Nostalgia
The king who gave up his throne recalled
Edward VIII’s first meeting with Mrs Wallis Simpson in a hunting lodge near Melton Mowbray was described to nearly 100 local hunting enthusiasts who packed the lecture room at Melton Carnegie Museum.
Exhibition on village history
AN exhibition showing how people lived in Upper Broughton during the 1930s and 1960s will be held for three days from tomorrow.
Times Past picture: Long Clawson Primary in the 1950s
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? This picture, of Long Clawson Primary School in the 1950s, was displayed at a recent reunion of Coronation Avenue residents.
Roy recalls old fire station and its role in the war years
THE completion of Melton’s new fire station prompted reader Roy Beeken to bring in this picture from 1943.
Rearsby Business Park ceremony remembers days of Auster Aircraft
MORE than 100 people gathered at Rearsby Business Park on Saturday (April 20) to commemorate its links with the production of Leicestershire’s most prominent aircraft - The Auster.
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Weather for Melton
Wednesday 22 May 2013
Today
Cloudy
Temperature: 3 C to 14 C
Wind Speed: 24 mph
Wind direction: North west
Tomorrow
Light showers
Temperature: 4 C to 9 C
Wind Speed: 21 mph
Wind direction: North west
