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- Collection: The Post War History of Leicester 1945-1962
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A modern house in Leicester
A photo of the modernist house built in 1953/4 on Avenue Road, Leicester, for Mr & Mrs Goddard.
The Eyres Monsell housing estate under construction.
A photos of a road in Eyres Monsell being constructed in 1958.
Malcolm Mason talks about starting work.
Malcolm Mason explains the limited options for most people leaving school in the 1950s.
Queue for coke outside the gas works on Aylestone Road, 1947
Picture of a queue for coke during the winter of 1947
TB wards at Groby Road hospital
Photograph of the TB wards at Groby Road Hospital
Harvey Tucker performing at the Leicester Folk Song Club.
A photo of Harvey Tucker playing at the first night of the Leicester Folk Song Club on the 10th October 1961 in the Red Cow pub on Belgrave Gate.
Johnny Angel & the Mystics
Leicester group Johnny Angel and the Mystics playing at Loughborough College (as it was then) in spring 1963. Colin Miller on bass, singer Johnny Angel is Douglas John Harris, lead guitar with the Fender is Alan Makin.
Memories of the Monk brothers
Derek Seaton recalls watching the Monk brothers in their early days in Wigston.
Memories of dance bands.
Brian Harvey recalls playing in dance bands in Leicester from the 1950s.
The Lew Branston Orchestra
A photo of the Lew Branston Orchestra.