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1719E 'Beavertail' Observation Car Restored Beavertail runs on Great Central Railway... |
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Action Man - Combat Soldier Dolls for boys...? |
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An Ancient House at Kirby Muxloe by John Flower A drawing of disappearing Leicestershire... |
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Anglo Saxon Garnet Pendant Re-used gems, re-cycling in Anglo-Saxon Leicestershire... |
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The Apolinaris Bowl Just a broken pot...? |
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Armada Chest Three men, three keys and a secret lever... A seventeenth century bank vault...! |
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Auster J1 Aircraft Leicestershire aircraft firm plans for post war production... |
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Babies WW2 Gas Mask Frankenstein's Gas Mask for Babies... |
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'Beaker' Basket Ornaments Oldest metalwork found in Leicestershire... |
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The Beaumanor Chair A huge chair carved from a single tree trunk... |
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Belvoir Cordial Bottles A new addition to Melton's food heritage... |
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The Bosworth Boar Did it belong to King Richard III...? |
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Bromakin Aero Racer Sports Wheelchair Made in Loughborough...! |
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Bronze Age Axe Mould Advances in Bronze age technology creates local landscape... |
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Burrough Hill Iron Age Brooch Rare Iron Age survival... |
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Bust of George Stephenson George Stephenson mines a rich seam in Leicestershire... |
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Canal Tunnel Lamp Lighting the way through canal tunnels... |
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Carriage board for the City of Leicester (Central) Holiday Express Days away when holidaying at home...! |
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Child's WW2 Gas Mask Mickey Mouse gas mask...! |
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Civil War Graffiti Civil War soldiers leave their mark... |
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Cold War Quick Reaction Alert Hangar and English Electric Lightning Interceptors Lightnings Strike Twice... |
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Cox's Icecream Van Van returns to Leicestershire to serve local ice cream business... |
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Deacon Wall or "Tavern Clock" Mr Deacon's clock still keeps time after 230 years... |
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Denarius Coin The oldest Roman coin found in Britain... |
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Downy Duckling Ladybird Book Person of a 'Certain Age'? What's your favourite Ladybird book...? |
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Drayton Villa Mosaic A mosaic from a sumptuous Roman villa... |
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Early Poppy Wreath An enduring symbol of remembrance... |
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First FA Cup Final for LCFC First Cup Final for Leicester City Football Club... |
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First World War Shell Former No White Feathers For Castle Donington... |
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Frank Whittle Champagne Bottle The champagne that celebrated the first successful jet engine test flight... |
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Gold Sword Pommel from Earl Shilton Anglo-Saxon sword pommel from Earl Shilton... |
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Grand Junction Canal Company Mile Post Signposts for the canal... |
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Grisaille Glass from Garendon Abbey Windows smashed at Garendon Abbey... |
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Gunter Chain What’s this? A load of old bed springs...? |
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The Hallaton Helmet An intriguing mystery from the Hallaton Treasure... |
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Hallaton's Bottle Kicking 'Bottles' Villagers scramble for hare pie and ale... |
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Hand-Carved Tobacco Pipe Worker's pipe unearthed in Rothley... |
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Harborough Toys A mysterious hoard of childhood toys... |
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Hemington Timbers 900 year old bridge preserved... |
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High Cross Roman Bronze Dog Dog found on dig at Roman town: archaeologists baffled... |
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Higham Palaeolithic Chopper-Core Cave Men lived in Leicestershire... |
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Hinckley's Tin Hat Tinhatters revealed...! |
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Horse and Rider Brooch Recent survey reveals Roman temple... |
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Horse Drawn Bread Van The van that delivered the daily bread |
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Ice Breaker Ice Boat, keeping canals open in the winter... |
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Iron Age Pot from Breedon Hillfort Why was this complete pot buried on Leicestershire hill fort...? |
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Items relating to Zeppelin raid on Loughborough Surpise Zeppelin attack on Loughborough... |
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Jubilee Tipper Truck Earth moving, Victorian style... |
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Kammer and Reinhardt Doll More than child's play...? |
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King Dick's Bed An oak bed in which King Richard III is said to have slept before Bosworth... |
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Leicester 1950 Leyland Bus Leyland double-deck bus that gave almost 20-years of service... |
