The Changing World
Our
world is in
a constant state of flux. New ideas and new technology can change the way in which we live our lives,
as can war and conflict or political upheaval.
Follow the links below to explore
some of the objects that demonstrate the way in which our world has changed and how these changes affect
people’s lives.
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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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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 Bosworth Boar
Did it belong to King Richard III...? |
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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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Child's
WW2 Gas Mask
Mickey Mouse gas mask...! |
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Denarius
Coin
The oldest Roman coin found in Britain... |
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Early Poppy Wreath An enduring symbol of remembrance... |
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Frank Whittle Champagne Bottle The champagne that celebrated the first successful jet engine test flight... |
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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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Higham Palaeolithic Chopper-Core Cave Men lived in Leicestershire... |
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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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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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Medieval Floor Tile
From priory to farm - the fate of a medieval monastery... |
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Mesolithic Flint Tool (Microlith)
Hunter-gatherers in the Wreake Valley... |
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Midland Red Leicester District Guide
A fascinating insight into early days of bus 'giant'... |
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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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Owston Abbey 'Green Man'
'Pagan' symbol in Christian church... |
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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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Robert Bakewell mounted on a bay cob
Leicestershire's Pioneering farmer... |
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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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Sunburst Lichen
Sunburst Lichen points to air purity... |
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Tudor Miner's Coat
Some of the earliest working class clothing in Britain... |
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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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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... |
Page Last Updated: 29 June 2011
