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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Leicestershire => Topic started by: wendz on Tuesday 28 June 11 19:18 BST (UK)
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Hi,
I've just been doing a bit of family history research which has taken me to Great Glen. My Grandma was in service there for a Mr & Mrs Stevenson who had two daughters Dorothy and Lillian. I have a photo of the house which I believe was called Hawthorne Lodge. I just wondered where it was, I can not find a record of it now and have noticed there is a Hawthorne Close which is up Chestnut Drive near to where Stretton Hall was situated. I wonder if the Lodge was pulled down to make way for new builds? does any body know?
Also I have found a lovely postcard of Glen-Rise Cafe. Glen Rise is in the same area as Chestnut Drive so I wondered if this is now The Horse and Hounds? (Fayre and Square)
I know I am just speculating but if anyone can confirm or correct this I would be most grateful!
Many thanks
Wendy
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Greeting’s…….. Wendy.
When I lived ( North Cottage ) & worked at Stretton Hall back in 1960’s
The main Wards were named …Oak Lodge. Beach Lodge, and Linden Lodge,
From the modern maps where your Hawthorne Close is
stood Oak Lodge ( Male Adult Inmates)
The Main Hall building ( The Old Stretton Hall )
Contained the Nursery and trusted Female Inmates.
Sorry I can’t recall a" Hawthorne Lodge" within the Estate.
On old Maps ( Late 1800's )of Stretton Hall Estate the Area opposite where Oak Lodge stood
Was named…. " Wilderness Shrubs "
Your Picture of the Glen Rise Café looks very much like
“The Tea Pot Café “ which stood opposite
The Lodge & gates & to the drive which took you up to Stretton Hall.
MIKE. ……
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Hi Mike,
Many thanks for your post! I have replied twice to it but it is not showing either!!! ??? third time lucky maybe?
Yes the Cafe was renamed the Tea Pot, my Mum remembers it! Thank you for confirming where it was! I have also found out it was sold to Colin Riley around 1971, he and his wife changed the name to La Teira Restaurant. I remember that area being Roosters and Pearl City do you?
I still haven't found the location of Hawthorne Lodge, I am hoping perhaps someone will remember the Stevensons and be able to point me in the right direction!
Thank you again
Wendy
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Next door the the Tea Pot Cafe was a garage and filling station, in the 1960s the petrol attendant was Joe Waterfield a small dapper man from Great Glen, known in the village as "Joe the Goose". During the pantomime season he played the goose in "Mother Goose" in Nottingham and other towns. He did part time work at the Greyhound pub and kept his costume in an attic room above one of the garages. I remember being allowed to see it, he was a good friend of our family and a real gentleman. I was born in Great Glen almost opposite the school in 1945, our house was what we used to call "The house in the middle of the street". We lived with my grand parents (mothers side) till they died Gran 1950 Grando in 1954
Sir names Bond, Allsopp and Jordan
Nigel
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Hello Wendy,
Same question and a photograph of Hawthorne Cottage on this website:
www.leicestershirevillages.com/greatglen/12755,626437.html
Wonder if he got a reply? There's an email address, so might be worth getting in touch.
Good luck with your search.
Regards, Dod.
PS. I notice the above website is to be discontinued from August 2016.
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Hi Dod,
Thank you, I will drop Toni a line to see if anyone got in touch.
It's a shame the site is closing down, although I haven't used it a lot myself recently I do find it very interesting to browse.
Kind Regards
Wendy
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Nigel my mum says also is a common name in great Glen
Have you seen the book Halls houses and hovels about great Glen
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Hi Wendy,
My family live in the house in great glen previously owned by the Stevensons. It is called Hawthorne lodge. So I presume your grandmother was in service here all those years ago!
How interesting. I bet she had some stories to tell.
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Hi Wendy + jaydon
I've leant my copy of halls houses & hovels to brownies
There will be mentions about the house from earlier eras too.
You can look at electoral rolls to see who was living at what address
My mother interviewed lots of the village elders before writing her book
The recordings are still at records office and she has material that was not included.
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There are some mentions residents of Hawthorne Lodge, Great Glen, in the newspapers, including the surnames of Timson in 1932 and Sproston in 1934-61.
David
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Hi there,
I can confirm these details are correct, how did you come across these! I only found them on our house deeds and paperwork.
I believe sproston was a photographer. Timson only lived in the house for the a short period.
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You can find who was living there on the 1939 register
I looked at several families in 1939 to see if they had evacuees living with them .a whole group came with their teacher from the same school in Islington
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There is one article which gives the address as Hawthorn Lodge, 33 London Road, Great Glen, when Edith Maud Sproston died in 1985. Makes it easier to find on the map and the house number can be seen on Google Street View.
David
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Archibald George Stevenson was a Boot and Shoe manufacturer who had a factory in Oadby. The Electoral Roll of 1930 gives his abode as Great Glen, but no specific address.
A newspaper article in 1929 gives his address as Hawthorn Lodge, Leicester. He was find £1 for obstructing the highway.
He had a daughter named Dorothy in 1898 but I can't find Lillian.
In 1921, Archibald was with his wife, Lettie, and daughter, Dorothy, in Carlton Elms Road, Leicester.
In 1939, Archibald was a Hotel Proprietor in Spalding, with Lettie. As a widow, Lettie died there on 23rd May 1944, Archibald having died in 1943
David
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Hi All!
Wow!! Thank you so very much for your wonderful replies to my post. It was 8 years ago I made it so it was a lovely surprise to get a notification I had replies to read!
Thank you Jaydon, for the lovely photo of the Lodge as it is today. Sadly I didn't get to meet my Grandma so I only had the stories my Mum told me and a few photo's passed down from her.
David, I have since found out that Lilian was Dorothy's cousin, Florence Lilian, but preferred to be known as Lilian. My Grandma used to look after both girls. The 1921 Census shows my Grandma living with William Stevenson and Florrie (Lilian's parents) at Pen-Sylva on London Road, Oadby. Dorothy married Ernest Andrews in Spalding during 1935 and died there in 1988 aged 90 years.
Thank you again for all of your lovely replies, I do have a FindMyPast subscription so I will have a renewed look at the newspapers as there have been quite a few additions since I last looked.
Best wishes
Wendy
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The Great Glen brownies are earning their history badges this month I went as a guest speaker with the blacksmith s granddaughter
They were interested in the evacuees from Islington & what happened to them .if you know anything about any of them please add to my post on London forum . Or any photos of WW2 era that you can share please PM me + I will report back to brown owl 🦉
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The Great Glen brownies are earning their history badges this month I went as a guest speaker with the blacksmith s granddaughter
They were interested in the evacuees from Islington & what happened to them .if you know anything about any of them please add to my post on London forum . Or any photos of WW2 era that you can share please PM me + I will report back to brown owl 🦉