VJ Day: remembering some Loughborough POWs
VJ Day: remembering some Loughborough POWs 15th August 1945 was Victory over Japan Day, the very end of World War ll. Like […]
The ‘Dead Man’s Penny’
The ‘Dead Man’s Penny’ What was a serving man’s life worth? The ironic nickname given to the World War One Memorial Plaque […]
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 Hope Bell
On July 4th 2025 the Hope Bell in Queens Park Loughborough rang for the first time. It was designed and installed by […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
