Former Cottages at the Junction.

Fortunately, a number of photographs survive of the time when there were two cottages at this junction. They were thatched and painted white. The one further along Back Lane was apparently not occupied long into the twentieth century, and later used as a barn. The one nearer the junction was occupied by the Jarman family from 1872, right through until the late 1930s, when the last of the family died. The houses were then demolished. The picture below shows the same spot today.

Orchard Cottage is on the right of this early photograph, taken probably about 1900. Beyond is the road junction and the cottages which stood between the two roads (Photo from Harborough Museum).

This photo dates from perhaps the 1920s or even earlier. Orchard Cottage is on the right and a group of children stand in the road in front of the now demolished cottages. A pony and trap passes the cottage door in Back Lane.