must admit it has totally lost its character now they built the new massive highcross shopping centre, it hasn't brought any new customers or shops as they have all just moved from gallowtree gate everywhere is being knocked down for student flats and the roads are even more 1 way than they were before On 14 February 2012 11:53, J FLEETWOOD <[email protected]>wrote: > May I just say a heart-felt thank you for the latest topic to grab the > imagination of Listers. The List has been very quiet for quite a few > months now. Either there are fewer budding genealogists around, or have > we all subscribed to Ancestry & can now find 'most' data for ourselves, > especially now that Ancestry have the 1911 Census free to subscribers. > Long may this topic be allowed to continue. I am sure that reminiscing > like this is very good for us all to do from time to time. Happy memories. > I spoke to an old Leicester friend the other day expressing a wish to > return to visit the City, but she warned me that I would hardly recognise > the place any more & it might be too sad to visit my old haunts. Oh well, > I suppose we must bow to 'progress'.................... > June Fleetwood (Rainbow) > West Yorkshire. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >