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Mountsorrel books (6 available)
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Growing up in Rothley
Rothley is and always will be my home no matter where in the world i live, It is 36 Years since i resided on Woodgate my father is George Hunt, he owned the Barbers shop at no 19 untill his retirement almost 25 years ago.
When i lived on Woodgate we had Betty Smith the chemist on one side of us and Dick Elkington and his wife on the other running the sweet shop, which later i believe became the Candy Store. and next to that was George Hutchins the Newsagent.
I especially used to love the time leading up to Christmas, when all the shop windows on Woodgate were decorated with Fairy lights and false snow, coming home from ...read more here
A memory of Rothley contributed by Sandie Lee
Barn Croft.
The house in the middle is where I lived from 1972. The address is 62 Main Street and the house was called Barn Croft. The house on the right was a farm and the house that the middle house was built on was part of the farmyard. When the farm closed, one of the daughters had this built c1930. She lived there until she died c1970. Her name was Olive Clarke and was one of three girls I believe. The house had a barn at the bottom of the garden, converted in 1990 after my father sold the property in 1985. I have some belongings of Olive's like an autograph book and a booklet ...read more here
A memory of Cossington contributed by The Frith Memory Archivist
Working on the boats.
The wooden boats in the picture belong to the riverside restaurant, out of shot to the right. As a teenager, in 1974, it was my job on a Sunday afternoon to hire these out. We did have a few people fall out of the boats, but no one complained. A warm brew and some towels was all it took to make things right.
A memory of Barrow Upon Soar contributed by Paul Howard
the cottage on The Green
The cottage on the left of this photo was where my great grandfather and his ten children lived at the turn of the 20th century. He was a butcher. There was a slaughterhouse at the back of the property. They lived there from about 1895 to 1908.
A memory of Syston contributed by Marianne Head
Extracts From Mountsorrel & Leicestershire books
To the east of the village, the canalised river was heavily used for carrying stone, and waggon tipplers for loading up the boats can still be seen. The pleasure craft in the photograph emphasise the failure of the canals for industrial transportation.
An extract from from"Leicestershire Photographic Memories".
Hardly picturesque, crouched under the outcrop of granite, is a collection of small cottages, the earlier one probably occupied by the granite workers who came from as far away as Scotland to quarry and work the hard stone.
An extract from from"Leicestershire Photographic Memories".
Remnants of the Earl of Leicester’s castle which was destroyed in the early 13th century can still be seen in this rather dismal but interesting village. The plain red brick house is, however, a veritable gem, built around 1780 and prominent towards the left of the photograph.
An extract from from"Leicestershire Photographic Memories".
A fashionable place to be seen throughout the 19th century was the luxurious Harboro Hotel
(right), originally the Lord Harborough Arms and a coaching inn. It was carpeted throughout,
which was a huge extravagance for the time.
An extract from from"Melton Mowbray Town and City Memories".
This view looks from the junction of the High
Street and South Parade on market day. The sign
of the popular White Lion Hotel is just visible in
the centre of this photograph and Barclays Bank
(now Ladbrokes) is on the far left.
An extract from from"Melton Mowbray Town and City Memories".