From the archive

50 YEARS AGO

Diane and Dawn’s charity garden fete

TWO Loughborough girls, Diane Bullimore, of 7 Cedar Road and Dawn Cripps, of 262 Leicester Road, held a garden fete and raised £3 for the Save the children fund.

Moira Street community building

IT WAS announced that the Government had allocated funds for the erection of a building for a pre-school playgroup and other activities in the Loughborough Moira Street area.

It was reported that a site opposite the junction of Factory Street and Moira Street would be considered ideal, particularly as it was an area where immigrants were living.

Fiery bowling spell from Barry Gidley

A FIERY spell of fast bowling by Barry Gidley a big part in Loughborough town’s four wicket win over old Nottinghamshire, at Park Road.

The opposition batted first and after an hour’s play were reeling under the pace of Gidley, who claimed six wickets for just 35 runs.

Three set out to drive to Australia

THREE Loughborough men set out on a 12,000 mile journey to Australia in a 10-year-old car.

They were Mervyn Tyler and his twin brother Bill of 24 Grasmere Road and David Walker of 33 Storer road, who were all 25-years-old.

Their aim was to see the world and meet friends and relatives in Sydney, other than that they had no plans for the future.

Lew Watret wins talent contest

“THE luckiest holiday I ever had” was 32-year-old Lew Watret’s comment when he returned home after a week at Weymouth.

For Lew, the popular Shepshed baritone, won himself another week by the sea, a casserole dish and a large roll of lino!

His fiancée, 29-year-old miss Florence Willoughby, of Loughborough, was just as delighted as he.

The pair of them went to a show at the Holiday Tavern, Weymouth and discovered a talent competition was being held.

Lew’s rendering of Tom Jones’ Delilah saw him take top prize.

He acquired the lino after a woman who had won the prize at another show asked if anyone in the audience wanted it and Lew was there like a shot.

25 YEARS AGO

Lorry collides with Brush gatehouse A SECURITY guard inside a gatehouse had a lucky escape when a lorry collided with the building, turning the roof round at an angle of 40 degrees.

The guard, at the Meadow Lane entrance to Hawker Siddeley Switchgear, was hit by debris but was not seriously hurt and carried on working for the rest of the day.

Alice stays ’mum’ for 24 hours

THE old adage, actions speak louder than words, perfectly summed up the fund-raising efforts of one little girl who stayed “mum” for 24 hours.

Little Alice Blackwell, 10, of Mountsorrel took part in a sponsored silence and raised £47.80 for cancer research.

Alice’s grandmother, Mrs Mary Denton, said: “I never thought she’d do it, but, bless her, she did. She had a pen and paper with her all day so that she could communicate. I’m very proud of her.”