TIMELINE 2
NINETEENTH CENTURY:
1801:
The population of LOUGHBOROUGH is 4,603
1802:
CHESTERTON HOUSE is built in RECTORY PLACE.
1803:
A shoemaker is sentenced to be whipped through MARKET PLACE for leaving his
wife and family to be cared for by the Parish.
1804:
ISLAND HOUSE is built in GRANBY STREET for William
Palmer, a wealthy Provisions Merchant from SILEBY. It's name comes from its
position on a near-island formed by branches of the WOODBROOK.
1805:
JOHN HEATHCOAT arrives in LOUGHBOROUGH.
With the death without issue of ALEXANDER WEDDERBURN, the title of LORD LOUGHBOROUGH becomes extinct.
1808:
"One Wednesday July 13th this year, the heat was so intense that in consequence
thereof many people died, especially they that were at work in hay fields;
also a great number of horses, particularly coach horse drawing stage coaches.
The thermometer as high as 92."
The Lordship of LOUGHBOROUGH passes to FRANCIS RAWDON, EARL OF MOIRA.
1809:
JOHN HEATHCOAT patents his lace-making machine.
The LOUGHBOROUGH Manorial Estate is sold off by the Earl of Moira at an auction at the BULL'S HEAD INN. This first sale takes four days, during which time 252 lots are sold, including 29 public houses, agricultural land and buildings in almost every street in the town.
1810:
From the Parish registers: "February 21st: a stranger found starved to
death".
1811:
The population of LOUGHBOROUGH is 5,556
1817:
A LUDDITE RAID on Heathcote and Boden's Mill starts from the Market Place
in June of this year, probably the last such raid in the country. The mill
is located on Mill Street (now Market Street) and the raiders have much local
sympathy.
The PARTICULAR BAPTIST CHAPEL is built on SPARROW HILL.
1818:
The title of Lord of the Manor of LOUGHBOROUGH is bought by THOMAS DENNING.
LOUGHBOROUGH's first Savings Bank opens on Fennel Street.
The town's first PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL is built in DEAD LANE.
1819:
The LOUGHBOROUGH PUBLIC DISPENSARY opens in BAXTER GATE.
1820:
GEORGE IV BECOMES KING
WILLIAM MOSS (BUILDERS) opens. Birth of WILLIAM COTTON.
1821:
The population of LOUGHBOROUGH is 7,494.
c1822:
The Anchor Posting House is incorporated into the BULLS HEAD HOTEL.
1823:
SPARROW HILL THEATRE opens with "SPEED THE PLOUGH" and "THE
WARLOCK OF THE GLEN"
1825:
The THOMAS BURTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL relocates from the churchyard building to
a new one in CHURCH GATE, on the site of what is now LEMYNGTON STREET.
1826:
The MARKET PLACE is paved. The stocks, whipping post and Butter and Hen Cross
are removed.
The Old Rectory is almost destroyed by fire, leading to massive rebuilding.
JOSEPH WINKS starts LOUGHBOROUGH's first printing firm.
Death of the EARL OF MOIRA.
1828:
A WESLEYAN CHURCH is built on LEICESTER ROAD.
The BAPTIST CHAPEL on BAXTER GATE is replaced by a new building at a cost of £3,300. It seats 250 people.
The BUTTER AND HEN CROSS and HUCKSTERS ROW in the Market Place are both demolished.
1829:
The ENCLOSURE ACT for CHARNWOOD FOREST is passed.
1830:
WILLIAM IV BECOMES KING
1831:
The population of LOUGHBOROUGH is 10,969
1832:
THE GREAT REFORM ACT
1833:
ST MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH on ASHBY ROAD is built at a cost of £3,000.
The first Priest is Father Aloysius Gentili who was formerly Chaplain to Ambrose
Phillipps of Grace Dieu.
1836:
The LOUGHBOROUGH GAS COMPANY buys the GAS WORKS in THE RUSHES from Mr G Livesey
for £1,686.
1837:
VICTORIA BECOMES QUEEN
EMMANUEL CHURCH on FOREST ROAD is built at a cost of £7,000. For some years, this marked LOUGHBOROUGH's "border" with CHARNWOOD FOREST.
