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Everyone who attended Christmas day for those alone in Anstey and surrounding villages had a great day, volunteers and guests alike. We catered for 91 people! All guests had a lovely 5 course Christmas dinner, a present each and a goody bag with lots of yummy treats.

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We enjoyed great entertainment  with Nigel on his squeeze box doing a Christmas sing along and of course several games of BINGO!!

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in the catering. The meal was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone and catering for 91 is not an easy task!

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Thanks also to St Marys Church, Anstey who don’t charge anywhere near the full amount for hiring the room and without the room this couldn’t go ahead so thanks very much for the use of the room once again.

Monday 11th February 2019

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Thanks for reading and a happy New Year.

Monday 4th February 2019

Kerry Sharpe

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Newtown Linford Choral Society In 2019 the Choral Society will be celebrating the twentieth anniversary of its foundation. The Choral Society started as a small group meeting in a house in the village, and since then has grown into a very successful community choir of 73 singers. Its inspirational Musical Director throughout has been Dr Sue Ford.

On Friday 1 February, and Saturday 2 February 2019, the Choral Society will be presenting the first concert of its anniversary year in Ratby Parish Church. The choir will be performing the Faure’s Requiem, and Hummel’s Mass in Bb, accompanied by a chamber orchestra. There will be two talented soloists soprano Ella McNamee, and baritone Clive Hilton. Tickets will be available for this very special concert from the Old Post Office in Newtown Linford, Ratby Post Office, Peter Sayer 01530 243822, or online from https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/newtown-linford-choral-society. RATE CARD 2016.qxp_Layout 1 26/04/2016 09:42 Page 1

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January - time for the gym

LFE Film Evenings

UP TO A million of us will join a gym next month. Up to 800,000 of us will have given it up by February. But before you return to the couch, why not consider the following:

LFE Film Evenings will be showing on Thursday 7 February “Swimming with Men”.

• Only do exercises that you enjoy. Have fun, and nothing else! Don’t torture yourself on the cross trainers if you prefer salsa dancing. Your endorphins will still be released, leaving you stimulated, inspired and generally better. • Start small. Okay, you like swimming, but why aim for 20 lengths your first time in the pool? You will never go back. Start instead with just two lengths, and then reward yourself with a coffee. Next time do three, and so on. Always end with a reward. • Go at the same time, on the same days. Make it a part of your week. You will meet the same people, and it will begin to feel natural. Make it a habit. • Be friendly. A lot of people are intimidated when they first go to a gym. So, the first week, smile at people, the second week try saying hello, and gradually you will get on friendly terms with enough of them so that you feel comfortable.

A bittersweet British comedy, this film is hailed as ‘The Full Monty in speedos’. Eric is a middle-aged man suffering a mid-life crisis, who starts to think his wife, Heather is having an affair so he moves out of their home. He finds new meaning in his life as part of an all-male, middle-aged, amateur synchronised swimming team. Against all the odds, they end up training  for the world championships in Milan.

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• Don’t forget the spiritual. Away from the gym, give yourself time for your inner, spiritual well-being as well on a daily basis.

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MIKAYLA WILDGOOSE SELECTED TO REPRESENT ENGLAND U15 SCHOOL   GIRL SQUAD 2018 - 19!

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Mikayla Wildgoose, Year 9 student here at  Brookvale Groby Learning Campus, plays for Leicester City Women’s U14’s team. On Sunday 11th November she was selected to represent the  Midand’s in a Regional Trial organised by the English Schools Football Association. Mikayla successfully made it through to represent the Midlands in the international trials. These U15’s trials, were held on the 9th December at Stafford Town FC, where she competed with the best players from the South West, Sout East and North regional trials, for final England squad selection. Congratulations to Mikayla, as she has been selected for the U15’s Girls England squad 2018 - 19!

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iMPOWER – Most Productive Council The County Council has been named as the most productive council in the country for the second year in a row according to a table compiled by consultancy firm iMPOWER. The “iMPOWER iNDEX” defines productivity as outcome value per pound spent and draws on 20 publicly available data sets and 49 outcome indicators. This is a great achievement by the Council and I like the leader of the Council would like to pay particular tribute to our staff for their hard work. I would also like to recognise the personal role which Byron Rhodes the Deputy Leader has played in leading our transformation programme, which has been instrumental in this achievement. I agree with both the leader and with Byron that if we were to receive fair funding, we would in all probability also be the highest performing council in the country.

