At the beginning of 1994 Colin Hyde was requested by Hinckley College to compile a book based on the memories of the people who attend the Westfield's Community Centre. He writes....

"Over the course of the next year I met many interesting people and, along with the help of a few students from Hinckley College, tape recorded hours of reminiscences.

While the majority of the people I talked to have lived in or near Hinckley for most of their lives, several arrived in the town during the Second World War and a few have retired here more recently. As a result, although most of these stories are about Hinckley, I have included some whose only connection with the town is that the story teller has ended up Hinckley. 

The concentration is mainly on the first half of the century up to and including the Second World War. Memories of the 1950s and 1960s will have to wait for another day! There are some fascinating tales in this book and I hope you have as much pleasure reading them as I had collecting them."

I was commissioned  to design this as a book in 1995, but due to circumstances and decisions taken by the commissioners some weeks later, the book was shelved. However the shelved work was accidentally brought to my attention recently. I had another look at it  and thought it would be a shame not to publish such interesting anecdotes for everyone to share; so here's a website. 

Michael S. Clifford.