The "LOUGHBOROUGH TELEGRAPH", LOUGHBOROUGH's earliest known newspaper, begins publication.
The Parish of LOUGHBOROUGH is transferred from the Diocese of Lincoln to that of Peterborough.
1838:
A new workhouse opens on DERBY ROAD, built at a cost of £7,000. It had
room for 375 inmates.
EMMANUEL BOYS SCHOOL on WARDS END and EMMANUEL GIRLS SCHOOL on BEDFORD SQUARE are founded.
1839:
JOHN TAYLOR first comes to LOUGHBOROUGH to recast the ten bells of the Parish
Church. He establishes a branch of the firm in Pack Horse Lane. Two extra
bells are also added, making a peal of eight.
Thirty coaches a day now change horses at LOUGHBOROUGH
1840:
Opening of the MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY in LOUGHBOROUGH. The first train passed
through the town on May 4th.
The town's first Post Office is run from an Inn at the corner of Market Place and Swan Street, known as the Corner Cupboard.
1841:
THOMAS COOK's first railway excursion from LEICESTER to LOUGHBOROUGH.
The population of LOUGHBOROUGH is 10,170.
1842:
TUDOR HOUSE on WOODGATE becomes a Rosminian Convent.
1845:
ALL SAINTS CHURCH is built in THORPE ACRE.
THOMAS DENNING leaves the Lordship of the Manor of LOUGHBOROUGH to THOMAS CRADOCK in his will.
1848:
HENRY FEARON becomes Rector of ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH.
The parish of LOUGHBOROUGH splits into two separate parishes of ALL SAINTS and EMMANUEL.
HOLYWELL HALL is bought by Charles March Phillips.
CHARTIST leader FEARGUS O'CONNOR is prevented from speaking in the MARKET PLACE, provoking a near riot.
The SPARROW HILL THEATRE closes as a theatre.
There is an outbreak of cholera in the town.
HENRY CLEMERSON'S ironmongery shop opens in MILL STREET (now MARKET STREET), beginning a long association with the town.
1849:
LOUGHBOROUGH registers an exceptionally high death rate of 23 per 1,000.
William Lee, Superintendant Inspector of the General Board of Health, conducts an enquiry into the problems of LOUGHBOROUGH's public health.
A small METHODIST CHAPEL is built on SWAN STREET.
1850:
The Rosminian Convent in WOODGATE moves to PARK ROAD and becomes OR LADY'S
CONVENT.
SHELTHORPE HOUSE (now The Cedars Restaurant) built for C Middleton of MIDDLETON'S BANK. CHESTERTON HOUSE in Rectory Place becomes the first GIRLS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL in the country.
The foundation stone of the LOUGHBOROUGH GRAMMAR SCHOOL is laid in BURTON WALKS by George Davys, Bishop of Peterborough (a native of LOUGHBOROUGH).
The LOUGHBOROUGH BOARD OF HEALTH is formed.
GRUDGINGS NEEDLE FACTORY opens in WOODGATE.
1851:
WILLIAM COTTON first patents his steam powered hosiery making machinery.
The HICKLING BLUE COAT SCHOOL opens it's own premises on Ashby Road.
The population of LOUGHBOROUGH is 11,339.
1852:
The THOMAS BURTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL moves from CHURCH GATE to it's present site
in BURTON WALKS. By the end of the year, there are 91 boys on the school roll.
EMMANUEL INFANTS SCHOOL opens in VICTORIA STREET.
1855:
The LOUGHBOROUGH TOWN HALL and CORN EXCHANGE open in the MARKET PLACE, built
at a cost of £8,812.
1856:
LOUGHBOROUGH BURIAL BOARD is established.
1857:
The town's first drainage system is installed and gas lighting is introduced.
Demonstrations at PARLIAMENTARY HUSTINGS in the MARKET PLACE provoke the reading of the RIOT ACT and the charging of the crowd by police.
The CEMETERY opens and the LOUGHBOROUGH MONITOR begins publication.
1859:
TAYLOR'S BELL FOUNDRY moves from Pack Horse Lane to FREEHOLD STREET.
