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 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…
SCAS’s comments on the Local Plan Town planning involves making decisions about the future of our cities, towns and countryside; it is a vital means of balancing our wish to develop the areas where we live and work (to meet…