyiXiwLs0u1VzabmOaBrOrfu3zHUMzwsuvgGqGEvD3jloa6Af34XMKPY5CgsW3E61xprB_tKZ_vtxAuowUKmdiqq9-X/s2048/Chimneys%20on%20184%20Ashby%20Road.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQQ3xHyv1S5QRsTOCPzZXk-jkS8kiWu-Y9q7G0G3FpfDyT0IpACW6pCNB_Y7kNOj_OmBUCOYw5QGrJctV2DH3QNtnHlYd0SzQHeyiXiwLs0u1VzabmOaBrOrfu3zHUMzwsuvgGqGEvD3jloa6Af34XMKPY5CgsW3E61xprB_tKZ_vtxAuowUKmdiqq9-X/w640-h480/Chimneys%20on%20184%20Ashby%20Road.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The rooftops of Redholme in 2013</span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOq6M0cdnTPnXJGY95_FWafvnt62GThnrUSoLUHh6Q3bYeCGor3sUgfa6Ft8XlqJGf1Wqsp5Bwz7uEHFn_TkceS9nN-DkKoRLvgOfpgTrJvvgLRJvX-ofIFEoKdLbOErT61M1MRRjx-Glh1odeo0MdD5_D7v6h-9JOY2__lm7L2ULpXdsw9A4CJrb3pxbK/s2048/184%20Ashby%20Road%20Loughborough.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH3StaE5qhx56LzH2A9_DjLUv8OgOv9Eq48CoAN_TJtYVS69dwKdsn-U-TJ3Xz2JYT_pQwcUmm8hVz0COwlusqwF2kdvHNNEQ1SIZXq2895x-QsAEHkuhV8eYIxNgNGd5EO2-0HspSc8HEtDI6Lvd7ufDVyse5kT-q8Qi6Wh0pJLcAMm8YRVVWnXG-3FP5/w640-h480/DSC06203.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Front view of Iffley, no.186, in 2023, once home to Herbert Schofield</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-eHPvHZtQu27kEOUVp38Nbsuk3Hb-XouN1mV9vYzJHQZisv6IoNHLqgwywzyMe9W2734Omlk21niMOH9fsR9CcuoGPPcfuqjMmCWFaLSdPWkPRZ59ZP8Q1swQYwqxM-Sa7xo21MZyOsvgruL2WfoIgZVp8c3I6rdCoYfq4RaYuJY4zRzN6ebnnlhrUmG/s1600/DSC06196.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-eHPvHZtQu27kEOUVp38Nbsuk3Hb-XouN1mV9vYzJHQZisv6IoNHLqgwywzyMe9W2734Omlk21niMOH9fsR9CcuoGPPcfuqjMmCWFaLSdPWkPRZ59ZP8Q1swQYwqxM-Sa7xo21MZyOsvgruL2WfoIgZVp8c3I6rdCoYfq4RaYuJY4zRzN6ebnnlhrUmG/w640-h480/DSC06196.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Side view of Iffley in 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQ_pYXIpa-lc9wR-hYL_gBysgTb3jX9ukgBwshXY3XkZityb03icaVXCtnGkVM4UFndN2WWjhSwAUmjZdD4hlYxM30wyDMAt7yE0cBuLDG9w9f799gLLOrdQSgKdvhEm1_JT9t3K8USgwtItoi3A94QZlCuQ2YCXGn9RNBMPaPaBCg_FfeKBEJ-pcselt/s1600/Iffley%202020%20DSC01421.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQ_pYXIpa-lc9wR-hYL_gBysgTb3jX9ukgBwshXY3XkZityb03icaVXCtnGkVM4UFndN2WWjhSwAUmjZdD4hlYxM30wyDMAt7yE0cBuLDG9w9f799gLLOrdQSgKdvhEm1_JT9t3K8USgwtItoi3A94QZlCuQ2YCXGn9RNBMPaPaBCg_FfeKBEJ-pcselt/w640-h480/Iffley%202020%20DSC01421.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front view of Iffley, pictured in 2020</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnCbYLFq-JDSG6bgKRDqPDbLSKS5m-nJ3gPHxeEhu2SKwQYoPO6m4_T8FdbLMqLjMfs8IAtfLyoerwZ3WXqXNcJaIn76JwGh5rgAJOhUcFlNZOpJgLvgIvXy5YVPlZ6EKuE2HBhRc9EnkES4B06gUR0SmMYjf9Y7TUXCwfGQiW_96Lr34NNr4TBO3XahPV/s2048/186%20Ashby%20Road%20Loughborough.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnCbYLFq-JDSG6bgKRDqPDbLSKS5m-nJ3gPHxeEhu2SKwQYoPO6m4_T8FdbLMqLjMfs8IAtfLyoerwZ3WXqXNcJaIn76JwGh5rgAJOhUcFlNZOpJgLvgIvXy5YVPlZ6EKuE2HBhRc9EnkES4B06gUR0SmMYjf9Y7TUXCwfGQiW_96Lr34NNr4TBO3XahPV/w640-h480/186%20Ashby%20Road%20Loughborough.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front view of Iffley in 2013</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5mRK6MYZQqowN9Byn2P1t5bYVCl-q0UiBtnJPGhbiQSiKqe-gvmTKzS_wQMrqPyiGbZ7uL3YNJnrXSOuAqpd4kmN8tIdZsJFmV4kQXzpUH2m-JKOyi8G9ppBvMlAH2rBOiqn2deM8HmeZQ2mMuG0oIxKTJhTJZuFLNmx_YyWWnZOLLkroQ15bHHNyZnY/s1600/DSC06196.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5mRK6MYZQqowN9Byn2P1t5bYVCl-q0UiBtnJPGhbiQSiKqe-gvmTKzS_wQMrqPyiGbZ7uL3YNJnrXSOuAqpd4kmN8tIdZsJFmV4kQXzpUH2m-JKOyi8G9ppBvMlAH2rBOiqn2deM8HmeZQ2mMuG0oIxKTJhTJZuFLNmx_YyWWnZOLLkroQ15bHHNyZnY/w640-h480/DSC06196.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Entrance to no.188, Tynte, in 2023. This house has newer student halls to the right</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqXoRa4eOgjqF4v6P3FT5ianQfTqLlhGM1B36ZCMZefHUFELqBGpYtEta9AnWsvbi-pUJX8F1JT-CYBzy0Iam-61uE8MY4CaWHNE_7_Tjz_psll0iYtcADHJj0_IKL3x4y_o2RSDiteu4iI9rRnEdvNmL84-1Vw9bO0_BF1BxJ4TRNX6g7HREukH_z6DH3/s1600/Tynte%202020%20DSC01430.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqXoRa4eOgjqF4v6P3FT5ianQfTqLlhGM1B36ZCMZefHUFELqBGpYtEta9AnWsvbi-pUJX8F1JT-CYBzy0Iam-61uE8MY4CaWHNE_7_Tjz_psll0iYtcADHJj0_IKL3x4y_o2RSDiteu4iI9rRnEdvNmL84-1Vw9bO0_BF1BxJ4TRNX6g7HREukH_z6DH3/w640-h480/Tynte%202020%20DSC01430.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A view of Tynte from the front, taken in 2020</span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8aiLRyaLbIOkPodS1c_F1mdGHc2pjoejWtfAAfG4Ns8wz8hYOwGLAVK9gBguBtI1JsCXmUaT3P0Y1HkZC4s0iCPC5OCMqDLfX2Y7Lx4o8u5jS-M7bVfI49RYR-0jKid6uvsy3Vw-TdsDYuVoCULW7e7PirbAsSiwa3gSGUleMWINjjvUnLMamWdqvidJZ/s2048/188%20Ashby%20Road%20Loughborough.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8aiLRyaLbIOkPodS1c_F1mdGHc2pjoejWtfAAfG4Ns8wz8hYOwGLAVK9gBguBtI1JsCXmUaT3P0Y1HkZC4s0iCPC5OCMqDLfX2Y7Lx4o8u5jS-M7bVfI49RYR-0jKid6uvsy3Vw-TdsDYuVoCULW7e7PirbAsSiwa3gSGUleMWINjjvUnLMamWdqvidJZ/w480-h640/188%20Ashby%20Road%20Loughborough.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This terracotta detail from 2013, showing William Moss as the builders, can still be seen on the side of Tynte</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO4GyPNvshmnhAdrJzqCi-tAkOL6xzkamAIG2Br8fcK0eFPjM3NapMoRLCLIBfVmDfoSZqAcEXxDqXzh1ty-N0vOblULWUiUYieAxfhyKlW5sLqq1hVIw4PLQ9rMEkeknkML6KHT_2wuqyeaYrEe5SWldUICw4wJsHy6JTICiG4TufNWXoRjyvQo8dBg0h/s1600/DSC06195.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1004" data-original-width="1600" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO4GyPNvshmnhAdrJzqCi-tAkOL6xzkamAIG2Br8fcK0eFPjM3NapMoRLCLIBfVmDfoSZqAcEXxDqXzh1ty-N0vOblULWUiUYieAxfhyKlW5sLqq1hVIw4PLQ9rMEkeknkML6KHT_2wuqyeaYrEe5SWldUICw4wJsHy6JTICiG4TufNWXoRjyvQo8dBg0h/w640-h402/DSC06195.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is the new no.190 in 2023</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXFVZrN1Orf66PHx5tekLlQsqYGhyphenhyphenUiUXm7a5NTPhnL0pBB23K9lNTk6qIeZVV9CWh3_CjSA1qiP2FBVWT1QGvys7itRzLp-eOEjb2x8KMJsF0W0jWZNR0IWJK0SD3pV4rNs6Ly3M3Nou8RKugNXUXEjwiZSVSMPVZQywyUluAZCewkru3wMSZHbU4EZ-/s1600/190%202020%20DSC01433.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXFVZrN1Orf66PHx5tekLlQsqYGhyphenhyphenUiUXm7a5NTPhnL0pBB23K9lNTk6qIeZVV9CWh3_CjSA1qiP2FBVWT1QGvys7itRzLp-eOEjb2x8KMJsF0W0jWZNR0IWJK0SD3pV4rNs6Ly3M3Nou8RKugNXUXEjwiZSVSMPVZQywyUluAZCewkru3wMSZHbU4EZ-/w640-h480/190%202020%20DSC01433.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is no.90, pictured in 2020, before demolition</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidDiUIxYKOlpaHal4Jy3-Du0r4NHa58GQpkznn8aE4-63R_hadAY6Tfu6GmYPCuEwfYJKbtA5ogIYr3wNeR8sbzV9YGRPeukNXO9vvGZJoymcgSyA4hG1sHaRVUEjWQuWcEKKGlR_AhReKtMYCVI1H3NCb-pDnSoDcvDHOGifbDSWn_2PvNhIIXyg16ab8/s1600/DSC06190.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidDiUIxYKOlpaHal4Jy3-Du0r4NHa58GQpkznn8aE4-63R_hadAY6Tfu6GmYPCuEwfYJKbtA5ogIYr3wNeR8sbzV9YGRPeukNXO9vvGZJoymcgSyA4hG1sHaRVUEjWQuWcEKKGlR_AhReKtMYCVI1H3NCb-pDnSoDcvDHOGifbDSWn_2PvNhIIXyg16ab8/w640-h480/DSC06190.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is a view of no.192, with no.190 to the left of it in 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIkFc72D1Jz_5MZ9TSWWyHkAvESJ8JrvLfFG0b6ydunKbsYd9IfYS8Viz2RlO3SOFD_Bs2Kg4rmYO36SEesSx09x5Ru9S70Qe-5IrwioykE6dLvsLpmI9d3pOjrHlJyIhda-jt6JiZfcz-0GuFvWZyf4H5gDZZrtg6Db5HsGIHgDd9Hq-Nfmjb0ftHWIF/s1600/DSC06191.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIkFc72D1Jz_5MZ9TSWWyHkAvESJ8JrvLfFG0b6ydunKbsYd9IfYS8Viz2RlO3SOFD_Bs2Kg4rmYO36SEesSx09x5Ru9S70Qe-5IrwioykE6dLvsLpmI9d3pOjrHlJyIhda-jt6JiZfcz-0GuFvWZyf4H5gDZZrtg6Db5HsGIHgDd9Hq-Nfmjb0ftHWIF/w640-h480/DSC06191.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is no.192 in 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjB5_DbwT54MxMcSKlmEg1U_QId6jjTDB5uGv2W0l_d2suNLmdT08HoI6FU6dqrVsEHx6DSuB71G8rvrrNd1hKd5F0Ygr8rw3TKarGusWCwKOiE-5sNs_HOSUbs1WpZj-aELAMoBBGdQ5wpmXwB_Kmsz4RC3cS0cRm7-1kFT7iioKpE7__hriGPP3Hjzy/s2048/192%20Westfields%20Ashby%20Road%20Aug%202013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjB5_DbwT54MxMcSKlmEg1U_QId6jjTDB5uGv2W0l_d2suNLmdT08HoI6FU6dqrVsEHx6DSuB71G8rvrrNd1hKd5F0Ygr8rw3TKarGusWCwKOiE-5sNs_HOSUbs1WpZj-aELAMoBBGdQ5wpmXwB_Kmsz4RC3cS0cRm7-1kFT7iioKpE7__hriGPP3Hjzy/w480-h640/192%20Westfields%20Ashby%20Road%20Aug%202013.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is no.192 in 2013</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKyKR5Pyv-dSEwniY7tVl7BVW3hyqXtBScVzv6qkU2qhzrbm4unFzpQrc3zuEBZ5jPCBnkyV-NLRiCv89mSHFuvhK47ZUlrUJrDtGiF4veNzNDcd9LrQwMPdc1Im7PuVqHhzYOSKZnENi81ZZKUGDFmlRRybYLntW9GcNNNI36Py2PvXOXjop96fdX1IIU/s1600/DSC06189.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKyKR5Pyv-dSEwniY7tVl7BVW3hyqXtBScVzv6qkU2qhzrbm4unFzpQrc3zuEBZ5jPCBnkyV-NLRiCv89mSHFuvhK47ZUlrUJrDtGiF4veNzNDcd9LrQwMPdc1Im7PuVqHhzYOSKZnENi81ZZKUGDFmlRRybYLntW9GcNNNI36Py2PvXOXjop96fdX1IIU/w640-h480/DSC06189.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the grounds of no.192, to the right of the house, in 2023 there is now a new building</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLA-Gy0RzbwkjWTvPQlXAi9UwWVZ-0vBSDJOx2q0tRuJjpROhsLioR6eZBghDAOK7C3_WurK3Vu9yq0OL2CID3FERtFRzjApTLEtTZgYJpwh76bgPRQeMSUWdLENNNFON_5WvKiRA96YlFYSaBHTdmdvExXmoO71VEqHYGas4P1RAI_xtXP3Sja7uxRwyF/s1600/DSC06188.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1084" data-original-width="1600" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLA-Gy0RzbwkjWTvPQlXAi9UwWVZ-0vBSDJOx2q0tRuJjpROhsLioR6eZBghDAOK7C3_WurK3Vu9yq0OL2CID3FERtFRzjApTLEtTZgYJpwh76bgPRQeMSUWdLENNNFON_5WvKiRA96YlFYSaBHTdmdvExXmoO71VEqHYGas4P1RAI_xtXP3Sja7uxRwyF/w640-h434/DSC06188.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Pictured in 2023 is no.194, Essex Lodge</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtAMBeJFb4M9hhrKdHx3BJ1y0OkOo2oK4muEYV-YCx-F3fbvDDErT9GNEGNeae8QbNRJZHdqq7QyrUt0rFnzV7JNd8C-57O3D3wJwSgsg6d3gRZmeI1MTOKkcd3Dny2XoyXk8cKb7hWWcoYN2R78_VX9xi4_AbkeI4nvEHK34rMh7L07bZajm9zLBN5Hzu/s1600/DSC06184.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="1600" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtAMBeJFb4M9hhrKdHx3BJ1y0OkOo2oK4muEYV-YCx-F3fbvDDErT9GNEGNeae8QbNRJZHdqq7QyrUt0rFnzV7JNd8C-57O3D3wJwSgsg6d3gRZmeI1MTOKkcd3Dny2XoyXk8cKb7hWWcoYN2R78_VX9xi4_AbkeI4nvEHK34rMh7L07bZajm9zLBN5Hzu/w640-h376/DSC06184.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">No.196 in 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJVmlR8v2trYn2R4GkwlZUggNgdsBQnt6RkgfkUrUQ53bj0B6T1wCDGH2C04hExfoXwK_2ApuPX8CrRtaGlpSmSRZpspmh46PkNCuo_pmIclU8acJsCAaSzxzywRIcxazs_faYTQ8wphyphenhyphenCCVtEdaO1wB3fDchwt3_cLy2Ntqa7ST8HDQw4ScsY5RxMl-u/s1600/DSC06181.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1031" data-original-width="1600" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJVmlR8v2trYn2R4GkwlZUggNgdsBQnt6RkgfkUrUQ53bj0B6T1wCDGH2C04hExfoXwK_2ApuPX8CrRtaGlpSmSRZpspmh46PkNCuo_pmIclU8acJsCAaSzxzywRIcxazs_faYTQ8wphyphenhyphenCCVtEdaO1wB3fDchwt3_cLy2Ntqa7ST8HDQw4ScsY5RxMl-u/w640-h412/DSC06181.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No.198 in 2023</td></tr></tbody></table></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZYzMCDS4CvptOzrhC8yRUo26CFuxYnxCqM1W6-_wgKng3rfK1B5JfbWRb9UcD1ouMF-qE7uGqIdgAdYLN6fEuio_9IF2OaoN09cSY_UILdxOzKHtVHBcN0FeD181QSL7NIBi8bRRD0sOf2liA04-S9mixfWEPbIQfYyKcPQ2Eu8C0WjMM0KDMTwwfBQd4/s2048/198%20Ashby%20Road.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZYzMCDS4CvptOzrhC8yRUo26CFuxYnxCqM1W6-_wgKng3rfK1B5JfbWRb9UcD1ouMF-qE7uGqIdgAdYLN6fEuio_9IF2OaoN09cSY_UILdxOzKHtVHBcN0FeD181QSL7NIBi8bRRD0sOf2liA04-S9mixfWEPbIQfYyKcPQ2Eu8C0WjMM0KDMTwwfBQd4/w480-h640/198%20Ashby%20Road.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">No.198 in 2013</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkoG7A_zTu5QyQhigXO3FLsPA2PkR6CbEiAtWsM7c9ag0qEQpkoqYxOvI_l82T7JxJ-QOPD2S35r0zh4QKjlIByR0cpiLpbGn-rMlnupszlFQvyC7BCI-6szBbRl_i4FZKSrLWenuFPduw_SbKFgxxaJv5IMZXtd85SNE3QGIlrA15R0nzu6470WGyyKqN/s1600/DSC06180.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1147" data-original-width="1600" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkoG7A_zTu5QyQhigXO3FLsPA2PkR6CbEiAtWsM7c9ag0qEQpkoqYxOvI_l82T7JxJ-QOPD2S35r0zh4QKjlIByR0cpiLpbGn-rMlnupszlFQvyC7BCI-6szBbRl_i4FZKSrLWenuFPduw_SbKFgxxaJv5IMZXtd85SNE3QGIlrA15R0nzu6470WGyyKqN/w640-h458/DSC06180.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">No.200 in 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJaTAZ1UtGLphWRFB-uw1HHKM8nbVHUTpQysgaQMAY8F8kNsjaJMrvMFFKhcyjVW2MtbwCzbjEq5AA8T6FH1awXFv8YLw_PYFJifwzidw4A7a6DJnnaRsA1FBtOgikIFluHLbuUzwBOO1rFTPAgrVBeZIWCqPe6eKKdXMb10IuX02x_rw55Sva9pS5CP1/s1600/DSC06178.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJaTAZ1UtGLphWRFB-uw1HHKM8nbVHUTpQysgaQMAY8F8kNsjaJMrvMFFKhcyjVW2MtbwCzbjEq5AA8T6FH1awXFv8YLw_PYFJifwzidw4A7a6DJnnaRsA1FBtOgikIFluHLbuUzwBOO1rFTPAgrVBeZIWCqPe6eKKdXMb10IuX02x_rw55Sva9pS5CP1/w640-h480/DSC06178.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pictured in 2023, no.202 named Registry House after it once being the Registry Office</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHlI08MGYRpmcQB9K6AZ20oC9SSD2LuP0fstjGLnJZotCIpR6OjB-dkWF4jPp9QWwyEIiGUzvsNVdi6s6U3mljTS9EXvA6khKco29OEzAktpIQ7MNNwhtRrl1o9SLl1eBc1s45Mi9R1MWuxaLAMdW2V5iMllWaDlYglYoGVptDG5K9DGj_osW8hpTmBaU/s1600/DSC06176.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="1600" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHlI08MGYRpmcQB9K6AZ20oC9SSD2LuP0fstjGLnJZotCIpR6OjB-dkWF4jPp9QWwyEIiGUzvsNVdi6s6U3mljTS9EXvA6khKco29OEzAktpIQ7MNNwhtRrl1o9SLl1eBc1s45Mi9R1MWuxaLAMdW2V5iMllWaDlYglYoGVptDG5K9DGj_osW8hpTmBaU/w640-h340/DSC06176.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">No. 204 in 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvn_77R6JIhwte51eo2YQOXOzHKHjvrHnTOQ7twYfOCanzjYd7RtV0qfh8cgS7nyci3ilIDb9Zo6b7J9Wm4ArF5x_BGAhAA6iUIUPILYbMkAzFJVjkuJQxEUf9O9sQRyE4D5vp1B28uHUXoFzL-FGRO2_aGhOR_AmQYlQoJnnrJx2E1tVos6sKfBXQRBtl/s1600/DSC06183.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="1600" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvn_77R6JIhwte51eo2YQOXOzHKHjvrHnTOQ7twYfOCanzjYd7RtV0qfh8cgS7nyci3ilIDb9Zo6b7J9Wm4ArF5x_BGAhAA6iUIUPILYbMkAzFJVjkuJQxEUf9O9sQRyE4D5vp1B28uHUXoFzL-FGRO2_aGhOR_AmQYlQoJnnrJx2E1tVos6sKfBXQRBtl/w640-h516/DSC06183.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Looking towards the Epinal Way roundabout in 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMHKgStOaOS-FF-z3t1BlxUUswKwc40JJsrShR4VwBJ8xqyUy90g6MIvDigqTtVaFnkngkN62xr2KwPEGERI23xMpIPw9F0lbgEi4l3znk4gqV9HTAYrLTjOBuU2QKl35aaP5XAOLz8gw3Qb6EtYuLOkeGSg6PBBUREDmZIgLI9_kyLlE37P6LvwUYaMTU/s1600/DSC06167.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="1600" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMHKgStOaOS-FF-z3t1BlxUUswKwc40JJsrShR4VwBJ8xqyUy90g6MIvDigqTtVaFnkngkN62xr2KwPEGERI23xMpIPw9F0lbgEi4l3znk4gqV9HTAYrLTjOBuU2QKl35aaP5XAOLz8gw3Qb6EtYuLOkeGSg6PBBUREDmZIgLI9_kyLlE37P6LvwUYaMTU/w640-h322/DSC06167.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Looking across from the Epinal Way roundabout to the even-numbered properties on Ashby Road 2023<br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPmFSGsa7GDvYVT4eDI34gjBtaAVtBJyv4mQVANoPpnjxNOdk_5NNztrNEKHIsgxBOAK5tttKch6T_-wEWVb8EI9Hx3GNSxx8j_mZrKV3u7TqU9oIhL8D-ptFYpMI02-1e_RmGJPaXU31IGSIySuMmBbgOXq7ZQZTaGYlmexWRYsXuldZ5an7vLmwLu3Fo/s1600/DSC06174.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="857" data-original-width="1600" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPmFSGsa7GDvYVT4eDI34gjBtaAVtBJyv4mQVANoPpnjxNOdk_5NNztrNEKHIsgxBOAK5tttKch6T_-wEWVb8EI9Hx3GNSxx8j_mZrKV3u7TqU9oIhL8D-ptFYpMI02-1e_RmGJPaXU31IGSIySuMmBbgOXq7ZQZTaGYlmexWRYsXuldZ5an7vLmwLu3Fo/w640-h342/DSC06174.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">No.206 in 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxExGkbNUw4qCK8AhNG1fww1_F4wxSbd1-7mQfIOBetFwIFMgEmvhRolhxKxUd-ylF2QF7jRmkBAIoUXwztIG0rDX2j3AkvRfkT6xKRzrwWhn7me1MAsiNjvkmkedHBrp-Q_zKuIqC5t-MNA1_5HRRn-alJgsBcA93DgwcdAbwqFm_xwtujwQtUyTQfZr/s1600/DSC06172.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="1600" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxExGkbNUw4qCK8AhNG1fww1_F4wxSbd1-7mQfIOBetFwIFMgEmvhRolhxKxUd-ylF2QF7jRmkBAIoUXwztIG0rDX2j3AkvRfkT6xKRzrwWhn7me1MAsiNjvkmkedHBrp-Q_zKuIqC5t-MNA1_5HRRn-alJgsBcA93DgwcdAbwqFm_xwtujwQtUyTQfZr/w640-h366/DSC06172.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nos.208 and 210 in 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-xzicGRAwxaJ_2z6-TtsXYl558on9XU63Wv0Xn4ymU9fFiY-odpp9fuhE678U-O0TMV19oJsZWTJZSnvhn8R47L0HE03IEWNfVlaWrWiXI-imMW5kf9-C-3UExvFiHqXvk3aypGvG9IgnLBPCh6aZGzK4MGy6QXYWknGMtOcjy8HkuHHbNC0Z4d2xTeJ/s1600/DSC06169.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="1600" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-xzicGRAwxaJ_2z6-TtsXYl558on9XU63Wv0Xn4ymU9fFiY-odpp9fuhE678U-O0TMV19oJsZWTJZSnvhn8R47L0HE03IEWNfVlaWrWiXI-imMW5kf9-C-3UExvFiHqXvk3aypGvG9IgnLBPCh6aZGzK4MGy6QXYWknGMtOcjy8HkuHHbNC0Z4d2xTeJ/w640-h378/DSC06169.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">No.212 in 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">That's all for now folks, as they say!! Pop back next week for a look at the shops on Ashby Road 2013, compared to 2023! </span></p>
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<p><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11pt;">Lynne</span></p>stjeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02358079860710812787noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-32709185381305014702023-10-22T18:46:00.004+01:002023-10-22T18:46:56.138+01:00Spotlight on Ashby Road 2023 Odd Numbers<p><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Back in
August 2013, I took a trip down Ashby Road, photographing the beautiful houses,
some of the architectural detail, and the area in general. I also briefly
looked into the history of some of the houses, and who had lived in them. This
led to a <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2013/10/spotlight-on.html" target="_blank"><b>blog post in October 2013</b></a>, which has been one of the most popular ones
