I know its not a shop from Leicester but as a small child in the 60’s I remember going into the local sweet shop/tobacconist in the Square in Market Harborough It was all completely wooden display cases not only with all the wonderful penny sweets you could get and the counter being a glass display cabinet which when tall enough you could see into but when you went through this little archway you went into the tobacconist which was identical but the smells of all the different Cigars and cigarettes was so strong. so strong in fact you would come out of the shop smelling of cigars for hours after. A lovely lady called Nancy used to work there All the shops in the town as a child seem to have wooden interiors and smelt old Oh and the Clarks/Start Right shoe shop up the Leicester Road (another small narrow shop with wooden displays and floor) had a rocking horse in it that many children used to play with while waiting their turn to have their feet measured. Ann-Marie

Hi there miners before the Second World War had a rough old time in Leicestershire Father tells of picking coal from the banks, etc. There were a number of mines opening in West Yorkshire, Lancashire.and the pay and conditions were better than Leicestershire so many miners moved North Know my grand mother Ada born Gadsby, married Hopkin, then when my grand father died she married a Fowkes, and the family moved North to Ingeleton in the West Riding of Yorkshire (for census purposes it is in Lancashire) Do remember that there were other Liecs. families up in Inge leton, but many after war when the mine closed moved back to Leics. but not all of them. Some had married, etc., others like my father had gone into the Royal Navy, and married a Yorkshire lass. So if you find a miner or family vanishing look north west regards Terry l > > > ------------------------------- > 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