1860:
The LOUGHBOROUGH POLICE STATION and COURTS open in WOODGATE at a cost of £2,500,
paid for out of the county rates. Prior to this, courts were often held in
the PLOUGH INN on the MARKET PLACE.
HENRY HUGHES AND CO LOCOMOTIVE WORKS opens, later to become FALCON ENGINEERING.
LOUGHBOROUGH POST OFFICE moves to MILL STREET (now MARKET STREET)
PAGET AND WHITE'S MILL is seriously damaged by fire, leading ARTHUR PAGET to turn his attentions to inventing.
1861:
The "LOUGHBOROUGH NEWS" is first printed.
The population of LOUGHBOROUGH is 10,935.
1862:
A voluntary subscription PUBLIC DISPENSARY opens in BAXTER GATE, forming the
core of today's hospital.
£9,000 worth of restoration is carried out in the Parish Church, including the removal of all galleries, the high-backed pews and the triple-decker pulpit. There is now seating for 1,000 people. The gravestones are removed from the floor and replaced in the graveyard. W PERRY HERRICK of BEAUMANOR pays £1,000 to restore the tower.
1863:
THOMAS CRADOCK dies and is succeeded as Lord of the Manor of LOUGHBOROUGH
by his son, JOHN DAVYS CRADOCK.
1864:
WILLIAM COTTON patents his new power loom.
The new UNITARIAN CHAPEL is built in VICTORIA STREET.
1866:
A FIRE STATION is built on Ashby Road.
1868:
First edition of the LOUGHBOROUGH ADVERTISER. This is later absorbed into
the LOUGHBOROUGH MONITOR.
The last open Parliamentary nomination in LOUGHBOROUGH - and possibly in the country - takes place in the MARKET PLACE. The successful candidate, LORD JOHN MANNERS, was so unpopular with the crowds that he had to be escorted away under guard, pelted with eggs, rabbit skins and filth of all kinds. This incident ensured that nominations would in future be held indoors, away from the public.
1869:
The CATTLE MARKET moves from DEVONSHIRE SQUARE to GRANBY STREET.
1870:
Opening of the NANPANTAN RESERVOIR and the FEARON FOUNTAIN in the MARKET PLACE
marking the town's first piped water supply.
The LOUGHBOROUGH NEWS and LOUGHBOROUGH MONITOR amalgamate to become the LOUGHBOROUGH MONITOR AND NEWS.
LOUGHBOROUGH POST OFFICE moves to BAXTER GATE.
1871:
The last COURT LEET is held in the town
The population of LOUGHBOROUGH is 11,558.
The METHODIST CHAPEL on SWAN STREET is replaced by a larger building accomodating 600. It belongs to the PRIMITIVE METHODISTS.
1872:
The WARNER SCHOOL opens.
The old PINFOLD on PINFOLD GATE is replaced by a new one on MOOR LANE.
1873:
First publication of "WILLS LOUGHBOROUGH ALMANAC, TRADE GUIDE AND STREET
DIRECTORY".
A new organ, chamber and vestry are added to the Parish Church.
1875:
LOUGHBOROUGH cricket team is defeated by a south of England team which includes
WG GRACE.
A disastrous flood hits the town when NANPANTAN RESERVOIR rises by 3 feet in 30 minutes. FOREST ROAD is described as "like a rapid, roaring river", EMMANUEL CHURCHYARD is under water and the water in SWAN STREET vestry reaches a height of 2 feet.
The old TOLL HOUSE on the corner of Cumberland Road and Ashby Road is demolished.
The PARTICULAR BAPTISTS leave their chapel on SPARROW HILL and it is taken
over by the UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCH.
1876:
The income and trust of the HICKLING CHARITY is amalgamated with the BURTON
CHARITY. The HICKLING SCHOOL closes for a time.
1877:
The HICKLING SCHOOL reopens as an intermediate school, for boys.
1878:
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH on MOOR LANE is consecrated.
1879:
The GIRLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL moves from Rectory Place to BURTON WALKS.
MR FARNHAM of QUORN gives a clock to be used on the TOWN HALL.
1880:
The LOUGHBOROUGH BOARD OF HEALTH buys the Manorial Rights of LOUGHBOROUGH
from JOHN DAVYS CRADOCK. The people of the town finally become Lord of themselves!
