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

20180312-untitledVaughan-College-(3)-web.jpg
A photo of the front of Vaughan College prior to demolition. Exact date unknown.

BC66_large-house-dining-room-web.jpg
A photo of Mr SJ Peshall CBE, MC and family in the living room at Quorn Grange in 1945.

BC65_large-house-living-room-2-web.jpg
A photo of Mr SJ Peshall and family in the living room of Quorn Grange, 1945. The second of two photos.

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.

BC62_large-house_dogs-web.jpg
A photo of Quorn Grange in 1945. The man with the dog is Mr SJ Peshall CBE, MC . Mr Peshall was a director of the hosiery firm Corah and in 1945 was also the High Sherriff of Leicestershire and President of the Leicester Chamber of Commerce…

BC60_train-set-web.jpg
A photo of a family playing with a train set in the living room, 1945.

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

BC59_family-table-web.jpg
A photo of a family eating at the table in 1945

BC58_living-room-web.jpg
A photo of a couple sitting in a living room in front of the fire place in 1945.

Walnut St rooftops 1950s.jpg
A view over the rooftops of the Walnut Street area of Leicester in the 1950s, taken from the roof of the College of Technology, now the Hawthorn Building of De Montfort University.
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