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Whitwick • • Swannington • • Coleorton Moor

Do you know this local landmark? See page 3 for details and how to win a prize!

Thringstone gets creative Coleorton Heritage Group The Community Voice Christmas shop window competition Where has South Street Whitwick gone? Plus all our regular features & lots more!

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LAST MONTH’S Whitwick • Thringstone • Swannington • Coleorton • Coleorton Moor the advert for ‘Motorcycle Funerals’ on page 24. The first correct answer QUIZ ANSWER... drawn out of the Community Voice Do you know this local landmark? hat was sent in by David White of See page 3 for details and how to AND WINNER! win a prize! Thringstone, who will receive a Many of you correctly identified our mystery £10 GIFT VOUCHER! local landmark as the archway to the But where is he this month? If you spot him, send us your details, and which Ferrers Arts and Crafts Centre courtyard advert he is hiding behind, using the at . The first craft unit was contact details listed below. established in the Georgian stable block

Hermitage Lake - now and then ▼ in 1974. Staunton Harold is a traditional, Thringstone’s men at war Sights and Sounds of Swannington family run country estate. Plus all our regular features & lots more! CONTACT THE COMMUNITY VOICE This month’s prize has been won by TELEVISION • HOME AUDIO • KITCHEN APPLIANCES • FIRES • COOKERS • LIGHTING Post: 57 High Street, Ibstock, Leics LE67 6LH Helen Barrowcliffe. 10-16 High Street, Ibstock LE67 6LG Tel: 01530 267344 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Let’s see how well you do with our Your local electrical store - serving the community since 1937 next landmark! The Community Voice.... delivering more than a magazine! www.ourcommunityvoice.co.uk

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Students at Dixie Grammar School, Market Bosworth, have not only returned to what has come to be expected in schools at the start of the 2020 school year, but also to what may prove to be a significant step into the future.

In line with government guidance, the Dixie has thought carefully about how to keep the whole school community as safe as possible. Gathering for whole-school assemblies and staff meetings, mass movements around the school and mixed year groups eating together are all on hold for now, whereas one-way systems, face coverings in corridors, anti-virus cleaning and hand-sanitisers are very much commonplace.

With an eye on the current situation and on the future, the school has also invested in making all classrooms accessible online within the school community, which means that even from home, pupils can play a full part in their timetabled lessons. With a couple of clicks, pupils can connect to the smart boards in their classrooms: whatever the teacher is explaining to the class can be seen from a pupil’s home computer, laptop or phone. Pupils no longer need to actually be in the classroom to watch experiments, listen to what their teacher is saying, to ask and respond to questions and to take part in discussions.

Headmaster, Mr Richard Lynn, commented: “The whole school, and the teaching staff especially, had to adapt very quickly during the first week or so of the national lockdown. We were determined to maintain both the pastoral support and academic progress of our pupils and had to learn how best to deliver this online and remotely. There were huge challenges both for this and in keeping the school open for key workers, but the feedback we had from parents and pupils was hugely positive. Upon returning to school, we felt we had to be prepared for as many eventualities as possible and that includes the likelihood that some pupils will be unable to attend school for a period of time for a variety of reasons. With the work we have done and the efforts of all of our support and teaching staff, these pupils can join their lessons and can get a learning experience almost as good as being in the classroom.”

The approach has already allowed two Sixth Form students new to the school to make a flying start to their studies, even though they have been unable to complete their planned move from Africa to the UK. Daniel and Kanyin have met new friends, their tutors and teachers solely online as they begin their A level study.