Successful bid generates extra £14m for city and county Leicester and Leicestershire one of 15 areas taking part in national pilot Major plans to unlock an extra £14m for public services across Leicester and Leicestershire have been given the thumbs up. Secretary of State James Brokenshire announced in early December that the area was one of 15 chosen to take part in a national Government pilot. The money - generated from business rates – will be used by 10 organisations to manage growing demand for children’s social care and homelessness support, provide

Currently, 50 per cent of business rates collected by councils must be paid to the treasury but under the national pilot, areas can spend 75 per cent of new rates locally, releasing more funds. Plans are still being finalised but the money is set to contribute to: • Reducing demand on children’s social care by investing in services to avoid children entering into care, stabilise familybased placements and support young people to live more independently • Developing online and re-designing services - to improve efficiency and free up money to be spent on front line services • Exploring how to reduce the growing cost of homelessness and expanding work tackling fraud • Boosting new jobs and the economy by contributing to proposals for new road infrastructure and improvements to the city and town centres The money will be available from business rates collected in 2019/20. The 10 organisations behind the bid are: Leicestershire County Council, Leicester City Council, Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service, Blaby District Council, Charnwood Borough Council, Harborough District Council, Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council, Melton Borough Council, North West Leicestershire District Council and Oadby and Wigston Borough Council.

Residents and businesses are urged to have their say on Leicestershire County Council’s latest budget proposals. People can find out more about the four-year

plan and send in their views until 20 January. Go to the County Councils website and type in have your say to take part. The proposals include £74m, required because rising demand for social care and special educational needs and disability (SEND) support services, combined with inflation, is set to push up costs by £94m. The savings are made up of £34m of detailed savings, a plan to reduce SEND costs by £20m and a £20m gap. They also feature a council tax rise of 3.99 per cent - generating £12m next year, to be invested in supporting vulnerable people. Taking tough decisions and saving £200m since 2010 means we’re in a relatively strong position, especially compared to other councils, but this can’t go on forever. Our four-year proposals show that pressure is building on both our revenue budget - used for running costs - and our capital budget one-off spend to buy or build things and invest in infrastructure. The plan sets out that with savings, we can balance our books for the next two years but then shortfalls arise. And the question mark over future government funding could exacerbate this gap. Now we want to hear your views. The consultation closes on 20 January and I would encourage you to have your say. The proposals for 2019-23 include: • Spending an extra £94m on services – due to growing demand for social care and special educational needs and disability support (SEND) and inflation costs • £74m savings, including: > Reducing SEND costs by investing a one-off £30m to create more school places locally > Recruiting more in-house foster carers to reduce expensive placements

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> Reducing adult social care costs by managing demand and reviewing contracts and personal budget allocations > Generating more from property investment and commercial activity > Reducing back office costs by maximising digital technology and simplifying processes > Implementing initiatives that improve the council’s efficiency and productivity. • A 3.99 per cent council tax rise – this equates to £1 a week and would generate £12m to invest in supporting vulnerable people • A capital programme featuring a range of one-off investments such as building a relief road for Melton and other highway schemes, creating new school places, developing supported living for adults with disabilities and rolling out superfast broadband

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Storm Trooper Brings a Smile to Ratby and Groby on Christmas Day. Well it could only happen in Ratby and Groby a Strom Trooper seen walking through the villages on Christmas Day bringing a smile to people. Motorists were flashing their lights and sounding their horns, pedestrians were smiling and giving him the thumbs up and children were amazed. Well to those residents who wondered where he came from. I can confirm that it was my son Loz O’shea who lives in Groby he has always been a joker and thought it would bring a few smiles out on Christmas day.

The final budget proposals will be considered by the cabinet on 8 February and agreed by the county council at its meeting on 20 February.

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Speeding Complaint’s Ratby I have received complaints of speeding in the village. Noticeably along Ferndale Drive and Tyler Road. This is part of the Rat run used to avoid Main Street and Station Road. Vehicles use Dane Hill, Ferndale Drive, Nicholas Drive and Tyler Road. This is a residential estate with lots of small children playing on it. I ask you to please watch your speed. Markfield Road has a similar issue the Police Camera Van already monitor this road. I will raise these issues with the police.

