On this day in … 1873
17 April 2021
17th April 1873
Mr John Wyatts begs most respectfully to inform the inhabitants of Loughborough and it’s vicinity that he has recently purchased two SHILLIBEERS (horse drawn hearses with room for mourners). NB coffins supplied on reasonable terms.
Snippets from the Loughborough Advertiser, Loughborough Herald and Loughborough Monitor.
Collated by Loughborough Library Local Studies Volunteers
Source: Matthew’s Local Newspaper Extracts Vol. 1
Good Friday in times past
2 April 2021
‘I was born and bred in the town and very well remember on Good Fridays around 6:30 am, the baker’s boy coming down our street – Albert Promenade – with a tray-load of hot cross buns on his head, waking the residents with his loud cry of his wares and price of a few coppers.’
‘My father, like others, would open their bedroom windows and ask for a dozen buns to be left on the doorstep, at the same time throwing the correct money down to pay.’
From ‘Loughborough As I Remember It,’ Leicestershire Libraries, pub 1989.