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The stress may be “South Street” has disappeared beneath the road, flows in a very deep, The photograph also shows a heightened by the fact that it might not be possible to visit your loved one in from Whitwick and the sign is there narrow channel significantly below the on the opposite side of the road, the the hospital, and it can become frustrating waiting to hear when they will be because it is one of the special present street level. This is particularly Crown and Cushion. (Whitwick had artefacts that Whitwick Historical noticeable by the churchyard. discharged. One positive thing that you can however do is to the changes that two with this name; the other was Group cares for. Historically, the The buildings next to the churchyard in Silver Street.) Early in the twentieth you can make to their environment for when they return home that will make exact location of South Street which today include the Whitwick century, the landlord was Michael it a little easier and more comfortable. Alan Ferguson from Candor Care and varied but for several decades Massage Centre, stand above a former Noon. He was born in Whitwick in 1875 Michael Noon of Aston Villa, Sophia Dickinson from Home Independence Occupational Therapy, talk about it was the highway between the pub, The Joiners Arms, parts of which and became a famous footballer. After later landlord of the Crown Market Place and Church Lane. It had to be demolished along with other playing for Coalville Town and Burton and Cushion the top 5 considerations when your loved one is coming home from hospital. is now part of North Street. buildings when the railway arrived. Swifts, he joined Aston Villa in 1899, the One of the fascinating facts about A part of the property which we see year that Aston Villa won the League. A notable former barber was George Sophia Dickinson BSc (Hons.), MRCOT the former South Street is that it today originally included a shop, for Michael Noon spent almost seven Greasley, one of the few survivors of Founder of Home Independence Occupational Therapy Ltd was raised by fifteen feet in the early many years Benniston’s butcher’s shop, years with the club making eighty-four the Whitwick Colliery Disaster. After 1880s. This operation was linked to the and the Railway Hotel. The Hotel appearances. He moved to Plymouth the tragedy, he did not return to work 1. Adapting the home environment construction of the features prominently in the evocative Argyle for the 1906-07 season where in the mines. Look at your loved one’s home environment and consider their safety. Are there hazards such as clutter, loose cables or loose rugs or Railway in the village. The road had to photograph from the WHG archive he was a regular member of the first At Whitwick Historical Group our be raised to help with the railway bridge showing South Street. Many readers team. The photograph shows Michael carpets in walkways? Consider falls prevention tips to reduce the risk of falls. Would your loved one benefit from grab rails or specialist favourite South Street building has Noon in his Aston Villa strip. Whitwick equipment to help them to get in and out of their bath or bed? Can your loved one get up from the toilet without assistance? An Occupational to be the former railway station, our Historical Group has been entrusted home since 1987. The restrictions Therapist can advise you about the most suitable home modifications for them. Do they have suitable clothing to accommodate their physical with some wonderful photographs of needs? Consider clothing that will be easy for them to put on and take off. Aim for them to be as comfortable as possible. caused by the pandemic have meant the Noon family, including some taken that we have not been able to welcome outside the Crown and Cushion. The visitors since the spring. At the time of 2. Considering their mobility pub and the cottages adjoining it were writing, it is planned to open the Old Your loved one may have been seen by a Physiotherapist. If so, have they been given a walking aid such as walking sticks, crutches or a demolished about fifty years ago. Station on a limited basis for research walking frame? Will the home environment accommodate the walking aid? If they live in a house, do you need an additional walking aid on Pubs were not the only buildings in South purposes. The team of volunteers the second floor? And if they have steps or stairs at home, have they practiced steps or stairs before returning home? Will they need grab Street. In addition to the butcher’s shop are eager to reveal our collections of already mentioned, barber’s shops and rails or additional stair rails to support them? Does your loved one need a wheelchair? Check this prior to your loved one returning home. A view of South Street, artefacts, photographs and records ladies’ hair salons appear in the records If the second floor is going to be a struggle for them, you may want to consider a stairlift as a rental or more permanent option. A stairlift early 20th Century again and share memories and stories can be installed to fit any shape or size of staircase, and can take the pressure off somebody trying to negotiate moving between the floors and that characteristic continues today. about Whitwick’s history. of their home, particularly if they have lost confidence or mobility after a major operation. It might also help to have an Occupational Therapy assessment to help to improve confidence.

