Illustrating the activities, events and exhibitions in Leicester Museums & Galleries.
Includes playlists of a series of films profiling the Star Objects in the Dinosaur Gallery and internationally renowned German Expressionist collection at New Walk Museum & Art Gallery.
Playlist of recordings of Jean 'Binta' Breeze reciting her poems, inspired by, and written during, her residency at New Walk Museum & Art Gallery.
Also films profiling the Richard III discovery in Leicester and our programme of temporary exhibitions.
Do not underestimate Indians they don't give up will try anything to survive. Look where they are today from African countries be it Uganda or Kenya. Hardworking people we Indians are. Do not harm anybody just minding their own business. God bless us. Jai shree Ram ❤❤❤
Thank you Christine, excellent interview. We're also following the footsteps, and the 'voyage' of Fairweather with a new album and theatre work The Raft at Night.
Gt Uncle LCpl Alfred Horatio West 12158, D Coy 110th 8th Bn Tigers, KIA on 16th July 1916 aged 21. Joined up September 1914. Lived at Ethelville Uppingham Road, near Humberstone Park. I recently found all his correspondence up to the 14th July 1916. His last letter was written from Willow Trench to his sister Lucy, who would have been 16 on the day Alf died. Never forgotten Alf. Be at peace
Khmer did not built Angor Wat. Ancient Mon built Angor-wat. As DNA analysis of international. Khmer's DNA doesn't have DNA of Ancient Mon (Khom), Ti-ka-dai and India. Khmer DNA are included African and Indonesian. They are not the original people on this Mainland. But Thai people have DNA of Ancient Mon mostly in SEA and including with Tai-Ka-dai and India. You can search Khmer DNA analysis in Google.
My grandfather (born 1895) was injured on the Somme. His leg was saved by a German doctor. He picked shrapnel bits out of his legs for the rest of his life. He died of a stroke in 1967. His name was William Abraham Chamberlain and was born in Liverpool. He came to Leicester for work in the print trade when he was about 15-16 with his brothers, Charlie and ??. They all lived in and around the Saffron Lane Estate, Leicester.
My grandfather Private Rupert Joseph Bennett 22749 11th (Midland) Battalion Leicestershire Rgt. He suffered severe shell shock and shrapnel wounds and was brought back to England in March 1917 to Edmonton Military Hospital. After being discharged, Rupert became a Master Joiner Carpenter and worked for the War Department in Leicester during World War Two. He passed away in 1979. Sadly, I witnessed the effects of his shell shock during a thunderstorm when I was staying with him one time. Thank you for this beautiful tribute to a proud Regiment, God bless each and everyone of them.
Fascinating video, much respect to the leicesters especially my ancestors, especially Thomas and Charles Bull, Thomas was killed around arras in 1917 and Charles was wounded with the leicesters at bazentin wood and later elsewhere with the south staffs, visiting in a couple months 🕯️
Granby Street and Charles St, Haymarket, absolutely unsafe, and poverty stricken, no one goes into town from Oadby n Wigston area, the beggars and druggies are everywhere, I was approached 4 times in 5 mins the other day, such a shame, so provincial now, was so such a friendly place, I hate the town, no one dare say a word , but it has lost everything it ever had, I used to love the place.
Born in '55 I left Leicester in '80 and the UK in '83. By far the biggest and best change I saw was the late '70s removal of the coal-age patina. The entire city was coated with a dark, slate-grey soot that was especially depressing on murky days. Now all that Victorian brick and stonework has been revealed Leicester has been transformed back into the beautiful city originally intended :)
they are the very best of us all. i often think back to when i was 17 and i know i wouldn't have been man enough to do what they did. todays snowflake generation should think about these men when they think something is wrong in their lives. i will never forget what they did for us.
I like this city😍! My son is living there now😅. I and my wife were there three times and we are going to go to Leicester again. UNITED KINGDOM 🇬🇧 is really beautiful country.
*Who VOTED for Unbridled Illegal **_Immigrants_** Nett Zero Rubbish, Windmills, useless Solar Farms, Electric Cars, ULEZ, COP20 etc and Wishy Washy **-Snakey-** Sunak and throwing away BILLIONS in Foreign Aid to corrupt Countries when we in the UK have Thousands Homeless and in Londonistan in 53 of it's Diversity Population sleeping rough in shop doorways etc = an Absolute DISGRACE ! I am a Stranger in my City of Leicester and walking around the Wonderful Abbey Park getting rarer to see a Native White Face !*
Nice to look back at the history of your forefathers, the suffering of wars…my grandfather was tough as nails as was his father colour Sargents….the battle of lady smith and Eric Bown my grandfather was a real character ..POW in Poland(stalag) … it appear my grandfather transferred to the yorkshire light infantry in 1918. All the best 🙏🙏
My Great Grandfather John Henry Timms is on this memorial 6th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment service number 18883 Pier and Face 2 C and 3 A. KIA July 16, 1916 never been there as I grew up in Canada my Grandfather and the rest of the family moved left England in 1920 and moved to Canada. I must make a trip to France so see his name on this memorial and touch his name and run charcoal over paper and bring it home and frame it.
Woke local authority embarrassing the city with this cringe worthy effort. This is like a bad comedy, it could be called sanctuary City! Please come into our 170 year old museum which you are probably not interested at all in, look we are not racist and welcome you all, whatever story you are telling!
We visited last week and it was wonderful. A full hours tour of all the floors whilst one pump engine is working. Beautiful building, friendly informative staff, lovely museum. great afternoon out. Only downside was that there is no cafe which would've been lovely for a nice coffee and cake after.
Oh, so you use nylon tights around the vac nozzel, for extra protection. My pace uses patches of muslin cloth. We can then send those off for testing, on certain items, if needs be. But, the nylon might be good for "everyday".... I'll mention it to our collection officer
Thank you for a respectful remembrance of those lives lost to war in the city of Leicester. My mother Clarice Baldwin née Bennett of Aylestone village was 14 in 1940. She and her mother witnessed a raid whilst they were waiting for a bus/tram outside the Granby Halls in which enemy bombs fell on Cavendish Road causing loss of life. She was convinced that the target was probably the Aylestone Road Gas Works. She said that didn't remember an air raid siren warning, but just that a lone plane came out of the clouds and then went back up, it was then she heard the crump, crump, crump of the bombs exploding. This experience stayed with her all of her long life.
My great uncle Pvt William Staines Leicestershire rgt was killed on Christmas Eve 1917 at a small village Epehy His platoon were repelling a German counter attack and my great uncle was hit by a gas shell and succumbed
