Working Life
Leicestershire has a rich industrial heritage which has generated many famous companies,
brands and products including quarrying and mining, footwear, hosiery and toy manufacture, engineering,
aviation and food production.
Travel back in time and discover the stories that illustrate how the county prospered
and flourished, plus some of its past highs and lows.
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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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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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'Beaker' Basket Ornaments
Oldest metalwork found in Leicestershire... |
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Belvoir Cordial Bottles A new addition to Melton's food heritage... |
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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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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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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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Downy Duckling Ladybird Book
Person of a 'Certain Age'? What's your favourite Ladybird book...? |
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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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Grand Junction Canal Company Mile Post
Signposts for the canal... |
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Gunter Chain What’s this? A load of old bed springs...? |
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Hand-Carved Tobacco
Pipe
Worker's pipe unearthed in Rothley... |
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The Hemington Timbers
900 year old bridge preserved... |
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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 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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Jubilee Tipper Truck Earth moving, Victorian style... |
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Leicester 1950 Leyland Bus
Leyland double-deck bus that gave almost 20-years of service... |
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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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London - 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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Medieval Pitcher from Ashby Castle Found down the well - Ashby's secrets uncovered... |
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Midland Red Leicester District Guide
A fascinating insight into early days of bus 'giant'... |
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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 first farmers of Leicestershire... |
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NEXT Directory A new way of buying clothes... |
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Photo of 1927 Locally Bodied Buses
Pioneering bus production and provision in Loughborough... |
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Robert Bakewell mounted on a bay cob
Leicestershire's Pioneering farmer... |
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Seed Sower Sower of Kegworth Fields... |
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Sir John Moore School Clock Telling the time for a new age... |
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Snibston Mine painting
The end of the shift at Snibston mine... |
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Stocking Frame Icon of Leicestershire`s hosiery industry... |
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Symington's Pea Flour
Pea flour, the world's first instant meals..! |
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Truncheon Truncheon signals that it's clear to procede...! |
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Tudor Miner's Coat Some of the earliset working class clothing in Britain... |
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'The Two-headed Calf'
Raising money for the war effort... |
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Twyford Bird and Bull Bucket Mount
Birds and bulls on buckets? Status in Anglo-Saxon Leicestershire... |
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Ventilated Corset
The Leicestershire-made corset that travelled round the world... |
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William Lawson's Medal
Commemorating Leicestershire's worst pit disaster... |
Page Last Updated: 29 June 2011
