Carillon Opening Ceremony 1923
JULY 1923. THE CARILLON IS UNVEILED. Loughborough’s long awaited Carillon War Memorial was officially unveiled on 22nd July 1923, to ‘unparalleled scenes’. […]
The Grand Bazaar
JUNE 21ST 1923 – THE GRAND BAZAAR OPENS A newspaper advert announced the Grand Bazaar and Fete to be held in Queen’s […]
June 5th 1916
JUNE 5TH 1916, KITCHENER AND ARTHUR NORTH UNITED IN DEATH June 5th 1916 saw the deaths of two men, one a […]
Loughborough High School celebrates 175 years
Loughborough High School celebrates 175 years with a Carillon picnic. The Loughborough Carillon was the setting for a very special picnic […]
Loughborough Carillon WW2 Casualties. The First and the Last
LOUGHBOROUGH CARILLON WORLD WAR TWO CASUALTIES: THE FIRST AND THE LAST With the approach of the 80th Anniversary of VE Day, […]
The Controversial Carillon
APRIL 1919. THE CONTROVERSIAL CARILLON. On 3rd April 1919 a public meeting was held in Loughborough to decide on the form that […]
The German Spring Offensive
MARCH 1918, THE GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVE One hundred and seven years ago, on 21st March 1918, the first of the German […]
Victoria Cross for Leicestershire Hero
MARCH 1915: VICTORIA CROSS FOR LEICESTERSHIRE HERO PRIVATE WILLIAM BUCKINGHAM RECEIVES HIGHEST MILITARY HONOUR On March 10th and 12th 1915, Private William […]
Memorial Bells at Loughborough’s Carillon
FEBRUARY 1921: LOUGHBOROUGH PEOPLE VIEW THE ART OF BELL FOUNDING In February 1921, Taylor’s Bell Foundry arranged an exhibition of the ‘bell […]
The Future for the Carillon Museum
AN EXCITING FUTURE FOR THE CARILLON MUSEUM Loughborough’s Carillon Tower was completed in 1923 as a war memorial, but it was not […]
Foundation Stone Laying
22nd JANUARY 1922 “A MORE FITTING DAY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN CHOSEN ON WHICH TO LAY THE FOUNDATION STONES OF THE CARILLON […]
Life and Death in Mesopotamia
January 7th is the anniversary of the deaths of six men commemorated on the Carillon, all of whom perished in the Battle […]