DOCSLIB.ORG

Whitwick Community Voice March 2020

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

Delivered FREE to 6,000 MARCH 2020 homes and businesses Issue 42 Whitwick • Thringstone • Swannington • Coleorton • Coleorton Moor Do you know this local landmark? See page 3 for details and how to win a prize! The Hero of Niagara in Whitwick Kilimanjaro to Kathmandu with Thringstone WI Whitwick Church Clock Plus all our regular features & lots more! TELEVISION • HOME AUDIO • KITCHEN APPLIANCES • FIRES • COOKERS • LIGHTING Halls of Ibstock Ltd. 10-16 High St, Ibstock LE67 6LG Email: [email protected] Great Prices • Expert Knowledge • Super Service • Professional Installation The Community Voice.... delivering more than a magazine! F A BCO INTERIORS f loor i n g | beds | fur n itu re | ligh tin g | h ome fur n ish i n g s WELCOME... ...to the latest edition of the Whitwick, Thringstone, SILVAN ENTERPRISES LTD James Hayles HND. RRM Y E A R E ND S T O C K - T A K E CLEAR A NCE Fully insured and NPTC qualified Swannington and Coleorton Community Voice! Tree Surgery, Spraying Specialist & Ground Maintenance Front Cover Quiz... ‘Spot the Local Landmark’ including Mowing, Fencing, Hedgecutting, Turfing etc. How many of you can spot the landmark from our surrounding area featured on this month’s LOGS SPLIT & DELIVERED £140 Large Load issue front cover? If you think you know the answer please send your entry to The Community One load is two cubic metre bags 01530 610507 (home) • 07970 950129 (mobile) Voice, c/o 57 High Street, Ibstock, or email us at: [email protected] Email: [email protected] The winner (drawn first out of the hat of all correct entries) will receive a £10 One4All voucher. Good Luck! LOOK OUT FOR WHITTIE! This month’s front cover photo is courtesy of Stephen Saunders. Whittie ‘spotters’ were very busy last month! He was spotted by Last month’s quiz answer... and winner! many, hiding behind the advert for ‘Inghams Farm Shop’ on Many of you were able to identify the page 26. The first correct landmark as the Noon Column that stands answer drawn out of the Community in the Melbourne parklands zone at Staunton Voice hat was sent in by Christine Harold. Made from English Oak, the sun Morley who will receive shines through the slot at ‘True noon’. £10 GIFT VOUCHER! Created by David Nash this sculpture is one But where is he this month? If you spot him, send of six that reflect and interpret the distinctive us your details, and which advert he is hiding nature of the six landscape zones that make behind, using the contact details listed below ▼ up the National Forest. This month’s prize has been won by Carole Adcock and our picture shows the prize CONTACT THE COMMUNITY VOICE draw being performed by Carol Warner of Post: 57 High Street, Ibstock, Leics LE67 6LH DC Warner DIY, Ibstock. Tel: 01530 267344 Let’s see how well you do with our next Email: [email protected] landmark! www.ourcommunityvoice.co.uk Don’t Miss out on WOODSTONE MEADOW Heather Lane Ravenstone LE67 2AH ONLY 6 PLOTS LEFT ! EXPANDED RANGE NOW IN-STORE www.williamshomes.co.uk Looking for a new home in 2020 !! Come and Discover Our Exclusive Development of Family Homes in an Excellent Village Location Built and fitted out to a High Specification SHOW HOME OPEN EX-DISPLAY CLEARANCE All Enquiries Please contact Friday to Sunday 10-30 till 4.30 0116 2352221 or 07939 217402 Den ts R oad, Notting ham R o ad R e tail P ark, A shb y -De-La-Z o uch. LE65 1JS [email protected] 0 1 530 564 864 fabc o l t d.c o.uk T u es - Sa t 9am-5pm Sunda y 11am-4pm the voice page 2 page 3 the voice ARE STAIRS FURNISHING YOUR DREAMS BECOMING A Spot the Difference! Established 2004 Alert readers will notice that there has been a change to the logo above this article. The U3A has a new strapline: Learn, laugh, live! These words have been PROBLEM? the motto of the U3A for some time and now they have replaced the former “University of the Third Age” as part of the official logo. The new strapline is more positive and to the point as the U3A movement aims to support the Trust local mobility company well-being of older people. Retirement should be a time for learning, laughing and living life to the full, an aim fully endorsed by Whitwick and District U3A. Candor Care to help you regain The next General Meeting of Whitwick and District U3A will be held on Friday 20th March. With more daylight and milder weather, there is no better independence and confidence time to share hobbies and interests with like-minded companions, learning with a bespoke stairlift designed and laughing together whilst being fully committed to self-help. Group Leaders