As part of the Heritage Group’s oral history recording project, here is an interview with Connie Hudson who worked at the Alvis engineering factory in Mountsorrel during World War Two.
Author: Keith Foster
Gatherings on Mountsorrel Hills
Leicestershire Mercury 30 May 1863
Mountsorrel. —A great temperance demonstration was made at Mountsorrel, on Monday, to which no fewer than 2,700 went by special train from Leicester, and intermediate places. Continue reading “Gatherings on Mountsorrel Hills”
A Giant or Devil named Bell
An early reference to the giant or devil named Bell The story of Bell the giant can be found in ‘Bygone Leicestershire’, edited by William Andrews and published in 1892, as well as ‘A Provincial Glossary with a Collection of Local Proverbs and Popular Superstitions’ by Francis Grose published in 1787. In both cases the story is attributed to Peck.
Francis Peck FSA (1692-1743) was an antiquarian,naturalist and rector of Goadby Marwood and his major publication was the two volume ‘Desiderata Curiosa’ published in 1732-35. So the story goes back at least 280 years.
In fact it may be even older.
John Earle (1601 to 1665) wrote describing a journey taken one summer from Oxford to York.He mentions the myth that Mountsorrel in Leicestershire had been moved by the devil (Erudite Satire in Seventeenth Century England by Felicity Henderson)
William Pepper
Alf Whitehouse
Alf Whitehouse was born on September 25th 1907 in Bond Lane. This account, in his own words, records his memories of growing up in the village of Mountsorrel.
Donated by Margaret Manning
The Lynchettes
The Follies Lynchettes Concert Party was formed in the late forties and carried on into the fifties. Continue reading “The Lynchettes”
Bull’s Head
The photograph below shows the horses standing in front of the Nag’s Head (now the Swan Inn)
Continue reading “Bull’s Head”Five Quarry Workers
Five quarry workers, as featured in a newspaper article published in 1957 Continue reading “Five Quarry Workers”
Five quarry workers, as featured in a newspaper article published in 1957 Continue reading “Five Quarry Workers”
Five quarry workers, as featured in a newspaper article published in 1957 Continue reading “Five Quarry Workers”
