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0n Tuesday 6 March the NEW「 look 「SP0T,“boutique commenced business at the premises of Mansfields,Kibworth。 Mrs New wil11 be continuing to sell ranges of clothes and accessories,but also combining Mansfields ranges too. This enterprising business now caters for teenagers right through to mature fittings offering an attractive selection of clothes sizes 10 - 18. Customers wi11 be pleased to see familiar faces of Mrs Burbidge and Mrs Smith who both previously worked at Mansfields for the 1ast five years.、。 With the assistance of several new faces , customers old and new,can look forward to a very warm welcome and first class attention. Villagers wil1 be pleased to hear that the now old 「5Spot“will1 eventually be incorporated into “New「“ chemist。 木
5hir1ey 8etty Burbidqge.
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Despite arriving breathless,with only seconds to spare,from a hectic Counci1l debate,City CounCil1lor David Thomas Ccarried the day at a meeting held to select the Labour party「s par1iamentary Ccandidate for the Harborough constituency.。 0n Wednesday 7th March,along with three other prospective candidates , 40-year old David Thomas had 7 minutes in which to convince Constituency party members of his winning potential An audience of nearly fifty then subjected each candidate to a session of searching questions. Under new procedures agreed at the 1ast Labour Party Annual Conference this was followed by a secret ballot where each member had a single transferable vote. In the event,no transfer of votes was necessary.。 David Thomas comfortably exceeded the minimum 50% of the votes needed for an outright win and wil11 go on to fight the Harborough Constituency at the next general election. In keeping with the style of his arrival,the winning candidate was not able to stay to hear the result of the vote - he had to dash back to the evening「s business at the Town Hal1l. Primary school teacher,David Thomas wil1 have no need to move house, having 1ived in south Leicester since 1970. He has always played an active part in the local community: as well as holding various posts in the district and county Labour Party,in 1986 he was elected to the City Council. He has a particular interest in the housing problems of the county. 0ver the coming eighteen months , David Thomas wil1 be visiting al1 parts of the Constituency to meet potential voters.。 Any readers who would 1ike details of the local (Gartree) branch of the Labour Party can ring Philip Whitaker on Kibworth 792349 or Pauline Munro on Kibworth 792666. PW To a correspondents :
This photograph kindly l1oaned by Mrs E11is of “L00K“shows Kibworth Bank during the early part of the century (estimated 1920s). The shops of the day were George Lynn Ltd,grocery and general provisions (marquees for hire too); _Mr Leech - saddler and his shop catered for stable requisites,bags,etc; Little Lynn「s,a sweet shop and F G Hare - draper , tailor and general outfitters. This photograph shows men「s suits hanging on the outside of the front door and the sign above reads “Made to Measure from 25/-0。 The public house is the 01d Swan.
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