South Side - going up hill

Extract from an obituary: In 1885 Mr Carrington built one of the first houses in the Harborough-road district.

Spinney Cottage 1887 No 2 Harborough Road

Old stone cottages - date unknown

The row of stone cottages - No 20 down to Little Street and Farmhouse

Number 20 is the corner with Manning Street. It was once occupied by Mr. Frank Jones who had seven sons, and later by Mr. Garfirth and his son. Both families were very popular family butchers.

36 + 34 Dale Cottages with entry between	40 + 38 Gladstone & Arbury Cottages

Fern Villas - 56 + 54 Harborough Road

Harborough Park Villas - 66 + 64

Former factory of George Warner, later Clifford Collins, now converted to flats as Harborough Place.

This row rising above the factory shows the mix of houses built in this road. No 70 was occupied by Alfred Stokes in 1901, a shoe factory manager, probably at George Warner's. It was usual to build a house for owner or manager, adjoining a factory as the street was built to house the workers coming in from the outlying villages during the late 19C. 80 is another larger property amongst the cottages, with a bungalow beyond; there are no other bungalows in the road! It is called Pightles View, built in 1901.

A bungalow at 82, then 80 - 70 in a variety of styles

From the bungalow to the top - a variety of cottages with the cemetery gates beyond. Cars were not invented when this street was built, but many on this side of the road have a back entrance where several occupiers have now built garages.

102 - 96
Right: 92 has a painted flower on the porch wall

Above: former Selwood Factory site - looking into Harborough Way Right: Near the Cemetery entrance

Harborough Way

Looking east - with Cemetery behind - next to the old Lodge garden - these are built on the former Selwood site

1-19 have their parking spaces behind this small play area	Harborough Way - far left part of Cordwainers

North Side - going up hill

Back of Sherwood's with garage of No 1 No 1 adjoined to Cherry Orchard Cottages in Park Road

No 3 - a former corner shop

No 5/7 formerly Smart's factory - now Ken Woodward's with 9 + 11 above Properties behind are part of Southfields development

9 to 15

Factory at 21 - formerly George Selwood, then Horace Wright. Now 8 flats with 21B & 21C behind - Harborough Court Mews.

29 - 31 Woodbine Cottages built in 1887 with entry between	Harborough Court Mews to 33 - Myrtle Cottage.

75 looking down hill - taken in 2007, with far fewer cars parked on the day!

Former Selwood Factory site - near the Cemetery entrance looking into Harborough Way