Advert for the September 2015 coach Trip A feature of the coach trips around this time was to spend a full day visiting two places of interest. This trip in the Autumn of 2015 was no exception visiting two very…...
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The advert for our trip in May 2015 promised members a very grand day out with two distinct locations offering very different experiences. This variety was a great feature of the day trips at that time and a tribute to…...
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Our cover story for this issue, “An Artful Piece of Craftmanship” looks at the “The Beeches” in Elmfield Avenue, a house built in the last years of the Victorian era which cleverly combined traditional styling with modern construction techniques. Set…
The attendance at this year’s AGM on Tuesday May 26th was a little lower than usual, probably due to the unusually warm weather but our annual report shows that the Society has been as active as ever during the year…
Westcotes and the West End, Tuesday 21st July 7.00pm Meet at Corner of Sykefield Avenue & Westcotes Drive Building along Leicester’s western approaches did not really start until the 1860s and only gathered momentum twenty years later when the population…
It was a great pleasure to present Leicester City Council with the first SCAS Enhancement Award for the improvements to the junction at Knighton Road and Knighton Drive. The society’s AGM held at Congregational Church Hall on the 26th May…
In this issue we feature “Glenwood, the Snows and the Cawdells”, the story of the distinctive Victorian house that once stood on the site now occupied by Glenwood Close (at the corner of London Road and Stoughton Road) and the…
The cover article of this issue “When Hollywood came to Stoneygate” remembers early 1976 when actress Mia Farrow and her then husband, musician and composer Andre Previn, were temporary residents at a house in Avenue Road. You can read more…
In this newsletter, we featured “One Stoneygate Resident’s Remarkable Wartime Past“. The month following publication would celebrate Victory in Europe (VE) day, and we felt it appropriate to write about one resident’s significant contribution to the conflict. One story amongst…
This issue looks at the story behind a painting of an Edwardian lady, her pet dog and an apple tree in a garden in Avenue Road and an earlier, more dramatic series of events relating to the same property which…