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Parish Council News – November 2020 www.inghamsatgnarleyfarm.co.uk • Tel: 01455 292031 The parish council has now provided three new benches for people to sit in Whitwick Park, Tr 5 adingY Her e KATS ANTIQUE VINTAGE ars each giving a difference viewpoint. We TV As Seen 01530 451458 On & COLLECTABLES CENTRE needed to wait until some safety work was e completed but you can see it being enjoyed 07872 808287 by two members of the Property Management collectables including quality gold and silver jewellery FREE Measuring, Committee – Cllr Tony Barker and Mrs. A Barker at trade prices, coins, clocks, hand painted furniture, Consultation & Fitting having a rare sit down. Why not come and check them out? Although we are stamps, pictures, militaria, china, glass, furniture, kitchenalia, giftware and much more. Verticals • Venetians • Rollers • Romans sorry that we can’t promise you a dry day to use them. Pleated • Perfect Fit • Awnings • Shutters More benches are planned around the parish too – just waiting to finalise details Come and see us for that unusual Christmas gift and also our beautiful range of gold and silver jewellery CALL FOR A FREE QUOTATION before they can be installed. NHS consultation open until 21 December for your postal ALSO WANTED WHITWICK • All Gold & Silver Jewellery Including Scrap & Broken Items or online views. There are a number of ways to find out • We pay more the highest prices in the area. COMMUNITY • Costume Jewellery more and have your say:www.betterhospitalsleicester.nhs.uk Environmentally Friendly • All Coins chalk and mineral paint. CRISIS TEAM It is Zero VOC & Solvent Free • Militaria & Medals with no odour. CHRISTMAS LIGHTS – a resident is asking for • Stamps Available for emergency We can also paint your own tired you to spread extra cheer this year by putting out • Watches furniture. Please ask for more details. help on • Silver & Silver Plate your own Christmas lights. Think we all need a • All interesting antiques, collectables & furniture. bit of cheering up – we’ll be helping play our part too. 07407 766518 Free valuations everyday - Over 40 years experience

