GWHS BULLETIN INDEX

INDEX OF CONTENTS OF THE GWHS BULLETINS

001 Nov 1980 Initial Society Newsletter by Duncan Lucas

002 May 1981 Programme + Newsletter

003 Jan 1982 Programme + News Items

004 Oct 1982 AGM Report + Saxon Dig Site + Notes from the Field at Hoards Close

005 Feb 1983 Updates on the Wigston Museum + Field Walk + Dig

006 Jun 1983 Winter Programme + Opening of the Wigston Museum + Wigston A Railway Town part 1 by Ian Varey

007 Oct 1983 Winter Programme + Museum Report + Visit to Peckleton Museum + Wigston A Railway Town part 2 by Ian Varey

008 Feb 1984 Programme until Easter + William Burton Description of Leicestershire + Anglo Saxon Brooch + The East Midland Hosiery Industry Past and Present part 1 by Ian R Varey

009 Jun 1984 Programme + Summary of Meetings + East Midland Hosiery Industry Past and Present part 2 by Ian R Varey

010 Oct 1984 Programme + The Village Blacksmith – and our local history by Ian R Varey +The Domesday Book 1086

011 Feb 1985 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Boots and Shoes in Wigston by Ian Varey

012 Jun 1985 Programme + Summary of Meetings + The Name of Wigston – How and Why by Duncan Lucas

013 Oct 1985 Programme + Summary of Meetings + An Update on the History of Wigston up to 1066

014 Feb 1986 Programme + Summary of Meetings + The Story of Kilby Bridge Ian R Varey

015 Jun 1986 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Bell Street 1886 Ian Varey

016 Oct 1986 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Notes on the First Wigston Schools by Edna Taylor

017 Feb 1987 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Report on the Frameknitters Cottage Bushloe End 1987 + Some Notes on Church Architecture in Leicestershire

018 Jun 1987 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Notes about pre-enclosure agriculture in Wigston by Ian R Varey

019 Oct 1987 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Wistan in Context + Some recollections of the Wigston National School by Edna Taylor

020 Feb 1988 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Who Was Hugh of Grandmesnil

021 Jun 1988 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Georgian Farmhouse known as “The Chestnuts” Spa Lane by P M H Berry + Cheese Making in Leicestershire

022 Oct 1988 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Trailing About in Wigston by Edna Taylor + A Short History of Abington House by Chris Smart + What’s in a Name by Edna Taylor

023 Feb 1989 Programme + Summary of Meetings + 1589 and all that by Ian R Varey + The Farm Newgate End Wigston by Anne Brown + Bathing 1898

024 Apr 1989 Programme + Summary of Meetings + The Mills of Wigston by Ian R Varey+ The End of the Trail by Edna Taylor

025 Oct 1989 Programme + Summary of Meetings + A Brief History of Wigston Temperance Band + 42 / 44 Busloe End … The House by Ian Varey

026 Feb 1990 Programme + Summary of Meetings + The Tussie – Mussie by Stella Tweed + Stories of Leicester Boot and Shoe Worker 1874 – 1958 by Harry Limbert + Servants in Wigston Magna by Bernard Elliott + Survey of House Names and Dates in Wigston Magna

027 Jun 1990 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Pleasures of Flood by Eileen Goodwin + Housewives’ Work in Wigston in 1881 Part 1 by Bernard Elliott

028 Oct 1990 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Housewives’ Work in Wigston in 1881 Part 2 by Bernard Elliott + The Rag and Bone Man of Old Leicester 1920’s and 30’s by Harry Limbert

029 Feb 1991 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Newcomers to Wigston Magna by Bernard Elliott + Bushloe End 100 Years Ago by J R Colver

030 Jun 1991 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Bad At Faces by Edna Taylor + Safety on the Street of Wigston Magna by J R Colver

031 Oct 1991 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Oadby & Wigston Magna in 1881 Bernard Elliott + Moat Street Wigston Magna 100 Years Ago by J R Colver + Wigston Honours Boulter – VC

