| | Advertisement - 1934 One of three adverts from 1934 - Can anyone remember this hairdresser?
Anthony Cove ...... cont.
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| | Jack Towell - 60 years at Wright's Loughborough Monitor - 6th May 1977
After 60 years at Messrs M Wright and Sons Ltd., ...... cont.
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| | Village Hall as wartime canteen - 1941 Loughborough Echo - 3rd January 1941
The village hall, which Quorn people are ...... cont.
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| | County Court Facer v Marriott - 1918 Loughborough Herald - 12th September 1918
A Composite Claim.
At Loughborough County ...... cont.
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| | Rex Bloore - Business boom after trial in village shop Loughborough Monitor - 16th April 1971
Seven years ago a man called Rex Bloore had an ...... cont.
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| | Death of Miss Lucy Facer - Distinguished public service Loughborough Echo - 20th October 1972
The death of Miss Lucy Facer, of Quorn, on ...... cont.
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| | Buddon quarry - 1964 A photograph of the spoil heap probably taken from Wood Lane in 1964
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| | Quorn Golden Wedding - Mr and Mrs J T S Caunt Loughborough Echo - 26th January 1968
A couple who have spent all their married life ...... cont.
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| | Building the railway through Quorn c1895 The Great Central line through Quorn under construction
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| | Train timetable - 1899 An example of a Great Centrail Railway timetable from 1899
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| | Building the railway through Quorn c1895 Workers constructing the Great Central railway through Quorn
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| | Shops next to the White Horse on Station Road - 1963 This photograph was found in the Leicester records office. On the back is hand written ...... cont.
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| | Jack Payne - obituary 1969 Loughborough Monitor - 17th January 1969
Cobbler began his working life at 10 as ...... cont.
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| | Quorn Work's Outing - 1873 Loughborough Advertiser - August 21st 1873
Treat for work people
On Friday last, ...... cont.
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| | Quorn hosiery industry and 'Webster's Whistle' Until the early nineteenth century the hosiery industry was organised on the domestic ...... cont.
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| | Betsy Cook v William Sutton 1896 Loughborough Herald - 30th April 1896
County Court - Disputing too late.
Betsy ...... cont.
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| | Quorn employees in stocking trade strike - 1819 Leicester Chronicle - 17th August 1819
Stocking-making trade strike
The ...... cont.
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| | Quorn aids Belgian refugees - 1914 Loughborough Herald - 29th October 1914
Belgian refugees in Leicestershire
A large ...... cont.
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| | Wright's Christmas Party Loughborough Monitor - 26th December 1969.
The lady on right in the dark dress (on the ...... cont.
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| | One Ash, Quorn One Ash is situated within the Parish of Quorn, although it is beyond the main village ...... cont.
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| | Postcard of The Thatch This card was posted in November 1904.
This property was originally three cottages, ...... cont.
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| | Quorndon shop token This is thrupeny token (approximately 1.5p) for 'General Supply Stores, Quorn'. It is ...... cont.
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| | Boiler arriving at Wright's factory c1900 Boiler arriving at Wright's factory c1900
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| | Quorn Hygienic Laundry in 1932. Quorn Hygienic Laundry (steam laundry) in Barrow Road as it was in 1932.
For more ...... cont.
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| | Corner of School Lane c1940s. Mr Allen's cycle shop is to the right. Pratt's motor spirit pump stands by the roadside.
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| | Steam engine - Swithland Reservoir One of the three triple expansion steam engines in the coal-fired pumping station of ...... cont.
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| | Swithland Reservoir 5th July 1894 - the ceremony for the cutting of the "first sod" in the presence of ...... cont.
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| | Wright's Factory c1925 Girls standing at the end of their looms in the weaving shed about 1925.
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| | Cottages on Wood Lane The cottages were built by Wrights for their workers in 1893-94.
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| | Gas works by 'The Brinks' The gas works were demolished in 1966 and there is now a small housing development on the ...... cont.
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| | Meeting Street Formerly known as Wood Street or Wood Gate, this photograph shows the Blacksmith's Arms ...... cont.
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| | Leicester Road This photograph was probably taken in the 1920s. The sign in the foreground on the right ...... cont.
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| | Fish and Chip shop - Station Road This shop was part of a row of shops which were attached to the White Horse pub and ran ...... cont.
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| | Shops to the side of the White Horse pub c1950 This postcard shows Dockray's Fish and chip shop (1 Station Road) and cottages at the ...... cont.
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| | Corner Shop in Barrow Road 1902 Now Hannah's Chocolates [2010].
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| | Carr's Boot Shop c1930 The shop stood on the corner of Leicester Road, opposite the Village Hall.
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| | Quorn Mills Park Bowling Club Quorn Mills Park Bowling Club opened in 1923. It was then only open to men, but the ...... cont.
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| | Leicester Road and Wright's Mill A photograph taken in the early years of the twentieth century, making the village look ...... cont.
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| | Station Road looking towards the village centre c1905 Station Road was known as Barrow Street at this time and on the right is the corner of ...... cont.
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| | Warners cottages on Soar Road Cottages built for hunt workers on Soar Road by the Warner family of Quorn Hall.
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| | Wright's Mill Michael Wright came to Quorn from Leicester in 1870 to manufacture elastic webbing. By ...... cont.
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| | Men working at Cocklow quarry c1910 See cont.
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| | The Blacksmiths on Meeting Street The smithy was in the ownership of the Holmes family for over 100 years. It was still in ...... cont.
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| | Swithland Reservoir construction 1894-96 A small portion of Swithland reservoir lies within the parish of Quorn. The photograph ...... cont.
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| | Working at Cocklow Quarry c1907 In about 1812 a Mr Jackson discovered how to work hard granite stone by watching some ...... cont.
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| | The Gas Works The Gas House or Works was constructed in 1853 by the River Soar on land called 'The ...... cont.
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| | Howlett's Bus Company The photograph below shows a 14 seater Reo bus, which was put into service in the 1920s. ...... cont.
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| | Quorn Firm's Annual Dinner 1962 Loughborough Echo - 9th February 1962
Some of the guests and employees who attended ...... cont.
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| | The King William the Fourth Pub, Quorn Loughborough and Monitor and Herald - 10th August 1933.
Another image of the The King ...... cont.
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| | Florence Carr c1930 Florence Carr, who with her husband Edward, owned Carr's Boot and Shoe shop c1930. The ...... cont.
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Total: 349 artefacts returned over 7 pages