A review of blogposts during 2021
In terms of the blog, 2021, like 2020, has been another very different year. I’ve managed to fit in quite a lot of research about Loughborough, and presented you with more than a blog a week, but I still haven’t really been anywhere different to spark connections with our lovely town. So, here are some reminders about what has been covered on the blog in 2021.
The ten least popular posts
Sometimes I’m surprised at which posts are least popular – often they’re the ones that either I’ve spent a lot of time researching, or ones that I was rather pleased with!!
Coming in as your least favourite (but also one of the newest) posts was Writers in Loughborough, which talked about William Wordsworth and Walter Scott.
Working up towards the more popular posts, next was a fascinating look at Chrysanthemums & celery shows that used to be held in Loughborough. I liked this post very much, because the other half bought me a bunch of chrysanthemums as props!!!
An expanded extract from my book, ‘A-Z of Loughborough’ covered the position of Freeman of the borough.
The Loughborough Mela and other local events came in next, just beating Boxing day on Beacon Hill (ok, so that is the most recent post, so unlikely to make the top ten – just yet!!)
The review of last year’s blog was next, followed by Devonshire Square plaques (again, fairly recent).
Conservatories, hot water apparatus, and bandstands was not very popular, but fun to research and write. Almost the least popular post was about counterfeit coins being passed around Loughborough pubs in 1884, and the final entry in the bottom ten was All the fun of the 800th fair Part 1.
The ten most-read posts
At the other
end of the results table, the tenth most popular post was about the former
Co-operative store on Derby Road. Clarence George Starkey, the manager of the
former Odeon, came in as the ninth most popular article. In eighth place was
the second part of a three-part series on the King’s Head, and seventh was part
one of Loughborough Cemetery, which looked at the Prisoners of War who were
buried in that particular cemetery.
This year the Loughborough market and fair celebrated 800 years since the granting of their charters, so it was pleasing that the article posted on the anniversary came in as the sixth most read. I’ve been obsessed with Tucker’s bricks for many years, so it was great that Part 2 of a post on that topic came in fifth. Another obsession of mine is Art Deco, and the article published to coincide with the inaugural World Art Deco Day was fourth.
New buildings and changes to Loughborough are always popular, and the post about the new flats next to the Old Cross Keys, now the Phantom, was third. Nanpantan Hall is rarely open to the public, so it was fabulous to be able to go out and visit the exhibition that was held there in May (and my first real outing since the pandemic) and that so many of you read about it, putting this post in second place!!
Top of the charts came the first of four parts about the King’s Head hotel on High Street, written following the news that the building had been sold! The hotel does, however, still seem to be there and is still operating.
So, thank you for reading the blog, and here’s to an exciting 2022!
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