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Community Kitchen/Craft & Chat Wednesday’s are Back on the 16th January 2019. We are back come along between 10am and 12noon every Wednesday at the Methodist Church Rooms, Chapel Lane, Ratby. We have a great community spirt come along for a chat meet other people, Enjoy Free tea and Coffee also Free ingredients on cooking days and Free materials are provided on craft days. This is a totally Free Session brought to our community via the Borough Council. So if you have time on your hands pop along and have some fun and good company. Finally I would like to wish you all a Very Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year. I also want to thank you all for your continued support and remind you that should you need my help or advice, I always pride myself on making myself available to residents. Remember I am only a phone call or email away.

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important insight into how our wildlife is faring. The Big Garden Birdwatch alerted us to the decline in song thrush numbers. Back in 1979 song thrushes comfortably occupied the number ten spot, but numbers in gardens have declined by around 70% over the last 40 years, and they have dropped to 27th in the rankings.

It also found that one in seven 11to16-year-olds bet regularly, staking an average of £16 a week. And those who start betting young are more like to have issues as adults, warns the charity Gamcare. The sad truth is that gambling has never been easier, with online outlets available 24 hours a day. And once a young person accesses them, the sites bombard them with marketing prompts for ‘boosted’ odds and ‘free bets’. Youthsite, a research organisation for 16-to 30-year olds estimates that more than 100,000 students are in debt due to gambling, with one in four of those owing more than £10,000. Although the Government has promised to (eventually) reduce the FOBT (Fixed Odds Betting Terminal) maximum stakes from £100 to £2, there are fears that the reduction will itself only increase the attraction of betting online.

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Did you know that the Big Garden Birdwatch started out as an event for children? Back in 1979, the RSPB joined forces with BBC’s Blue Peter and called on children to let us know what birds they saw in their garden. Hundreds took up the call, and in those pre-digital days, dutifully posted in their findings. The early signs of success were there, with the RSPB team faced with an impressive 34 mail bags full of post to sort. The popularity of the Birdwatch has grown yearon-year and now forty years later it is the world’s largest wildlife survey, with around half a million regularly taking part. It is one of the biggest citizen science events around, as borne out by the stats. • Over 8 million hours have been spent watching garden birds since the Big Garden Birdwatch began in 1979. • The total number of birds counted as part of the Big Garden Birdwatch since 1979, is more than 130 million • In 2018, a staggering 8 million birds were counted during the Big Garden Birdwatch It’s an impressive amount of data, and the great thing about 40 years of the Big Garden Birdwatch is that we now have four decades of comparative results. The findings provide an

It’s a change that Ian recognises in his own experiences of the Birdwatch: “I always enjoy seeing a song thrush and love listening their song. They were always in the top ten seen during Big Garden Birdwatch but more recently they have dropped out, and we don’t see so many.” In recent years the Big Garden Birdwatch has expanded beyond birds. Since 2014 we’ve asked people about other wildlife that visits their garden. Through this, we now know that only 25% of people see hedgehogs in their garden at let one a month. This year we’re asking people to tell us about their sightings of badgers, foxes, grey squirrels, red squirrels, muntjac deer, roe deer, frogs and toads. The Birdwatch is also not without its oddities and sometimes some very unusual visitors turn up, including an American robin in Putney, a black-throated thrush on the Isle of Bute, and a common rosefinch in Yorkshire. In 2014, a yellowrumped warbler, which usually spends winter in South America, turned up in a garden in Durham. Less unusual but no less thrilling was the explosion of waxwings visiting gardens in 2017. Usually found feasting on berries in Scandinavia, these winter visitors come to the UK when there is a lack of food in their native countries. In 2017, waxwings were seen in around 11 times more gardens compared with the last couple of years.

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Over the last few weeks, we have been learning about World War 2. We have had the most extraordinary time as we have learnt about evacuation, rationing, the Blitz and so much more. One of our favourite experiences has been our World War 2 day. On our first day of starting our Child’s War topic, we dressed up as an evacuee for the day (a child who moved from the city to the countryside during the war to stay safe from the bombs). We made some scrumptious food including: carrot cookies, potato cakes and raison scones - they were very nice! We also had the most amazing time cracking codes and sewing up old clothes.

