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Exciting extracts from 'A Brief History of Leire - Part II' by the Leire History Group.
10th November - details of our talk to Leire Council.

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Exciting extracts from 'A Brief History of Leire - Part II' by the Leire History Group.

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A POTTED HISTORY OF THE JUBILEE WALK

The Jubilee Walk is a disused railway cutting.

When I first started this site we knew very little about the walk and the text went like this...

  "The line was opened on 1st July 1840."

  "The last train ran on 30th December 1961 and closed on 1st January 1962.
   The tracks were lifted soon after."

  "In 1988 it was donated to the village of Leire by Mr and Mrs J A Redfearn" etc etc...

HOWEVER, at a talk we gave to the Leire Council on 10th November 2009, I was given a brilliant booklet called "A Brief History of Leire - Part II" by a member of the Leire History Group (please drop me a line to me - Mike as I did not make a note of your name - I am so very sorry).

It is attributed to Ian Burns, Sue Burns, Elsie Eden, June Goodwin, Carol Chambers and others "who helped in the preparation of the booklet".

It is a six chapter history of Leire. I have scanned the 2nd chapter "Railroad through Leire" and have made it available (with kind permission) in a moment or 2...

Before you go to the downloads I would love to give you a snippet of what you are going to read....

"Another Inquistition was taken at Leir (sic) on the 30th inst. on the body of John Johnson, who was unfortunately killed by tripping against a hard peice of clay and falling across the iron rails on the Midland Counties Line when a wagon, loaded with earth, ran over his body."

OR

"On 18th August (1924) a poorly attended meeting was greeted with a letter that said Leire could have a halt and work would start as soon as the £100 was sent."

EVEN

"The opening day of 2nd March 1925 had arrived and the station was decorated wih flags."

DOWNLOADS

The following downloads are from the 2nd chapter of the booklet "A Brief History of Leire - Part II" by Leire History Group.

The complete "Railroad through Leire" in pdf format Click here (717kb).
Pages 1 - 2 of "Railroad through Leire" in pdf format Click here (82kb).
Pages 3 - 4 of "Railroad through Leire" in pdf format Click here (110kb).
Pages 5 - 6 of "Railroad through Leire" in pdf format Click here (132kb).
Pages 7 - 8 of "Railroad through Leire" in pdf format Click here (145kb).
Pages 9 - 10 of "Railroad through Leire" in pdf format Click here (147kb).
Pages 11 - 12 of "Railroad through Leire" in pdf format Click here (131kb).

Leire Nature Walk was renamed Jubilee Walk, but we don't know when.
If you know when please email me, Mike.

In September 2007 a group of volunteers approached the Council for permission to improve the site and they set to work on the 16th October.

For more information about the history of, and walks along, Jubilee Walk visit Leicestershire Villages.

We are desperate to know more about the walk - please please email me, Mike, with any information you may have - Thank You.