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Leicester Clothes the World
The front page of the Leicester & County Chamber of Commerce Monthly Journal for June 1938.
Advert for the Model D Imperial Typewriter.
Advert for the Model D Imperial Typewriter.
Advert for G Stibbe & Co. Ltd.
An advert for G Stibbe & Co. Ltd.
Advert for Stead & Simpson Ltd.
An advert for Stead & Simpson Ltd.
Advert for Cactus Fine Ladies Shoes
An advert for Cactus Fine Ladies Shoes.
Advert for Lennard Brothers Shoes.
An advert for Lennard Brothers Shoes.
Kathleen Weller talks about WW2 situations and working in hosiery factories in Leicester
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.
Typewriter manufacturing in Leicester 1945
A photo of man manufacturing in a typewriter Factory Leicester in 1945.
Nationalisation of Coal Industry
Antony Ratcliffe talked about the nationalisation of coal industry in Leicestershire in 1947.