032 Feb 1992 Programme + Summary of Meetings + The Durham Ox Pub Long Street + William Ewart Boulter + Wigston Hall + Some Aspects of Wigston in 1851 by Bernard Elliott

033 Jun 1992 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Wigston United Reformed Church by Tricia Berry + Henry Walter Bates II by Tricia Berry

034 Oct 1992 Programme + Summary of Meetings + All Saints Church + Charles Moore by Tricia Berry + Moreton’s Café by Mrs Eunice Limbert

035 Feb 1993 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Gertrude Ross nee Astbury (Gertie Gitana) by Tricia Berry+ All Saints Church by Tricia Berry + Entertainments in Wigston Magna 100 Years Ago

036 Jun 1993 Programme + Summary of Meetings + The Cost of Maintaining the Poor in Wigston in 1803 + Thomas Ingram by Chris Smart + Long Street Wigston Magna A Century Ago by J Colver and S Whyment

037 Oct 1993 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Charles Frederick Mortlock by Chris Smart + Leicester in the Nineteenth Century by Chris Smart + Ten Years of Change in a Wigston Magna Street by J Colver and S Whyment

038 Feb 1994 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Harold Edwin Hurst by Tricia Berry + So Who Was M.C.P.L.

039 Jun 1994 Programme + Summary of Meetings + A Bit Of A Clanger + Reginald Alfred King by Tricia Berry + Oadby in 1891 by Bernard Elliott

040 Oct 1994 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Orson Wright by Tricia BerryLepers and Leprosy in Leicestershire by Chris Smart + A Potted English Church History by John Royley

041 Feb 1995 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Christopher Duffield Briggs by Tricia Berry + A Short Account of Lunacy in Leicestershire by Shirley Hensman + St John Ambulance Association

042 Jun 1995 Programme + Summary of Meetings + William Romanis by Tricia Berry + English Civil War – The Main Characters + Ashby de la Zouch Castle by Edna Taylor + Bradgate and the Greys by Tricia Berry + The Battle of Naseby by Bernard Elliott

043 Oct 1995 Programme + Summary of Meetings + The Stentons of Wigston Magna by Jim Colver + Bernard Falkland Elliott 1914 – 1995 by Richard Carter and Tricia Berry + John Thomas Proctor

044 Feb 1996 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Stentons of Bell Street + Bridal Memories Flower Festival + Sidelights of Colonisation in the 16th Century + Ambrose Lee by Tricia Berry + Diamond Cottages in Moat Street by Tricia Berry

045 Jun1996 Programme + Summary of Meetings + John of Gaunt + Elizabeth Clarke by Tricia Berry + W B Roberts & Son by Tricia Berry + The Magic of Mackintosh by Chris Smart + Confession of Ann Moore 1813 by J R Colver

046 Oct 1996 Programme + Summary of Meetings + William John Reynolds Pochin by Tricia Berry + Returns From Wigston Magna To The Population Enquiry 1831 by J R Colver + Wigston Magna Prisoner of War Fund 1918 by J R Colver + One Man’s War by Tricia Berry

047 Feb 1997 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Henry Davis Pochin by Tricia Berry + Toone & Black by Tricia Berry

048 Jun 1997 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Stephen Fry by Tricia Berry+ Some Notes on Wigston’s Dutchy Manor & House in Long Street by Tricia Berry

049 Oct 1997 Programme + Summary of Meetings + At Home With Olwin + Hiram Abiff Owston by Tricia Berry

050 Feb 1998 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Prof. William George Hoskins by Tricia Berry

051 Jun 1998 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Peter Charles Mastin + Arthur Tollington by Tricia Berry

052 Oct 1998 Programme + Summary of Meetings + George Davenport by Tricia Berry + Family and the history of Leicestershire’s Monasteries by Chris Smart

053 Feb 1999 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Sir John Fowke Lancelot Rolleston by Tricia Berry + Helpful Hints For The Busy Housewife by Jim Colver

054 Jun 1999 Programme + Summary of Meetings + William Arthur Ward by Tricia Berry + The American Connection by Edna Taylor

