Ashby Folville
The Carington Arms – 1905-1910 A man, probably the publican, leans against the stone wall of the village pub in Folville Street. The houses along Ashby Folville’s main road, which snakes through the tiny village, were rebuilt between 1890 and 1910 by Herbert Smith-Carington, who bought the Ashby Folville Estate in 1890. The village pub, […]
Barsby
Baggrave End “I would guess that the man with the van is my great-uncle Charlie Palmer or his brother Nobby delivering bread,” recollected Brian Palmer. Immediately Freda Lane added: “The smell of the bread was delicious.” The picture was taken at Baggrave End, one of a handful of streets in Barsby in the southwestern part […]
Asfordby
Weir on the River Wreake – 1950s Melvyn Hudson gave clear directions to Asfordby’s weir on the River Wreake. “Going down on Mill Lane, at the end, you reach Mill House. Continue on a public footpath with a high brick wall on one side and cross an old iron green bridge.” So far, so good. […]
Asfordby Hill
Melton Road – Before 1943 Until the end of 1875, Asfordby Hill was purely a hill in a rural Leicestershire landscape with no buildings or homes. In December of that year, Richard Dalgliesh, a young civil engineer, established Holwell Iron Works. The first furnace went into production six years later, accompanied by a tragedy, an […]
Harby
School Lane – End 1930s Matt Smith moved to London about 25 years ago and has many loving memories about the first 25 years of his life in Harby. “I had a safe upbringing in a rural background. Me and my best mate, went off down the fields for hours and hours on end, never […]