and others will be on hand at the General Meeting to answer any for you. questions and pass on information about the opportunities available. Albert Henry Interiors are proud to build bespoke furniture to the highest quality, design The quest speaker at the General Meeting will be Sandy Leong. Sandy has and craftmanship. We have a range of colour • BHTA approved and a “Which?”Trusted Trader choices and designs to complement your home spoken to us several times before. This time her presentation is entitled and maximise storage solutions. “Black cats, new moons and ladders – The Origins of Superstitions”. Do you • Stairlift assessment at your home or at our Whether you are buying a new home or are throw salt over your shoulder if you spill it? Do you touch wood for good luck assessment centre in Coalville looking for furniture for your current home, or wonder if things did not go to plan because it was Friday 13th? Sandy will • Highly competitive instant quotes Albert Henry Interiors have the perfect choices examine these and many more superstitions and explain their origins. for you. Why not give us a call today on 01530 265 645 for a free no obligation quote. To enjoy Sandy’s talk and find out more about Whitwick and District U3A, • 24/7 breakdown and repair service come along to St. David’s Church Hall, Broom Leys, Coalville LE67 4RL at • Next day installation available 207 Leicester Road, Ibstock, Leicestershire LE67 6HP 1.45 for a 2.00pm start. Everyone is welcome as the U3A is a non-political Email – [email protected] and non-religious organisation. Full details of Whitwick and District U3A TELEPHONE: 01530 265 645 are also available from the comprehensive website; please search online for www.whitwicku3a.org.uk. ASK US ABOUT OUR RENTAL OPTIONS From just £40.00 per month* with next day installation *Subject to an initial £350 installation charge (including 1st months rent and removal) “My stairlift from Candor Care Alpaca Park Farm was affordable and reliable. It’s changed my life” TEAROOM AND LICENSED RESTAURANT Mr J.Coalville ##### Open daily 10.00am until 4.00pm • Stunning log cabin Great home-made food served daily • Afternoon tea SUNDAY LUNCHES • 12 noon until 3.00pm (See below for special Mother's day event on March 22nd) GET YOUR FREE HOME PRIVATE PARTIES • Birthdays, wedding anniversaries catered for in our fully licensed restaurant or in our beautiful yurt. ASSESSMENT & QUOTE ANIMAL PARK Alpaca Park Farm • SPECIAL EVENTS Come and see a variety of Contact your local stairlift company today! friendly animals, including (NO obligation & NO pushy sales techniques) Special Mother's Day Sunday Lunch • Sunday 22nd March alpacas, goats, donkeys and 12 Noon until 2.00 pm (Booking is essential) chickens. 'Winston' the pig is CALL or visit www.candorcare.co.uk looking forward to seeing you! Special Mother's Day Afternoon Tea • Sunday 22nd March 2.00pm until 4.00pm (Booking is essential) KNITTIQUIP Come and browse round our Office & Showroom Bingo Night • Friday 20th March Call Today & Find Out How We Can Help large selection of wools and The Scotlands Ind Est, patterns. Join in our group sessions, learn a new skill and London Road, Coalville, Call: 0330 100 4564 To book call us on • 01530 271623 make friends. A warm welcome Leicestershire LE67 3JJ Visit: www.candorcare.co.uk or email: [email protected] Find us on Main Street, Snarestone DE12 7DB • For full menu and special awaits you with advice and events see our Facebook page or visit us on www.alpacaparkfarm.com help on hand. the voice page 4 page 5 the voice NEW LIFE FOR OLD KITCHENS IF YOU’RE looking for a high-quality kitchen makeover for up to 50% less than a new fully fitted kitchen, why not pay a visit to Dream Doors Leicestershire? Highly experienced owner Colm promises you a warm welcome. BEFORE More importantly they will help you design and create your ideal kitchen using our impressive range of high-quality products and can typically reface your kitchen in as little as two to three days. Dream Doors is the UK’s #1 kitchen makeover specialist and we take the hassle out of your kitchen revamp from the very Bookings for Motorcycle Funerals beginning. UK Wide • Simply Call Once we’ve arranged a free, no obligation visit to your home MEET THE MAKER! 01530 274 888 or 0845 375 2106 - at a time that’s convenient for you - we will measure up your The late Reverend Paul Sinclair www.motorcyclefunerals.com kitchen. aka Faster Pastor. Our experienced kitchen designers can then talk you through our extensive range of products and help you narrow down your se- lection.
Recommended publications
  • Inset Map 2: Appleby Magna