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celebrate 'Save the Children Christmas Jumper Day'. First of all, we walked to the church On the 14th December,2018 Ratby Primary School and waited patiently for the service to begin. Parents, family members, children, teachers, the Vicar and the Head teacher all turned up. It was a squash and a squeeze! Everyone was joined everyone at the church, to celebrate 'Save dressed up in fantastic Christmas jumpers. We sang songs, recited poems and told the Christmas story. We all got very excited dancing at the end and we raised a fantastic the Children Christmas Jumper Day'. First of all, we £264.33 for 'Save the Children'. walked to the church and waited patiently for the service to begin. Parents, family members, children, teachers, the Vicar and the Head teacher all turned up. It was a squash and a squeeze! Everyone was dressed up in fantastic Christmas jumpers. We sang songs, recited poems and told the Christmas story. We all got very excited dancing at the end and we raised a fantastic £264.33 for 'Save the Children'.

Recently, we visited Coventry Cathedral to learn about the Blitz. We learnt a lot of interesting facts about what happened to Coventry during the Blitz and about how the Cathedral was bombed. We also took part in some fun activities, such as: filling Year 4 Animal Experience  out identity cards; deciding  ng morning when we had a visit from the ‘Animal Experience’ who  what to pack in a suitcase to be  variety of different creatures for us to see and hold. We got to  Year 4 Animal Experience evacuated;  kes, spiders, a skunk, a creating giant tortoise a and chalk many more.   the ruins  the cathedral; seeing rooms  picture of a public air raid shelter; investigating of  Year 4 had an amazing morning when we had a visit from the ‘Animal Experience’ who and  how creatures and learnt about their habitat, feeding habits  Year 4 Animal Experience  brought the 1940s; school and  variety  Chapel    of the  into avisiting different creatures for us to see and hold. 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The show included all    Year 4 had an amazing the traditional roles  of a  nativityproduction, morning when we had a played by Year 1, with narration and choir visit from the ‘Animal provided by Year 2. The children were fantastic Experience’ who and put all their effort into every show, providing brought into school a the audience with plenty of giggles and laughter. variety of different The actors and narrators did a great job learning creatures for us to see their lines and performed with confidence and and hold. We got to expression. The dances performed by the angels, meet a meercat, snakes, stars and kings were superb and the choir sang spiders, a skunk, a giant beautifully. tortoise and many more. We are very proud of all the children in KS1 for We held many of the creatures and learnt about their hard work to perform such a fun show! We their habitat, feeding habits and how friendly they would also like to take this opportunity to thank are! A special favourite was the meercat who kept you for all of your support and contributions to this standing on her back legs and having a look year’s production. We hope you enjoyed it! around the classroom.

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There is so much to look back on and feel proud of this half-term. Our boys in the Rice Bowl just missed out on the quarter-finals, watching the lads giving 100% to the team was fantastic to see. Both dodgeball teams from Year 3/ 4 and 5/6 gave it their absolute all to win but just missed out on a trophy by half a point. Ratby Primary School Sports Leaders have been preparing for next terms personal challenge and making sure everyone stays physically active during playtimes. Finally, a huge thank you to the students from Brookvale, who came to Year 4 and held a Sports Fun Day, the children loved the activities.

Volunteers required for vital roles in helping to support older people Royal Voluntary Service is one of the largest voluntary service organisations in the country and inspires and enables 20,000 volunteers to give their skills, experience, energy and time to help people in need in hospitals, at home and in the community. Locally in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland we support approximately 2,000 older people per year with our services. These services include helping older people who have been discharged from hospital to rebuild their confidence and remain independent once they return home, providing transport to help with shopping, attending hospital appointments or support with social opportunities. In addition our volunteers provide valuable company and friendship as well as making sure that the older person is safe and well.

Year 3 Visit to Groby United Reform Church

Year 3 Visit to Groby United Reform Church Year 3 really enjoyed visiting the Groby United Reformed Church on Tuesday 4th December. They went on a long journey to Bethlehem and spoke to a shepherd, a lady travelling from Nazareth, a king and three angels. They found mysterious objects along the way and used these to uncover facts about the nativity story. Finally, the classes competed in a quiz about what they had found out which we all enjoyed! Thank you so much to ‘Open the Book’ for bringing the Christmas story to life.

