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  • Tags: Leicester

Housing_doll and brenda_slum.mp3
Dorothy Oliver and Brenda & Ron Brewster recall slum housing in the St Nicholas area of Leicester in the 1950s.

Housing_EyresMonsell_doll and brenda.mp3
Dorothy Oliver and Brenda & Ron Brewster talks about moving into council housing on the Eyres Monsell estate in the 1950s.

Housing_freestone_prefabs and furniture.mp3
Olive Freestone talks about her pre-fab house in Leicester in the 1940s and 1950s.

Work_Post War Leicester_Work.mp3
Malcolm Mason explains the limited options for most people leaving school in the 1950s.

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.

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.

Leisure_Johnsons_Leics Forest Cycling Club.mp3
Ron Johnson recalls his early days at the Leicester Forest Cycle Club.

Leisure_Post War Leicester_Brass House.mp3
June Davies talks about the Coventry Arms pub, Halford Street, Leicester, also known as the Brass House. June's parents ran the pub and she grew up in it.
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