From the archive
50 YEARS AGO
Flats on site of old Methodist church
THERE was a proposal to build a block of flats on the site of the old Charnwood Road Methodist Church, Shepshed.
The Urban Council said it had no objection to the plans providing the building was restricted to three stories.
Train forgot to stop at Loughborough
SIXTEEN people, mostly soccer fans, travelling from London to Loughborough ended up in Derby by mistake.
They left St Pancras Station soon after midnight and were due in Loughborough by 2.45am. But for some reason the train did not stop.
Aboard were several Leicester City supporters who had gone to see the match against Queens Park Rangers.
When the error was discovered a special train with six coaches was laid on for the return journey from Derby to Loughborough.
A spokesman for British Rail said an investigation was being made into the mistake.
Gifts for retiring Brush workers
BRUSH Electrical Engineering employees received their retirement gifts from the company in its boardroom.
Presentations were made to: Mr H Hird (24 years service), Mr L Ryder (51 years), Mr S Friday (30 years), Mr C Tacey (30 years), Mr A Lovett (30 years), Mr J Hunt (23 years) Mr W Swales (29 years), Mr L Rue (30 years), Mr C Davies (24 years).
Mr Eric Brown also retired from the Fabrication Shop recently after 33 years of service with the company and was presented with an electric drill and accessories from his colleagues.
What to do on holiday on the moon
MRS Zena Clarke of 83 Alan Moss Road, Loughborough went, by invitation, to the man in the Moon Hotel, Chelsea, London, for a recorded interview as part of a tie-up with the American trip to the moon.
She qualified for the experience by describing what she would like to do on holiday on the moon.
“I picked painting in oils as my subject as the colours described by the lunarnauts seemed so interesting,” she told an Echo reporter.
Edward Moore passes away aged 103
LEICESTERSHIRE’S oldest resident, Mr Edward Moore of 47 Albion Street, Anstey, passed away aged 1013 years.
He had his last birthday the previous may. Always sprightly he once remarked: “Life is too short for time to worry.”
He celebrated his 90th birthday by making 11 gallons of parsnip and mangel wurzel wine; he was always fond of a cigar.
Born and brought up in Anstey, Mr Moore started work in his father’s shoe business and was a shoe finisher.
A father of 13 children, Mr Moore saw hard work as a key to health and happiness. He said “It’s hard work and plenty of good food, that has kept me heathy for so long.”
Mr Loughborough United Brian Mould
“MR Loughborough United” secretary Brian Mould, resigned his post after 20 years of association with the club.
He was due to finish on December 6 and would be at Brown’s Lane for the last time in an official capacity that day when the Reserves were to face Ibstock.