    Inset Map 2: Appleby Magna

    Inset Map 2: Appleby Magna Magna Key to Map Inset Map Boundary Countryside - Policy S3 Limits to Development - Policy S3 River Mease Catchment 1:6,000 Reproduction from Ordnance 1:1250 mapping with permission of the Controller of HMSO Crown Copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings Licence No: 100019329 Inset Map 3: Ashby de la Zouch Key to Map NWLDC Boundary Inset Map Boundary Countryside - Policy S2 Limits to Development - Policy S2 Housing Provision planning permissions - Policy H1 Housing Provision resolutions - Policy H2 Ec2(1) Housing Provision new allocations - Policy H3 Employment Provision Permissions - Policy Ec1 H3a Employment Allocations new allocations - Policy Ec2 Primary Employment Areas - Policy Ec3 EMA Safeguarded Area - Policy Ec5 Ec3 Leicester to Burton rail line - Policy IF5 River Mease Catchment H3a Ec2(1) National Forest - Policy En3 Sports Field H1b Ec3 H1a Ec3 Inset Map 4 Ec1a ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH 1:9,000 Reproduction from Ordnance 1:1250 mapping with permission of the Controller of HMSO Crown Copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings Licence No: 100019329 Willesley W ill e s ley P ar k Inset Map 8: Castle Donington Trent Valley Washlands Ec3 CASTLE Inset Map 9 H1c Melbourne Paklands Key to Map Reproduction from Ordnance 1:1250 mapping with permission of the Controller of HMSO Crown Copyright. 1:11,000 Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead Inset Map Boundary
  • Appendix: Statistical Information

    Appendix: Statistical Information

    Appendix: Statistical Information Table A.1 Order in which the main works were built. Table A.2 Railway companies and trade unions who were parties to Industrial Court Award No. 728 of 8 July 1922 Table A.3 Railway companies amalgamated to form the four main-line companies in 1923 Table A.4 London Midland and Scottish Railway Company statistics, 1924 Table A.5 London and North-Eastern Railway Company statistics, 1930 Table A.6 Total expenditure by the four main-line companies on locomotive repairs and partial renewals, total mileage and cost per mile, 1928-47 Table A.7 Total expenditure on carriage and wagon repairs and partial renewals by each of the four main-line companies, 1928 and 1947 Table A.8 Locomotive output, 1947 Table A.9 Repair output of subsidiary locomotive works, 1947 Table A. 10 Carriage and wagon output, 1949 Table A.ll Passenger journeys originating, 1948 Table A.12 Freight train traffic originating, 1948 TableA.13 Design offices involved in post-nationalisation BR Standard locomotive design Table A.14 Building of the first BR Standard locomotives, 1954 Table A.15 BR stock levels, 1948-M Table A.16 BREL statistics, 1979 Table A. 17 Total output of BREL workshops, year ending 31 December 1981 Table A. 18 Unit cost of BREL new builds, 1977 and 1981 Table A.19 Maintenance costs per unit, 1981 Table A.20 Staff employed in BR Engineering and in BREL, 1982 Table A.21 BR traffic, 1980 Table A.22 BR financial results, 1980 Table A.23 Changes in method of BR freight movement, 1970-81 Table A.24 Analysis of BR freight carryings,
  • Lyndale Cottage, 31 Worthington Lane, Newbold Coleorton, Leicestershire, LE67 8PJ

