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BUS SERVICES. Harby is fortunate to be well supplied with bus services to
Melton, Bingham and Nottingham, some routes also covering Vale villages. 'Busline', 01162511411, Bartons, 0115
9240000, customer.services@bartonbuses.co.uk,
Paul James, 0870 6082608.
DAIRIES. Harby has been a centre for cheese making from earliest records. Stilton Cheese is the speciality now produced by two dairies in the village which employ local people, Harby Dairy and a branch of Long Clawson Dairy.
FISH AND CHIPS. Travelling chippy on Monday evenings at various locations
including Boyers Orchard 8.25 to 8.40, Thursday evenings 7 to 9 at
the Nags Head.
GARAGE. At the end of Nether Street, facing up School Lane stands Harby Garage, it supplies petrol and other fuels and specialises in car body repairs, 01949 860213.
HOUSING. There is a mix of old and new, large and small properties in the village. Due to the desirability of the location and the excellent facilities of Harby prices are rather high. There is still some rented property available but there has been a reduction in this area. There has been a tendency for properties to be extended or for new larger houses to be built so there are proportionally fewer small cottages and houses in the village. A core of historic properties add to the charm of the village.
LIBRARY. The Library
in Melton Mowbray is on 0116
265 6988. www.leicestershire.gov.uk.
MARKETS are held in Melton on Tuesdays and Saturdays and also Bingham on a Thursday.
www.melton.co.uk. www.nottscc.gov.uk/districts/bingham.
MELTON BOROUGH COUNCIL collects our taxes and provides services, 01664
567771.
www.melton.gov.uk.
MILK a home delivery service still exists in Harby for milk, operated by Express Dairies, 0115 986 5001.
MOBILE LIBRARY There are fortnightly visits on a Monday from the mobile library which stops at several locations in the
village: - Boyers Orchard 11.10 to 11.30, School 11.35 to 12.20,
Burton Close 12.55 to 13.25, Main Street 13.30 to 13.35. www.leicestershire.gov.uk.
NEWSPAPERS.
The local newspapers that cover Harby are the Grantham Journal www.granthamjournal.co.uk
and the Melton Times www.meltontimes.co.uk.
POLICE The Principal Beat
Officer is PC Dave Sewell. To contact him ring 0116 248 5675 and
quote his ID number 1240.
POST OFFICE. Harby Post Office
and shop at the junction of Dickmans Lane and Burden Lane is open Monday
to Friday 7.00 am to 7 pm, Saturday
7.30 am to 7 pm, Sunday
8 am to 12 noon tel. 01949 860200. The Post Office is closed on Wednesday
afternoon.
PUBS, RESTAURANTS. Two public houses serve the village; they face each other at the junction of Colston Lane and Main Street.
The
Nags Head, 20 Main Street, is one of the oldest and most interesting buildings in the village and provides all you would expect from a village pub, 01949 860209.
www.country-focus.co.uk/harby/nagshead.htm.
The White Hart, 37 Main Street, is different in character and atmosphere but similarly serves the needs of the village,
it has a chinese restaurant and take-away meals, 01949 860237.
www.country-focus.co.uk/harby/whiteheart.htm.
Harby Garage Café - The Tea Room Junction.
Opening hours - Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 8 am to 6 pm. Tuesday 8 am to 2 pm. Sunday closed.
Telephone 01949 860213
RAILWAYS. Train enquiries 0845 7 484950.
Great North Eastern Railway enquiries for Grantham Station 0845 7 225333.
SHOPS. Harby retains two shops, one adjoined to the garage in Nether
street, and the other at the junction of Dickmans Lane and Burden Lane which is also the post office.
Harby Post Office provides a post office, morning newspapers, magazines, grocery, meat, vegetables & fruit, greetings cards, bread & cake, wines & beers, gas cylinders, dry cleaning, photographic services etc. also National Lottery. The shop is open from early morning until 6-00p.m. Monday to Saturday, until 7-00p.m. on lottery nights also Sunday mornings until noon. The Post Office section is open 9-00a.m. - 5-30p.m. except Tuesday when it is closed in the afternoon and Saturday when it closes at 12-30. The shop closes for lunch between 1-00p.m. and 2-00p.m. Telephone 01949 860200.
TRADESMEN
Butchers - David Cox, Stathern, 01949 861066. A. Pears & Son, Long Clawson, 01664 822256. Richards, Long Clawson, 01664 822466.
Electricians - David Tinsley, Stathern, 01949 860243. Eddie Stevens, Hose, 01949 861368.
Plumbers - Terry Deller, 01949 850138. William Paccy, Bottesford, 01949 842313
Builders - G. Smith, Long Clawson. 01664 823163. Bailey A & J, Long Clawson, 01664 822731. Bailey Richard, Long Clawson, 01664 822025. J.W.Stafford, Harby, 019494 860570
Handyman - Jack Smith, Harby, 01949 861143.
Joiners - Chris Ablewhite, Stathern, 01949 861679.
Decorators - J.N.&P. Baxter, Harby, 01949 860287.
WASTE COLLECTION. Melton Borough Council operates an up to date weekly
waste collection service. This includes collection of separated materials
for recycling, currently tins, glass, paper, plastic bottles and
compostable waste, 01664 567771.
www.melton.gov.uk/.
WEBSITE SERVICES The
local company to help small businesses getting onto the web is Vale Web
Design www.valewebdesign.co.uk.
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© 2000 Marilyn Garner, All rights reserved.
Revised: December 22, 2003
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