Loughborough Library Local Studies Volunteer Group
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Everything Charnwood, history, heritage, culture, books and libraries.
We are starting a new project for 2026 - Letters to Peru. William Corah he of Coalville Times fame, in his early 20s wrote to a young lady in Peru starting in 1919 and ending in 1928. Extracting the local history stories and facts will be a major project over the next year or two.#LeicsLibraries
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January 3, 2026 at 12:23 AM
We are starting a new project for 2026 - Letters to Peru. William Corah he of Coalville Times fame, in his early 20s wrote to a young lady in Peru starting in 1919 and ending in 1928. Extracting the local history stories and facts will be a major project over the next year or two.#LeicsLibraries
Local History New Book Sale (Ideal Christmas Presents) Saturday 22nd November 10.00am to 12.30pm Loughborough Library, to include pre loved Jigsaws
Fundraising for Loughborough Library Local Studies Volunteer Group
Fundraising for Loughborough Library Local Studies Volunteer Group
November 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Local History New Book Sale (Ideal Christmas Presents) Saturday 22nd November 10.00am to 12.30pm Loughborough Library, to include pre loved Jigsaws
Fundraising for Loughborough Library Local Studies Volunteer Group
Fundraising for Loughborough Library Local Studies Volunteer Group
Loughborough High School 175th Anniversary exhibition at Loughborough Library Exhibition Centre Opening October 4th. Free entry during staffed hours. Did you or your mother or your grandmother go to Loughborough High School? Come along and relive a few memories.
October 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Loughborough High School 175th Anniversary exhibition at Loughborough Library Exhibition Centre Opening October 4th. Free entry during staffed hours. Did you or your mother or your grandmother go to Loughborough High School? Come along and relive a few memories.
Sorry, all our Loughborough Heritage Open Days Medieval Walks are fully booked on 20th and 21st September,
September 15, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Sorry, all our Loughborough Heritage Open Days Medieval Walks are fully booked on 20th and 21st September,
Join us on our Medieval Loughborough Walks part of the Loughborough Heritage Weekend 20th and 21st September
Book at lllsv@gmx.co.uk or at Loughborough Library main counter in person.
Book at lllsv@gmx.co.uk or at Loughborough Library main counter in person.
August 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Join us on our Medieval Loughborough Walks part of the Loughborough Heritage Weekend 20th and 21st September
Book at lllsv@gmx.co.uk or at Loughborough Library main counter in person.
Book at lllsv@gmx.co.uk or at Loughborough Library main counter in person.
Visit Loughborough library and see the new exhibition, The Holiday Fortnight, read and see what happened when Loughborough Industry closed down and everyone went to the Seaside for two weeks in July.
July 15, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Visit Loughborough library and see the new exhibition, The Holiday Fortnight, read and see what happened when Loughborough Industry closed down and everyone went to the Seaside for two weeks in July.
Our new exhibition at Loughborough Library opens on 10th July. Come along and relive your childhood holidays by the sea. Free entry during library open hours #localhistory #loughborough
June 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Our new exhibition at Loughborough Library opens on 10th July. Come along and relive your childhood holidays by the sea. Free entry during library open hours #localhistory #loughborough
Our new Exhibition The Holiday Fortnight opens on July 10th at Loughborough Library, come along and relive those wonderful days at the seaside. free entry during library opening hours.
June 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Our new Exhibition The Holiday Fortnight opens on July 10th at Loughborough Library, come along and relive those wonderful days at the seaside. free entry during library opening hours.
Last few weeks of the Library Exhibition at Loughborough Library free entry during staffed hours. Not available in smart
June 8, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Last few weeks of the Library Exhibition at Loughborough Library free entry during staffed hours. Not available in smart
New Exhibition by Loughborough Library Local Studies Volunteer Group at Loughborough Library, opens 9th May 2025
April 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
New Exhibition by Loughborough Library Local Studies Volunteer Group at Loughborough Library, opens 9th May 2025
VE Day Anniversary coming up evening of 8th May. Beacons to be lit. in 1945 the Mayor of Loughborough sent a letter to the people of the Town and we will be giving copies of the speech away on the day. Save the date and call into Queens Park to celebrate Victory in Europe Day.
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March 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
VE Day Anniversary coming up evening of 8th May. Beacons to be lit. in 1945 the Mayor of Loughborough sent a letter to the people of the Town and we will be giving copies of the speech away on the day. Save the date and call into Queens Park to celebrate Victory in Europe Day.
