Picture postcards really took off in Britain
in about 1902. They were not only used by tourists, but with up to
seven postal collections and deliveries in a day, they were used by
local people to make arrangements and keep in touch like we use phone
calls, text messages and e mails today. Within towns, a letter or
card posted in the morning would usually be delivered in the afternoon.
Old Quorn postcards provide not only a pictorial, historical record
of the village, but often the messages on the back enable us to eavesdrop
into the lives of people living in Quorn at the time. Sometimes the
details can be linked to other records, enabling us to piece together
stories about families, including their movements and relationships.
By using modern scanning and enhancement techniques, it is often possible
to reveal details on the pictures that either give us more information
or simply make us smile. Quorn owes a debt of gratitude to some of
these talented and diligent photographers of bygone Quorn.
 |  | The Vicarage, Quorn 1906
This is a side view of what was the vicarage in 1906. It is now (2025) in the grounds of ...... cont.
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 | | Bessie Dakin, Quorn – Sampler and Postcard
Bessie Dakin was born in 1885 and moved to Quorn with her family in 1906, where she lived ...... cont.
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 | | Huntsman’s Cottage, off Meynell Road, Quorn, 1906
This postcard is entitled Tom Firr’s Cottage, Quorn, 1906. Tom Firr was at one time the ...... cont.
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 | | A Barge from Cupitt’s Coal Wharf, Quorn; at Mountsorrel Wharf, 1908
Explaining the Pictures
Photographs 1 and 2 were taken at Mountsorrel Wharf in ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn Cross, early 1960s
Although this view of Quorn looking from Meeting Street up towards Quorn Cross is easily ...... cont.
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 | | Barrow on Soar and Quorn Midland Railway Station
The old, now demolished, Midland Railway Station was very firmly in the Parish of Barrow ...... cont.
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 | | Loughborough Road – Then and Now
This is Loughborough Road, standing opposite Barrow Road, looking from Quorn towards ...... cont.
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 | | Leicester Road floods – Then and Now
The older photograph is difficult to date, but probably 1930s. The view, taken from the ...... cont.
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 | | The Manor House Hotel, Woodhouse Road, Quorn
The Manor House Hotel on Woodhouse Road opened in 1899, the year after the opening of the ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn Hall Lodge, off Meynell Road, early 1900s
There are two former lodges to Quorn Hall and this one is situated off Meynell Road. ...... cont.
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 | | The Little Green, Quorn – Then and Now
Although the old postcard (about 1910) is entitled ‘Cross Brook, Quorn’, the stream is ...... cont.
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 | | Postcard of Quorn St Bartholomew’s Church, pre 1910
This is a slightly unusual view of the Church and shows five boys standing among the ...... cont.
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 | | Stone laying, new Wesleyan Chapel, Quorn, 1907
Melton Mowbray Mercury and Oakham and Uppingham News
Thursday 4th April 1907
NEW ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn Emmanuel Football Club 1908/09
The first mention of Quorn Emmanuel Football Club can be found in 1902. It played in the ...... cont.
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 | | Soar Road, Quorn, about 1910
A postcard of Soar Road showing children playing in and around the River Soar in about ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn War Memorial, 1920s
Quorn war memorial was unveiled in 1921 and this photograph was taken very shortly ...... cont.
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 | | Santa Maria Lodge and the bridge on Soar Road, 1916
This is a view often seen on old photographs, but this postcard is particularly special ...... cont.
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 | | Postcard – Mountsorrel Quarry 1909
This postcard raises many questions!
It may be asked how a Mountsorrel Quarry postcard ...... cont.
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 | | Two buses at Quorn Cross, 1930
A very interesting street scene showing Quorn Cross in about 1930. Whilst the quality of ...... cont.
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 | | St Bartholomew's Parish Church, early 1900s
This traditional view of St Bartholomew's Church dates from the very early 1900s, as ...... cont.
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 | | High Street, Quorn in the 1950s
Two photographs of High Street, Quorn, looking towards Quorn Cross, in the 1950s, showing ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn United S. S. Football Club 1922/23
Taken in 1923, this extremely clear photograph shows Quorn United Sunday School Football ...... cont.
