So, as we're approaching New Year's Day here's my review of the year 2014, through my blog posts.
lynneaboutloughborough blogposts are posted each Sunday, around 8pm. This year I have managed to publish 44 out of a possible 52 weekly articles. Some of these have been rather popular, but as I'd have expected, others have drawn fewer readers, and those posts that appeal to me, aren't necessarily the ones that appeal to you! Sometimes I've had time to do some in-depth research and have presented this to you, other times I've not had a chance to look into anything in detail, so I have either presented a photoblog of something I've done, or somewhere I've been, or I've described some of my latest shenanigans around and about town.
Let's count down to your number one favourite post, starting from 13!!
- At 13, with 225: Spotlight on: 54 Baxter Gate was a post prompted by a conversation on facebook and described Baxter Gate, and specifically number 54 which was once the home of auction mart Garton and Annatt, before becoming a nurses' home, a doctor's surgery and a medical information centre. Plans are afoot to create a Pizza Express in this Grade II listed building.
- At 12, with 226 views: Loughborough fair, 2014. A few pictures and lots of news from fairs gone by!
- At 11, with 233 views: Loughborough and the Temperance Movement. Descriptions of various Temperance marches in the town.
- At 10, with 255 views: Ghost signs of Loughborough, Pt 2! A selection of pictures of ghost signs in town, at least one of which is now no longer there.
- At 9, with 284 views: Magistrate's Court, Police Station and the Wheatsheaf Pub. A post about the old police station, the now demolished one and the new one, as well as the yard at the Wheatsheaf Pub.
- At 8, with 298 views: Devonshire Square. I wasn't able to attend the unveiling of the mural in Devonshire Square, but I did get down to town and take some photos to show you.
- At 7, with 302 views: The GCR, the diesel gala and electrification of the mainline. Title says it all really!!
- At 6, with 313 views: The Empire Cinema, WW2 and Sir Malcolm Sargent. Did he or didn't he visit our local cinema (now The Odeon)?
- At 5, with 372 views: Handel's Messiah, Snibston Discovery Museum, Jennens and an international supermarket. An excuse to tell you all about the Sparrow Hill Theatre, and the visit of Master B Grossmith!
- At 4, with 400 views: Spotlight on Radmoor House. Again, does what it says on the post!! This one generated lots of comments from people who were born there, or whose children were born there!
- At 3, with 444 views: Dishley Grange in photographs. A rare visit to Dishley Grange resulted in this set of pictures.
- At 2, with 455 views: WW1 and the Zeppelin raids on Loughborough. An illustrated description of the Zeppelin raids of 1916.
- At 1, with 1008 views: Ghost signs of Loughborough! What more can I say?!
Now, let's look at my favourites, by month!
- January 2014: Baubles. In which I tell you about spar ornament makers in Loughborough.
- February 2014: Spotlight on: Unity House
- March 2014: Afternoon at Pilling's Lock. You would not believe the controversy these pictures of a few birds caused over on the Canal World forum!!
- April 2014: The Empire Cinema, WW2 and Sir Malcolm Sargent.
- May 2014: So who was Robert Bakewell? Read the post to find out!!
- June 2014: If you go down to the park today, you're in for a big surprise! The unveiling of the WW1-related sculptures outside the museum in Queen's Park.
- July 2014: Carillons! In which I discover that my uncle plays the carillon in the States!
- August 2014: Spotlight on Middleton Place. One of my favourite posts.
- September 2014: Spotlight on Ancient Loughborough, part 1, The Windmill Inn.
- October 2014: Spotlight on Radmoor House.
- November 2014: A November walk through Queen's Park. In which I also visit the Charnwood Museum and the public library's WW1 exhibition.
- December 2014: Children's book illustrator exhibits at Charnwood Museum. Local book illustrator, Andy Everitt-Stewart, the illustrator of Spot the Dog books exhibits his paintings for the first time.
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