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Photograph of Wendy Hickling, the first graduate of the University of Leicester, meeting the Queen.

A leaflet guide for the folk museum with a detail of the different galleries and buildings that are on site. Contains a short history of the museum and a map of the grounds. In the introduction, it talks about the purpose of a folk museum and about…

A recording of Leicester Tigers Rugby Club chanting at Welford Road Stadium.

View of John Grantham, Lord Mayor of Newcastle welcoming Basque children escaping from the Spanish Civil War, 29 June 1937 (TWAM ref. DF.GRA/5/3).
These images belong to a series of albums documenting John Grantham’s service to the City of Newcastle…

This collection comprises 10 interviews. They were conducted with current and former employees of the company TH Wathes and mainly cover the period 1935 to 1972. Link to catalogue

The sound of bell ringing at St. Mary Magdalene parish church i n Waltham on the Wolds.

This collection comprises 27 interviews, and features the recollections and experiences of the people who lived in the Walnut Street/Bede Island area of Leicester. Link to catalogue

Recordings from six villages in Leicestershire that were made in 2012/13 to investigate local accent and dialect. Link to catalogue.

A sound clip of Mr Bhatti talking about village life in India before Partition.

Vignette of the lion stretching from: Ann and Reg Cartwright, The Proud and Fearless Lion, (Hutchinson, 1986), p. 13, SCM 13343.