Lost buildings of 2018 Charnwood Forest Railway Goods Shed

The blog in 2019 seems to have started with a bit of a theme - lost buildings of 2018. Surely there can't be that many, can there?! Last week we had a look at the poor building on Granby Street (I've added a photo of how the site looks in January 2019) and the week before we looked at the demise of the Royal George pub on Nottingham Road. 

Today there follows a pictorial history of the remnants of the Charnwood Forest Railway buildings (I hope I've got it right and it is the goods shed!) and the re-development of the site up to this week, when the new Lidl supermarket seems to be close to being ready to open. 

It was in August 2018 when I visited the site that the foreman told me the story of the two German brothers who fell out and created rival supermarkets (Aldi and Lidl) which is why you often find both supermarkets close to each other. Well, since I was told this, I've checked it out and it turns out to be one of those urban myths!! In reality there are 2 branches of Aldi, run by brothers who may have fallen out about something, while Lidl is a completely different company.  

From March 2015:

From August 2018:

From January 2019:

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Dyer, Lynne (2019). Lost buildings of 2018: Charnwood Forest Railway goods shed. Available from: https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2019/01/lost-buildings-of-2018-charnwood-forest.html [Accessed 27 January 2019]

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Lost buildings of 2018 Granby Street

Last week we had a look at some photos of the Royal George, before, during and after demolition. This week I've hunted through my photo collection to bring you some pictures of that little building on Granby Street that was sandwiched between the Wood Brook and the Somerfield Car Park. I'm saying Somerfields because I admit I'm not sure what it's called these days, but it's the multi-storey one that has the little passageway underneath that leads from Granby Street to Market Street.

Anyway, the building in question has housed various businesses over the years, but I only really noticed it when it was a cafe, before it became a furniture / bed shop, which was its latest incarnation before it was demolished in 2018.

Of course, looking through my photos I can only find the more recent ones, but hopefully, you'll know where I mean.

From 2016

From early 2017

From late 2017

From 2019

You are welcome to quote passages from any of my posts, with appropriate credit. The correct citation for this looks as follow:

Dyer, Lynne (2019). Lost buildings of 2018: Granby Street. Available from: https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2019/01/lost-buildings-of-2018-granby-street.html     

[Accessed 20 January 2019]

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Lost buildings of 2018 the Royal George

As in most years, in 2018 there were many changes to our built environment, and we lost a number of buildings. If only there were more hours in a day it might be possible to document all of these, like the Loughborough Archaeological and Historical Society used to do, when buildings were at threat of being demolished. Sometimes they were able to save them, but more often, they were able to record the history of the building and some of the artefacts that were found during the demolition and excavations prior to the new builds appearing. 

Anyway, there aren't enough hours in a day, but I did manage to capture some of the fate that befell one of our typical 1930s buildings, the Royal George pub on the corner of The Coneries and Chapman Street. 

First, from April 2014:

From October 2017:

From February 2018:

From May 2018:

From June 2018:

From July 2018:

And finally, from December 2018:

You are welcome to quote passages from any of my posts, with appropriate credit. The correct citation for this looks as follow:

Dyer, Lynne (2019). Lost buildings of 2018: the Royal George. Available from: https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2019/01/lost-buildings-of-2018-royal-george.html       

[Accessed 13 January 2019]

Take down policy:

I post no pictures that are not my own, unless I have express permission so to do. All text is my own, and not copied from any other information sources, printed or electronic, unless identified and credited as such. If you find I have posted something in contravention of these statements, or if there are photographs of you which you would prefer not to be here, please contact me at the address listed on the About Me page, and I will remove these.

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Lynne