Syston, Clock Tower c.1965
Photo ref:
S488036
Photo ref:
S488036
More about this scene
Apart from the Baker's Arms on Barkby Road corner and an extended bank, the village's main shopping area is now but a memory. The Regency and Victorian buildings along the Melton Road have been removed for redevelopment. The memorial to the fallen has found a new home in Central Park, as it was considered a cause of traffic congestion in this position.
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A Selection of Memories from Syston
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Syston
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The building on the left of this photo was my home for the first 21 years of my life. In fact the last few letters of our surname can just be seen - ACLE.
This was the general grocery shop known as Barnacle's, owned by my parents from 1939 to 1960, mostly managed by my mother Win. My dad Ken was employed by Fox's Glacier Mints in Leicester but would help staff the shop during holidays and weekends, consequently I ...see more
The cottage on the left of this photo was where my great grandfather and his ten children lived at the turn of the 20th century. He was a butcher. There was a slaughterhouse at the back of the property. They lived there from about 1895 to 1908.
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