Sunday 29 December 2019

Review of 2019


So, here we are saying goodbye not only to 2019, but also to a decade, and welcoming in a new year. This past year has been so eventful, both in Loughborough, and for the blog: what follows is a review of 2019 through the blog posts, including a note of your favourite posts from the year, and from the life of the blog.

 The blog began 2019 with a number of posts in January featuring buildings that had been demolished in 2018 - The Royal George pub, the goods shed associated with the Charnwood Forest Railway, and the former bed shop on Granby Street.

 In February, the Local Studies department of Loughborough public library re-launched as the Local and Family History Centre, hosted an exhibition of the work of William Railton, and released a book about Robert Bakewell.

There was much excitement in Market Street in March as a Leicestershire green plaque was unveiled in honour of John Heathcoat who had a factory on the spot now occupied by Iceland.

 The Garendon estate was opened up at the beginning of April for the annual Loughborough half marathon - an opportunity for lynneaboutloughborough to take some photos of one of the lodges, designed by Railton, from a different angle! This was also the month of the bluebells!

 The Victoria County History project landed in Loughborough in May 2019, and research has been on-going ever since, with a view to producing a 'red book' of the history of the town, since the last Leicestershire volume was produced in the late 1890s.

June 2019 was a very busy month, with Picnic in the Park (taking place indoors, because of the waterlogged park), the Armed Forces Day in the town centre, and the unveiling fo the Songster armature in Queen's Park. 

 I'm not sure what happened in Loughborough in July as I spent two weeks on holiday, but while I was away I was constantly reminded of Loughborough - through bells, milestones, pubs, workhouses, clocks, war memorials, and the Civil War.

The same was true of my visit to Blenheim Palace in August, where I saw so many things that reminded me of Loughborough, including mention of Baron Muncaster. August was also the month when the Ladybird Books exhibition was held at the New Walk Museum in Leicester. 
September was a great month when lynneaboutloughborough went on a guided walk of the Civil War on the edge of Loughborough at Cotes. They also led a walk from the Carillon to the Bellfoundry as part of the Heritage Open Days events, and took a BBC podcaster on a walk to discover some local secret places.  



The Great Central Railway had one of their murder mystery evenings during October, which was great fun and came with some wonderful food!! The Loughborough Archaeological and Historical Society hosted a brilliant talk in October, on houses on the Paget and Storer estates.




November saw the return of the annual street fair, the poignant Remembrance Day service, the parish church Christmas tree festival, the Christmas lights switch-on, street festival and craft fair, and the unveiling of a Leicestershire green plaque honouring two suffragettes from Loughborough.  

 Although during December, as one might expect, the focus has been on Christmas, there was a book launch event at the Carillon. The blog also covered the journey made, 200 years ago, by Mr Samuel Yates, of Loughborough, who walked daily from Loughborough to Nottingham and back for a bet - which he won!

 And so to your favourite posts of 2019!

The blog has now been going since August 2013, and was in response to lynneaboutloughborough training to be a tour guide and looking for another way to share the history of Loughborough more widely, and to promote the town, which had been in danger of being labelled a 'crap town'. 

 Here are your favourite all-time posts:




The blog posts are a bit like diary entries, but the pages are more static. Here are your all-time favourites:





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). Review of 2019. Available from: https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2019/12/review-of-2019.html [Accessed 29 December 2019]

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