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Family Recollections of Kirby Muxloe - 1913 to 1969.

My memories of Kirby Muxloe date back to 1949, when I was a bridesmaid at my father’s cousin Anne’s wedding at St Bartholomew’s Church. However it is the castle that I remember most, since we had to drive past it to visit her parents, my Great Aunt Nell and Great Uncle Stan in Desford Lane. In 1969 I photographed the Castle when I took my own sons to visit Anne’s sister, Eva, who lived on at the same house after their parents’ deaths.
My father was born in 1913 and he and his parents lived next door to Stan and Nell for the first twenty or so years of his life. He had vivid recollections of the castle. He wrote in ...read more here
A memory of Kirby Muxloe contributed by Jane Sealy

My Great grandfather was born in Newtown Linford 1879

Daniel Gretton : Born: abt 1854
Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, England  
Died: 1913
Resided in Village Street, Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, England  

Daniel was dis - owned by his family, and his very name expunged from the family records, for either or both sins. Of having no ambition or having married a Jewess.
Eliza Cook
Born: 1854
Leire, Leicestershire, England  
Died: 1931



Having blotted the heretofore pristine family escutcheon, he sank lower and lower, and took most of his family with him.

His marriage certificate had his profession as a 'Highway worker', and his death certificate read 'Treefeller'.

His sole claim to immortality was that he felled the largest oak at ...read more here
A memory of Newtown Linford contributed by leigh gretton

De Montfort Rocked

Good to see DeMontfort Hall as it used to be. It was a great venue to see bands there. Once the small blues clubs had ran their course bands needed larger venues to ply their trade, De Montfort was one of the first, I saw Rory Gallagher, John Hiseman's Collesseum,Yes, Sutherland Brothers/Quiver and never to be forgotten Free (when they reformed briefly) the last band I ever saw before the modernisation of the hall was Uriah Heep with a rather drunk David Byron fronting the band. Other major bands to visit DeMontfort were Genesis, Supertramp and the most under rated bunch of musicians to ever grace these shores The Sensational Alex Harvey Band (God rest his soul)
Today Demontfort is an ...read more here
A memory of Leicester contributed by Mick Austin

Thomas Pritchard , Chief Constable circa 1780's

My wife Merlyn's great, great, grand uncle, Thomas Pritchard, held the position of Chief Constable in Leicester during the 1770's to 1790's. He had seven sons, and the youngest Thomas migrated to Australia and settled in Bendigo, Victoria in 1850's, as a result of the gold rush. He married a Mary Stevenson, who also was born in Leicester. Thomas joined with a colleague Chamberlain to form Pritchard and Chamberlain, Brewery. His son Thomas Pritchard joined the firm. He was a well known opera singer in Bendigo. He named his house Leicester after his father's birthplace.

A memory of Leicester contributed by James Logan-Bell