Coalville
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Map of Leicestershire
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Coalville books (6 available)
- 9 photos on Coalville appear in 1 Frith books - View photos of Coalville
- Read extracts and see photos from these books on Coalville and Leicestershire
Coalville memories
Read and share memories of Coalville and Leicestershire inspired by Frith photos
My Grandad Jim
My name is kerry & my favourite memory of coalville when i was younger is my Grandad, his name was Jim Watts. he was a coalminer for quite a few years & he was also Mayor of coalville. i remember going to the dog track with my dad, Alan & having to wait around for my grandad to come out. if i remember right after there he would go to the halfway house & 'just wet his lips' before he went home. i would have been about 9 or 10 years old at the time, i'm 38 now. i never thought i would hear myself say ' i can remember when all this was fields', i definately can hear ...read more here
Contributed by kerry tucker
Leicestershire memories
My Grandad Jim
My name is kerry & my favourite memory of coalville when i was younger is my Grandad, his name was Jim Watts. he was a coalminer for quite a few years & he was also Mayor of coalville. i remember going to the dog track with my dad, Alan & having to wait around for my grandad to come out. if i remember right after there he would go to the halfway house & 'just wet his lips' before he went home. i would have been about 9 or 10 years old at the time, i'm 38 now. i never thought i would hear myself say ' i can remember when all this was fields', i definately can hear ...read more here
A memory of Coalville contributed by kerry tucker
In loving memory of my dad JIMMY aka james chambers.!!
I want my dad to be remembered by all you that knew him he was born in coalville and spent his days growing up in witwick.The memories i have of my dad are all good he was always smiling and doing benny hill impresions.Iremember he always had a smile for everyone and everybody who he met loved him he was a bit of a jack the lad,everyone knew him and the family and the family knew everyone.My grandad James Robert Chambers worked in the coal mine in coalville i also think my uncle frank did also. My dad was head game keeper for ages and i remember living in switherland hall in Keepers cottage.We moved around alot but my ...read more here
A memory of Whitwick contributed by julie chambers
HEY UP ME DUCK
1953 were a special year for me and Great Britain - we climbed Everest, the Coronation, the parties. We had just moved into a new council estate, they were all prefrabricated houses after the war and supposed to only last a few years to help the housing shortage, but they are still standing. The estate had a green in the centre of it, we played football from dawn to dusk and met all my new mates.
A memory of Shepshed contributed by KEITH COMMONSA
Extracts From Coalville & Leicestershire books
Almost out of shot on the right-hand side of the photograph is probably the best-quality structure in the town. Designed by Henry Collings in 1926 and faced in brick and stone, the Clock Tower overshadows Memorial Square and the market place.
An extract from from"Leicestershire Photographic Memories".
The church to the left of the photograph remained incomplete until just prior to the outset of World War II; construction work had stopped in 1844 through a lack of finances. The well-proportioned tower, which sits above the sanctuary, was designed by the Leicester architect Albert Herbert and completed in 1939.
An extract from from"Leicestershire Photographic Memories".
This monastic group faced in local granite rubble with ashlar dressings was carefully designed by A W N Pugin to meet the relatively austere needs of a Cistercian house. Completed in 1841, the Guest House with its central carriage opening occupies much of the photograph. To the left of the shot are the lancet lights to the Monastic Choir of 1843-4.
An extract from from"Leicestershire Photographic Memories".
Small, well-mannered cottages set a later 19th-century scene in the days before parked cars lined the roads. The bay-windowed house to the left of the photograph remains intact but neglected, while shops have taken over the remainder.
An extract from from"Leicestershire Photographic Memories".
A depressing series of small-scale shops line the main road, which is soon to sweep in more peaceful mode under Bardon Hill. Few of the shop fronts are of any quality: in particular, ‘Telefusion’ serves to herald the dawn of the visually unattractive 1960s.
An extract from from"Leicestershire Photographic Memories".