Loose_Grip/Pete's photos with the keyword: Market

Market Harborough is a market town situated in the far southeast of Leicestershire, on the border with Northamptonshire. In the town centre is the Old Grammar School, a small timber building dating from 1614. The ground floor is open, creating a covered market area. HBM to everyone. Enjoy the start of the new week.

Leicester Victorian Cattle Market closed in December 1988 & today is a retail & leisure centre. However the gates, gatepiers and railings at the West Entrance of the old market off Aylestone Road have been preserved. Signage indicating Horses (see PiP), Cattle & Sheep are part of the design. The official listing states: Circa 1870. Nine pierced cast-iron gate piers square in section with pilaster shafts at angles, pointed arch heads. Between are gates and railings with spandrels of linked rings. Two piers flanking centre gateway are higher with cast-iron cattle and rams heads in tympanum of archedhead facing in four directions. At ends red brick piers with similar but larger stone arched heads with animal heads. HFF to everyone. Have a great weekend.

Another shot of Leicester Cattle Market which closed in December 1988 & today is a retail & leisure centre. However the gates, gatepiers and railings at the West Entrance of the old market off Aylestone Road have been preserved in situ. The official listing states: Circa 1870. Nine pierced cast-iron gate piers square in section with pilaster shafts at angles, pointed arch heads. Between are gates and railings with spandrels of linked rings. Two piers flanking centre gateway are higher with cast-iron cattle and rams heads in tympanum of archedhead facing in four directions. At ends red brick piers with similar but larger stone arched heads with animal heads. HFF to everyone. Have a great post-Christmas weekend.

The Market Place is quiet on a Sunday afternoon stroll around Melton Mowbray. HBM to everyone. Enjoy the day.

The train now departing. The Battlefield Line ran its Santa trains from November 2021and the motive power was visiting Western Manor 4-6-0 7822 Foxcote Manor in BR black livery. Here the train approaches the foot crossing at the south end of the station. HFF to everyone & have a great weekend.

Keep Rollin', Rollin', Rollin', Though the streams are swollen, Keep them dawwgies rollin', Rawhide! Alongside the closed ex-LNWR Northampton to Market Harborough railway line, today known as the Brampton Valley Way foot/cyclepath. HFF & have a great weekend.

Great Western Railway Modified Hall 4-6-0 6989 Wightwick Hall departing southwards from Market Bosworth. The loco is visiting the Battlefield Line from Quainton. This preserved line runs from Shackerstone to Shenton over part of the old Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway opened in 1873 and closed in 1970 .