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Health_TB wards at Groby Rd.TIF
Photograph of the TB wards at Groby Road Hospital

Music_LFSC First Night_Harvey Tucker.JPG
A photo of Harvey Tucker playing at the first night of the Leicester Folk Song Club on the 10th October 1961 in the Red Cow pub on Belgrave Gate.

Music_johnny angel and the mystics 01.jpg
Leicester group Johnny Angel and the Mystics playing at Loughborough College (as it was then) in spring 1963. Colin Miller on bass, singer Johnny Angel is Douglas John Harris, lead guitar with the Fender is Alan Makin.

Music_derek seaton jazz.mp3
Derek Seaton recalls watching the Monk brothers in their early days in Wigston.

Music_barry harvey_jazz.mp3
Brian Harvey recalls playing in dance bands in Leicester from the 1950s.

Music_Lew Branston orchestra_Mercury.JPG
A photo of the Lew Branston Orchestra.

Youth_Teddy Boy Fight 1959 1.jpg
A Leicester Mercury article from 11th May 1959 about fights involving Teddy Boys .

Youth_1950s_TeddyClothes.mp3
Malcolm Mason talks about the clothes he wore as a Teddy Boy in the 1950s.

Youth_diane goodall_clubs.mp3
Diane Goodall recalls going to the League of Youth on Braunstone Avenue.

Leicester Diary March 1956.pdf
A pamphlet listing all the public events happening in Leicester in March 1956.
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