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Freeman of the Parish of Whitwick in recognition of his outstanding He worked at Colliery from service to the village as an elected councillor for nearly 30 years. 1956 until 1987 (31 years) until overtaken The honour was conferred at a Special Meeting of the Parish Council by the pit closure programme. He then held at 7pm on Thursday, 24 September, but in the exceptional worked at CAT UK until his retirement FURNISHING YOUR DREAMS circumstances of the current pandemic the meeting was held virtually. 17 years later. 'tis the season All were welcome to ‘attend’ and join the parish council at the Ray says “My interest in politics began Zoom meeting. Councillor Lisa Collins, Chairman of Whitwick Parish with the trade union movement (NUM) Council, said, “Ray was elected as a founder member of Whitwick and I joined the Labour Party in the early T O B E C R A F T I N G Parish Council when it was set up in 2011. He was also elected as seventies and I was dearly interested Chairman of the Parish Council, a position that he held for 7 out of the in serving the welfare of my colleagues first 8 years. He has a depth of knowledge about the local community and friends. My first attempt at election was to the NWLDC in 1987 and happily volunteers to help the parish council get things done – when I was defeated by just 20 votes. In the next election (1991) whether it has been putting poppies on lampposts or continuing to I was chosen to stand for Whitwick and was successful. I was a District represent Whitwick by serving on the Whitwick Quarry Liaison Councillor for 22 years. I loved working for Whitwick and its residents Committee – a position he held for the North West Leicestershire but also gained the chairmanship of the environment committee which District Council and for Whitwick Parish Council. Parish Councillors I held for a number of years. In 2011 the Whitwick Parish Council was wanted to do something to recognise the many years given in service set up and established and I was a successful founder member. I was to our local community and the devotion he has shown. Although it’s elected Chair of the Parish Council and completed 7 of the first 8 years only an honorary title, granting Ray the Freedom of the Parish is the as chairman. I love my role as a councillor as I am at my happiest when SEW FABRICS Albert Henry Interiors are proud to build highest honour we can bestow and this honour is truly well deserved.” helping someone out and I continue to work for the good of the village bespoke furniture to the highest quality, design and its peoples. The worst blow to befall me was the recent loss of my FABRIC, HABERDASERY, and craftmanship. 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Paul Spare, the grandson of William Spare above, told us through his friend David Wrold Emil Wroldsen Wrold’s in Tvedestrand Garner, that in about 1956 as a school boy playing in the woods he initial pilot training with other expatriates at the Royal Norwegian had actually found one of the machine guns under the trees together Air Force training camp in Southern Ontario, Canada, (known as CLLR TONY GILLARD with its ammunition belt. His father handed the gun in to Ashby CLLR TONY GILLARD ‘Little Norway’) before arriving in England for further training. Tel: 01530 452930 • Mob: 07970 894257 Police Station. It may be that it had been left there near the road for Tel: 01530 452930 • Mob: 07970 894257 Following his tragic death his remains were cremated at Southwark later collection by souvenir hunters or it may be just as likely that E-mail: [email protected] Crematorium and eventually repatriated to his hometown for burial it had fallen from one of the aircraft following the collision. Paul’s in the local cemetery in a family plot. His headstone records that grandparents received a letter of appreciation from the Under- he started his career as a student engineer and that his father was Secretary of State at the Air Ministry and a telegram from Hubert an ‘overrettissakfürer’ (translates as supreme court attorney). He Pierlot, the Belgian Minister for National Defence thanking them is also commemorated in his hometown by having a street named for their rescue of Robert Mehuys. Paul tells us that his grandfather after him. Painters & Decorators worked as a watchman at the old Lount pipe works where Roll- Interior & Exterior • Over 30 years business experience Royce was storing engine parts. Finally, although we know that the spitfire piloted by Robert Mehuys • No job too big or too small landed near Lount Pottery, the location where the second spitfire • Complete painting solutions Mr. A. 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Collier, and we began working on the investigation together. R2800-21 LC (Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, Facebook “f” Logo CMYK / .eps Facebook “f” Logo CMYK / .eps Independence, Missouri Little did we know at the time that this would take almost 6. Fixed Guns – Casting-Roller Ammunition Supporting people, their carers and partners in North West Leicestershire whose quality or length of 11. Cockpit Perspex fragments life is affected their condition, particularly helping to ease loneliness and isolation. 