A Walk around West Street, Swadlincote, with Graham Nutt and Clyde Dissington

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Swadlincote Co-Op, High Street.

The Co-op was a department store which opened in Swadlincote in 1927. Do you remember your Co-op divvy number which got you a discount at the end of the year? At one time (around the 1940s / 50s) the Co-op organised games, events and outings for the local children.

Looking towards a building next to Timms Solicitors. The initials D. B. below the windows could stand for Dunnicliffe Bros., the local bakers.

Looking towards old Slack Lane

The remnants of Slack Lane can be seen today. Slack Lane was a lane leading to a dip which formed a narrow valley and where the houses that formed Swadlincote village in the early 1800s.