Lower Grove Street location on map
Slum housing
A section of a Google map view of Leicester showing where slum housing used to be.
Carter Buckingham for EMOHA
Google Maps
EMOHA
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Lower Grove Street on 19th C map
Slum housing
A small section of the 1885 OS map of Leicester highlighting slum housing
Carter Buckingham for EMOHA
The 1885 OS map of Leicester
EMOHA
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A family meal at Quorn Grange in 1945
Housing
A photo of Mr SJ Peshall CBE, MC and family in the living room at Quorn Grange in 1945.
Harold White for the British Council
The British Council
The British Council Photographs of Leicester collection DE 3736 at the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland
1945
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The living room at Quorn Grange, 1945
Housing
A photo of Mr SJ Peshall and family in the living room of Quorn Grange, 1945. The second of two photos.
Harold White for the British Council
The British Council
The British Council Photographs of Leicester collection DE 3736 at the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland
1945
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The living room at Quorn Grange, 1945
Housing
Mr SJ Peshall and family in the living room of Quorn Grange, 1945. One of two photos.
Harold White for the British Council
The British Council
The British Council Photographs of Leicester collection DE 3736 at the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland
1945
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Quorn Grange, 1945
Housing
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 (1945-46).
Harold White for the British Council
The British Council
The British Council Photographs of Leicester collection DE 3736 at the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland
1945
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Playing with a train set in 1945
Housing
A photo of a family playing with a train set in the living room, 1945.
Harold White for the British Council
The British Council
The British Council Photographs of Leicester collection DE 3736 at the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland
1945
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Trimming a hedge in 1945
Housing
A photo of a man trimming a hedge in the front garden of a house in 1945
Harold White for the British Council
The British Council
The British Council Photographs of Leicester collection DE 3736 at the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland
1945
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A family meal in 1945
Housing
A photo of a family eating at the table in 1945
Harold White for the British Council
The British Council
The British Council Photographs of Leicester collection DE 3736 at the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland
1945
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A living room in 1945
Housing
A photo of a couple sitting in a living room in front of the fire place in 1945.
Harold White for the British Council
The British Council
The British Council Photographs of Leicester collection DE 3736 at the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland
1945
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