First edition of the LOUGHBOROUGH HERALD, later to be absorbed into the LOUGHBOROUGH MONITOR.
One of the last thatched timber frame houses in the centre of town is demolished. This was on the corner of FENNEL STREET and CHURCH GATE, on the site of what is now THE LEFT LEGGED PINEAPPLE.
1881:
"GREAT PAUL" is cast by TAYLOR'S BELL FOUNDRY for ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.
LOUGHBOROUGH AND DISTRICT BOATING CLUB is founded.
The population of LOUGHBOROUGH is 14,803.
1883:
The FALCON ENGINEERING AND CAR WORKS opens.
The CHARNWOOD FOREST RAILWAY opens out of DERBY ROAD STATION.
1884:
Drought hits LOUGHBOROUGH and NANPANTAN RESERVOIR dries up. An emergency water
supply has to be obtained via filter beds in BURLEIGH BROOK. It is six weeks
before a snow fall and rapid thaw eases the situation.
1885:
Death of ARCHDEACON HENRY FEARON.
The FREE LIBRARY opens on the corner of GREENCLOSE LANE.
1887:
A voluntary soup kitchen is established to help the poor and unemployed. This
is to last until the outbreak of the First World War.
The town's first steam fire engine is purchased after the destruction of the Nottingham manufacturing Company in a fire.
CLEMERSONS expands into larger premises, making it the first Department Store in LOUGHBOROUGH. They were also the first to use electric lighting, provided by their own generator.
1888:
LOUGHBOROUGH IS INCORPORATED AS THE BOROUGH OF LOUGHBOROUGH. The first Mayor
of the new Borough is ALDERMAN JOSEPH GRIGGS.
1889:
BRUSH ENGINEERING opens at the FALCON WORKS.
The Mayor and Burgesses of LOUGHBOROUGH buy the TOWN HALL for the town at a cost of £5,000 - £3,812 LESS than it cost to build!.
ST PETER'S CHURCH opens in STORER ROAD.
The PHILHARMONIC HALL opens on SOUTHFIELDS ROAD.
1890:
CHURCH GATE becomes the first road in LOUGHBOROUGH to be surfaced with tarmac.
Floods badly disrupt train services on the MIDLAND LINE.
1891:
The first edition of the LOUGHBOROUGH ECHO is published as a "free sheet".
The LOWE family take over the "GREAT HOUSE" for their antique business.
The population of LOUGHBOROUGH is 18,196.
1892:
2,000 people are now employed at CARTWRIGHT AND WARNER's Hosiery Mill on NOTTINGHAM
ROAD.
A bad fire breaks out at TAYLORS BELL FOUNDRY.
1893:
The MIDDLETON BANK building on Market Place is demolished.
1894:
LOUGHBOROUGH GIRLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL is renamed LOUGHBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.
LOUGHBOROUGH TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB defeats ASTON VILLA 2-1 in the Birmingham Cup in front of a crowd of 6,000. Unfortunately they went on to lose 6-1 to WEST BROMWICH ALBION in the semi-final!
The QUORN HUNT meets in the MARKET PLACE for the first time.
1895:
LOUGHBOROUGH SEWAGE WORKS is built.
Land is purchased for the construction of QUEENS PARK
The generation of electricity begins in Empress Road.
1896:
The CATTLE MARKET is built in GRANBY STREET.
The NEW THEATRE on ASHBY ROAD opens with "JACK OF HEARTS"
1898:
An Act is passed for the construction of BLACKBROOK RESERVOIR.
ALDERMAN GRIGGS donates the GRANBY STREET SWIMMING BATHS to the town as part of QUEEN VICTORIA's DIAMOND JUBILEE celebrations.
The UPPER MILL at COTES is blown up to improve flood problems in the SOAR VALLEY.
1899:
The GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY opens.
The LOUGHBOROUGH CORPORATION ACT is passed, allowing the municipal (and compulsory) take-over of gas making and supply; electricity generating and supply and the building of a tramway. Control of the GAS COMPANY costs them £102,154.
QUEEN'S PARK opens on Granby Street.
1900:
HERBERT MORRIS AND BESTERT LTD move to LOUGHBOROUGH from LONDON.