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The Liberty Bodice The little fleecy garment that revolutionised children's clothing... |
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London to Leicester Stage Coach Companion Early stagecoach guide from London to Leicester... |
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The Lubenham Stable Door Is this the horse shoe of a Grand National Winner...? |
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Medieval Floor Tile From priory to farm - the fate of a medieval monastery... |
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Midland Red Leicester District Guide A fascinating insight into early days of bus 'giant'... |
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Medieval Pitcher from Ashby Castle Found down the well - Ashby's secrets uncovered... |
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Mesolithic Flint Tool (Microlith) Hunter-gatherers in the Wreake Valley... |
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The Minton Jug Rare Minton Jug versus pub bar pump... |
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Model Locomotive: "Lily of the Valley" Leicestershire's first model railway engine...? |
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Motorised Omnibus Early bus passengers risk death on journey to Leicester... |
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Neolithic Flint Sickle The first farmers of Leicestershire... |
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Neolithic Polished Stone Axe 6000 year old axes made from Charnwood Forest stone... |
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Neolithic Pot The earliest pottery in Leicestershire... |
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NEXT Directory A new way of buying clothes... |
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Owston Abbey 'Green Man' 'Pagan' symbol in Christian church... |
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Papillon Shoes A Pair of Shoes with a Fascinating Curse... |
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Photo of 1927 Locally Bodied Buses Pioneering bus production and provision in Loughborough... |
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Portrait of Henry Hastings, Lord Loughborough Civil War Commander of Ashby de la Zouch... |
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Portrait of Lady Jane Grey Leicestershire's nine-day queen... |
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Portrait of Richard Pulteney by Thomas Beach The pioneer of Leicestershire Botany... |
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Prehistoric Flint Arrowhead Early arrowhead found in burial mound... |
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Postcards Sent from the Front Sweetheart card cheer up the lads on the front line... |
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The Queen of Spain Butterfly The Queen of Spain, what tales could she tell...? |
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Razor from the First World War The razor that saved a man’s life... |
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Robert Bakewell mounted on a bay cob Leicestershire's Pioneering farmer... |
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Roman Glass Urn The barrow that gave Barrow its name? Roman finds provide a clue... |
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Royalist Button A button dropped by a fleeing Royalist soldier after the Battle of Naseby... |
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Sarah Johnson's Gravestone Medical records displayed on gravestone... |
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Seed Sower Sower of Kegworth Fields... |
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Silver Penny of William I An image of England's last invader... |
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Sir John Moore School Clock Telling the time for a new age... |
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Sketch for 'The Quorn at Quenby' A sketch by Leicestershire's famous animal painter... |
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Slipware Plate A fragment of pottery hints at royal celebration... |
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Snibston Mine painting The end of the shift at Snibston mine... |
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South Croxton Corbel Face to face with medieval village people...? |
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Stocking Frame Icon of Leicestershire`s hosiery industry... |
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Sunburst Lichen Sunburst Lichen points to air purity... |
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Symington's Pea Flour Pea flour, the world's first instant meals..! |
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Thurnby Anglo-Saxon Tombstone Gravestones cleared from church cemetery... |
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'The Two-headed Calf' Raising money for the war effort... |
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Toc H Oil Lamp & Engraved Stand Oil lamp symbolises refuge for First World War Troops... |
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Truncheon Truncheon signals that it's clear to proceed...! |
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Tudor Miner's Coat Some of the earliest working class clothing in Britain... |
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Twyford Bird and Bull Bucket Mount Birds and bulls on buckets? Status in Anglo-Saxon Leicestershire... |
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List of Ullesthorpe Subscription Windmill Shareholders Women hold nearly 20% of shares in new village enterprise – windmill gathers momentum...! |
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Ventilated Corset The Leicestershire-made corset that travelled round the world... |
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Viking Sword Pommel 11th century Viking sword pommel shows skill of maker... |
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William Lawson's Medal Commemorating Leicestershire's worst pit disaster... |
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WWI Medals belonging to father and son Father and Son, both killed... |
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Page Last Updated: 13 May 2013