to have appeared on the blog.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">In August
2023, I replicated my trip down Ashby Road. Of course, this wasn’t my only
visit since 2013, as I regularly walk down Ashby Road, and spent a lot of time
doing this during the lockdown of 2020. Anyway, on that August 2023 trip,
I photographed the beautiful houses, some of the architectural detail, and the
area in general!!! In the earlier post, I did share some views of the shops, too, but I shan't do that this time, but will perhaps put them into a separate post - such a lot of changes in 10 years!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Anyway, here's what I
saw in August 2023, and I’ll try and show you a photo from 2013 next to one from 2023, so you can see what has changed!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjx0Tj79-77upwzJCNP8GLODobvPi5qnq4NM640reidtp1wpPki6Vwm67lHueGt0wWWn2OnnZd3jzI70sq7y-rZbqulPm_W2UsmKohkDFYXGvcMAhZX0_5uHY8D8Hq7IjacoHqc5q3jjF8x99bibIRLYACIN1cUaZyPqFr4vw7Q94PTE83GHZn-Hdv8TT/s1600/DSC06240.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjx0Tj79-77upwzJCNP8GLODobvPi5qnq4NM640reidtp1wpPki6Vwm67lHueGt0wWWn2OnnZd3jzI70sq7y-rZbqulPm_W2UsmKohkDFYXGvcMAhZX0_5uHY8D8Hq7IjacoHqc5q3jjF8x99bibIRLYACIN1cUaZyPqFr4vw7Q94PTE83GHZn-Hdv8TT/w640-h480/DSC06240.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In 2013 I mentioned the gate piers of the Laurels, no.99, so here's a picture from 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Oj6Gqv7xQx5Dy4_COQqNVaz_j6Dxq6RbuZS2f1cs-SN0XSrd1s70L7vK4zbdOXuOK-r4u77tOaMBK3KnLQyVYCsDOcOThxEFmpYPJiS7Iljj7tWBzxskii0HR4yNXmKqzW2aodZPWUiRlOXoUPUpFT46EkoPwM_dmLoAQek55N_0boNg08MIbRR90vSR/s1600/DSC06238.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Oj6Gqv7xQx5Dy4_COQqNVaz_j6Dxq6RbuZS2f1cs-SN0XSrd1s70L7vK4zbdOXuOK-r4u77tOaMBK3KnLQyVYCsDOcOThxEFmpYPJiS7Iljj7tWBzxskii0HR4yNXmKqzW2aodZPWUiRlOXoUPUpFT46EkoPwM_dmLoAQek55N_0boNg08MIbRR90vSR/w480-h640/DSC06238.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">No.101 is named Holly Hurst, although this is almost indecipherable from the gate piers</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihIbHChEoEY7WCHZHgGxux16bbTX5YskT27qEMBb9v1RruLCY3q8o3IVjJXoQxAXRBKUXE-f8yHOSMg9OANzJ5gdpYmHeipwPVkh_Xsn4EBYWNigHY4FO3hxCdh4iuQig_SiXfaCGmcqtvMhDNpNCaKyhrukP_wWzRJzjrtlnz_QCAE0dA6pSQZ8DFCQgb/s1600/DSC06236.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihIbHChEoEY7WCHZHgGxux16bbTX5YskT27qEMBb9v1RruLCY3q8o3IVjJXoQxAXRBKUXE-f8yHOSMg9OANzJ5gdpYmHeipwPVkh_Xsn4EBYWNigHY4FO3hxCdh4iuQig_SiXfaCGmcqtvMhDNpNCaKyhrukP_wWzRJzjrtlnz_QCAE0dA6pSQZ8DFCQgb/w480-h640/DSC06236.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The front garden of the property next to the sports physiotherapist has been completely cleared, and no longer appears to be offices </span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8FWDQVqkAXkJOEAQhY35iWnJSjzzMRSo6PHMYt_vrjsPOtemLXdZf-WIJShGVC_0sivBoUmK8vjG6m7CX-r5hkaT860d4yQpZix7JxChkS26mgf-SvLr_lEON4_N-tjZCL0dlPBHAKLqDwGoYP94brOjf4Bhu_Bt_xLvJ12RFAlp3fYu_FzqqI9HR5fdD/s2048/Ashby%20Road%20nos%20101%20to%20113.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8FWDQVqkAXkJOEAQhY35iWnJSjzzMRSo6PHMYt_vrjsPOtemLXdZf-WIJShGVC_0sivBoUmK8vjG6m7CX-r5hkaT860d4yQpZix7JxChkS26mgf-SvLr_lEON4_N-tjZCL0dlPBHAKLqDwGoYP94brOjf4Bhu_Bt_xLvJ12RFAlp3fYu_FzqqI9HR5fdD/w640-h480/Ashby%20Road%20nos%20101%20to%20113.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Looking along from about 105 to 101</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF5aY21V9y_T_qUzPuTu-_s8Z1fxd42-aGwQegzvia5eNvtbGKWpDkNwPcSoOYUO_aW5F2roHnMr5qU1c51zluJwjF6Dvz6sJF5ojPsmDR5QSQ5M58Vyx4GnUHNQAF4c4wAWYjp-PygXhFhF7cVOP5nYlmx2k7Bjw7YUOjLhf6iM-zUDQRKg_kwP3Qetiv/s1600/DSC06233.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF5aY21V9y_T_qUzPuTu-_s8Z1fxd42-aGwQegzvia5eNvtbGKWpDkNwPcSoOYUO_aW5F2roHnMr5qU1c51zluJwjF6Dvz6sJF5ojPsmDR5QSQ5M58Vyx4GnUHNQAF4c4wAWYjp-PygXhFhF7cVOP5nYlmx2k7Bjw7YUOjLhf6iM-zUDQRKg_kwP3Qetiv/w640-h480/DSC06233.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">View from 2023 showing nos.101 along to at least 107</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRDS-SRNitGDxEB9FoVw0FqYsKw873sS_WgsmOjUC8eanHu1vOccPKE7KHv-wmHrUezg8uRl98t9eRuo-iEbPCBxiznczcgjKoaKBoaoBu3rMAOLPr1iFS_dm0aXdW__NICiNZF_0Mj_c-oQAgcGM6sldU8KASsa8rcOcaUMcECHaUIIC_ueFKf7DzAob/s1600/DSC06231.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRDS-SRNitGDxEB9FoVw0FqYsKw873sS_WgsmOjUC8eanHu1vOccPKE7KHv-wmHrUezg8uRl98t9eRuo-iEbPCBxiznczcgjKoaKBoaoBu3rMAOLPr1iFS_dm0aXdW__NICiNZF_0Mj_c-oQAgcGM6sldU8KASsa8rcOcaUMcECHaUIIC_ueFKf7DzAob/w640-h480/DSC06231.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">View showing the Victorian 115 with its much newer neighbours in 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9mTorVAlnqPjgKfOl3P61j7cs_0EGwA63ZUIGSYiH19WrDfNYUhkKGtBjpMF2Rgr8g308joJT012hA5Xu9Us_4LI_rkVmKyiNTfSG7WrBSf9iXV91Fg29IE8Q-PeVL7-qO0GWCzCF-dhZRzY_9SD_3Y5cXim98EdhJehGwHO_mGrYpwwyteaSiOJMW2CK/s1600/DSC06227.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="839" data-original-width="1600" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9mTorVAlnqPjgKfOl3P61j7cs_0EGwA63ZUIGSYiH19WrDfNYUhkKGtBjpMF2Rgr8g308joJT012hA5Xu9Us_4LI_rkVmKyiNTfSG7WrBSf9iXV91Fg29IE8Q-PeVL7-qO0GWCzCF-dhZRzY_9SD_3Y5cXim98EdhJehGwHO_mGrYpwwyteaSiOJMW2CK/w640-h336/DSC06227.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Row showing nos.121 (top window only), 119, 117, and 115 in 2023. In 2013 no.121 was the New Life Guest House, but is now a residential property in 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUuU1JsPo-FxHk2zuJDEw4LU2klotns9NkjgioPjOrqFl5qKvAtrE8A-TYtFRbOktjmGObuE4mtrvf1SZIPV72HUMzKc32OnD-UTJbfaKbx3AFSqnlq3Aq4HjaGQX2PBi4QlYhM-YWdmHBu4fiV-sAcMj-CLdKjE_wmX3RJQSCR6rvnI2h2VZuArGY8tEr/s1600/DSC06221.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1059" data-original-width="1600" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUuU1JsPo-FxHk2zuJDEw4LU2klotns9NkjgioPjOrqFl5qKvAtrE8A-TYtFRbOktjmGObuE4mtrvf1SZIPV72HUMzKc32OnD-UTJbfaKbx3AFSqnlq3Aq4HjaGQX2PBi4QlYhM-YWdmHBu4fiV-sAcMj-CLdKjE_wmX3RJQSCR6rvnI2h2VZuArGY8tEr/w640-h424/DSC06221.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">View showing the former Kingscliffe day nursery (left) and a pair of semis, 2023<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO9qqAymurZdmDhZfya5oC_zaty7QgpnNFh6ASwbyto3CpB-fQZdo9-uWj_eKiuLy9X_4fgqj-9h3SIllhGnmDWm3teXEbfL_xEfYklQyDwN8MXqxJnnMj6hM86PkyJrmFTE1BN2vpCWL-9OgJSq-eaHUgUSTpr1aQd78NXhPhoulfKH2t4wmAZxGGhUBQ/s2048/125%20Ashby%20Road.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO9qqAymurZdmDhZfya5oC_zaty7QgpnNFh6ASwbyto3CpB-fQZdo9-uWj_eKiuLy9X_4fgqj-9h3SIllhGnmDWm3teXEbfL_xEfYklQyDwN8MXqxJnnMj6hM86PkyJrmFTE1BN2vpCWL-9OgJSq-eaHUgUSTpr1aQd78NXhPhoulfKH2t4wmAZxGGhUBQ/w480-h640/125%20Ashby%20Road.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Detail of that pair of semis from 2013</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUWgmybLQr1P3i_VHH77MPLP2KaZ0e4-P-2YHSKGP5MHCbGDLlndmDEhZvYvrPYTSMOupi5U1hD9DkVJpc13LZUBCQhT8UUXXqn-vYWUUz_MDhxzkmC0RaJw6vRg5lw1bXY2EBieJx1MCugJBV5YOEZMvCwSubJM7H35ksyqSyBmZN56O9rVnI8rgKrQD-/s1600/DSC06222.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUWgmybLQr1P3i_VHH77MPLP2KaZ0e4-P-2YHSKGP5MHCbGDLlndmDEhZvYvrPYTSMOupi5U1hD9DkVJpc13LZUBCQhT8UUXXqn-vYWUUz_MDhxzkmC0RaJw6vRg5lw1bXY2EBieJx1MCugJBV5YOEZMvCwSubJM7H35ksyqSyBmZN56O9rVnI8rgKrQD-/w480-h640/DSC06222.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">No change in the detail from that pair of semis pictured above in 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijVyaU4S6TroDSyj10AkwNJHgxs2es5LlAz-rbZnzY7VrJIxL-ej3yJ8luJuHAaADbr04byX0hTEKvnI7nA7G5caHqHYm3GejCTzZtKVlbtmYfwDardtMpH0vER5ouqQcHTeCGeJqf6CHJbBeHqgo0cQ0c3Xl92sCc4bIt3JkFB0dxdGBD4Uogl76YvC49/w640-h480/DSC06217.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another detached Victorian property, no.129, in 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC9p_b4o-Mhutcs0whyvFzpce3DiJYPf5u8ioh-c9aWD33vBygu1irlsMkcRkh32lrhgynfPqt3oLb-OkSU3FcV6JMvXqcV84lv6lPBf43C-SS7oNrUjZUZLLmenmjSjIBzEMEJ_s3YXbLZNLKbJDFoWEs629HjXmul-7p078BQbTgkPj2BgKeUcfRzPDF/s1600/DSC06219.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC9p_b4o-Mhutcs0whyvFzpce3DiJYPf5u8ioh-c9aWD33vBygu1irlsMkcRkh32lrhgynfPqt3oLb-OkSU3FcV6JMvXqcV84lv6lPBf43C-SS7oNrUjZUZLLmenmjSjIBzEMEJ_s3YXbLZNLKbJDFoWEs629HjXmul-7p078BQbTgkPj2BgKeUcfRzPDF/w640-h480/DSC06219.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another point of interest is that I hadn't realised before that if I stood in front of this house I could see the bell on <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2020/07/st-peters-church-and-community-centre.html" target="_blank"><b>St Peter's church</b></a>, made by the local <a href="https://www.taylorbells.co.uk/" target="_blank">bellfoundry</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknGHgP4OcmdU_vDnudBE-JHIIo6jp6wWk1sYdp4oxrjSjuggrJVuwNCGJf_l2SatLgw1-NfsQrMxI0ZnDX8zNVWFtCdoeYJQMTDN9SCcBXnElBk3kDjLK_CeC8WrubDdWFkEZ1VS6SGT1O3Qc6pgC8d38I_35pkTAWa8nDLo-FbnzxI5IRqnaIBc_xiDf/s1600/DSC06214.