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A map showing where bombs landed in Leicestershire from 1939-1945.

A photo of Whatton House Nursing Home

The collection comprises 7 interviews people who had memories of Whatton Hall / House when it was a maternity hospital during WW2. Link to catalogue

This collection comprises 18 interviews, and documents the lives and experiences of people from the Hinckley, Burbage and Barwell areas. Link to catalogue

Photograph of Wendy Hickling, the first graduate of the University of Leicester, meeting the Queen.

A leaflet guide for the folk museum with a detail of the different galleries and buildings that are on site. Contains a short history of the museum and a map of the grounds. In the introduction, it talks about the purpose of a folk museum and about…

A recording of Leicester Tigers Rugby Club chanting at Welford Road Stadium.

View of John Grantham, Lord Mayor of Newcastle welcoming Basque children escaping from the Spanish Civil War, 29 June 1937 (TWAM ref. DF.GRA/5/3).
These images belong to a series of albums documenting John Grantham’s service to the City of Newcastle…

This collection comprises 10 interviews. They were conducted with current and former employees of the company TH Wathes and mainly cover the period 1935 to 1972. Link to catalogue