20 years to solve, and forged a friendship that continues to Box – Front and Rear the present day. www.hospicehope.org.uk In flight with 350th Fighter Squadron markings, Summer 1943 Over the next 7 years despite numerous enquiries, no real progress was made. The breakthrough came with the answer to a request that I made to Mr H V Hull, who witnessed the crash as an 11 year old school boy. He said that the aircraft, serial number 42-8001, crashed on 24th October 1944 and he thought it came from Atcham in See our wide range of traditional Shropshire. Armed with this information it was now possible metal pedal cars for that to construct a comprehensive history of the aircraft. special Christmas gift! The Thunderbolt was shipped from New York to Great Ask about our new Christmas Club Britain in June 1943. Initially assigned to the 353rd Fighter Group, 350th Fighter Squadron based at Metfield in Suffolk, it’s role was to provide escort cover for bombers attacking targets in Western Europe. During this time the aircraft survived a wheels-up landing at Metfield, and a serious mid-air collision with another P-47 Thunderbolt whilst on a raid to Wilhelmshaven. By mid 1944 a ‘War Weary’ 42-8001 was transferred to the After it’s ‘wheels up landing’ 24 Oct 1943 495th Fighter Training Group at Atcham. Approximately twelve weeks before the fatal crash in Shepshed, the aircraft had another mid-air collision in Hertfordshire, clipping a tree with the starboard wing, but managed to land safely back at Atcham. Prices start On Tuesday 24th October 1944, 42-8001 impacts hard in from £99.00 a field off One Barrow Lane, Shepshed. The pilot is killed instantly through major trauma and is identified through an identity disc as belonging to a USAAF unit based at Atcham. The unit attending the scene was the 4th Mobile Reclamation and Repair Squadron (4-MRRS) from Neaton in Norfolk. They were the American ‘Soldiers / GI’s’ that local eye-witnesses reported seeing at the scene after the accident. After 7 years we had the What, Where and When, but we were still no nearer the Who and the Why. It would be MELBOURNE ROAD • IBSTOCK • LEICS • LE67 6NN another 10 years before the identity of the pilot was finally TELEPHONE (01530) 260355 www.higgott.co.uk confirmed. See the next issue for what followed. the voice page 26 page 27 the voice Thringstone Primary School Garden Thriving Back in February, Thringstone Primary School completed a garden project, thanks to support from parents and the village community, and despite the difficult past few months, it is wonderful that the garden is thriving. Various fruit and vegetable seeds were planted, with the plan for them to be tended to in weekly forest school sessions to enhance High Street, Ibstock, Leicestershire, LE67 6LH. Tel. 01530 262400 learning in a practical way. Whilst the school SEE OUR WEBSITE www.thepalaceibstock.co.uk FOR MORE DETAILS didn’t close during lockdown, it was open FORTHCOMING EVENTS Yoga – 6.45pm-7.45pm. Contact Jonathan on 07776 304766 for details. to fewer pupils from March-July, so tending Saturday 7th November: The Ibstock Eco Hub - 9.30am until 12 noon. Come Tai Chi – 8.00pm – 9.30pm. Contact Doug Gerrard on 07969 480684. to the garden within the guidelines was along and shop sustainably! Local businesses are coming together to bring you all things WEDNESDAY refillable and zero waste. Food, household and body-care goods. 50+ Fitness Pilates – 9.30am-10.30am. Contact Michelle Scott-Worthington challenging. Friday 20th November: Palace Film Night - The Personal History of David on (07887) 678367. Copperfield (PG) - All tickets: £5.00. Film Starts at 7.30pm. Bar and door open at FITSTEPS – 5.15pm. Fitness that’s ‘Strictly’ Fun! - Book now by contacting However, since returning to school in August, 7.00pm. Tickets from the box office or online at www.thepalaceibstock.co.uk/events. Rose on 07562 331041 or email: [email protected] pupils have been thrilled to see the garden FridayTHE 27th NovemberPALA: PalaceCE Bingo - ISDoors atAV 7.30pm, AILABLEeyes down for 8.00pm. FITSTEPS FOR – 6.15pm HIRE. Fitness that’s FOR ‘Strictly’ Fun! 