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Quorn Business and Industry

 Quorn bus, 1929  Quorn bus, 1929
In the 1920s and 1930s there were several different firms running buses through Quorn. ...... cont.
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 Meeting Street, Quorn  Meeting Street, Quorn
As the years go by and as Quorn Village On-line Museum continues to grow, it becomes ...... cont.
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 Video: Wrights - Weaving Narrow Fabrics in Quorn since 1860  Video: Wrights - Weaving Narrow Fabrics in Quorn since 1860
Wrights factory has been in Quorn since the 1860s and continues to thrive today. This ...... cont.
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 Quorn Station 1937  Quorn Station 1937
This is a photograph taken on Quorn railway station when it was run by the London & North ...... cont.
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 Picture by W E Cooke – Coal Wharf, 1879  Picture by W E Cooke – Coal Wharf, 1879
This picture of the Coal Wharf on Soar Road in Quorn, was drawn in 1879 by local ...... cont.
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 Misses E & M White – Homemade cakes price list  Misses E & M White – Homemade cakes price list
This price list dates from about 1910. Ethel and Muriel White were the daughters of ...... cont.
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 Barrie’s Fruit and Veg Shop, Quorn Cross  Barrie’s Fruit and Veg Shop, Quorn Cross
‘Barries’ fruit and veg shop, in a prominent position on Quorn Cross, was run by Barrie ...... cont.
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 Ann at Quorn’, High Street, Quorn  Ann at Quorn’, High Street, Quorn
‘Ann at Quorn’ was a high class clothes shop at 20 High Street in Quorn. It was ...... cont.
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 WW1, Wrights factory ‘War Service’ lapel badge  WW1, Wrights factory ‘War Service’ lapel badge
During WW1 Wrights factory in Quorn was employing over 2,000 people and working round the ...... cont.
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 Mrs Kettle's shop, Station Road, Quorn  Mrs Kettle's shop, Station Road, Quorn
Mrs Kettle's shop on Station Road is now a private house. The roof used to be thatched ...... cont.
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 Manor House Hotel, early 1900s  Manor House Hotel, early 1900s
The photograph for this postcard was taken in the early 1900s. Unfortunately this scan is ...... cont.
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 Wright's factory Quorn, 1950s  Wright's factory Quorn, 1950s
This excellent photograph was taken at Wright's factory in Quorn in the 1950s. Names ...... cont.
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 Quorndon Co-operative Provident Society Ltd, Station Road  Quorndon Co-operative Provident Society Ltd, Station Road
The Co-operative Society store was built in 1862 on the site of the Blue Ball inn. It ...... cont.
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 Quorn and Woodhouse GCR Station 1962  Quorn and Woodhouse GCR Station 1962
Pictures of Quorn Station seem to be very rare. This is a photograph of BR Class 9F no ...... cont.
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 Burton's newsagents, 1936, 25 High Street, Quorn  Burton's newsagents, 1936, 25 High Street, Quorn
This article about Burton's newsagents on High Street, appeared in the Quorndon Magazine ...... cont.
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 Thomas Pepper, farmer and coal merchant, Quorn  Thomas Pepper, farmer and coal merchant, Quorn
This is a photograph taken in about 1910, is of a cart belonging to Thomas Pepper, a ...... cont.
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 North’s Post Office and grocery shop, Quorn Cross  North’s Post Office and grocery shop, Quorn Cross
Thomas North arrived in Quorn as a single man, in his early twenties in the late 1850s. ...... cont.
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 Animosity to Cyclists - 1896  Animosity to Cyclists - 1896
Loughborough Herald - 5th November 1896 William Richardson, butcher, Quorn, pleaded ...... cont.
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 Nineteen years character gone  Nineteen years character gone
Loughborough Herald - 24th May 1917 Richard Footit, signalman, Quorn, was summoned ...... cont.
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 “By their fruits ye shall know them” - 1874  “By their fruits ye shall know them” - 1874
There seems little doubt that the 'gentleman' complained about in this letter was the ...... cont.
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 Situations Vacant at Wright's factory - 1964  Situations Vacant at Wright's factory - 1964
A thriving business, Wrights advertised for apprentices in 1964
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 Herbert Washington France – Stationmaster, Quorn and Woodhouse Great Central Railway Station, 1899 to 1917  Herbert Washington France – Stationmaster, Quorn and Woodhouse Great Central Railway Station, 1899 to 1917
Herbert France was born in 1866. He became stationmaster at the Great Central Quorn and ...... cont.
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 Wright's Christmas Party - 1972  Wright's Christmas Party - 1972
29th December 1972 – Loughborough Echo M Wright and Sons of Quorn held their annual ...... cont.
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 High Street Quorn, 1944  High Street Quorn, 1944
This postcard of Quorn was printed by Raphael Tuck and Sons, probably one of the most ...... cont.
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 Hay and Straw Dealer's Affairs - 1905  Hay and Straw Dealer's Affairs - 1905
Loughborough Herald - 28th September 1905 Re Ernest Henry Ward, residing at Mansfield ...... cont.
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Total: 358 artefacts returned over 15 pages


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