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknGHgP4OcmdU_vDnudBE-JHIIo6jp6wWk1sYdp4oxrjSjuggrJVuwNCGJf_l2SatLgw1-NfsQrMxI0ZnDX8zNVWFtCdoeYJQMTDN9SCcBXnElBk3kDjLK_CeC8WrubDdWFkEZ1VS6SGT1O3Qc6pgC8d38I_35pkTAWa8nDLo-FbnzxI5IRqnaIBc_xiDf/w640-h480/DSC06214.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What I didn't notice before on this house was the lovely little round window with its beautiful terracotta decoration, 2023. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP4olkyfdW8ZvkFWUfs0XWehrDk6lNy2IyLgCvDvxXpUQNZaiJL5QdqhQjHOeRpNRXxq02U9nZkd50okhdrxUhbQw6BLPVm-0UR8dQ4SK1NmS77sE0ansi-vJy8ou0TTNXbwDNnZSe4ZJWGtCuTkwymuHl1nxiMAEKo7F25Y1TQ27E_Z9Hc9aVsLehYlVX/s1600/DSC06215.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP4olkyfdW8ZvkFWUfs0XWehrDk6lNy2IyLgCvDvxXpUQNZaiJL5QdqhQjHOeRpNRXxq02U9nZkd50okhdrxUhbQw6BLPVm-0UR8dQ4SK1NmS77sE0ansi-vJy8ou0TTNXbwDNnZSe4ZJWGtCuTkwymuHl1nxiMAEKo7F25Y1TQ27E_Z9Hc9aVsLehYlVX/w480-h640/DSC06215.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Detail from the gate pier of the house pictured directly above, 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc00Icaf_z_s-9eXebybV5Mxdx7_wSfUponKX5o9L5EVElHssLSQltfoAjETDKRXHRvWXm42fkbw9Cr2mXjCgixTC9aTbi4-bWbdmJTc1B6wgzvqNTklAyxwL7DpW5jO7hpEdZDCyinPgjMs4ypovtbsjpk88hKrhKEAU8rSC3D7HEc7CT3Jt1Vp8snCHw/s2048/135%20Ash%20Hyrst%20Ashby%20Road%20Loughborough.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc00Icaf_z_s-9eXebybV5Mxdx7_wSfUponKX5o9L5EVElHssLSQltfoAjETDKRXHRvWXm42fkbw9Cr2mXjCgixTC9aTbi4-bWbdmJTc1B6wgzvqNTklAyxwL7DpW5jO7hpEdZDCyinPgjMs4ypovtbsjpk88hKrhKEAU8rSC3D7HEc7CT3Jt1Vp8snCHw/w640-h480/135%20Ash%20Hyrst%20Ashby%20Road%20Loughborough.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ash Hurst in 2013</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH6LwQYW7ydpKIYAlD8yD25TJkIzZwSP-XaisXdZ__Z0mwMk-7ibBkJTWaRVoT8s7dPUlBSNojY2moy7lW-3b41ZUNG9-3042x2lQOl9sUWWwscqw7u5_BzJE-4kzWKLZpZsJ6UPp8QxKQ82OBtQCNOkxPh_ww2QzjgWo3_AvbZea0hyphenhyphenSZkhqGDw9wPrwd/s1600/DSC06204.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH6LwQYW7ydpKIYAlD8yD25TJkIzZwSP-XaisXdZ__Z0mwMk-7ibBkJTWaRVoT8s7dPUlBSNojY2moy7lW-3b41ZUNG9-3042x2lQOl9sUWWwscqw7u5_BzJE-4kzWKLZpZsJ6UPp8QxKQ82OBtQCNOkxPh_ww2QzjgWo3_AvbZea0hyphenhyphenSZkhqGDw9wPrwd/w640-h480/DSC06204.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ash Hurst with its lovely turret in 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWTvGXzS6pYYtvrSkBlcBFfln63Fpr_owthbp__QXGFGeZtU-YmiMSr9oACJFzNhUftVo1vtpZHegr8UKpQJM7oYqD91_9y6H2EAOtPyiSzF9Udc-eW3qhSfHAfDkUN9scNHe_8pqo-tq4tldRv-EDzVensaMZSujpNnC6pckOTTzl6hr1OyNg-mnaof-G/s2048/137%20Ashby%20Road%20Loughborough.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWTvGXzS6pYYtvrSkBlcBFfln63Fpr_owthbp__QXGFGeZtU-YmiMSr9oACJFzNhUftVo1vtpZHegr8UKpQJM7oYqD91_9y6H2EAOtPyiSzF9Udc-eW3qhSfHAfDkUN9scNHe_8pqo-tq4tldRv-EDzVensaMZSujpNnC6pckOTTzl6hr1OyNg-mnaof-G/w480-h640/137%20Ashby%20Road%20Loughborough.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The side of the end terrace, from Cumberland Road, 2013</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyzViZ-cjvo9C1phShigsEDQlwER1NEwZKvX074GNP-8IvZ8ok4pAGAV2b2TLc_jL2qHEkb-9Sbk5oQvuP-mJo0BlYz9Hg3R8D-xq7xpVwei8CSMr0sbfBq3tYL3LfszN78H8M-fwwgpsBOLn00zHmAYrDtzz1zUzJQyP3jqZns1fI0L-SUT8mOcpkYi3s/s1600/DSC06205.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyzViZ-cjvo9C1phShigsEDQlwER1NEwZKvX074GNP-8IvZ8ok4pAGAV2b2TLc_jL2qHEkb-9Sbk5oQvuP-mJo0BlYz9Hg3R8D-xq7xpVwei8CSMr0sbfBq3tYL3LfszN78H8M-fwwgpsBOLn00zHmAYrDtzz1zUzJQyP3jqZns1fI0L-SUT8mOcpkYi3s/w640-h480/DSC06205.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The side of the end terrace, from Cumberland Road, 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8-H_B5UQTZ5TUrIEE4Ze46EG-6ifGeGu5ZY23F1Z4bVnOm42-iaTlsdyXzcWNcym403cBTqS632j0UFhBGzD6TlAHuN4ZO7TJi-AIFMSPwdYvMKc1JTth1LEPs3VwG9KTjrkP9up49ERNSuzAqq81DxzBAOxhZKgt9WGYy-oEycKUfejSEdj-oxXzpuZ/s2048/137%20to%20147%20Ashby%20Road.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8-H_B5UQTZ5TUrIEE4Ze46EG-6ifGeGu5ZY23F1Z4bVnOm42-iaTlsdyXzcWNcym403cBTqS632j0UFhBGzD6TlAHuN4ZO7TJi-AIFMSPwdYvMKc1JTth1LEPs3VwG9KTjrkP9up49ERNSuzAqq81DxzBAOxhZKgt9WGYy-oEycKUfejSEdj-oxXzpuZ/w640-h480/137%20to%20147%20Ashby%20Road.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The whole row of Victorian terraced properties in 2013</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuaF6FDNUuCKB-YwqO5-pVQdkbpuwZfXE7Ek4zyOKKTkoR1aiKY0Nfu2f_0LLWBzgwk4DAo1QQo8Wb92LmvPGS7xrqE8-lh6rpYNx3T41dNGw28oxOs0DVVDmrkQ9l9eBvmTeTZDyouaIY2lD8nyZYtdOdy3NHk37X2e_8BugCaZtrTlXwiyG7nIVveLqT/s1600/DSC06201.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1059" data-original-width="1600" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuaF6FDNUuCKB-YwqO5-pVQdkbpuwZfXE7Ek4zyOKKTkoR1aiKY0Nfu2f_0LLWBzgwk4DAo1QQo8Wb92LmvPGS7xrqE8-lh6rpYNx3T41dNGw28oxOs0DVVDmrkQ9l9eBvmTeTZDyouaIY2lD8nyZYtdOdy3NHk37X2e_8BugCaZtrTlXwiyG7nIVveLqT/w640-h424/DSC06201.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The whole row of grand Victorian terraces 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI2ivQs0m36t0suykMb2hzfDNL6BUQlatUnYMHollivZxr0c1Q2SnETSaWkY0pmnU0n9M2Wffn-XvHmxXwoylfRWE5rWr1zASRISv5p3l5o4Pcr8nsffglXOp3UKrGQXqxieq7XWNoG_rfcs6g75OhM9aBlL0qxf7kGOzNKSd6L_41cg5oDQzHadasrIYZ/s1600/DSC06200.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI2ivQs0m36t0suykMb2hzfDNL6BUQlatUnYMHollivZxr0c1Q2SnETSaWkY0pmnU0n9M2Wffn-XvHmxXwoylfRWE5rWr1zASRISv5p3l5o4Pcr8nsffglXOp3UKrGQXqxieq7XWNoG_rfcs6g75OhM9aBlL0qxf7kGOzNKSd6L_41cg5oDQzHadasrIYZ/w640-h480/DSC06200.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Large detached residence <a href="https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/lego-flats-given-go-ahead-8791519" target="_blank">2023</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS5N9Am-l9HA1joJk4CVawvq_eyzVGgYH6jeiAtHdNeCSIYscQUf5SGP-tO1qMNDMTd8WlPUZLLHNKz2U18dTpje07c5lAxmlvrcRL3I-zff6fylXEPvi53CqtrqgMoD3znsZT6pz8Vqw0KlbC3t13NOPFfCSbIW460xyFzVYLIoV2SxYM9tEgz6j_gwg7/s1600/DSC06198.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS5N9Am-l9HA1joJk4CVawvq_eyzVGgYH6jeiAtHdNeCSIYscQUf5SGP-tO1qMNDMTd8WlPUZLLHNKz2U18dTpje07c5lAxmlvrcRL3I-zff6fylXEPvi53CqtrqgMoD3znsZT6pz8Vqw0KlbC3t13NOPFfCSbIW460xyFzVYLIoV2SxYM9tEgz6j_gwg7/w640-h480/DSC06198.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Large detached residence 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVtee85pe1oCZ8gFu7i5LuARZtmH8NO1V3nfBVB35o6IhyphenhyphenQ1-HZUB2njNeKqD75VQZmSNneTeNyupOVXUSSBzN-NrFlKHiWw0kTdyzsna7ew4KdLqoUDQovLqIXXUEdyr9qi8a_1pYmF_ldBSK7rRlWLk049QixkcYRB-TEjS0WXAKj8SrArav-822lkLx/s2048/The%20Grove%20Ashby%20Road%20Loughborough.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVtee85pe1oCZ8gFu7i5LuARZtmH8NO1V3nfBVB35o6IhyphenhyphenQ1-HZUB2njNeKqD75VQZmSNneTeNyupOVXUSSBzN-NrFlKHiWw0kTdyzsna7ew4KdLqoUDQovLqIXXUEdyr9qi8a_1pYmF_ldBSK7rRlWLk049QixkcYRB-TEjS0WXAKj8SrArav-822lkLx/w640-h480/The%20Grove%20Ashby%20Road%20Loughborough.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Grove in 2013</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjp8Js5zY_BMsnMBBrXr0lk79eRdyvADs2skdGGHKnNc2EbtniMuLnpRoSHEtTwc2VNrfY4riixC_9W4U7AHGLsinL7F9D1IIRR-pM85Xl8YLwHuZT45Z5VnFnaLnEJ7xez9x82Cu72id_EGvalTv7go9MGA2pIkxXYRBW3c7yjc1bywMjqUnPM1SBgIPD/s1600/DSC06187.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjp8Js5zY_BMsnMBBrXr0lk79eRdyvADs2skdGGHKnNc2EbtniMuLnpRoSHEtTwc2VNrfY4riixC_9W4U7AHGLsinL7F9D1IIRR-pM85Xl8YLwHuZT45Z5VnFnaLnEJ7xez9x82Cu72id_EGvalTv7go9MGA2pIkxXYRBW3c7yjc1bywMjqUnPM1SBgIPD/w640-h480/DSC06187.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Grove in 2023 (see also a <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2022/10/loughboroughs-letterboxes-pt-3.html" target="_blank"><b>blog article about letterboxes!</b></a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-By5jTt2xTcecTqsUMf-edO5q8eYRKd0P3SHfs7unTGFE2kUO4tXc8mBnEqV4OtxYuEJ_xDltm-e26hdj06BFifnhBJur559fpkT79Q5W4mEMfIe7FXV_Y4ZxCMX7mL7TwaEarv3aeudKVJ613VfK1B7KPAoYHl_72sJfg47bI1GEmwYNGfroGIzcs-Fl/s1600/DSC06175.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-By5jTt2xTcecTqsUMf-edO5q8eYRKd0P3SHfs7unTGFE2kUO4tXc8mBnEqV4OtxYuEJ_xDltm-e26hdj06BFifnhBJur559fpkT79Q5W4mEMfIe7FXV_Y4ZxCMX7mL7TwaEarv3aeudKVJ613VfK1B7KPAoYHl_72sJfg47bI1GEmwYNGfroGIzcs-Fl/w640-h480/DSC06175.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Beyond the Grove, towards the Epinal Way roundabout</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit8v5OsZZ36N5lG7-6OMpolOX3t2yvkEoQJZ3G3DkmeqfFCD2gyEB99wUqXMZg3U4s3pmrr2ouhPvjWJuvuA2726oHuF0TPjcLd-vDr_shJ6JGNTxv7NRka0Oq0ObdobeA-9qRyqYu2SUlL1CIfPF2xn8kLiImhOTH3Ft1UxhIEEFMRaTZ4EmijKL8BYcC/s1600/DSC06173.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit8v5OsZZ36N5lG7-6OMpolOX3t2yvkEoQJZ3G3DkmeqfFCD2gyEB99wUqXMZg3U4s3pmrr2ouhPvjWJuvuA2726oHuF0TPjcLd-vDr_shJ6JGNTxv7NRka0Oq0ObdobeA-9qRyqYu2SUlL1CIfPF2xn8kLiImhOTH3Ft1UxhIEEFMRaTZ4EmijKL8BYcC/w640-h480/DSC06173.