Spotligh potlightt Groby & Field Head MID-MARCH 2022
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Colin and Pat celebrate their Diamond Wedding Anniversary
The end of an era
A GROBY COUPLE are celebrating their Diamond Wedding Anniversary this month, and the Spotlight has received a lovely message of congratulations from their daughter Jane and family in Australia.
Colin and Patricia Johnson were married at St Mary the Virgin church in Osgathorpe Near Coalville, on the 10th March 1962 and this year celebrate their Diamond wedding anniversary .
Margaret and Maurice Chaplin in the shop. THE END OF May will see the closure of a long established local shop. Chaplins Butchers was established in 1869 when Robert Chaplin - Maurice and Margaret’s great grandfather, was the local butcher, draper and postmaster. At this time the village was mostly owned by the Earl of Stamford. Robert was followed by his son Everard, and then their father Herbert.
Their bridesmaids were Colin’s sister Sylvia Johnson and two of their nieces Pam Stock and Tina Boyce. The reception was held at the Gate Inn. Colin and Pat have lived in Groby for over forty years. They have three daughters Jennie, Julie and Jane, nine grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. Jane and her husband Dave contacted the Spotlight to send lots of love and good wishes from themselves and the four grandchildren, their partners and Colin and Pat’s nine great grandchildren, all living around Brisbane in Australia.
PROPOSED EMPLOYMENT PARK THIS ISSUE includes a lot of information about the employment park which is being proposed by IM Properties close to the A50 / A46 roundabout, between Groby and Anstey. To view the developer’s recent webinar, visit: https://www.impgroby.co.uk/
When we came to live in Groby in 1973, Herbert, Maurice and uncle Harry (who was the brother of Mrs Enid Chaplin, Herbert’s wife), Maurice and Margaret’s mother, all worked in the shop.
Herbert Chaplin on his motorcycle taken around 1939
The growth of supermarkets, along with the changing preferences of consumer demand, resulting in a dwindling customer base for many other fresh food outlets - together with increased legislation - has led to their decision to retire. We wish them well in their retirement.
Ted Hollick
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