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Planning Leicester
Posted on 07/07/2009
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Come and visit Victorian Leicester with a trip to the Prince of Wales Music Hall on Belgrave Gate or The Floral Hall Skating Rink just a few steps away. Perhaps you would prefer the temporary wooden circus in Rutland Street or Mr Israel Hart’s new branch library in Garendon Street.
Leicester’s former glories –and some of its disgraces- come to light in a new exhibition at the Record Office which features the building plans of Leicester, 1849 -1923.
Many are beautiful works of art in their own right; others like the garden shed for an impoverished shoe finisher or the pre-slum clearance houses in Gray Street are a shocking reminder of the harsher side of life. Some of the buildings have since disappeared but others like Dominoes Toy Shop are still very much with us. This exhibition celebrates the wealth of historical and artistic interest to be found amongst early building plans for Leicester.
This exhibition is free and may be seen at the Record Office during normal opening hours. It runs from 13th July until 4th September.
For further details please contact : Jess Jenkins at the Record Office, Long Street, Wigston Magna, Leicester LE18 2AH.
Tel : (0116) 257 1080
Email: recordoffice@leics.gov.uk
For more details about the Record Office please go to: www.leics.gov.uk/recordoffice