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  • Collection: The Post War History of Leicester 1945-1962

Partition-and-1947_Mercury_Montage_web.jpg
Two newspaper articles from the Leicester Mercury. One is titled 'British Rule in India Ends at Midnight', Thursday 14th August 1947, the other is titled 'Fifty Killed in Lahore Riots as India Celebrates Freedom', Friday 15th August 1947.

BC57_hedge-trimming-web.jpg
A photo of a man trimming a hedge in the front garden of a house in 1945

Traffic plans 1949.pdf
A .pdf of an article about planning for Leicester in 1949 written by Jon Beckett.

John Graham Theatre.mp3
John Graham describes the main theatres in Leicester after the Second World War.

West End Coffee Bar exterior.jpg
A photo of the exterior of the West End Coffee Bar, home of the Venture youth club.

ROLLR-Civil-Defence-event-hbomb-web.jpg
A page from a 1962 'Visual Aid Portfolio for Civil Defence Canvassers' booklet showing the power of a hydrogen bomb.

BC64_large-house-living-room-1-web.jpg
Mr SJ Peshall and family in the living room of Quorn Grange, 1945. One of two photos.

Music_Lew Branston orchestra_Mercury.JPG
A photo of the Lew Branston Orchestra.

BC147_shop-interior-1-web.jpg
A photo of the interior of an unknown 'general store' in Leicester in 1945

Eyres Monsell_1958_Story of Leics.jpg
A photos of a road in Eyres Monsell being constructed in 1958.
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