Teresa Gibbs – Commissioned Services Operations Manager for Royal Voluntary Service: “The demand for our services is always increasing and as a result of this we are looking to recruit more volunteers to allow us to continue to offer the support to local older people. Our volunteers make a significant and positive difference to older people’s lives and without their incredible contribution we would certainly not be able to provide    the     current    level and range of services.”                                                                                                                                                          

Chris Cordle, a retired NHS medical psychologist from Leicester, is a Royal Voluntary Service volunteer. She delivers the charity’s Home from Hospital service which helps settle older people back into home after a hospital stay. She says: “I missed the satisfaction of working with people - I loved that part of my job. Volunteering has filled that gap. I enjoy working with older people, hearing their stories and helping them to achieve their aims. Much of my career was about motivating and helping people, and that’s what I’m still doing now. I really enjoy encouraging people to achieve their personal targets. It’s very satisfying.”

We would really like to hear from local people who may be interested in this very worthwhile volunteering opportunity, a couple of hours per week really can make a real difference to the quality of older people’s lives. To find out more please call 0116 2667706 or email leicsrutlandhub@royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk

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2019 A short, quick but heartfelt message this time to wish all our Library users and volunteers the very best for the New Year. 2018 seems in retrospect to have been a pretty tough year across the world, not least in terms of deteriorating relationships between individuals, nations and races, and a frequent lack of respect and courtesy in the way in which people communicate with each other. We can only hope and work for greater understanding and tolerance in 2019. In our own very small way, in this little village, we work to promote such feelings in the Library and, through the provision of community space and events, to help bring us all together and to combat the effects of loneliness and disengagement. So – here’s to a very happy, peaceful and engaging 2019 to all!

Forthcoming Events In the spirit of promoting mutual understand-

ing and respect, do see if you can find the time to pop in to the Library on Saturday February 9th to celebrate the Chinese New Year, with demonstrations of Chinese crafts, food and relaxation. The event lasts from 11.00 – 2.00 (the Library itself will be open from 10.00 – 1.00 as usual) and we look forward to seeing you. Likewise, tickets for the quiz are now available in the Library – Friday 1st March at St. Bartholomew’s Church Hall. Tickets are going like hotcakes, so hurry along if you are interested. Tickets are £10.00 each, to include a fish and chip supper (bring your own drinks and glasses!).

Community Managed Status We hope this year to gain full CommunityManaged Library status, assuming that the necessary legal changes are adopted. It has been a frustrating time to wait for all the machinations to be completed, but we hope we are almost there. We will have an event to celebrate this – details to be decided when (and if) we have a date.

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December 4th saw Dave Rance’s Rockin’ Chair Band making their first appearance at the club. The band whose line-up included Dave Rance on trumpet, the popular Richard Leach on trombone and John Percival on clarinet lived up to its reputation of being a bit ‘different’. They played some excellent traditional jazz interspersed with Dave’s amusing jokes and several entertaining pieces mainly supplied by John who played a couple of tunes on the saw; not something you hear every day. Together with a Christmas Raffle and mince pies in the interval the audience went home after having a good evening. It was good to see several new faces again and we hope they will continue to come.

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£275,000, offering community projects in the parished areas of the borough the chance to bid for grants of up to 50 per cent of the total project cost. These grants fund a wide variety of projects such as play areas, community buildings, new pathways, heritage trails, and sports facilities. The maximum grant available to each area ranges from £12,000 to £22,000 according to the parish’s population size, with a maximum grant of £12,000 available to individual projects in each parished area. Grants for 2019/20 will be provided on the following basis: • Projects must be within a parished area of the borough • Maximum grant of £12,000 per project • Maximum of 50 per cent of total project costs funded • All works must be completed within the financial year • Projects must demonstrate that they meet the council's corporate aims and that they are of community benefit Councillor Kevin Morrell, the Executive Member responsible for Rural Communities and Environment at the Borough Council, said: “As in previous years I would like to see these grants spread as wide as possible, with special emphasis on the smaller organisations as well as parish councils." Applications are invited from now until the closing date of 8 February 2019. Application packs will automatically be sent to parish and town councils. Further copies are available by contacting the Green Spaces team on Tel. 01455 255707 or by emailing greenspaces@hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk

Free parking on Saturdays this January NEW YEAR shopping in Hinckley will be given a boost this year with free car parking in selected town centre car parks on Saturdays. Hinckley & Bosworth Council will be allowing free parking on Lower Bond Street, Druid Street, Alma Road, Holliers Walk, Trinity Vicarage Road and Thorneycroft Road car parks every Saturday, in January to thank shoppers for their loyalty and to increase trade for shops and businesses.

