Melton Mowbray; Leicester Rd and High St in the past

An animation of old photos of Leicester Road and High Street taken from my Remember Melton Mowbray DVD.
Detailed captions for all the photos are on my website here: http://www.remember.org.uk/melton-mowbray/leicester-road.
And Ive included links to all my Melton Mowbray YouTube clips here: http://www.remember.org.uk/melton-mowbray/youtube
Enjoy :o

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• melton
• mowbray
• leicester
• road
• high
• street
• old
• photos

[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

[dstirl]

Thanks, EvilPaperclip :o)

[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.

[watchtheskies]

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

[EvilPaperclip]

Stunning work again.