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Great range of pre-owned mobility scooters, Chambre Thomas Macaulay Booth was a grandson of Charles and Mary Booth of rise & reclining chairs and wheelchairs Grace Dieu Manor. He was also an actor, and appeared in many big screen films and TV dramas from the 1940s until his death on 19 June 1979 in Lambeth, under his Part Exchange stage name of Tom Macauley. Sales & Repair Born on 17 March 1906 at 4 St George’s Square, London, Tom was the son of Captain Thomas Macauley Booth of the Gordon Highlanders and his wife Elizabeth Cleaning & Valeting Alice nee Powell who were very well connected to many of the great and good of Servicing the time. 3 months warranty Tom was baptised in Thringstone at St Andrew’s on 22 April 1906 by Rev E S Crane. Records show that his godparents were Charles Booth, Mary Booth, George All scooters Macauley Booth and Mrs Vesey Stockley who was a famous author of the time, Brand New supplied fully serviced Scooters writing mostly about India. Amongst those present at the baptism were Mr Horace Supplied 100’s of floor and wall tiles to choose from, Batteries supplied & fitted free and Mrs Emma Darwin (Horace was a civil engineer and son of Charles Darwin who OPENING TIMES lived in Cambridgeshire at the time), Irish Nationalist activist the Rt. Hon Mary Spring ceramic and porcelain, special kitchen tile Monday: 9am-4pm Rice, Mr and Miss Cropper (local landowners), Mr Robert Edmund Martin who was displays... all at very competitive prices. Tuesday: 9am-4pm We don’t just want to sell you any scooter... a civil engineer at the time, subsequently became chairman of Leicestershire County Brochures available to take away. Wednesday: Closed We want to sell you the RIGHT scooter! Thursday: 9am-4pm Council (he was knighted and lived at The Brand House, Woodhouse Eaves), Booth 103 HIGH STREET • IBSTOCK • LE67 6LJ Friday: 9am-4pm Come and see us at our NEW PREMISES! family members the Hon Mr and Mrs Macnaghten and their children, Miss Margaret Saturday: Booth and Miss Imogen Booth and members of the Booth household from Grace Tel: 01530 260898 Appointments only 24, Belvoir Road, Coalville LE67 3PN Dieu Manor. MON/TUE/THU/FRI/SAT - 9am-3pm. (Closed Wed) Tom was sent to Harrow School, but showed his interest in acting at an early age [email protected] Or call 01530 234499. and appeared in many plays before making it onto the silver screen. He was also a producer and writer. One of his plays called Dawn at Sunset, was premiered at The Embassy in London in 1939 before moving to The Q the same year. ANSWERS You can now find The Voice online and on social media! In many of his films, he appeared alongside his wife, the American actress Tucker McGuire, who is probably best remembered for her role of Molly Brown in ‘A Night Visit our website: To Remember’ (the story of the sinking of the Titanic) from 1958. Tucker died in www.ourcommunityvoice.co.uk 1988 having also performed in countless radio plays, as well as TV dramas. They What’s the WORD? married in 1937 and their daughter Jane, known as Janie, was born in 1941. Find us on Facebook: 1) The White RABBIT www.facebook.com/communityvoicemagazines Janie and has continued the family tradition, and is a writer and also an actress, appearing in many stage productions throughout the country, and also in many films 2) RABBIT and pork Or on Twitter: @commvoicemags and TV dramas, including Torchwood. Her acting career started in the early 1960s, 3) Run RABBIT Run and she even appeared briefly in Coronation Street as the landlady of the bed and breakfast establishment where Pat Phelan lay low in 2018. 4) RABBITs Janie was amongst a group of nearly 100 members of the Booth family who came to 5) Jessica RABBIT PLEASE NOTE THE DEADLINE Thringstone to the centre and to Grace Dieu Manor a few years back to celebrate (in ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit?’) the life of their ancestor. DATES FOR OUR DECEMBER 2020 ISSUE: The common word is ‘RABBIT’ Just another snippet of information - another of the descendants of Charles and Mary Deadline date for bookings is Monday 16 November Booth is their great great grandson Alastair James Hay Murray – known to most Deadline for copy is Wednesday 18 November people as Al Murray the comedian. Charles and Mary Booth’s daughter Margaret Pauline Booth (known as Meg) married William Thackeray Denis Ritchie and had a son called James Makepeace Thackeray Ritchie. He married Anne Wethered in If you have an interesting local interest story and want to share it with us then please 1938 but was killed in WW2 aged 32 in 1940, the same year that his daughter, Juliet send us 500 words by email with 2/3 accompanying print quality pictures and we will do Anne Thackeray Ritchie, was born. She married Ingram Bernard Hay Murray, and our best to publish it in the Community Voice. Al Murray is their only son. The two eldest children of Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, Simply submit your article and photos to us at: [email protected] Imogen and Nicholas, are also great great grandchildren of Charles Booth. Their Every care is taken to ensure that all information printed is accurate. However liability cannot be mother was Sarah Jane Hugill, daughter of Fanny Hugill, who is the only remaining accepted for any loss or damage due to any inaccuracies or omissions within this publication. granddaughter of Charles and Mary Booth still alive. All rights reserved. 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