I regularly went to Bradgate Park with my mother in the 1940s and early '50s on Midland Red bus from St Margaret's bus station, having gone there on our local Scraptoft Midland Red bus. There were two routes, one to Bradgate Park - that may have only run in summer - and the other to Newtown Linford. I don't remember walking very far to the main entrance to the park. Bradgate Park Cottages must have been in Newtown Linford, thouh I don't remember hearing of them with that name. We occasionally had a light tea in one of the cottage cafes there. Jan Marchant > From: donaldhurd@hotmail.com > To: leicestershire-plus@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 21:58:38 -0400 > Subject: [LEI] RE 1950s and Bradgate > > On 31/03/2014 18:31, Terry Holmes wrote: > > >> Does anyone know wohere bradgate park cottages were in the 1950's, if they > > >> were newtown lindford (braggy park) how would someone get there from > > >> leicester in the 50's. > > I can recall going to Charnwood Forest (which includes Bradgate) in the 1950s on the Allens Blue bus. I think we got on at St Margaret's bus station. (I remember the bus grinding up Mowacre Hill.) I don't think it ran to Newtown Lindford where the main entrance to Bradgate Park was. I think we had to get off at Cropston or at "The Triangle' and walk through Swithland Woods and then walk through the Park from its northern entrance. I think you also could go on a Midland Red to Anstey and walk from there. > > Cannot help with Bradgate Park cottages I'm afraid. Probably they were in Newtown Lindford. > > Don Hurd > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message