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Towards the roundabout</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ml3qCn5kMnYO-8jl9f4hvyLEwPQfL7gzb6x3iPLxjwgw7p51T04-YES6wRi_l2Eg7mhhExxLfBq_uru9qX5lSrnnx-e0snvWWfceh657ML4xDT697JcsVF8JUHj8E2lYiNsJOkuplyzH4fhOv6s7nyIW26GQku9N22Ur5K0A3E67PAVmEkwcilMwHCgp/s1600/DSC06171.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ml3qCn5kMnYO-8jl9f4hvyLEwPQfL7gzb6x3iPLxjwgw7p51T04-YES6wRi_l2Eg7mhhExxLfBq_uru9qX5lSrnnx-e0snvWWfceh657ML4xDT697JcsVF8JUHj8E2lYiNsJOkuplyzH4fhOv6s7nyIW26GQku9N22Ur5K0A3E67PAVmEkwcilMwHCgp/w640-h480/DSC06171.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Towards the roundabout</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4zfv-Ciav9PMTCnIrZLn12jgxH0tSdPqnGCU0cvzDOVjtvduPnAIGi5nrjN0pzWdHDrGINbg-IL7KY-z1VroweYExkXpaqN_B3qsNxBaYeodhC3G_mrhLiP8twf3HDs2DD7TM-yizoAxO1HIbw5-i3c1lBz-PlHATlv7a70y8YdBl91ZTXLdWEPDhWpnb/s1600/DSC06137.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4zfv-Ciav9PMTCnIrZLn12jgxH0tSdPqnGCU0cvzDOVjtvduPnAIGi5nrjN0pzWdHDrGINbg-IL7KY-z1VroweYExkXpaqN_B3qsNxBaYeodhC3G_mrhLiP8twf3HDs2DD7TM-yizoAxO1HIbw5-i3c1lBz-PlHATlv7a70y8YdBl91ZTXLdWEPDhWpnb/w640-h480/DSC06137.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bastard Gates entrance to the University in 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifNOHWk8cCVG6xVvdaZQQEXlaXjswlBchHfekUeK-U_ZByrMHgb3XeUSim7WfueblHyiFLpadGCHiDUIZ1X9F8Pv-UZsOSgYldfJXVHImmMPisRIMLy3Gaqv7DhQvBLQr0NwowJESbOJy5nY62FRR7PXnwTcEiV0fDi6qtwjjkZ9-7Cr4Jt-yDzLViTyS/s2048/Field%20House.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifNOHWk8cCVG6xVvdaZQQEXlaXjswlBchHfekUeK-U_ZByrMHgb3XeUSim7WfueblHyiFLpadGCHiDUIZ1X9F8Pv-UZsOSgYldfJXVHImmMPisRIMLy3Gaqv7DhQvBLQr0NwowJESbOJy5nY62FRR7PXnwTcEiV0fDi6qtwjjkZ9-7Cr4Jt-yDzLViTyS/w640-h480/Field%20House.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Field House (<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/8260542616882131850/3270918538130501470#" target="_blank"><b>subject of its own blogpost</b></a>) 2013</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinScf4tB8lVZIEU_fYDBM-2FHB1luKXIqcRHKiT8aB4I6p7apSqSi2IROzMR6W3SFXjH6n2hdrhF-dy7iBU2X1KHXBBMHIgF6Jp7fPyAtATxISK5-wz1ad_ZWZPoeV2O2La_uPIvwym0dwMBIiIe_W0UbBRtT3H7hnkSKYYe1h-ehAflAcy2rJF3RswUlu/s1600/DSC06157.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinScf4tB8lVZIEU_fYDBM-2FHB1luKXIqcRHKiT8aB4I6p7apSqSi2IROzMR6W3SFXjH6n2hdrhF-dy7iBU2X1KHXBBMHIgF6Jp7fPyAtATxISK5-wz1ad_ZWZPoeV2O2La_uPIvwym0dwMBIiIe_W0UbBRtT3H7hnkSKYYe1h-ehAflAcy2rJF3RswUlu/w640-h480/DSC06157.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Field House 2023 - the only difference I spotted was the external lighting fixed to the terracotta banding on the left</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqL2E-x8yeaXwJZUfDPHlXuJDAa8ctF-oQ-nskKpe0XuC1wR5af9V1Xjlku41_PU1JzSXR6zaXO-WBiWg0H5MjnoyECIoa2YMsukOIbQhTGkJuV19ASuomwCYJFj6cEQE926G9veJD7gmjdHquucTzmkclO2sEIDypXUCF6fMgwc-HX9IijpvjFPtoDm_M/s1600/DSC06155.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqL2E-x8yeaXwJZUfDPHlXuJDAa8ctF-oQ-nskKpe0XuC1wR5af9V1Xjlku41_PU1JzSXR6zaXO-WBiWg0H5MjnoyECIoa2YMsukOIbQhTGkJuV19ASuomwCYJFj6cEQE926G9veJD7gmjdHquucTzmkclO2sEIDypXUCF6fMgwc-HX9IijpvjFPtoDm_M/w640-h480/DSC06155.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Field House 2023, view from the roundabout</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">View of some of the buildings of William Morris halls 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyNXMRsLHnxFlqswAnyORyejGMApwxH0qW3OAs-I1pYQkslNhtbUvvYXYAcVwFP6RbsTg2CBs3afypH2_EwdDeqe4TEiIz8TgA11Cwjt8I9U5-OwPqaxX8Zjfv-Gq6vpZWjNrGnSSJ3gaYqyyLGwGMrMqc4VFLnsOXgZso3b3UMMJdyDs41g6TP_dNLwA/s1600/DSC06141.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqinccaRCikw7ZszWF_zuXKMySWA3LwDAlSKZ_HVMSzeB9o52vFLi9Waq3qs5Uv3W7MLEvmYwQhyvMgwgHLkcObVAqn4z_tjoCFMGPmaRU8D9xqIruONu_9dbVFjmHXyBeAVYCZ3cT28uhG9TxR8eYXIOQBcVat5AITCszHVRQDuwAfwuxxm9iHehmGdz0/s1600/DSC06145.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6tXDltehj1qmjsEWzVZdmFG3wDiTy_lHVqMe_y_smvxgzMuOEXjJycgbKJOLXSYOWZTg-yPkyZwg9ZjHwzyVkWafN6ThhmTKIxVvjYB5way9kGNXaQfu-3ouBZYBtFwvvjhgio3sMp5Mki0wq4uqZffE0pwMJ2WK_VN20t3g-4OSinfbAKRhdDrsnIVNt/w640-h480/DSC06146.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Long view of some of the buildings of William Morris halls 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2eAo-EBGixw9yCwGrxxDcpV_cmw6yNBr8vcbaxf9dgJ8kyoOC8tQliHAkVhsWsgEX9KEyJv_tJInJ0Nw-Mpx9gK1wyRXobUSkChWUq4Y_jLvLe-2-VZPHo8c3_ml_OfUbS2ej6HRI6MxGhrux1iuLAZpx5E6a0wGdnJiLqX2eQVlKbcN6roBU0ZXH5Iw/s1600/DSC06147.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2eAo-EBGixw9yCwGrxxDcpV_cmw6yNBr8vcbaxf9dgJ8kyoOC8tQliHAkVhsWsgEX9KEyJv_tJInJ0Nw-Mpx9gK1wyRXobUSkChWUq4Y_jLvLe-2-VZPHo8c3_ml_OfUbS2ej6HRI6MxGhrux1iuLAZpx5E6a0wGdnJiLqX2eQVlKbcN6roBU0ZXH5Iw/w640-h480/DSC06147.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Clavering, one of the buildings of William Morris halls 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Although there haven't been many changes along this odd-numbered side of the road, I hope you enjoyed walking along Ashby Road with me!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Next time we'll have a look at the even-numbered properties on Ashby Road, where more changes are evident! 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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lynne</span></span></p>stjeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02358079860710812787noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-90111123691583487762023-10-15T16:02:00.011+01:002023-10-15T18:29:09.494+01:00The Reverend William Henry Cooper of Burleigh Hall<p><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Quite some
time ago (2018, actually!) I did some research into the Rev. William Henry
Cooper, and I’ve finally managed to resurrect this research and present it to
you today. Apologies if a bit of repetition occurs! The relevance of William Henry Cooper to Loughborough is revealed towards the end of this
article, but let’s start with the Rev. John Mawbey Cooper, who was at one time (well, for around 50 years, I think!) Rector
of Peckleton …</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2573-6LaKLWrrYsAj5ccxfHtp5I46M4K_fZ5oHbWIU5oXRG0NSQ_htu6Wfez-cwXmEZIS3swMWbYPQlcjGVx6KPOOgHXBFsqq0An3Ark9pWbRnXOaJnHxVPUarYJib40aK9TwaiSwkk-PGFvFkyOMYVTWPogRRbo_ywKIU7p5mJ4HEupfLUgPOlETWVuP/s585/Burleigh%20Hall%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="585" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2573-6LaKLWrrYsAj5ccxfHtp5I46M4K_fZ5oHbWIU5oXRG0NSQ_htu6Wfez-cwXmEZIS3swMWbYPQlcjGVx6KPOOgHXBFsqq0An3Ark9pWbRnXOaJnHxVPUarYJib40aK9TwaiSwkk-PGFvFkyOMYVTWPogRRbo_ywKIU7p5mJ4HEupfLUgPOlETWVuP/w640-h538/Burleigh%20Hall%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Burleigh Hall, Loughborough</td></tr></tbody></table></b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">1787</span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;"> saw the birth of John Mawbey Cooper
to the Rev. William Cooper of Burbage and his wife, Martha. Both are listed in
Nichols’ ‘<i>History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester</i>’ as a
descendant of the Cowper or Cooper family of Sapcote and Stoney Stanton, and
John is the son of a niece of Sir Joseph Mawbey. John would later become father
to William Henry Cooper.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">In <b>1797</b>
William Henry’s mother, Christian Staresmore Marvin, was born. She was the
daughter of William Marvin, of Frowlesworth.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">John Mawbey
Cooper matriculated at Queen’s College Oxford in <b>1807</b>, and in <b>1811</b>
he gained his BA from Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and was ordained deacon. The
following year, <b>1812</b>, John Mawbey was ordained as priest by the Bishop
of Salisbury before becoming the Rector of Peckleton in <b>1814</b>. On gaining
his MA from Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in <b>1815</b>, John Mawbey was appointed
Domestic Chaplain to Lord Montfort.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">On 5th August <b>1817</b>,
John Mawbey Cooper married Christian Staresmore Marvin. Their son, William
Henry Cooper, was born on 6th December, <b>1820</b>,
in Peckleton, Leicestershire. William Henry was baptised the following year, on
1st January, <b>1821</b>, at Peckleton church by his own father who was the
rector there.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">On 1st March <b>1839</b>, William Henry was admitted to
Trinity Hall, Cambridge, having attended Eton School, from which he matriculated
in Michaelmas term <b>1839</b>. In <b>1844-5</b>
William Henry graduated from Trinity Hall, Cambridge. In <b>1845</b> he was ordained as a deacon, and in <b>1846</b> he was ordained as a priest.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">On 14th March
<b>1850</b> William Henry Cooper married
Joanna Troller Smith Cuninghame, daughter of John Smith Cuninghame, of
