Thursday 18 January 2024
The 1645 Siege of Leicester
LAHS member Steve Marquis, recounts the infamous siege of Leicester in 1645 during the height of the English Civil War
Sunday 17 December 2023
George Hort ‘Leicester’s Forgotten Working-class Hero’ 1783 – 1858
Steve Marquis, LAHS member and author of a recent new book on the Framework Knitters of Leicestershire, discusses here the life of an early 19th Century prominent leader of the Leicester Framework Knitters Union.
Thursday 5 October 2023
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