EAW009513 ENGLAND (1947). The Square, St Dionysius Church and the town centre, Market Harborough, 1947

Fairfield Road Infant School

My back garden the shed was still there when I bought the house in 1995

the cherry tree public house coventry rd will go in the 1970s to make way for the land at the rear to be redeveloped and gain access to the commons car park when access to it from the square closes in the late 80s,coventry rd will become a one way traffic off the square but will remain two way traffic to this point to allow access to the commons

adam & eve street

SYMINGTON CORSET AND FOUNDATION WEAR FACTORY this shows the rear view of the site and its coverage in the town centre 80% of the site was demolished in the 70s only the frontage on adam & eve st and church square survive.the remains of the bell tower on the north building was saved and moved to welland park gardens as a display piece. the district council moved into the building after major refurbishment to the building a short film from 1928 shows the woman working at their machines in the factory

Old Grammar School, Church Square a refurbishment restoration program finished in late 2014 at a cost of £400,000 overseen by english heritage a short video by Andrew Carpenter shows the ravages of time on the fabric of the building

old grammar school complete after £400,000 refurbishment the end result a follow up video by Mr Andrew Carpenter

welland park grounds

welland park school

auctioneers settling rooms the old cattle market now gone and redeveloped as a retail park sainsburys covering a large part of the covered market site and the old bus station site the rest of the penns area now layed to a car park.(pic copyright:bobsky)

this piece of ground was developed into a bus station / lorry park with a building in the center containing a cafe/tearoom demolished on the sainsburys redevelopment of the entire area

poultry sheds used for holding ducks geese turkeys and any fowl that was going through the market on that particular day before going under the hammer of the auctioneer a short clip of film shows a typical market day with sheep in this clip being moved from the penns to the sales ring this is not market harborough but very similar and shows how the penns looked on a busy market day

the only remaining building is the fish and butchers stalls thou redeveloped inside to bring it up to modern day retail/hygiene standards including some open stalls as a reminder of how the long barn hall used to be

harborough cinema closed used as a supermarket abandoned now redeveloped into managed retirement accommodation apartments

harborough covered market now demolished and a sainsburys store stands on part of its site the only remaining building is the fish and butchers stalls thou redeveloped inside to bring it up to modern day retail/hygiene standards

st marys rd

farndon rd coventry rd pegasus garage filling station

the lubenham rugby line rail bridge and farnden rd

coventry rd / lubenham hill jtn

welland park paddling pool and grounds

welland park paddling pool and grounds

this area will be cleared and made into the commons car park. a bridge will span the welland river off the lower spur road on walcot rd to allow access/exit till the removal of this vehicular exit and a foot bridge put in too take it's place in the late 80s, a new exit/entrance will be located at the site of the old cherry tree pub which will be demolished in the 1970s to develop land to the rear and retail/commercial buildings will be built.

walcot rd est

the square in town with it's two roundabouts off northampton/st marys rd onto coventry road/leicester road now partly pedestrianised and traffic flow controlled by lights

Roman Way with the Symington Way turning to the right in 2008