Caprington Castle Ayrshire, in Ayr.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">On the <b>1851</b> census return William Henry
Cooper, was listed as “Clergyman not having use of souls” </span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 107%;">[1]</span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">, and was living with his first wife,
Jo[h]anna Trotter Cooper and their 3-month-old daughter, Alexina Margaret
Christian, who had been baptised on 10 days earlier in Peckleton. The family were living at Croft House, in Croft, a village in south Leicestershire. The family
have nine servants: lady’s maid Jane Ellen Howlett; Ann Clarke, a nurse; Martha
Hall the cook; Jane Peberdy the laundry maid; Fanny Beck the house maid;
Harriet Smith the kitchen maid; Thomas Brigstock the coachman; Richard Lewis
the groom, and George Pearson the gardener. The butler, John Radford, and his
wife Ann appear to be living in accommodation separate from the main house. However,
by 1852, William Henry and his family had moved to Weddington Castle near
Nuneaton.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">A second daughter, Susanna Martha Ann, was born to William Henry and Johanna, and she was baptised in Peckleton on 15th June <b>1852</b>. On 11th October <b>1853</b>, another daughter, Louisa Mary, was baptised at Weddington.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">In <b>1855</b>, John Henry and Johanna have a son, John Mawbey Hogard Cooper who is baptised at Weddington on 29 May of that year.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">In the <b>1860,</b> first edition of the directory
compiled by Edward Walford, entitled: “<i>The County Families of the United
Kingdom; or, Royal Manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of Great
Britain and Ireland</i>.” it is stated that William Henry was educated at Eton
and Trinity Hall Cambridge (B.C.L. 144) and was ordained a deacon in 1845 and
priest in 1846. At the time of the directory entry, he was a Magistrate for the
county of Warwickshire, living at Weddington Castle. He was a member of the
Windham Club in South West London. William Henry’s father, John Mawbey, was
also listed in the directory, and was a magistrate for Leicester and Lincoln.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">On the <b>1861</b> census, the family, which now
includes two further daughters - Susanna aged 9, and Louisa aged 8, and son,
John Mawbey Hogard, aged 6, are living at Weddington Hall (Castle?), near
Nuneaton (demolished 19th October 1928). Eleven servants are also living in,
although there is no entry for the butler. The cook is Elizabeth Allen; Ann
Chin is the nurse; there are two laundry maids, Margaret Goure and Mary
Middleton; the two house maids are Elizabeth Haynes and Elizabeth Massey; Mary
Swift is the lady’s maid; the kitchen maid is Charlotte Jones; James Warner is
the footman, and William Caple and Henry Breward are the gardeners. The
coachman, Benjamin Head, his wife Ann, and their three children are living
‘next door’ at the Lodge. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">The Coopers
of Peckleton appear in an <b>1864</b>, second edition of the directory
compiled by Edward Walford, entitled: “<i>The County Families of the United
Kingdom; or, Royal Manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of Great
Britain and Ireland</i>.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">At some
point, William Henry and family moved to Deeping St James, where William became
a church warden. This was also where his parents were living, but sadly, John
Mawbey Cooper, William Henry’s father, died on 18th January <b>1864</b>. His will was
proved by Rev. William Henry, at the time being of Long Stratton in Norfolk,
and of Deeping St James in the county of Lincoln.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">In August <b>1868</b>, William Henry’s wife, and mother
of his four children, Joanna Trotter Cooper died, and was buried at Deeping St
James, on 14th August.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">On 17th March
<b>1870</b>, William Henry, a Justice of
the Peace and landowner, married Mary de Witte, at St James Church in
Westminster and at the time of the <b>1871</b>
census they are living at 17 Adelaide Crescent, Hove, Sussex, with three
daughters – Alexina, Susanna, and Louisa - and William’s widowed mother,
Christian Staresmore, visitors, Ernest G. R. and Ada Applethwaite, along with 9
servants. Ann Chin seems to have moved with the family, but rather than being
listed as a nurse as she was on the 1861 census, on the 1871 census return she
is the housekeeper; Elizabeth, possibly Cave and Caroline Pollard are the
maids; Sarah H. Chambers and Mary A. Tibell are the house maids; Mary Macdowall
is the kitchen maid; Thomas Goure is the butler; Edward Tibell is the coachman,
and William Greenwith is the footman.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Sadly, in the latter part of <b>1873</b>, William Henry and Johanna's son, John Mawbey Hogard Cooper, died at the age of 18. His death was registered in Bourne in Lincolnshire. In early <b>1874</b>,
William Henry’s mother, Christian, died and was buried at Deeping St James on
11 April of that year. Just five years later, William Henry's eldest daughter, Alexina, of Hanover Square, London, died on 6th May <b>1879</b>, at the age of 28. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">The family are elusive in <b>1881</b> and I have been unable to find them on the 1881 census returns.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">By </span><b>1883</b><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">,
William Henry has moved to Burleigh Hall. In 1883 roofing lead was stolen from
Burleigh Hall, the perpetrators George Broad being discharged, but Joseph
Warren being sentenced to 21 days’ hard labour.</span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">In <b>1887</b>
William Henry’s youngest daughter, Louisa Mary, died on March 10th at
Bournemouth, after a long illness. She died without leaving a will, and probate was granted on 6th September 1887, to her father, William Henry, who is described as being of Burleigh
Hall, Loughborough, Leicestershire, and late of the Manor House, Deeping St James,
Lincolnshire.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">William
Henry, in <b>1891</b> now aged 70, was living at Burleigh Hall with his wife
Mary (de Witte) and eight servants. Caroline Pollard was now the housekeeper,
having moved with the family from Hove, where she had been one of the maids;
Elizabeth day was the cook; Elizabeth Whirledge and Saran Ann Dickinson were
the house maids; Caroline Simpson was the kitchen maid; John Heath was the
butler, George Astill was the footman, and George Cooper was the under
gardener. The head gardener, George Parker, was listed as living at Burleigh
Cottage, which appears next to Burleigh Hall on the census return.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">On 17th
August <b>1895</b> William Henry’s second wife, Mary (de Witte) died, after a
lingering illness, borne with calm resignation and Christian patience, and
being described as a beloved and devoted wife.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">In <b>1899</b>,
Sophia Perry Herrick of Beaumanor Park conveyed to William Henry Cooper of
Burleigh Hall, in trust for Harry Simpson Gee of Leicester, Edward Handley
Warner of Quorn Hall, Hussey Packe of Prestwold Hall, and others, 2 acres of
land on Hunger Hill in Woodhouse, and the right of drainage of the adjoining
land of Sophia Perry Herrick. The covenants to William Henry Cooper stated that
the land would be used as the site for a convalescent home for women and
children, and that Gee, Warner, Packe and others would be on the management committee
of the home. The convalescent home was created, and was used as such between
1900 and 1966, when it was sold to the Church of England </span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 107%;">[2]</span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">. It continued to be a convalescent
home until 1987, and by 1989 had become a residential care home for the
elderly. The property is now apartments known as Charnwood House. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">At the time
of the <b>1901</b> census, aged 80 and widowed, William Henry was living at
Burleigh Hall with seven servants, one of whom was described as a “sick nurse”.
His occupation was listed as “Clerk in holy orders: clergyman of Church of England”. The other servants were Caroline Pollard, the
housekeeper, and Elizabeth Day the cook, both of whom had been with the family
for some years; Charlotte Ward and Ethel Battle both housemaids; Maria Marston
the kitchen maid, and John Heath the butler, who had also been with the family
since at least 1891.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">On 21st April
<b>1903</b>, William Henry Cooper died, at the time he was living at 45 St.
