Sunday 20 September 2020

Changes in Loughborough over the past 6 months

100 years ago, in 1920, the country was just moving into a decade known as the 'Roaring Twenties' - a brief interlude between two world wars, and a brief period before the 'Great Depression' - which saw people having as much fun as they possibly could! 

Here we are, 100 years later, in 2020, but it doesn't look as though the 2020s is going to be anywhere near as much fun as the 1920s. However, the 1920s saw lots of development in Loughborough, which resulted in the rich heritage of Art Deco buildings we see in the town today.

Over the past 6 months, the country has been in various degrees of lockdown, in response to the coronavirus pandemic. People have taken the opportunity to prep, plant, and prune their gardens; to paint their house; to improve their kitchen, bathroom, and loft space, and to convert the garage into living space, and the attic into a bedroom. 

In fact, over the last 6 months, there's been evidence of huge new buildings being erected, of major improvements to other buildings, going right down to small changes. Here in this blog are a selection of changes I've spotted as I've been walking around Loughborough on my 4-times a week, 1-hour walks. It did occur to me that although this range of photos is over the past 6 months, there are some months without photos, which is probably because I'm not good at taking pictures in the dark, and during the early days of lockdown it was still quite dark in the evenings while I was working. Apologies for the order of some of the photos below: the software wouldn't let me add pics where I wanted them.

Let's look at the big stuff first!

Next to The Phantom, 17 January 2020

Next to the Phantom, 30 January 2020

Next to the Phantom, 1 June 2020

Next to the Phantom, 10 June 2020

Next to the Phantom, 18 June 2020

Next to the Phantom, 25 June 2020

Next to the Phantom, 1 September 2020

Next to the Phantom 1 September 2020

Changes to shops and resturants

Covered area at the side of the 300 Spartans chip shop, 16 August 2020

A makeover on Baxter Gate, 1 September 2020

The Art Deco Burton's building, 1 June 2020

Derby Road Co-op ready for refurb, 16 August 2020

New restaurant corner of Leicester Road and Barrow Street, 1 September 2020

Newsagents no longer, Derby Road, 16 August 2020

Fenways to Peters, 1 September 2020

Poundstretcher gone, 1 September 2020

Goodliffe's, 18 June 2020

Gillatts Foot Care, 3 August 2020

Gillatts Foot Care, 3 August 2020

Gillatts Foot Care, 3 August 2020

Weekend Warlords, 2 August 2020

Weekend Warlords, 2 August 2020

Granby Street 1 September 2020

Granby Street, 11 April 2020


Pubs and clubs

A bit of a refurb, August 2020

Refurb and resue down at the Albion, 13 September 2020

Demolition and rebuild of the Royal George, 8 June 2020

A mural on the former Brush social club, 18 June 2020

A repaint for the White Hart, July 2020


Houses and other works

New build on Ashby Road, 22 April 2020

New houses on Beacon Road, 3 June 2020

Renovation on Forest Road, 11 April 2020

Great Central Road, 2 April 2020


Newly named gym down at Herbert Morris, 13 September 2020

House on Albert Street, May/June 2020

House on Albert Street, May/June 2020

Public Library, 4 September 2020

Property on Grey Street, 1 June 2020

Property on Park Road, 16 August 2020

Pinfold Gardens, March 2020

Working in Queen's Park, 4 September 2020

Shrouded in mystery on Wood Brook Way, 21 February 2020

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Dyer, Lynne (2020). Changes in Loughborough over the past 6 months. Available fromhttps://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2020/09/changes-in-loughborough-over-past-6.html [Accessed 20 September 2020]

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