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Circa 1920
Mrs Rose Booton and her daughter Nora taken outside their cottage in Newbold Road. The cottage was the last one on the left hand side of the road towards Newbold and stood next to the thatched cottage shown in a previous photograph. It was one of the first properties to suffer from mining subsidance in the 1960s and had to be demolished then.
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71 Bagworth Road Late 1930's
The house as it looked when it was first built in the late 1930's. It was considerably extended in the late 1980's.
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Eatan Houses 1908
Eaton House - built circa 1890 by Joseph Cuthbert on the occasion of his marriage. Joseph was a treasurer and trustee of the Barlestone Methodist Chapel until the family moved from Barlestone in 1914.
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Bagworth Road 1905
This shows the post office which at that time was run by Mr Neale, who can be seen in the doorway. The post office also appears to have sold drapery as some can be seen through the shop window. Letters arrived from Nuneaton at 7.30 am and again at 6.15 pm (for callers only) and were dispatched at 6.30 am and 6.05 pm.
The little girl with her finger in her mouth is Laura Neale, daughter of Mr Neale. Next door to the post office lived Mrs Catherine Kirkland who had a small shop here. Note the thatched cottages taking us back to the Barlestone of the 1700's or earlier. The ones in the background were demolished in the 1930's and the one in the foreground is still standing but now with a tiled roof. As yet we have unmade roads and cobbled footpaths in places. The roads are remarkably free of any kind of traffic.
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Jolly Topper 1939
This shows the Jolly Toper Inn with the outbuilding at the side that was demolished to make way for an entrance at the side. The attractive chequer brickwork has been rendered and painted,
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Newbold Road 1908
Barlestone and District Band of Hope Union parade. On the left of the picture Edward Brown is holding one side of the banner. Note the pile of horse manure that the whole parade is shortly to walk through.
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| Church Parade 1957 |
Red Lion 1930
Jim Chapman sits on the steps of The Red Lion in Newbold Road, wearing Frank Goodes' bus conductors hat.
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Wedding of Charles Lovell and Elsie Jordon 1920'S
Taken outside the church school. L to R: Florrie Jordan (Bridesmaid), Bill Jordan, Charlie Lovell (Groom), Elsie Jordan (Bride), Mark Potts, Lily Moon (Bridesmaid). A typical wedding of the twenties with the cloche hats and white silk stockings.
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School Play 1944 |
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| Newbold Road 1908 |
Wedding of Harry Pegg and Alice Smith |
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West End Barlestone
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West End Barlestone 2
The "Top" Chapel. Built in 1865
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West End Barlestone 1925 i
Cottages built 1820-1850 next to the Three Tuns
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West End Barlestone 1965 ii
Cottages built 1820-850 next to the Three Tuns
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Timbered Cottages 1
The only photographs to date which show these timbered cottages in Newbold Road, Barlestone. They were situated at the side of the land that led to the village Smithy. From the flag in the background they were taken circa 1935. The cottages were demolished a couple of years later. Left to RightL Clarice Petcher, Rev. MC Cutcheon, the Methodist Minister and Nancy Nutting.
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Timbered Cottages 2
One of only two photographs to date showing the timbered cottages on Newbold Road, Barlestone circa 1935. They were situated close to the village Smithy and demolished not long after this photograph was taken.
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Main Street Barlestone 30th December 1961
The white cottage on the right is reputedly where Nathaniel Corah of Bagworth set up a framework knitting business in 1804. This lasted until 1814. Nathaniel eventually moved to Leicester and founded one of the larg est hosiery factories in the city.
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The Manse In Newbold Road 1965.
The home of the Rev. Peter Peel, the Baptist Minister.
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Rookery Nook
"Rookery Nook" in Bosworth Road is just over the boundery and in Osbaston Parish. It was built by Mr Wood on his retirement from the Village Bakery in 1932. It was so named because it was next to the Hut Spinney which was a renowned Rookery.
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Osbaston Hall West Front
The home of Sir Thomas Cope. Barlestone and Osbaston have very close ties with one another.
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Newbold Road Barlestone Cirica 1950 |
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Eaton House Barlestone Summber 1908
Eaton House in Spring 1908.
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Church Street Barlestone 30th December 1961
The cottages on the right were originally a barn. They have now been converted into one dwelling.
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Church Street Barlestone December 1961
St Giles Parish Church
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Bagworth Road Barlestone 1905
This shows the post office which at that time was run by Mr Neale, who can be seen in the doorway. The post office also appears to have sold drapery as some can be seen through the shop window. Letters arrived from Nuneaton at 7.30 am and again at 6.15 pm (for callers only) and were dispatched at 6.30 am and 6.05 pm. The little girl with her finger in her mouth is Laura Neale, daughter of Mr Neale. Next door to the post office lived Mrs Catherine Kirkland who had a small shop here. Note the thatched cottages taking us back to the Barlestone of the 1700's or earlier. The ones in the background were demolished in the 1930's and the one in the foreground is still standing but now with a tiled roof. As yet we have unmade roads and cobbled footpaths in places. The roads are remarkably free of any kind of traffic.
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Barlestone from the air Circa 1950
The centre of Barlestone from the air. A view that had hardly changed in a hundred years. The row of four cottages top left have now gone to make room for a car park for the Jolly Toper.
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Bosworth Road Barlestone January 1965
These are the first houses on the Jelsons Housing Estate to be put up. By the end of the year twenty houses and bungalows were occupied in and around Manor Road.
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Main Street Barlestone
The remains of a stone built house, a relic of early Barlestone.
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Newbold Road Circa 1950.
A scene that would be impossible today!
Mr Davies and his son Colin with Keith Summers washing the car in a traffic-free Newbold Road watched by Keith Hextall who is sitting on the wall.
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Round House Corner Early 1930s
This young lady is Mavis Kirkland, who, with her outsized cycle, stands in front of the cottages which face Barton Road. At the side of them today, is the road leading up to the Westfields estate.
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West End 30th December 1961
All the houses on the right have been demolished and the cottages
in the yard of the Three Tuns were demolished in the mid 1960's.
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Coronation 1937
Cliff Petcher walking in Newbold Road. The cottages on the left were demolished in the early 1960's and were home to the Hudson family. The old gentleman with the beard was a Mr Pateman. Street decorations can just be made out.
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West End Bill Chapman 1930s
The cottages that stood in West End until the 1970s. The cyclist is Bill Chapman.
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