Martins, Stamford. Probate was granted in London on 14th July 1903 to Colonel John Anstruther Smith Cuninghame, Charles Ethelston Parke esquire, James Lawford, bank manager, and William Duncan, solicitor. Effects amounted to £106,607 12s. 4d.. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">At the time
of his death he had shares in the Great Western Railway, which upon his death
were transferred to: Col. John Anstruther Smith Cuninghame; Charles Ethelston
Parkes; James Lawford and William Duncan. These 88,047 shares were valued at
£6050.00.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">The notice of
his death which appeared in the ‘<i>Stamford Mercury</i>’ of 24th April 1903,
notes his father, Rev. John Mawbev Cooper was Rector at Peckleton for nearly 50
years. William Henry formerly resided at his own property, Manor House in
Deeping St James, before moving to Burleigh Hall, Loughborough where he lived
for 18 years. He had only been living in Stamford for 18 months before his death.
The notice goes on to say his “generosity was extended in large measure to the
parish of Deeping St James. He invested sums of money to augment the living,
defrayed the cost of re-hanging the bells and adding new ones, and the making
of a new roof for the south aisle. He also gave a stained glass window and
contributed to other works. The family vault is in the church at Deeping, where
are interred his father, mother, two wives and children, one daughter alone
surviving who is obliged in consequence of delicate health, to live in the
South of England. Deceased was a munificent donor to the Convalescent Home for
Children at Woodhouse Eaves near Loughborough, which is a great boon to the
county of Leicester, His contribution to the home was given in memory of his
late wife.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">A full
account of his will which appeared in the ‘<i>[London] Morning Post</i>’ of
17th July 1903, lists all his bequests. The value of his estate was
£106,607.00. Money was left to many religious institutions, including the
Church Missionary Society, the British and Foreign Bible Society, and the
Peterborough Cathedral Restoration Fund, as well as to many health institutions
and the National Lifeboat Institute. Those of most interest to Loughborough
are: Leicester Royal Infirmary - £500; Loughborough Dispensary and Infirmary
£300; Charnwood Forest Convalescent Home, near Loughborough £200, and Dr Arthur
Eddowes £1000 </span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 107%;">[3]</span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Interestingly,
the account also mentions the Cooper Convalescent Home at Woodhouse Eaves
(later perhaps known as the Cooper Memorial Children’s Convalescent Home), who were
given £1000 (and more upon the death of his daughter). Sums of money were also
left to various other institutions, with instruction that beds be named after
William Henry himself, Mary de Witte Cooper (his wife) and Alexina Cooper (his
daughter). His daughter, Susanna Martha Anne Cooper was given an annuity of
£800, and what remained of the estate was left to Charles Ethelston Parke of
Henbury House, Wimbourne.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">William Henry
Cooper set up a charity in his name, <a href="https://www.totalgiving.co.uk/charity/the-charity-of-the-reverend-william-henry-cooper" target="_blank">The Charity of the Reverend William Henry Cooper</a>, with the objectives of “paying the expense of keeping clean and in
proper repair the memorial windows and brasses and monuments to his family in
the church of Deeping St James, or if only part of the income be required for
this purpose for repairs or improvements and maintenance of the church, or
otherwise for the benefit of the deserving poor of the parish at the discretion
of the trustees or in any other manner as the trustees shall select for the
benefit of the church or parish.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">William Henry and Johanna's daughter Susanna, who had been born in 1852, died on 30th December <b>1908</b>, whilst living on Christchurch Road, Bournemouth. She had never married, and probate was granted on 20th April 1909 to James Lawford who had now retired from banking, and David McIntosh Gibb, a solicitor. Effects amounted to £5,544 1s. 7d..</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">There are photographs available on the internet which
are potentially portraits of William Henry, his wife Mary, her father, Gerard
John de Witte, and her mother, Sarah Crutchley, but I've lost the link - sorry!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Some of the stories of other residents of Burleigh Hall have already been published on this blog, others are yet to come. See: </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-right-honourable-alan-joseph.html">https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-right-honourable-alan-joseph.html</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;"> AND</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-right-hon-alan-joseph-pennington-of.html">https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-right-hon-alan-joseph-pennington-of.html</a> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>NOTES</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]
Although William Henry had taken up a curacy, this only lasted a short time,
and a clergyman listed as ‘not having cure of souls’ was one who was not
actually working as a curate, vicar, or rector. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]
In 1966, the Charnwood Forest Children’s Convalescent Home was sold to the
Church of England, and became known as the Charnwood Nursery for Physically
Disabled Children, being run by the Church of England Children’s Society (which
was renamed in 1982 to The Children’s Society). In 1976, the property was
extended to provide holiday accommodation for disabled children and their
parents. In 1987 the home was closed and its activities were moved into a
smaller premises in Leicester, and in 1989 the building became a residential
care home for the elderly. Today, the house has been converted into residential
flats, and renamed Charnwood house. See more info at: </span><a href="https://www.woodhouseparishcouncil.org.uk/recovery-homes.html"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">https://www.woodhouseparishcouncil.org.uk/recovery-homes.html</span></a><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3] </span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 8pt;">This is Dr Arthur
Benjamin Jackson Eddowes who in 1908 was living at Theydon, a large house on
Ashby Road (which I have yet to locate: See more info at </span><a href="http://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2013/10/spotlight-on.html"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 8pt;">http://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2013/10/spotlight-on.html</span></a><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 8pt;"> ), who was brother to
Dr John Henry Eddowes who lived at Burleigh Fields House with his unmarried
sisters until his death in 1906.</span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Originally
researched and written August 2018, updated October 2023</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Lynne</span></p>stjeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02358079860710812787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-24085327649236738232023-10-08T07:05:00.002+01:002023-10-09T10:40:04.134+01:00Memories of record and music shops<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">You may
remember that during August this blog celebrated its 10th anniversary, and when
I asked around my friends and family if anyone would like to write a guest blog
post in celebration of that birthday, I wasn’t short of offers! I managed to
host around 11 of these articles during the actual month of August, but there
were others that weren’t quite ready for the timing of the event, and yet
others for which I was provided with information, but which needed me to
actually pull the post together.</span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This post is
one of the latter … I have known my collaborator for many, many years initially
as he used to deliver my post!! About 13 years ago, imagine my surprise when we
bumped into each other in Canons Ashby, a National Trust property near
Daventry! Since then, we’ve often chatted about places that interest us, which
of course includes Loughborough! One or other of us can often be found down
town, often on a Friday morning, perusing the market stalls!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We recently
shared a bit of a reminisce about Loughborough’s music and record shops, and
this article is based on those memories.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilvy9o3p1z1Oit4s4E82IQVafM4zO8789sn3QOVzlbEsvTOksGCPkbYCKoJ00H07e9GbURzp59G_Rs59PIZcBlp37hB-Sq_-aPrr_jaPaPXoTLfP1ygFJeO7ZCiGSqPp7cBMFtn07MM3hakVH4Qv12jTNTLJl88hROrvfpPikTj-dZYOVJCHKT2ppd_gCp/s1600/Medley%20DSC06418.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilvy9o3p1z1Oit4s4E82IQVafM4zO8789sn3QOVzlbEsvTOksGCPkbYCKoJ00H07e9GbURzp59G_Rs59PIZcBlp37hB-Sq_-aPrr_jaPaPXoTLfP1ygFJeO7ZCiGSqPp7cBMFtn07MM3hakVH4Qv12jTNTLJl88hROrvfpPikTj-dZYOVJCHKT2ppd_gCp/w640-h480/Medley%20DSC06418.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A medley of singles bags!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Back in 1978
when I first came to Loughborough, I very quickly found the nearest music shop
and record shop. Down on The Rushes, in what is now a Thai restaurant, was a
music shop called Groops, which I frequented on and off. At the back of the
shop, I seem to remember they offered musical instrument tuition. At some
point, but I can’t quite remember when, the building became the Thai Grand
restaurant, so the tuition part of Groops moved to the upstairs of a premises
on Aumbrey Gap, and was renamed Charnwood Music Tuition. Meanwhile, a new music shop opened on Leicester Road. The fate of
Aumbrey Gap was sealed, however, when the inner relief road was built, and the
site of the music tuition place is now that part of Pinfold Gate / Barrow
Street that is home to a massive new glass house for students. The music shop
on Leicester Road, however, is still there today.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGg6dXu5RDkPRScO3-EoPS8hprAmfHD4Bm8FELrjG13_Mnm9vn7Qu-hwgziLOS7ZT2fp8Nrhd6iDGt_E7hKmCrRbx-Q-NB-8-9EyhmUdoR0qPfUwv6yg_5dXphsOC5EKtBoqx0XSK1H1LO768mbh22vOi7VJaxmUdloBDDDxrka6U5sDDF0fpa5oZJKPmU/s1600/DSCF0322.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGg6dXu5RDkPRScO3-EoPS8hprAmfHD4Bm8FELrjG13_Mnm9vn7Qu-hwgziLOS7ZT2fp8Nrhd6iDGt_E7hKmCrRbx-Q-NB-8-9EyhmUdoR0qPfUwv6yg_5dXphsOC5EKtBoqx0XSK1H1LO768mbh22vOi7VJaxmUdloBDDDxrka6U5sDDF0fpa5oZJKPmU/w480-h640/DSCF0322.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Charnwood Music Tuition on Aumbrey Gap</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjiD0WeNZkmlxDL-srzwogiLqbFWRWrYilax_kPk9wyVh9YwCphzjuPKfVA99ByKRyEqPfr0zsFVyLnbYD6oYadbwG8u5CIOAjWRUnzK8HVS8Bve7maHNyFXKriVCo_v2Hs2T0tpRCOcaNNKHf0nVAVEV8mDIyLWEGJQU_2styYDPIH70lNxhdXTG_a0Ec/s4896/DSC05368.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjiD0WeNZkmlxDL-srzwogiLqbFWRWrYilax_kPk9wyVh9YwCphzjuPKfVA99ByKRyEqPfr0zsFVyLnbYD6oYadbwG8u5CIOAjWRUnzK8HVS8Bve7maHNyFXKriVCo_v2Hs2T0tpRCOcaNNKHf0nVAVEV8mDIyLWEGJQU_2styYDPIH70lNxhdXTG_a0Ec/w480-h640/DSC05368.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Being built adjacent to the Phantom, with an extension onto the former Barrow Street</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFxF0yU1b8rNFDy6k0G7jSV1Dl625WRDztrSPo732NHR1wxHcbxuJ5eRM5JXRuvIbqf_5484rWp8BC6zp5heBCpOle_-1oHuUsR80nG9tFt-Z-SODLdcS-B9YTEoHHaX_9BmG4B9k4yaKi-BZr8hDIEiQd3HfJwbBjYeIR0EyrFyQB_QBEb27w3lAgDlQ/s1600/DSC07314-001.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFxF0yU1b8rNFDy6k0G7jSV1Dl625WRDztrSPo732NHR1wxHcbxuJ5eRM5JXRuvIbqf_5484rWp8BC6zp5heBCpOle_-1oHuUsR80nG9tFt-Z-SODLdcS-B9YTEoHHaX_9BmG4B9k4yaKi-BZr8hDIEiQd3HfJwbBjYeIR0EyrFyQB_QBEb27w3lAgDlQ/w480-h640/DSC07314-001.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just music on Leicester Road</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Meanwhile,
