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.
Hi, I was born in the Village in a prefab house in 1953 at the bottom of Churchill Rd. We lived for a time opposite the. Post Office now on Leicester Rd. Then we moved to 109 Loughborough Rd for a few years and when the wanted to demolish the row we moved to the Grapes 11 Leicester Rd I would love to see any old photos of 109 Loughborough Rd area. I believe it was a transport cafe for lorries before we moved in. TIA