055 Oct 1999 Programme + Summary of Meetings + James Hodges by Tricia Berry + Leicester In The Twentieth Century : A Day Of History by Chris Smart + Midland Bank Wigston Magna by Tricia Berry

056 Feb 2000 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Stanhope Rowton Simpson by Tricia Berry + The Bushloe House Furniture by Edna Taylor + Old Fashioned Expressions

057 Jun 2000 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Francis Paul Armitage + Bletchley Park Codebreakers – A local connection by Tricia Berry + The Will & Testament of Sussana Clarke of Wigston Magna 1697

058 Oct 2000 Programme + Summary of Meetings + George Foxton by Tricia Berry

059 Feb 2001 Programme + Summary of Meetings +A Curious Tale With Local Connections by Tricia Berry

060 Jun 2001 Programme + Summary of Meetings +A Bit of Old Hedge by Edna Taylor + John Clarke 1781 – 1858 by Tricia Berry + The Lewin Family and their Hosiery Company by Tricia Berry

061 Oct 2001 Programme + Summary of Meetings +A Testimonial to Thomas Ingram of Hawthorn Field Wigston Magna + An Every Day Story of Country Folk by Edna Taylor + Archibold Turner – Elastic Web Manufacturer by Tricia Berry + Charles Holland Baddeley by Tricia Berry

062 Feb 2002 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Just in Time by Edna Taylor + A Search For A Better Life Part 1 by Jim Colver

063 Jun 2002 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Peter Mastin’s Railway Book + Paying Wages in the Nineteen Forties by Stella Tweed + The Ancient Road to Welford by Edna Taylor

064 Oct 2002 Programme + Summary of Meetings + A Search For A Better Life Part 2 by Jim Colver + Jubilee Celebrations + Windmills of Leicestershire and Rutland by Jim Colver + Wigston Garden Fete in 1959

065 Feb 2003 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Land and Building Societies – Some Local Connections by Tricia Berry + Walks and Talks in Leicestershire – April 1927 by George Cable (The Veteran) Heads of Stones

066 Jun 2003 Programme + Summary of Meetings + A Look at Wigston Laundry by Tricia Berry + Memories of a Van Man by Anne Brown + Croft Hill by Edna Taylor

067 Oct 2003 Programme + Summary of Meetings + The Lancaster Crash by Tricia Berry

068 Feb 2004 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Wigston Grange by Edna Taylor + Wigston Co-operative Society by Tricia Berry

069 Jun 2004 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Information from Deeds + Stephen Taylor Organ Builders & Tuners – Two Local Connections by Tricia Berry

070 Sept 2004 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Tenants at Bushloe House Tricia Berry + Wigston Gas Works by Edna Taylor

071 Jan 2005 Programme + Summary of Meetings + House Histories 1A Moat Street – 11 Eastway Road + Some More On Drury & Co Ltd

072 Jun 2005 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Wigston Hall by Edna Taylor

073 Sept 2005 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Trafalgar Bicentenary by Tricia Berry + All Above Board part 1 by Edna Taylor + Old Parish Diary

074 Jan 2006 Programme + Summary of Meetings + All Above Board part 2 by Edna Taylor

075 May 2006 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Old Parish Diary + All Above Board part 3 by Edna Taylor + House Histories 5 Alfreton Road by Tricia Berry

076 Sept 2006 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Old Parish Diary + House Histories 5, Alfreton Road – 24 Grasmere Road by Tricia Berry

077 Jan 2007 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Old Parish Diary + Cromford Mill and a Local Connection by Tricia Berry

078 Jun 2007 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Old Parish Diary

079 Oct 2007 Programme + Summary of Meetings + The Ross Family – 250 Years of Baking by Tricia Berry + Leicester Mercury 1998 – 125 years ago feature

080 Jan 2008 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Terrible Attack at Wistow by Tricia Berry

081 May 2008 Programme + Summary of Meetings +Memories of Early Motoring by Stella Tweed + My Wigston Stanyons and Framework Knitting by Alison Coates