down in the Charnwood Precinct as it was then known, there was a tiny little
shop packed full of singles and LPs, just on the right as you entered the
centre from Market Place. For a small town like Loughborough, surrounded as it
is by three largeish cities (Leicester, Nottingham, and Derby), all of which
had at least an HMV shop, and perhaps a Virgin, and sheet music shops too, the
independent record shop was a vital part of Loughborough’s music scene, and
this little number didn’t disappoint, with loads of stock and knowledgeable
staff – one of whom is my collaborator in this post!!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIVc2OlTWIKqRcPR_pa_D8TAW0m_mWVfbrB-rN-ZETG1WkqMPClQ9Qae3oTZ_tiXvNFqcZDvWM1yoehcZ2ZriWbVTnzJUITWa0v9XCecw-g7JJochXBVNpoR8Z102gJq8kkoaUq8UWAdeT335P3P6VtqeuWpfEBorlzflVTSUYeE-p2zJGdI4kwdcbXdlj/s1600/Castle%20DSC06419.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1573" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIVc2OlTWIKqRcPR_pa_D8TAW0m_mWVfbrB-rN-ZETG1WkqMPClQ9Qae3oTZ_tiXvNFqcZDvWM1yoehcZ2ZriWbVTnzJUITWa0v9XCecw-g7JJochXBVNpoR8Z102gJq8kkoaUq8UWAdeT335P3P6VtqeuWpfEBorlzflVTSUYeE-p2zJGdI4kwdcbXdlj/w630-h640/Castle%20DSC06419.JPG" width="630" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A Castle Records singles paper bag</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwupGVh61xhhdd3sykQfliilnQhPqxzpNhFU094VRlmpqAUuHINc-cy6g4bqOci_meyceMsJS-HhE5nc4AZC1vC1zm3ibP3ZyGAaeQ76K8naLghP9bk0vPI7beE1FrZzol6Y0IKxUbJiB_JDmM816fHrqf_jE-FUYrKH2SURimGblCvirTJZm3AQOIoyNm/s1600/Castles%20pink%20DSC06422.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwupGVh61xhhdd3sykQfliilnQhPqxzpNhFU094VRlmpqAUuHINc-cy6g4bqOci_meyceMsJS-HhE5nc4AZC1vC1zm3ibP3ZyGAaeQ76K8naLghP9bk0vPI7beE1FrZzol6Y0IKxUbJiB_JDmM816fHrqf_jE-FUYrKH2SURimGblCvirTJZm3AQOIoyNm/w480-h640/Castles%20pink%20DSC06422.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A Castle Records singles paper bag against an A4 pink sheet for scale!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">A couple of
years after arriving in Loughborough, I found myself working in W H Smith, in
the record department, and what a joy that was, especially in the run up to
Christmas! At this time, Smiths was in the precinct, where it had been since
the opening of the shopping area around 1973. Prior to that Smiths was on Swan
Street, where the Halifax building society is today. Anyway, the record
department in the precinct Smiths was were situated on the ground floor, to the
left, at the back, and we sold a lot of the James Galway LP that particular
Christmas!</span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Around those
years there were also other shops selling records: like Smiths, it wasn’t their
core business. Such shops included Boots the chemist, Rumbelows the electrical
shop, Merretts the newsagents, Woolworths, Tesco’s Home and Wear shop (which
used to be on the corner of Granby Street), and probably more! And not
forgetting the market, of course, where over the years there have been a
variety of stalls selling records.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrZEAK5tbxqAj02c5nekNXIAgB3pTdAVEnCDrqmAuhQ1sesguPM_uyE7qUk1jHJkhVOg5wOKiOFyBUXtxOh68GSIWAaDC8JOEIsgoP2UD1S7xDUCdVcAI-HdjlLjKULusf641i7D87kZVsSE1wsh4GJcYxBfesADAV6qxPsZVJK0PK8HyI-9dFFBU_mUZu/s1600/Rumbelows%20DSC06405.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrZEAK5tbxqAj02c5nekNXIAgB3pTdAVEnCDrqmAuhQ1sesguPM_uyE7qUk1jHJkhVOg5wOKiOFyBUXtxOh68GSIWAaDC8JOEIsgoP2UD1S7xDUCdVcAI-HdjlLjKULusf641i7D87kZVsSE1wsh4GJcYxBfesADAV6qxPsZVJK0PK8HyI-9dFFBU_mUZu/w640-h480/Rumbelows%20DSC06405.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A Rumbelows singes paper bag</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii8WddJ7ZpZEph7f9yMMsXtksCaCmLlOCCJgOTRKWX_Vdkzr4Gq0l4yd_qQxG76looFse6nki86xEY6vj0pbQYCHaIq_HQyGy0eqxnY70Q2lwHza3Tua_FQ9NQ9kY-ta7JUHeXbc2Jh0Cosals1xQTgPmo6Atj6rsf1ujmeIXR3ZlEBl9W73-jQ9U-t2l6/s1600/Woolworths%20front%20DSC06406.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii8WddJ7ZpZEph7f9yMMsXtksCaCmLlOCCJgOTRKWX_Vdkzr4Gq0l4yd_qQxG76looFse6nki86xEY6vj0pbQYCHaIq_HQyGy0eqxnY70Q2lwHza3Tua_FQ9NQ9kY-ta7JUHeXbc2Jh0Cosals1xQTgPmo6Atj6rsf1ujmeIXR3ZlEBl9W73-jQ9U-t2l6/w640-h480/Woolworths%20front%20DSC06406.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A Woolworths singles paper bag</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfs52RlaVO8CT-TyGXiuFno8nD-mamIYwuRkI9IC4WLaQ2HPH45WUb8D08-PR9EJicBNxhS2LKY1AxGQ6YPBV3F6kfTi3VBNKth1gpaHBN2BgI8lH8P9OzxSqJOtRR1AZlMZZ2pYlFWXoak5GcbotAoGwHnNn5f01Y24X-zAOym0f0Nmw6KAD57mlxpbol/s1600/Woolwoths%20back%20DSC06407.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1201" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfs52RlaVO8CT-TyGXiuFno8nD-mamIYwuRkI9IC4WLaQ2HPH45WUb8D08-PR9EJicBNxhS2LKY1AxGQ6YPBV3F6kfTi3VBNKth1gpaHBN2BgI8lH8P9OzxSqJOtRR1AZlMZZ2pYlFWXoak5GcbotAoGwHnNn5f01Y24X-zAOym0f0Nmw6KAD57mlxpbol/w640-h480/Woolwoths%20back%20DSC06407.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>A Woolworths singles paper ba</span>g</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But what
about before I came to Loughborough? Well, my friend and collaborator who has
lived in Loughborough all his life, has told me about many of these shops! There
was Eugene Cooper, listed in the 1962 street directory as a record dealer,
trading at number 3 Ward’s End. After the death of her husband, Eugene, Mrs
Cooper opened a shop near the corner of Sparrow Hill and Meadow Lane. Also in
the 1962 directory is Cyril Fairley at number 13 on Church Gate, listed as a
radio and television engineer.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I’ve
mentioned George Hames’ music shop in relation to what I think might have been
a collaboration with Clarence George Starkey, down at the Odeon in the 1930s
when Hames’ Accordian band was involved in the marketing of the cinema, in a
<a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2021/04/so-who-was-clarence-george-starkey.html" target="_blank">previous post</a>. If I remember rightly, in the 1940s, Hames’ shop
was listed as being at number 57 Market Street; in the 1950s, at number 60
Market Street, and in the 1960s, back to being at number 57 Market Street. But,
of course, these may have been the same shop, just with street numbering
changes, or the directories – which often include mild inaccuracies – might
just have been confused!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX8APdtsKkM-6M4WrHGi2TDMJSFimIwJFNSE9VpD2L8UfiiLsKRAmax_gzg1hwcLDvUBo3f7D10iN3c8T4pqFJ1TDQmtyGu8XJ_2HS2zL2si5TsPtSavkNlmhheJv_0PFvn9PWBdAHYDeOfx6idWLUA4husG4TgxQbDMZsbOq54n-gyT7OBLsWfCP1xIyP/s1600/Hames%20DSC06402.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX8APdtsKkM-6M4WrHGi2TDMJSFimIwJFNSE9VpD2L8UfiiLsKRAmax_gzg1hwcLDvUBo3f7D10iN3c8T4pqFJ1TDQmtyGu8XJ_2HS2zL2si5TsPtSavkNlmhheJv_0PFvn9PWBdAHYDeOfx6idWLUA4husG4TgxQbDMZsbOq54n-gyT7OBLsWfCP1xIyP/w640-h480/Hames%20DSC06402.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Front of a George Hames singles paper bag</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjxYmc0_pXpyRLL4cagxv4X9sXUesm8hNtP2wyR5tGoLHNUGjYPXIJD4rbVQrQRMfEf1VxWb2lesMi5JemT9KiSV9CyqdfA-k3QTWbt-ZWwAfzC7fTikrU0K8ZeQ-9DIsb6NuEICBO4YVoxHZz_jpXgqfoLyQ-EOuSfGHKnPvu2yXxKfHWCh6Ph782IiCH/s1600/Hames%20DSC06403.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjxYmc0_pXpyRLL4cagxv4X9sXUesm8hNtP2wyR5tGoLHNUGjYPXIJD4rbVQrQRMfEf1VxWb2lesMi5JemT9KiSV9CyqdfA-k3QTWbt-ZWwAfzC7fTikrU0K8ZeQ-9DIsb6NuEICBO4YVoxHZz_jpXgqfoLyQ-EOuSfGHKnPvu2yXxKfHWCh6Ph782IiCH/w640-h480/Hames%20DSC06403.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rear of a George Hames singles paper bag</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2016/11/pianos-bells-and-echoes.html" target="_blank">Another music shop I’ve written about</a> in an earlier post is Paltridge’s, on Church Gate. An entry in a 1901 directory lists Paltridge as a ‘Music Dealer’ at
number 24 Church Gate, but in the 1927 directory, this is listed as being at
number 3, and is called a ‘Music Warehouse’. Whether Paltridge the dealership
or warehouse sold sheet music, records, or both, is not clear.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Other shops
remembered, although I’m not quite sure when they were around, were El Cid,
which was either in the yard of the former Cross Keys (now the Phantom,
Leicester Road), or in the little shop just in front of it, that was a
jewellers when I came to Loughborough. Selectasdisc, which was at number 3 High
Street, where Macfisheries used to be. Uptown Records was on Market Street;
Tracks was on High Street; Music Zone was on Market Place; Phat Beats was in
the Nottingham Road / Sparrow Hill area; there was also a shop called In the
Groove, but I’m not sure where, and also one on Ashby Road, on the same side of
the road as the Old English Gentleman, where the owner was particularly
focussed on the Stiff record label. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And coming to
the period after I came to Loughborough, and the more recent times, we have
quite a selection!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The
Left-Legged Pineapple, run by Jason White, was opened on the corner of Fennel
Street and Lemyngton Street, in a property that was vacated when <a href="https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2023/02/warners-corner.html" target="_blank">Warner’s Corner</a> left. The LLP might have originally traded from the
antique shop next door to Warner’s Corner, which was the family’s business. Apparently,
Jason’s father used to have a shop on Sparrow Hill, the Loughborough Record
Centre and Soul Hole.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Andy’s
Records was a huge shop in the precinct, where there has most recently been a
clothes shop.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-q6eKreHwr2LAInaNpuofB7fZar82GGGA3NRKQPdAvrlc4KqdBlYP4wPqzwOyIqtQUUN_X5JKM40QVPQ6v4H5_06OxZkLtaFvHD19L3bhpbvoTLKd-lAKA9v4ZjSIoGQan_NwAmb3FhrAwKjcR_yZKtkv66U4j37En3ICeoEcOU50TJ3nm8FVqXejhxL4/s1600/DSC04957-001.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-q6eKreHwr2LAInaNpuofB7fZar82GGGA3NRKQPdAvrlc4KqdBlYP4wPqzwOyIqtQUUN_X5JKM40QVPQ6v4H5_06OxZkLtaFvHD19L3bhpbvoTLKd-lAKA9v4ZjSIoGQan_NwAmb3FhrAwKjcR_yZKtkv66U4j37En3ICeoEcOU50TJ3nm8FVqXejhxL4/w640-h480/DSC04957-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ghost sign uncovered July 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The shop on
Derby Square (or is it Ashby Square) called the Winged Ape, had previously been
a record shop specialising in heavy metal CDs and LPs.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One of the
shops that used to be in The Rushes in its fairly early days was Zavvi,
although this might have started life as a Virgin store. The Rushes opened
around 2007.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wow! Such a
lot of music and record shops have come and gone in the town over the years!
With a resurgence in the popularity of vinyl, we can now find these at the
vintage market on a Friday, and in some of the town’s charity shops.</span></p>
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