Not silver surfers but green!

Kitty Nolan showing a photo of herself and her family on Myrtle Rd.

Off to The Emerald Centre today for more tales from the wonderful Lunch Club.
As part of the launch for this blog I borrowed a set of Ipads and had the crowd, and guests, searching the internet for their stories and photos. They took to the technology amazingly well and were soon into Flickr and Google maps!

Deidre and Bobby Wrafter and their Ipad: revisiting their house on Haddon St.

Mary Warrener showing where she lived on Homefield Rd, Sileby in 1968.

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The Emerald Centre, Gipsy Lane, Leicester. LE5 OTB

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Haddon St

Deidre Wrafter (nee Poutch) came from Dublin and came to Leicester with her, then, boyfriend Bobby in 1955. Bobby had been working for the Post Office in Dublin and Deidre was working too. So although they both had jobs they were young and wanted to come over anyway. Bobby knew someone who’d already come here as there was plenty of work in Leicester.

They first lived in Laurel Rd, then 37 Severn St and then 66 Haddon St. This was their first mortgage and Deidre’s mother gave them the £50 deposit for the house which cost them £900 to buy. They paid £7 a month mortgage and £7 per half year rates. Deidre remembers that the solicitors were Stewart, Parish and Freeman and they paid the solicitor fees off monthly. Deidre’s brothers came over in the 1960s to live with her when her parents died.

If you'd like to be involved contact us on 0116 276 9186 or pop in to: 

The Emerald Centre, Gipsy Lane, Leicester. LE5 OTB

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