Something unusual. This is a detail of one of the sloping slate slats that can be seen near the top of the tower. The builders have actually used grave stones to make the slats! I don't believe these were removed from graves but more likely they were scrap stones with engraving errors.
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c1904
The clock shows a quarter to one on a summers day. The car has been kindly identified as a c1932 Morris Minor Two Seater by Chas Moody of the Surrey Vintage Vehicle Society.
This postcard (photographers proof) was obtained from Italy, date unknown
The old church
Upper image - Engraving of St Peters old church 1811
(Nichols History of Leicestershire).
Lower image (courtesy of Huw Davies) - Extremely rare
and possibly unique cabinet photograph from April 1875. Note the different bell
tower. The late local historian Jonathan Wilshere stated in his book
'Glenfield, a Considerable Village' that the earlier tower contained
three bells whereas the 1875 image shows a slimmer tower with only one bell.
The larger present day St Peters was completed a year later in 1876. The
original bell was incorporated into the new church.
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