The construction of the BLACKBROOK RESERVOIR begins.
The TEMPERANCE HALL on CATTLE MARKET opens.
TWENTIETH CENTURY:
1901:
EDWARD VII BECOMES KING, SOLE MONARCH OF THE HOUSE OF SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA.
The NEW THEATRE burns down.
The ISOLATION HOSPITAL on LING ROAD, SHELTHORPE opens.
The population of LOUGHBOROUGH is 21,508.
1902:
Disaster is narrowly avoided when a fire breaks out in the GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
A second fire almost destroys COBDEN STREET SCHOOL.
A new electricity generating station opens in Bridge Street.
The WESLEYAN METHODIST Sunday School opens.
1904:
LOUGHBOROUGH's first power station opens in THE RUSHES, built at a cost of
£25,000. It produces 250 kilowatts, direct current.
1905:
ST PETER'S CHURCH opens in STORER ROAD.
The CARNEGIE LIBRARY opens in GRANBY STREET on June 22nd. This is partially
financed by £5,000 from the Scottish-American millionaire and philanthropist
ANDREW CARNEGIE.
The THEATRE ROYAL opens on MILL STREET (now MARKET STREET) with "MONSIEUR
BEAUCAIRE".
The NEPTUNE INN on the market place closes down.
1906:
LONGCLIFFE GOLF COURSE opens on land leasd from the DE LISLE family.
1908:
First appearance of the LOUGHBOROUGH TIMES, a free advertising weekly. It
is to close in 1916.
1909:
LOUGHBOROUGH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE is founded.
The "LOUGHBOROUGH ECHO" becomes a newspaper.
The PARISH CHURCH bell ringing team break the world record by ringing 18,027 Steadman Caters in 12 hours 18 minutes.
c1910:
The town's first scheduled motor bus service begins between QUORN and SHEPSHED.
1910:
GEORGE V BECOMES KING UNDER THE NEW NAME OF WINDSOR.
The UNITED METHODISTS are joined at their SPARROW HILL FREE CHURCH by the METHODIST NEW CONVENTION.
1911:
Population of LOUGHBOROUGH is 22,990
1914:
THE FIRST WORLD WAR BEGINS
THE 5TH BATTALION, THE LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT parades in the MARKET PLACE before leaving to fight in France.
The EMPIRE CINEMA opens on CATTLE MARKET.
"Sunlock", a LOUGHBOROUGH bred horse, wins the Grand National.
The town's electricity supply changes from direct to alternating current.
1915:
THE 5TH BATTALION, THE LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT sees action in France in February.
HERBERT SCHOFIELD becomes Principal of the LOUGHBOROUGH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.
1916:
Three people are killed when a Zeppelin bombs THE RUSHES on January 31st.
Three further bombs also fall in other locations, killing another three people.
"We were on our way to the Cinema on Ashby Road... when we heard the
first blast. It was a terrific noise. The glass in the shop windows all around
us shattered and we had to run to dodge the flying shards..." (Eye-witness
account from Mildred Clements, aged 20 at the time of the attack)
Mr Oswin, born in 1908 recalls: "I was only eight at the time. My mother took me down to the cellar... and I well remember the crump and vibration from the bombs dropped near MORRIS'S WORKS. Several people were killed.... There might have been many more fatalities for people were leaving the Picture Playhouse on Ashby Road as bombs were falling near the gas works. There was no blackout in LOUGHBOROUGH until after this raid".
Thompson's saddlers shop in the yard of the OLD BULL'S HEAD HOTEL is demolished.
WILLS AND HEPWORTH publish the first LADYBIRD BOOK.
HERBERT SCHOFIELD introduces short raining courses for women munitions workers
at the LOUGHBOROUGH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.
1917:
Strike Meetings are held in the Market Place.
1918:
END OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
The HICKLING SCHOOL becomes a Technical school run by the County Council. It later becomes the Junior College in William Street.
The LOUGHBOROUGH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE is renamed LOUGHBOROUGH TECHNICAL COLLEGE.
1920:
THE HOME RULE ACT INCORPORATES THE SIX COUNTIES IN THE NORTH-EAST OF IRELAND
AS PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
The LOUGHBOROUGH HERALD and NORTH LEICESTERSHIRE GAZETTE combine with the MONITOR AND NEWS to form the LOUGHBOROUGH MONITOR AND HERALD.
