Letters
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Hi Editor,
As an owner of a building in Syston which has been flooded three times in two years, I think that Merton College, Oxford has no right to sell this land for building.
This land has been farming land since 1271 and as such it should stay agricultural land.
Also Merton College will not have to live with the fall out from this building plan. we will.
Resident of Syston
Dear Editor,
I’ve saw a letter in the November issue of the Stn and noted the letter from a reader complaining about the state of The Green.
I should like to reassure the writer that following contact made by Syston Town council with both LCC and CBC, county Highways department have plans in place to repair this area and replace lost and faded cobblestones thereby improving the general area of The Green. This is due to commence in November this year.
Regards
Cllr Phil Knight
Chairman
Development & General Purposes Committee
Syston Town Council
Dear Editor,
I am doing some family history research and came across this Christmas card from about 1935 from the owner of the house to my parents. It shows the back garden but I’m not sure which elevation it is.
The owner was my father’s uncle, Arthur Shorthose Smith, c.1875-1963 and his wife was Edith, nee Woodcock, c.1872-1958, my grandfather’s sister.
The house was on the corner of Melton Road and Barkby Lane on the Thurmaston side. I think the frontage was on Melton Road and there was a side gate about 50 yards along Barkby Lane.
Their son Arthur Norman Smith c.1912-1980 lived in the bungalow almost opposite in the fork of Melton Road and Fosse Way. This property still exists as I remember it in the 1950s. Father and son worked in their family business in Leicester, Bradbury and Smith, paper merchants.
Driving past this area today it’s impossible to tell if any of the original house still exists or if the site was cleared for redevelopment.
Maybe one of your readers could supply some answers to this puzzle.
Yours sincerely,
Mr F. Woodcock,
Houghton on the Hill.
(If you have any information about the above property, please contact us at the Stn in the first instance and we will forward onto Mr Franklin.)