HARBY IN 1976.

Leicestershire Advertiser published this article on Harby on October 22 1976. page 7

The Vale in pictures: Harby

Suitable place for pondering on the past

ON A COLD WINTER'S DAY, Harby offers weary travellers cosy shelter by a log fire; where one can ponder the past over a pint of home-brewed ale and sample the renowned local Stilton cheese, writes Deborah Woods, our reporter from New Zealand who takes a fresh look at one of Leicestershire's most beautiful areas.

Its residents totalling approximately 700, form two distinct groups. The real local people in the old part of Harby, and the people who have come to live in new houses during the last 20 years. Harby consists of a post office and general store, a garage, one primary school, two churches and two pubs. The bus service is not very frequent and the only work available locally, apart from agricultural, is the traditional Craft of Stilton cheese making. Most people commute either to Melton or to Nottingham nine miles and fourteen miles respectively. Notices opposing the establishment of a coal mine in the Vale of Belvoir are also evident around the village. Cars carrying conservation stickers and such slogans as "Cows not coal". The topic is a sensitive one. Some realise it will alter the contours of the countryside and bring down its value. Others are aware that it will produce more jobs.

The accompanying pictures are 1624 to 1630

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