Melton Mowbray; Leicester Rd and High St in the past

[dstirl]

For anyone who enjoyed this clip of old Melton Mowbray, I've just posted a 5-minute video with photos which fade from the old to the present day. It's in widescreen format with the option to view in high quality. YouTube doesn't let you put links here, so simply copy and paste this into the search field to find it: T2PemcEYrSY

[watchtheskies]

so that's how the Bell Centre got it's name

[dstirl]

Thanks, EvilPaperclip :o)

[EvilPaperclip]

Stunning work again.

[valhowa]

I think Egerton Lodge is now a retirement home. But what happened to the large building on the right? Thanks for another wonderful video. We've really enjoyed watching all of them.

[dstirl]

The building on the right is Park House, built in 1740 for the Reeve family. They sold it to the Earl of Wilton, who then built Egerton Lodge. I think Park House was then used as servants' quarters - but it seems a bit grand for that. Park House was demolished in 1928 to enable construction of Wilton Road which took traffic away from the town centre.