Carmi wants us all to feel nostalgic this week so I have dug out some shots of the village where I was born. The pictures are of the house on the High Street in the Rutland village of Ketton, where we lived until the 1950s. The photos were taken in 2009.
A separate building existed where the stone wall on the left is now.
The main road from Stamford to Leicester ran by the front of the house with a single white line down the middle - not the hatched arrangement shown above.
The bollards in the next photo were not there either.
The Blue Bell Inn pub was located on the right hand side of the road. My pal Harry's father ran the pub and used to take him to watch Leicester City play.
In those days, the Premier League did not exist and Leicester played in Division 2.
Jack Lee and George Dewis were two well known players (to Harry at least). This mean he had first choice and was always Jack Lee, leaving me to be George Dewis.
This combination dates our games as Dewis left after the 1946/47 season, when I would have been 10.
And in case you did not know Leicester City, 5000-1 outsiders, won the Premier League title yesterday, just over two weeks before I reach 79.
Now we live near Middlesbrough and have to wait a little while longer to see if they gain automatic promotion to the Premier League - one more match to play, which they need to draw or win against Brighton on Saturday. Come on Boro!
For other nostalgic feelings check the links at Thematic-Photographic-369.
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| 100 High Street, Ketton |
In the late 1940s there was a wooden fence and double gate and no stone wall. The small box hedges did not exist, and a single gate and path led to the front door.
The main road from Stamford to Leicester ran by the front of the house with a single white line down the middle - not the hatched arrangement shown above.
The bollards in the next photo were not there either.
Why should I get nostalgic about a stretch of road like this?
Well it was 'our' football pitch which ran from the telegraph pole on the left to just beyond the car in the distance - no one had cars then!
The Blue Bell Inn pub was located on the right hand side of the road. My pal Harry's father ran the pub and used to take him to watch Leicester City play.
In those days, the Premier League did not exist and Leicester played in Division 2.
Jack Lee and George Dewis were two well known players (to Harry at least). This mean he had first choice and was always Jack Lee, leaving me to be George Dewis.
This combination dates our games as Dewis left after the 1946/47 season, when I would have been 10.
And in case you did not know Leicester City, 5000-1 outsiders, won the Premier League title yesterday, just over two weeks before I reach 79.
Now we live near Middlesbrough and have to wait a little while longer to see if they gain automatic promotion to the Premier League - one more match to play, which they need to draw or win against Brighton on Saturday. Come on Boro!
For other nostalgic feelings check the links at Thematic-Photographic-369.