082 Oct 2008 The Crick Family by Tricia Berry + Coronation Celebration

083 Jan 2009 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Junction Road Car Park by Tricia Berry

084 Jun 2009 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Horse Racing in Leicester by Tricia Berry

085 Oct 2009 Programme + Summary of Meetings + A Visit to Kilby Hall by Stella Tweed + White Gate Farm House Newton Lane by Tricia Berry

086 Feb 2010 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Fish & Chip Anniversary by Tricia Berry + Sad Accident of Mt William Throne Crick

087 Jun 2010 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Schools in the Late 1940’s and Early 1950’s by Stella Tweed + Eye Witness Account of a German Bombing Raid on Leicester + Thomas Cook’s New Temperance Hotel

088 Oct 2010 Programme + Summary of Meetings + The Arrival of Local Government in Wigston part 1 by Tricia Berry

089 Feb 2011 Programme + Summary of Meetings + The Arrival of Local Government in Wigston part 2 by Tricia Berry

090 Jun 2011 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Framework Knitters Museum – 42/44 Bushloe End – A History From The Deeds by Tricia Berry

091 Oct 2011 Programme + Summary of Meetings + First Steps in Family History part 1 by Peter Cousins + Wyggeston Hospital 500th Anniversary by Tricia Berry

092 Feb 2012 Programme + Summary of Meetings + First Steps in Family History part 2 by Peter Cousins + Eric Holmes’ Cycle Shop at South Wigston by Brian Stringer + Telephones - Now and Then by Colin Hames

093 Jun 2012 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Book Corner by Stella Tweed + First Steps in Family History part 3 by Peter Cousins + Royal Diamond Jubilees by Tricia Berry

094 Oct 2012 Programme + Summary of Meetings + The Diamond Jubilee Drinking Fountain by Colin Towell + Book Corner by Stella Tweed + First Steps in Family History part 4 by Peter Cousins + Over 100 Years of History – On the Buses by Colin Hames

095 Feb 2013 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Story of a Postcard by Tricia Berry + First Steps in Family History part 5 by Peter Cousins

096 Jun 2013 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Visits to Southwell Minster and Workhouse + Walk around Ashby de la Zouch + Audio Equipment Update + Family History Should Carry a Government Health Warning by Peter Cousins + Tyler Brothers- Boot and She Manufacturers and Retailers by Tricia Berry

097 Oct 2013 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Archive Update + William (the younger) Wyggeston 1467 - 1536 + No. 13 Blaby Road South Wigston - Photographic Studio to Stationery Shop + Another Mission - Peter Cousins next book = Edith Emma Broughton (Auntie’s Photographic Album

098 Feb 2014 Programme + Summary of Meetings + AGM Minutes + Church Visits 2013 + Found at Last (Family Photograph of Orson Wrights family + History of York House - 67 Central Avenue

099 Jun 2014 Programme + Summary of Meetings + St Wistan’s Church Wigston + Harry Hardy Peach and the Dryad Company

100 Oct 2014 SPECIAL EDITION Programme + Summary of Meetings + Richard III visitor centre review + President’s Comment + Chairman’s comment + Challenge to Members + Wigston Frameworks Knitters Museum + Copy of Newsletter #1 + A look at the Society through 34 years and those who shaped it along the way

101 Feb 2015 Programme + Summary of Meetings + John Henry Goodwin - Grocer, Churchman and Scoutmaster + Thoughts on the re-opening of Bell Street in Wigston + The Anglican Young Peoples Association (AYPA) + Book Review of ‘But for these things - Leicester and its People’ + Annual General Meeting and Accounts.

102 Jun 2015 Programme + Summary of Meetings + The Musings of Duncan + Oadby and Wigston Field Workers Group + 175 Years of Railway in Wigston + Heatherley House

103 Oct 2015 Programme + Summary of Meetings + The Musings of Duncan + Abington House + The Queens Head Inn + The Mortlock Family

104 Mar 2016 Programme + Summary of Meetings + AGM Reports + Duncan’s Musings + Oadby & Wigston Civic Orchestra + Abington House + The Beginnings of Wigston Cemetery

105 July 2016 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Two Steeples Walk + Blue Plaque Wigston Magna & South Wigston + Duncan’s Musings + The Beginnings of Granville Road

106 Nov 2016 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Musings of Duncan + Captain Charles Holland Baddeley

107 Mar 2017 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Musings of Duncan + Max Daetwyler Obituary + Bell Street and The Pocket Park + Unfortunately

108 July 2017 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Edna Taylor Obituary + The Royal Maundy + Association for the prosecution of Felons.

