Industrial Heritage

We have added some new webpages with images of some of Leicester's industrial heritage - some of which won't be around for much longer.

To view click here

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Visit to Severn Trent Waterworks, Cropston

Members and guests enjoyed an excellent day out at Cropston on June 5th. Next suumer visit August 14th to Kibworth windmill. See Programme menu above.

More Cropston visit pictures here.

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Aylestone Meadows in colour

See publications page

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Leicestershire Industrial History Society is on Facebook. Please have a look and become a fan!

Click link below

LIHS Facebook Page

NEWSLETTER AWARD

We are delighted to announce that the LIHS Newsletter for Spring 2010 has won the AIA award for Best Newsletter.

This is the second time our newsletter has won this prestigious award and the editor would like to thank all contributors for their part in making this possible. The judges particularly commented on the use of colour and the wider news content than was true for most of the other entries.

Obviously we want to keep up this standard so please don't forget to send in your contributions to the next Newsletter as soon as possible and definitely BEFORE August 13th.

NEXT NEWSLETTER

Summer 2010

This will appear at the end of August. Please send any contributions to the editor:

wendy@wfreer.freeserve.co.uk

as soon as possible

Heritage Day May 2010

A successful Heritage Day (EMIAC 79) was enjoyed on Saturday 22nd May. Many thanks to all those who helped in various ways to make this a success.

Above: Heritage Day participants visiting the Horse Gin on Gorse Field, Swannington

News of the next EMIAC can be found here.

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David Lyne has been poking around the abandoned Wheatsheaf works and making some interesting discoveries. Look out for full details in the next Newsletter.

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National Association of
Mining History Organisations

For more information about the project follow this link:

NAMHO project website

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NEW LIHS FILM

Wendy Freer has just completed a new film on Framework Knitting featuring Martin Green, framework knitter of Kirby Muxloe. Click HERE for further details and to see the film.

British Pathe Needs Your Help

There is a massive project underway at the moment to organise British Pathe's film archive now that it is open to the public at www.britishpathe.com

The project leader is building an online archive of films of Leicestershire. Currently this contains 75 videos and you can see them for free by clicking the link at the end of this item. He is looking for help from Leicestershire historians and others to identify more films in the British Pathe collection which could be added to the Leicestershire archive. If you would like more information, please contact Wendy Freer.

Click here to go to Leicestershire Archive.

Grantham Canal Trip Boat

The Grantham Canal now has a trip boat The Three Shires which arrived on 28th April 2010. To read more download their special newsletter here.

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I A Recordings

If you don't already know about this voluntary organisation it is worth having a look at their website. They make industrial history films and are particularly keen to record the methods and processes of industries before they disappear. Founded in 1982 and working all over the country they have filmed several Leicestershire industrial sites including Donisthorpe Colliery.

Website: I A Recordings