1921:
The VICTORY CINEMA opens in BIGGIN STREET.
GENATOSAN moves into the old MIDLAND BREWERY COMPANY on DERBY ROAD.
The population of LOUGHBOROUGH is 25,587
1922:
Oram and Lewins Ironmongers is taken over by TYLERS.
1923:
The CARILLON WAR MEMORIAL opens in QUEENS PARK.
1924:
FIRST LABOUR GOVERNMENT UNDER RAMSAY MACDONALD
BURLEIGH BROOK PARK - popularly known as "TICKLE-BELLY PARK" - is put up for sale.
ST MARY'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH in ASHBY ROAD is extended, bulding on the graveyard at the front.
1926:
THE GENERAL STRIKE
1926-8:
LOUGHBOROUGH town centre is transformed by an extensive programme of street
widening.
1927:
Work begins on the SHELTHORPE ESTATE.
The HIGH STREET widening scheme begins. Many buildings are demolished, including the OLD BULLS HEAD coaching Inn.
The Parish of LOUGHBOROUGH becomes part of the Diocese of Leicester.
1929:
CARTWRIGHT AND WARNER's Hosiery Mill on NOTTINGHAM ROAD closes down. The business
is bought and expanded by TOWLES.
The gallery of EMMANUEL CHURCH is removed.
1930:
LIMEHURST SCHOOL opens.
LOUGHBOROUGH POST OFFICE moves to it's present location on SPARROW HILL.
The LOUGHBOROUGH BOARD OF GUARDIANS meets for the final time, following the abolition of the POOR LAW a year earlier.
There are now 3,800 consumers of electricity in LOUGHBOROUGH, increasing at a rate of 200 per month.
1931:
Passenger rail services cease on the FOREST LINE.
The population of LOUGHBOROUGH is 26,945
A new fire station is built on Bridge Street to replace the old one on Ashby Road.
1932:
SWAN STREET is widened with the loss of many old buildings.
There is another bad flood in the MARKET PLACE.
1933:
The College Stadium Running Track is built.
1936:
EDWARD VIII BECOMES KING BUT ABDICATES THE SAME YEAR. GEORGE VI THEN BECOMES
KING.
The EMPIRE CINEMA closes. The NEW EMPIRE CINEMA opens on CATTLEMARKET. The ODEON CINEMA opens on BAXTER GATE.
1937:
GENATOSAN is taken over by the FISONS. GROUP
1938:
Land is bought on DERBY ROAD for the building of an airport for LOUGHBOROUGH.
Closure of the LOUGHBOROUGH race course.
HAZLERIGG HALL, now part of the University, is opened on June 15th.
1939:
THE SECOND WORLD WAR BEGINS
The CHARNWOOD FOREST RAILWAY closes to passenger traffic.
ALAN MOSS buys ISLAND HOUSE in GRANBY STREET for £1,400.
LOUGHBOROUGH RACE COURSE is converted into an airfield. This was located on fields between the river and the Derby Road playing fields on one side and the Bishop Meadow Industrial Estate on the other.
The Kel Prince Billiard Hall on MILL STREET (now MARKET STREET) is converted into a Social Club.
1940:
A German bomber narrowly avoids LOUGHBOROUGH and crashes at BURTON ON THE
WOLDS.
The SALVATION ARMY open a REST ROOM troops passing through the town. The warden is called Miss Munro.
1944:
LOUGHBOROUGH COLLEGE SCHOOL becomes a seperate entity from LOUGHBOROUGH TECHNICAL
COLLEGE.
1945:
THE SECOND WORLD WAR ENDS
The SOCIAL CLUB on MARKET STREET is bought as a SOCIAL CLUB for employees of HERBERT MORRIS LTD.
1946:
THE OUTWOODS given to the town.
The PHILHARMONIC HALL becomes the REGENT THEATRE.
1947:
The new LOUGHBOROUGH CEMETERY opens.
c1950:
DISHLEY MILL is converted into a private house.
1950:
HERBERT SCHOFIELD retires as Principal of LOUGHBOROUGH TECHNICAL COLLEGE.