The free parking offer applies from 9.00am on Saturday 12, 19 and 25 January. Shoppers are reminded that parking is free in all council run car parks on Sundays throughout the year. Executive Member for Town and Urban Communities at the Borough Council, Cllr Miriam Surtees said: “We are delighted to be able to extend our free parking offer in January to continue to support town centre businesses during what can often be a quieter shopping month. We trust that this free offer will encourage residents and visitors to continue to shop local, visiting our local stores and market plus our cinema and restaurants.”

Bogus Gas Workmen We have received reports of alleged gas workmen visiting properties in Ratby on the basis of inspecting homes due to new gas mains being installed in the road. Having investigated this due to the fact that workmen do not need to enter properties as the meters are on the outside of houses and having checked with both Cadent and their sister company Triio, no works are due on this particular road. The nearest is Station Road, Ratby but not yet. Also, no warning letters of works were sent to residents. We both advise that should workmen call unexpectedly at your property you should not let them in until you have taken their ID badge from them and ask them to wait outside and then contact the company to verify their credentials.

Former Councillor Rob Fraser We have been notified that former County and Borough Councillor Rob Fraser passed away on Boxing Day. Rob served Ratby from 1991 until 2013. We would both like to wish you all a very Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year. Once again, we take this opportunity to thank all of you for your support and remember we are only a phone call away. Regards

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The Towers ‘The Towers’ was a large example of Victorian architecture at its best. The house, which will still be remembered by some people in the village, was situated in the area now called Towers Drive. The house was tall, with towers and turrets, large chimneys and decorative trim in many areas. There was an abundant use of stained glass on its many windows. It was surrounded by a brick wall, interspersed with smaller round towers. Two of the original towers and parts of the wall can still be seen at the bottom of Towers Drive, near to the entrance of Station Drive. The house had an aysymetrical design featured in many Victorian houses and there are some properties of a fairly similar design still to be seen in Kirby Fields today. The entrance to the grounds was flanked by two gatehouses of a quite substantial size. The house was originally named Forest Ville, which later became Forest Villa and then some time later, The Towers. It was built around 1879, close to the railway station, which made it convenient for business men travelling into Leicester for work. The original owners were the Goode brothers, actually twins, who came from Cattows Normanton, near Heather. They were landowners and also owned a property named Heather Hall. In 1881, we find James Bakewell Goode, then aged 66, living in Forest Ville with three servants. The brothers were said to have been eccentric and had grand ideas to build a road over the already established railway line in order to reach The Dell. They had private means so could easily support themselves without work. However, by 1891, the brothers had moved back to Cattows Normanton. By 1899, the house had changed hands twice and around 1900, the house was

sold to Herbert Sutton, a gown and mantle manufacturer. Herbert, together with his wife Henrietta and daughter Phyliss, lived in the house until his demise in 1898. At some point, Herbert built a private gateway from Forest Ville onto the station platform; the gate posts still exist and can still be seen in a garden on Station Drive. Henrietta and her daughter continued to live at Forest Ville and by 1902, Henrietta had married Arthur Ernest Harding, a hosiery manufacturer. As time went by, Arthur also became a coal merchant, which was particularly convenient as the station wharf was located next to the grounds of his house. It is said that he used to stand in the windows and watch the coal being loaded to and from the train. Mrs Sutton Harding, as she was known, outlived both husbands and is thought to have owned the house until 1949, although records show that the house was put up for sale in 1946. At some point after, the house was renamed “The Towers”. During WWII, the house was occupied by American airmen based at Braunstone Municipal and Desford Aerodromes. The American airmen had lots of sweets and chewing gum that were very popular with the village children. They also had nylon and silk stocking for the ladies. In wartime Britain, nylon/silk stockings were scarce and most women had bare legs, even in the winter, sometimes drawing in a black seam line, then the height of fashion, down the back of their legs with an eyebrow pencil. All of this made the airmen popular with the women of the village, but the men of the village were not so happy. Food was another luxury that seemed to be readily available to the airmen. In one instance, a group of village boys, playing in the spinney at the back of the Towers, noticed that the kitchen window was wide open. They then saw a chef,

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