109 November 2017 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Obituaries + Adopt a Photo + Part 1 of Wiggy's Child + Founding of the Wigston Co-operative Society

110 March 2018 Programme + Summary of Meetings +The Pinfold + Part 2 of Wiggy's Child

111 July 2018 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Obituaries +Part 3 of Wiggy's Child + Building of the Northamptonshire Union Canal

112 November 2018 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Civic Sosiety - 40 Years of Activity + Wesite overview + Part 4 Wiggy's Child + John Ellis M.P.

113 March 2019 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Tommy's Mail + Hill Crest + Wigston Workhouse + Part 5 Wiggy's Child

114 July 2019 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Obituaries + Overview of the New Heritage Centre + Wigston Lunatic Asylum + Part 6 Wiggy's Child

115 November 2019 + Programme + Summary of Meetings + New Venue + Granville Road in the Early Days + Part 7 Wiggy's Child

116 March 2020 + Programme + Summary of Meetings + AGM + Part 8 Wiggy's Child + Wigston Gas Works

117 July 2020 Covid + Programme + The NHS + Historic Confusion in Wigston + Marriott Edgar + Wigston Adult Schoo; + Shopping in South Wigston +Hargest's Newsagents + Part 9 Wiggy's Child

118 November 2020 + Programme + Summary of Meetings + Peace Memorial Park + Dunmore's Biscuit Factory + Grittar Close Wigston + Constitutional Hall + Mildred Info + Memory Snippets of Wigston + Wiggy's Child Notes on Wigston Lunatic Asylum Old Wigston Names + Wigston FWK Museum Update + Two Steeples Hosiery Factory

119 March 2021 Programme + Brockshill Country Park + Memories of Travelling by bus + The Bill Ward Story + Wiggy's Child + Another Age + Young and Beautiful During the War + South Wigston - The Model for a Fictional Town + Rank - Profession and Occupations + Obituaries

120 July 2021 Programme + Summary of Meetings + Welcome to Willow Park + Life in Wigston + Memories of being Bussed to Guthlaxton School + Memories of the Royal Oak Public House + Memories of Working in Wigston + Charles Freer Memorial in Wigston Cemetery + Wiggy's Child + An Introduction to Brocks Hill + Volume 2 Wigston Window on the Past + The name of Wigston - How and Why

121 November 2021 Programme + Peter Clowes + Samuel Broughton Matthews + Just in Time by Peter Mastin + Admiral Sportswear + Joe Wynall a local character + A Wartime Wedding + Meeting Reports +

122 March 2022 + Programme + Obituaries + Meeting Reports + Bits and Bobs from Wigston's Past + The Old Lady of Heatherly House + Boyhood Memories + As a Child I grew up in Northfield Avenue + Visit to Buckingham Palace + Part 13 Wiggy's Child + The Village Blacksmith + FWK's Bulletin

123 July 2022 + Obituaries + Programme + Bits and Bobs + Orson Duncan Lucas - My Life in Wigston + Eyres Monsell - What's in a Name + Parts 14 Wiggy's Child + Women on the March + FWK's Bulletin

124 November 2022 + What’s in a Date + Obituaries + Meeting Reports + Bits and Bobs + Practical Rules for Bathing 1984 + Something Wicked This Way Comes + The Sion Kop Bridge + Part 15 Wiggy's Child + Food For Thought + From the Past + FWK's Bulletin

125 March 2023 + Recent Meetings + Programme + Obituaries + Glen Parva Barracks + Bits and Bobs + Wigston's Medieval Murders +How to make Children Healthy and Vigorous 1894 + Food For Thought + From The Past + Part 1 Wiggy's War + FWK's Bulletin