    Lyndale Cottage, 31 Worthington Lane, Newbold Coleorton, Leicestershire, LE67 8PJ

    Lyndale Cottage, 31 Worthington Lane, Newbold Coleorton, Leicestershire, LE67 8PJ Lyndale Cottage, 31 Worthington Lane, Newbold Coleorton, Leicestershire, LE67 8PJ Guide Price: £400,000 Extending to approximately 2000 sqft, a substantial four/five bedroom period cottage dating back to 1750. The Cottage in this village setting boasts a large 26ft dual aspect living room with log burner, generous open plan living kitchen, separate utility, pantry and cloakroom together with study and vaulted conservatory. To the first floor there are five bedrooms including master with contemporary en-suite and a fully re-furbished family bathroom. Outside, cottage gardens and a detached outbuilding suitable for a workshop. Features • Substantial family cottage • Five bedrooms, two bathrooms • Large 26ft living room • Generous living kitchen and study • Cottage gardens • Potential workshop • Delightful village setting • Ideal for commuters Location The village boasts a local village pub, Primary School and excellent footpath links to the National Forest. Set approximately three miles east of Ashby town centre (a small market town offering a range of local facilities and amenities), Newbold Coleorton lies close to the A42 dual carriageway with excellent road links to both the M1 motorway corridor (with East Midland conurbations beyond) and west to Birmingham. The rolling hills of North West Leicestershire and the adjoining villages of Peggs Green, Coleorton, Worthington and Griffydam offer excellent countryside with National Forest Plantations linked by public footpaths, public houses and nearby amenities and facilities. Travelling Distances: Leicester - 16.2 miles Derby - 17.2 miles Ashby de la Zouch - 4.7miles East Midlands Airport - 6.3 miles Accommodation Details - Ground Floor side gardens.
  • Part 3 of the Bibliography Catalogue

    Part 3 of the Bibliography Catalogue

    Bibliography - L&NWR Society Periodicals Part 3 - Railway Magazine Registered Charity - L&NWRSociety No. 1110210 Copyright LNWR Society 2012 Title Year Volume Page Railway Magazine Photos. Junction at Craven Arms Photos. Tyne-Mersey Power. Lime Street, Diggle 138 Why and Wherefore. Soho Road station 465 Recent Work by British Express Locomotives Inc. Photo. 2-4-0 No.419 Zillah 1897 01/07 20 Some Racing Runs and Trial Trips. 1. The Race to Edinburgh 1888 - The Last Day 1897 01/07 39 What Our Railways are Doing. Presentation to F.Harrison from Guards 1897 01/07 90 What Our Railways are Doing. Trains over 50 mph 1897 01/07 90 Pertinent Paragraphs. Jubilee of 'Cornwall' 1897 01/07 94 Engine Drivers and their Duties by C.J.Bowen Cooke. Describes Rugby with photos at the 1897 01/08 113 Photo.shed. 'Queen Empress' on corridor dining train 1897 01/08 133 Some Railway Myths. Inc The Bloomers, with photo and Precedent 1897 01/08 160 Petroleum Fuel for Locomotives. Inc 0-4-0WT photo. 1897 01/08 170 What The Railways are Doing. Services to Greenore. 1897 01/08 183 Pertinent Paragraphs. 'Jubilee' class 1897 01/08 187 Pertinent Paragraphs. List of 100 mile runs without a stop 1897 01/08 190 Interview Sir F.Harrison. Gen.Manager .Inc photos F.Harrison, Lord Stalbridge,F.Ree, 1897 01/09 193 TheR.Turnbull Euston Audit Office. J.Partington Chief of Audit Dept.LNW. Inc photos. 1897 01/09 245 24 Hours at a Railway Junction. Willesden (V.L.Whitchurch) 1897 01/09 263 What The Railways are Doing.
  • Railways List