1951:
The population of LOUGHBOROUGH is 34,731.
1952:
ELIZABETH II BECOMES QUEEN.
The THEATRE ROYAL closes.
1953:
The SIR ROBERT MARTIN THEATRE opens.
1954:
Opening of GARENDON HIGH SCHOOL.
The NEW EMPIRE CINEMA becomes THE ESSOLDO.
1955:
The section of the CHARNWOOD FOREST RAILWAY in LOUGHBOROUGH closes altogether.
1958:
The ZENOBIA perfume factory is sold to GENATOSAN.
1959:
LONGCLIFFE GOLF COURSE is bought from the DE LISLE family by LONGCLIFFE GOLF
COMPANY LTD.
1960:
LOUGHBOROUGH CREMATORIUM opens
1961:
BURLEIGH HOUSE demolished to make way for new buildings at the University.
The population of LOUGHBOROUGH is 38,638
1962:
The OLD RECTORY is partly demolished and the remainder restored as a museum.
The UNITED METHODISTS CHAPEL on SPAROW HILL is demolished and the congregation move to the new TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH on ROYLAND ROAD.
1963:
LOUGHBOROUGH TRAINING COLLEGE becomes LOUGHBOROUGH COLLEGE OF EDUCATION.
LOUGHBOROUGH SCHOOL OF ART becomes LOUGHBOROUGH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN.
LOUGHBOROUGH COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF CONTINUATIVE EDUCATION becomes LOUGHBOROUGH
TECHNICAL COLLEGE.
1964:
DERBY ROAD STATION is demolished.
GARENDON HOUSE is also demolished and it's rubble used as hardcore for the new M1 motorway running through the estate.
WILLS AND HEPWORTH abandon all other work to concentrate on publishing LADYBIRD BOOKS.
1965:
ISLAND HOUSE on GRANBY STREET is demolished to make room for the new LOUGHBOROUGH
LIBRARY building.
The STAR FOUNDRY (originally the LOUGHBOROUGH WORKHOUSE) is demolished to make way for the Post Office Sorting Office.
1966:
LOUGHBOROUGH COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY becomes LOUGHBOROUGH
UNIVERSITY and receives its charte.r
1967:
The VICTORY CINEMA closes and is demolished to make way for the "SUPASAVE"
supermarket. The ODEON CINEMA becomes the CLASSIC.
1968:
KNIGHT THORPE HALL is demolished.
1970:
The original GOLDEN FLEECE HOTEL is demolished.
The premises on DERBY ROAD become the Pharmaceutical Division of FISONS.
1971:
INTRODUCTION OF DECIMAL CURRENCY
The population of LOUGHBOROUGH is 45,863.
CLEMERSONS closes down.
1972:
The ESSOLDO CINEMA is renamed THE CURZON.
1973:
BRITAIN JOINS THE EEC
The CURZON CINEMA is renamed the CLASSIC when the CLASSIC on BAXTER GATE closes down.
1974:
THE FORMATION OF THE BOROUGH OF CHARNWOOD.
The CLASSIC CINEMA reverts to it's former name of THE CURZON.
1976:
CHARNWOOD ARTS is established.
1977:
LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY and LOUGHBOROUGH COLLEGE OF EDUCATION amalgamate.
The former ODEON and CLASSIC cinema on BAXTER GATE becomes the BEACON BINGO hall.
1984-5:
COAL STRIKE
1991:
Opening of the QUORN-MOUNTSORREL BYPASS.
The population of LOUGHBOROUGH is 51,424.
1994:
Artist PAUL GENT arrives in LOUGHBOROUGH.
1997:
The initially controversial but now well-loved statue "THE SOCK"
by Shona Kinloch takes up residence in the MARKET PLACE.
1999:
A regular Farmers Market begins on the first Wednesday of each month.
The old swimming baths in GRANBY STREET reopen as the CHARNWOOD MUSEUM.
2000:
The THORPE ACRE TRAIL is set up to celebrate the new millennium.
The old FISONS buildings on DERBY ROAD are demolished and a new retail complex built.
CHARNWOOD ARTS begins it's ground-breaking "PEOPLE MAKING PLACES" project.