Finding stories about the Windmill Public House in Loughborough, 1883 William Parker stole a ham valued at 15s from the kitchen of the Windmill Inn. He was sentenced to two months hard labour in prison. #localhistory #loughborough
February 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Finding stories about the Windmill Public House in Loughborough, 1883 William Parker stole a ham valued at 15s from the kitchen of the Windmill Inn. He was sentenced to two months hard labour in prison. #localhistory #loughborough
Working today on stories of medieval Loughborough.
Medieval Loughborough people would have kept livestock. Animals found wandering free would be taken to the local pound called the Pinfold until the owner came to collect them and paid a fine. Pinfold gate was the street that led to the Pinfold.
Medieval Loughborough people would have kept livestock. Animals found wandering free would be taken to the local pound called the Pinfold until the owner came to collect them and paid a fine. Pinfold gate was the street that led to the Pinfold.
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February 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Working today on stories of medieval Loughborough.
Medieval Loughborough people would have kept livestock. Animals found wandering free would be taken to the local pound called the Pinfold until the owner came to collect them and paid a fine. Pinfold gate was the street that led to the Pinfold.
Medieval Loughborough people would have kept livestock. Animals found wandering free would be taken to the local pound called the Pinfold until the owner came to collect them and paid a fine. Pinfold gate was the street that led to the Pinfold.
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Beautiful sunny winter day earlier, had a walk round Dishley Pond and by the Grand Union canal
December 30, 2024 at 4:19 AM
Beautiful sunny winter day earlier, had a walk round Dishley Pond and by the Grand Union canal
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Hathern war memorial. Hathern Cemetery, Hathern, Leicestershire. First and Second World Wars, Egypt and Cyprus. #LestWeForget
December 16, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Hathern war memorial. Hathern Cemetery, Hathern, Leicestershire. First and Second World Wars, Egypt and Cyprus. #LestWeForget
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Hathern war memorial plaque. St. Peter and St. Paul Church, Hathern, Leicestershire. First and Second World Wars and others who died on active service since the ending of hostilities. #LestWeForget
December 16, 2024 at 10:33 AM
Hathern war memorial plaque. St. Peter and St. Paul Church, Hathern, Leicestershire. First and Second World Wars and others who died on active service since the ending of hostilities. #LestWeForget
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Great PSA. Leicestershire libraries also have loads of audiobooks (& ebooks) to choose from via Borrowbox - so useful, particularly if you can't get to the library. It's handy for magazine subscriptions too
August 28, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Great PSA. Leicestershire libraries also have loads of audiobooks (& ebooks) to choose from via Borrowbox - so useful, particularly if you can't get to the library. It's handy for magazine subscriptions too
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Anyone aged 18 and older in Leicester, Leicestershire, or Rutland can sign up to the libraries for free and borrow up to 10 books at a time. liberalengland.blogspot.com/2025/02/all-...
All Leicestershire's university libraries are now open to everyone
Here's a good news story from the Leicester Mercury : Universities across Leicestershire are opening up their libraries to everyone in the c...
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February 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Anyone aged 18 and older in Leicester, Leicestershire, or Rutland can sign up to the libraries for free and borrow up to 10 books at a time. liberalengland.blogspot.com/2025/02/all-...
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We're delighted to welcome Jess Vollar Bell as the new Chief Executive of The Generator Loughborough! A Loughborough local and former Rawlins pupil, Jess brings together her experience from London's theatre scene and a decade in arts venue management.
December 10, 2024 at 4:57 PM
We're delighted to welcome Jess Vollar Bell as the new Chief Executive of The Generator Loughborough! A Loughborough local and former Rawlins pupil, Jess brings together her experience from London's theatre scene and a decade in arts venue management.
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156. Nanpantan, SW of Loughborough. The name is thought to come from ‘Pantain’, Anglo-Saxon for enclosure. The church’s War Memorial is a single block of Charnwood granite. Nearby Whittle Hill was known for ‘hone’ stones, used to sharpen knives; its quarry, opened in 1837, shut in the early C20th.
April 12, 2024 at 7:36 AM
156. Nanpantan, SW of Loughborough. The name is thought to come from ‘Pantain’, Anglo-Saxon for enclosure. The church’s War Memorial is a single block of Charnwood granite. Nearby Whittle Hill was known for ‘hone’ stones, used to sharpen knives; its quarry, opened in 1837, shut in the early C20th.
We are here on BlueSky from today. Based at Loughborough library our home is in the Local and Family History Centre inside the listed Carnegie Library. Call in and see our latest exhibition "Loughborough's Lost Shops and Businesses", do you remember Clemersons? #localhistory #loughborough
February 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
We are here on BlueSky from today. Based at Loughborough library our home is in the Local and Family History Centre inside the listed Carnegie Library. Call in and see our latest exhibition "Loughborough's Lost Shops and Businesses", do you remember Clemersons? #localhistory #loughborough