    Railways List

    A guide and list to a collection of Historic Railway Documents www.railarchive.org.uk to e mail click here December 2017 1 Since July 1971, this private collection of printed railway documents from pre grouping and pre nationalisation railway companies based in the UK; has sought to expand it‟s collection with the aim of obtaining a printed sample from each independent railway company which operated (or obtained it‟s act of parliament and started construction). There were over 1,500 such companies and to date the Rail Archive has sourced samples from over 800 of these companies. Early in 2001 the collection needed to be assessed for insurance purposes to identify a suitable premium. The premium cost was significant enough to warrant a more secure and sustainable future for the collection. In 2002 The Rail Archive was set up with the following objectives: secure an on-going future for the collection in a public institution reduce the insurance premium continue to add to the collection add a private collection of railway photographs from 1970‟s onwards provide a public access facility promote the collection ensure that the collection remains together in perpetuity where practical ensure that sufficient finances were in place to achieve to above objectives The archive is now retained by The Bodleian Library in Oxford to deliver the above objectives. This guide which gives details of paperwork in the collection and a list of railway companies from which material is wanted. The aim is to collect an item of printed paperwork from each UK railway company ever opened.
  • Chairman's Update

    Chairman's Update

    LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL HIGHWAYS FORUM FOR NORTH WEST LEICESTERSHIRE 14TH JULY 2016 CHAIRMAN’S UPDATE REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENT AND TRANSPORT T5 Street Lighting Transformation Project 2016/17 1. Leicestershire Highways is upgrading the County Councils street lighting stock to LEDs, in order to make substantial savings in energy, carbon and maintenance costs. Leicestershire County Council will be carrying out over 68,000 street light replacements across the county and are programmed to complete all installations within the next 3 years. Initially we are concentrating on the low level street lights (5 & 6m columns) which are mainly in residential areas with the high level installations (6m & above) due to commence from October this year. 2. The first low level installations were successfully carried out in Shepshed, as programmed in March this year, before a full roll-out of four installation teams started work in Loughborough, Hugglescote and Whitwick throughout April and into May. The project is progressing well and is on programme both in time and budget. 3. Details of the full construction programme for the project are being prepared in a suitable format to share with Members and residents and we anticipate this information will be available by the end of June. 4. The table below provides the implementation programme to the end of the current financial year. 2016 May Whitwick, Loughborough, Coalville June Coalville cont., Oadby & Wigston July Ravenstone, Packington, Coleorton, Ellistown, Swannington, Ibstock, Anstey,
  • The White House Zion Hill Coleorton LE67 8JP

    The White House Zion Hill Coleorton LE67 8JP

    The White House Zion Hill Coleorton LE67 8JP £675,000 A DELIGHTFUL COUNTRY COTTAGE of charm & character with a STYLISH MODERN INTERIOR, occupying a wonderful mature plot with a SWEEPING GRAVEL DRIVE, spacious versatile interior of over 2,500 sq ft, with 3 reception rooms, fitted kitchen, 5 DOUBLE BEDROOMS 3 bathrooms, double garage, LARGE GARDENS Property Features and quartz work surfaces with matching units within the utility room. Completing the ground floor is the versatile Country Cottage 5 DoubleBedrooms bedroom five, currently doubling as a home office with a Excellent Plot 3 Reception rooms large en-suite bathroom. On the first floor are a further four genuine double bedrooms including the master bedroom Versatile Interior 3 Bathrooms with built in wardrobes and en-suite shower room, the main family bathroom has also been re-fitted with a stylish Over 2,500 sq ft Bespoke Kitchen modern suite. Double garage Super Fast Broadband An impressive sweeping gravel driveway with electric gates off Clay Lane provides more than ample parking and access Full Description to the attached double garage. The mature and established lawned gardens wrap around the property, with a sunken sun terrace, ideally positioned for outdoor entertaining and within the grounds are the ruins of a stone building and a The White House is a delightful country cottage of charm & number of mature fruit trees. character which occupies an excellent private well screened plot on the corner of Zion Hill and Clay Lane. Dating back in Lying in a semi rural position within the sought after hamlet part to the 18th century, the property has been further of Peggs Green in the parish of Coleorton, which is a small extended and adapted, creating a versatile spacious interior village with 3 great pubs, village post office, Church and of over 2500 sq ft including the garage, which also offers village primary school, lying approximately four miles from huge potential to further extend & convert if required.
  • The North West Leicestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2014

