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Margaret Rud talked about the work she performed in the Fielding & Johnston wool factory. Commuted by train everyday to Leicester, as well as discussing working hours and wages, Later worked in hosiery factory and explains work culture as well as…

Dennis O'Brien talked about his first job in the East Midlands Electricity Board services, doing National Service, new opportunities after return and changes in 1956. Discusses use of Ready Reckoner for calculation and use of comptometer for big…

Kathleen Weller talks about WW2, cutbacks of electricity, and working in Cherub Hosiery factory at the age of 14. Describes the working conditions during and after WW2, as well as working hours. Left Cherub and worked for Corah, describes this.

Photograph of the TB wards at Groby Road Hospital

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

A photo of a Geographia street map of Leicester c.1938 that has been mounted on card and has First Aid Posts, First Aid Party Depots, and Ambulance Garages added by hand.

A photo of man working in a Hosiery Factory Leicester in 1945. Although not stated this is likely to be taken in the Corah Factory.

A photo of the interior of an unknown 'general store' in Leicester in 1945

A photo of the exterior of a nursery class at Imperial Avenue School, Leicester, in 1945.

A photo of the interior of an infants' school class at an unidentified school in Leicester, 1945.