On this page you will see the sole destroying image of the most terrible thing to happen to Leycett----demolition!!!!!
On a very sad day in 196? the coal board employed men to demolish one of the most warm & friendly,high spirited villages ever known.Gone was the community that had for centuries dwelled in Leycett and become more like a family than neighbours.The upset that this demolishion would caused for the families living in Leycett at the time was unimaginable and in some cases soul destroying.
I know from speaking to my family members and the older generation that were born and bred in Leycett that they still even now over 40 years on dearly miss the village and the community life that they were part of and thrived on for generations.Fond memories are all that is left of the nearly forgotten village that we can only reminisce about today.

The picture below was taken by a photography lecturer from keele ,his students are in the picture,they
do not come from Leycett.

You can see from the photo that contrary to the reasons given for the demolition of the village
(that it was still in the dark ages),Leycett house's had TV aerials,telephone cables &
outside electric lighting.It was certainly a very very sad tragedy to see the village go after so
many generations of families had spent so many happy times there together,I know that there
were also sad times in the village but in a community like Leycett when there were any tragedies
or hard times the people of the village pulled together ,like the one big family that Leycett was.
Although there were houses at the Cricket field that remained standing ,after the main village had
gone it seemed that the community spirit had also started to dwindle away leaving many hearts
very very saddened.Even today - decades on ,former Leycett residents hearts are still in mourning for the village
that they once knew as home.


(Photo - © Kathryn J Ing)


The below photo was taken by a photographer from Keele and the people in the picture were his students.



(Photo - © Kathryn J Ing)
Below a picture of Front Street ,looking up towards the butcher shop - as you will see half the village
has already been knocked down and only the top half remains.


(Photo - © Kathryn J Ing)

The photo below was donated by a valued visitor to the site.


(Photo - © Kathryn J Ing)