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Memories of prefabricated housing in Leicester in the 1940s and 1950s.
Olive Freestone talks about her pre-fab house in Leicester in the 1940s and 1950s.
Memories of council housing at Eyres Monsell, leicester
Dorothy Oliver and Brenda & Ron Brewster talks about moving into council housing on the Eyres Monsell estate in the 1950s.
Lower Grove Street on 19th C map
A small section of the 1885 OS map of Leicester highlighting slum housing
Lower Grove Street location on map
A section of a Google map view of Leicester showing where slum housing used to be.
A modern house in Leicester
A photo of the modernist house built in 1953/4 on Avenue Road, Leicester, for Mr & Mrs Goddard.
A living room in 1945
A photo of a couple sitting in a living room in front of the fire place in 1945.
A family meal in 1945
A photo of a family eating at the table in 1945
A family meal at Quorn Grange in 1945
A photo of Mr SJ Peshall CBE, MC and family in the living room at Quorn Grange in 1945.