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Trimming a hedge in 1945
A photo of a man trimming a hedge in the front garden of a house in 1945
The living room at Quorn Grange, 1945
Mr SJ Peshall and family in the living room of Quorn Grange, 1945. One of two photos.
The Eyres Monsell housing estate under construction.
A photos of a road in Eyres Monsell being constructed in 1958.
The living room at Quorn Grange, 1945
A photo of Mr SJ Peshall and family in the living room of Quorn Grange, 1945. The second of two photos.
Slum housing in Leicester
A picture of 'typical court houses in the Russell Street No.115 Clearance Area', Leicester, 1955.
Quorn Grange, 1945
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…
Pre-fab housing
A picture of a kitchen of a pre-fabricated house.
Playing with a train set in 1945
A photo of a family playing with a train set in the living room, 1945.
Mr & Mrs Goddard talk about their modernist house
Mr & Mrs Goddard talk about the influences behind their modernist house on Avenue Road in Leicester
Memories of slum housing
Dorothy Oliver and Brenda & Ron Brewster recall slum housing in the St Nicholas area of Leicester in the 1950s.