May Day/Festival (EDIT: any ideas which?) celebrations in the early 20th century
Early Photo: Approx 1910?
Recent Photo : January 2025
A scene that apparently has seen very few physical changes in the last century or so; although the bridge in the background no longer carries a steam railway from the quarry out to the Sileby sidings as the track was taken up in the 1970s and replaced with the conveyor belt system that is still running today. A little more foliage and lower steel walls on the bridge make it a little less obtrusive than before.
The photo was taken outside of the ever popular Rustic Kitchen and Deli with the quarry entrance just out of shot to the left.
These five houses at the top of the Green were once owned by the Earls of Lanesborough. They owned 8000 acres of land in County Cavan, Ireland. They also owned estates in England and Wales including property in Mountsorrel. 
