East Midlands Today at the Carillon Tower
On Friday September 5th Debbie and Mary met with Victoria Hicks from BBC East Midlands to record a news item about […]
Music from Loughborough
MUSIC FROM LOUGHBOROUGH The opening of the refurbished Carillon War Memorial Museum is a reminder that, as well as being a memorial […]
YES, WE ARE OPEN!
YES, WE ARE OPEN! We’re delighted to announce that the new Carillon Museum is now open. On the morning of 22nd August […]
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 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 […]
8th May 1949. WW2 fallen remembered at the Loughborough Carillon.
8th May 1949. WW2 fallen remembered at the Loughborough Carillon. The 80th Anniversary of VE Day has quite rightly been celebrated all […]