    The North West Leicestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2014

    STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 2014 No. 3060 LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND The North West Leicestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2014 Made - - - - 5th November 2014 Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2) Under section 58(4) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009( a) (“the Act”) the Local Government Boundary Commission for England( b) (“the Commission”) published a report dated February 2014 stating its recommendations for changes to the electoral arrangements for the district of North West Leicestershire. The Commission has decided to give effect to the recommendations. A draft of the instrument has been laid before Parliament and a period of forty days has expired and neither House has resolved that the instrument be not made. The Commission makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 59(1) of the Act: Citation and commencement 1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the North West Leicestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. (2) This Order comes into force— (a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to the election of councillors, on the day after it is made; (b) for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2015. Interpretation 2. In this Order— “map” means the map marked “Map referred to in the North West Leicestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2014”, prints of which are available for inspection at the principal office of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England; “ordinary day of election of councillors” has the meaning given by section 37 of the Representation of the People Act 1983( c).
  • Weekly Newsletter 2012-10-17

    Weekly Newsletter 2012-10-17

    Volume 7 Number 41 GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY WEEKLY NEWSLETTER October 17 2012 From the M.D. We get many accolades these days across the board from catering to every other department. Some of these point the way forward in our growth. The attached letter from Guhring, who are a major supplier to Cromwell Tools, speaks volumes of everyone’s efforts as we concentrate on building our name at the very forefront of the Heritage Railway experience. Over the last month, we have entertained not only Guhring but also Cromwell Tools, Caterpillar, Lafarge and other major corporate entities which afford us significant networking opportunities. This week I am enclosing two letters received after the Gala and I am sure will be appreciated by all who read the Newsletter. It is easy from the inside to criticise our railway, but we receive letters like these on a daily basis which make the volunteer work worthwhile. Everyone connected to the railway needs to be congratulated. Due to activities underway in the various growth areas, I’ve decided I will hand over the responsibility for the Newsletter to our General Manager Richard Patching who has a much better grip on the day-to-day workings of the railway and it is only right and proper that he should continue He has the full backing of the Board and obviously my full support whilst we continue to work closely together. SPOOKTACULAR GHOST TRAINS AT THE GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY Frightful goings on at Half Term and on Halloween Night Dare you ride the trains that go shunt in the night? The Great Central Railway is challenging its passengers to be brave as they buy tickets for the award winning Leicestershire attractions Halloween trains.
  • North West Leicestershire—Main Settlement Areas Please Read and Complete

    North West Leicestershire—Main Settlement Areas Please Read and Complete

    North West Leicestershire—Main settlement areas Please read and complete North West Leicestershire District Council - Spatial Planning - Licence No.: 100019329 Reproduction from Ordnance Survey 1:1,250 mapping with permission of the Controller of HMSO Crown Copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. For further help and advice contact North West Leicestershire Housing Advice Team. Freephone: 0800 183 0357, or e-mail [email protected] or visit our offices at Whitwick Road, Coalville, Leicester LE67 3FJ. Tell us where you would prefer to live Please tick no more than THREE Main Areas you would prefer to live in, then just ONE Sub Area for each main area you select . Please note you will not be restricted to bidding for properties in only these areas Main Area Sub Area (Please select ONLY three) 9 (Please select ONLY one for each 9 main area you have ticked) Ashby–de-la-Zouch Town centre Marlborough Way Northfields area Pithiviers/Wilfred Place Willesley estate Westfields estate (Tick only one) Castle Donington Bosworth Road estate Moira Dale area Windmill estate Other (Tick only one) Coalville Town centre Agar Nook Avenue Road area Greenhill Linford & Verdon Crescent Meadow Lane/Sharpley Avenue Ravenstone Road area 2 (Tick only one) Ibstock Town centre Central Avenue area Church View area Deepdale area Leicester Road area (Tick only one) Kegworth Town centre Jeffares Close area Mill Lane estate Thomas Road estate (Tick only one) Measham Town centre
  • CURRENT POLLING DISTRICTS and DESIGNATED POLLING STATIONS North West Leicestershire Constituency