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 | | Barrow Road, Quorn – then and now
An unusual view from around 1905, looking down Barrow Road from the Loughborough Road ...... cont.
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 | | The Mill House Inn, Leicester Road, Quorn, early 1900s
To the left of the archway is the Mill House Inn, which at this time was run by Silas ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn Cross, the Royal Oak and the White Horse, early 1940s
This photograph from the late 1930s or early 1940s, is taken from Quorn Cross, looking up ...... cont.
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 | | The White Horse, Quorn Cross, early 1940s
This photograph from the late 1930s or early 1940s, shows Quorn Cross with the White ...... cont.
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 | | Elms Drive, Quorn – then and now
This rare postcard is a is a view down Elms Drive from Cradock Drive, looking towards ...... cont.
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 | | Loughborough Road, Quorn, early 1900s
Loughborough Road leads north out of Quorn, towards Loughborough. This view from the very ...... cont.
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 | | Wood Lane, Quorn, early 1900s
Photographs of Wood Lane are extremely rare and this postcard, which dates from around ...... cont.
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 | | Meeting Street, Quorn
As the years go by and as Quorn Village On-line Museum continues to grow, it becomes ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn UDC horse and cart
This photograph was taken in the early 1900s and is an picture that the team have never ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn WW1 fundraising event, Saturday 26th September 1915
These two postcards were acquired several years ago, but it was only recently that they ...... cont.
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 | | Manor House Hotel, early 1900s
The photograph for this postcard was taken in the early 1900s. Unfortunately this scan is ...... cont.
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 | | WW1 postcard sent to Quorn
This postcard was sent during WW1 on 20th September 1915, by Bandsman Harry Rowland ...... cont.
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 | | Letter from Quorn Prisoner of War Camp, Christmas 1945
Quorn POW camp was based in the grounds of Quorn House and the entrance was on Wood Lane, ...... cont.
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 | | Letter from Quorn Prisoner of War Camp, March 1946
Quorn POW camp was based in the grounds of Quorn House and the entrance was on Wood Lane, ...... cont.
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 | | Letter from Quorn Prisoner of War Camp, March 1947
Quorn POW camp was based in the grounds of Quorn House and the entrance was on Wood Lane, ...... cont.
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 | | Letters from Quorn Prisoner of War Camp, February/March 1946
Quorn POW camp was based in the grounds of Quorn House and the entrance was on Wood Lane, ...... cont.
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 | | Station Road, Quorn, late 1930s
This photograph looking down Station Road from Quorn Cross is thought to have been taken ...... cont.
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 | | Station Road, Quorn, 1909
This particularly good photograph is taken looking down Station Road, with Nursery Lane ...... cont.
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 | | Rawlins School, Quorn, aerial view, post 1938
This postcard must date from after 1938 as the Farnham Hall (old gym) is indicated as ...... cont.
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 | | Loughborough Road, Quorn
This photograph was taken in about 1910, on Loughborough Road, looking South, down ...... cont.
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 | | Station Road, Quorn, about 1913
The photograph on this postcard was taken by F W Scarratt of Derby and the card was ...... cont.
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 | | High Street Quorn, 1944
This postcard of Quorn was printed by Raphael Tuck and Sons, probably one of the most ...... cont.
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 | | Station Road, Quorn
A everyday scene looking down Station road in about 1910. It is interesting that most of ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn Hunt on the Little Green
The photograph for this postcard was taken between 1909 and 1913. The location is what is ...... cont.
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 | | Opening of the new Methodist Wesleyan Chapel, Quorn
These photographs were taken by William Shuttlewood, a Quorn photographer and chemist, at ...... cont.
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 | | Wesleyan Home Missions Gospel Car in the Memorial Gardens in about 1907/1908
The Methodists were very strong in 1900s in Quorn, as they were in many places. This ...... cont.
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 | | St Bartholomew's Church, interior view prior to 1913
This postcard shows a very unusual view of the interior of the Church. The photograph ...... cont.
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 | | Cottages – Wood Lane, Quorn
This postcard was posted in 1905 and is entitled ‘Wood Lane’. It was published for resale ...... cont.
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Total: 131 artefacts returned over 3 pages