    CURRENT POLLING DISTRICTS and DESIGNATED POLLING STATIONS North West Leicestershire Constituency

    CURRENT POLLING DISTRICTS AND DESIGNATED POLLING STATIONS North West Leicestershire Constituency WARD POLLING ELECTORATE DESIGNATED POLLING STATION LOCATION DISTRICT AS AT 1 MAY 2011 Appleby AA & 913 Church Hall Church Street, Appleby Magna AC 25 AB 101 Old Schoolroom Chilcote AD 255 C of E Primary School Main Street, Snarestone AE 165 Church Hall Newton Road, Swepstone AF 346 Newton Burgoland Primary School School Lane, Newton Burgoland Ashby Castle BA 2097 Legion House South Street, Ashby de la Zouch Ashby Holywell CA 1295 Ashby C of E School Burton Road, Ashby de la Zouch CB 1611 Woodcote Primary School Willowbrook Close, Ashby de la Zouch CC 1000 Ashby C of E School Burton Road, Ashby de la Zouch Ashby Ivanhoe DA 958 Ashby Hill Top Primary School Beaumont Avenue, Ashby de la Zouch DB 774 Ashby Hill Top Primary School Beaumont Avenue, Ashby de la Zouch DC 550 Ashby Hastings Scout HQ Wilfred Gardens, Ashby de la Zouch DD 1006 Mobile Unit at Loudoun House Ridgway Road, Ashby de la Zouch DE 535 Willesley Primary School Packington Nook Lane, Ashby de la Zouch Bardon EA & 16 Bardon Hill Sports Club Bardon Close, Coalville EB 2434 Breedon FA 528 Village Hall Hall Gate, Diseworth FB, 49 C of E Primary School Main Street, Breedon on the Hill FC & 592 FD 228 FE 618 Belton Village Hall School Lane, Belton Castle Donington GA 135 Lockington Village Hall Hemington Lane, Lockington GB 520 Hemington Primary School Main Street, Hemington GC 2140 Sure Start Centre Community College, Mount Pleasant, Castle Donington GD 2041 Orchard CP School Grange
  • A Lost Leicestershire Industry Pp.34-41

    A Lost Leicestershire Industry Pp.34-41

    A LOST LEICESTERSHIRE INDUSTRY by J. A. Daniell The author is indebted to Mr. John Colledge, of Whitwick, who has generously allowed his notes to be quoted, and to Mr. William Corah, of the Coalville Times, whose comments on the subject have stimulated local interest. INTRODUCTION Of all the minor industries of Leicestershire in the nineteenth century it must be true to say that Bauble-making is one of the least known but by no means the least interesting. A search through the old Directories will reveal the official name 1 "Spar Ornament Manufactory", but among the few surviving old folk whose fading memories recall the "good old days" in Whitwick, Thringstone and Coleorton it must be "Bawbles" (sic) and as such they will be referred to in this brief account. The word "Bauble" was used locally to define an object which was ornamental but had no particular use. It is true that many of them were made to fulfil a functional purpose but they were, nevertheless, intended for display on the mantelpiece rather than for use in the kitchen cupboard. It is o.f course well known that alabaster has been quarried at Chellaston in Derbyshire since medieval times and it was from these same quarries that the Leicestershire bauble-makers obtained their "spar". (The word "alabaster" was not recognised in the industry.) It was delivered to them in large blocks transported by horse and cart, a distance of about 12 miles by road. A local industry is usually sited in a particular place either because the raw material is at hand or because there is a steady demand in the district for the goods produced.