Conservation and Urban Regeneration

Conservation and Urban Regeneration

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This collection explores the concepts of preservation, conservation and heritage in the context of saving a British city. Based on special collections from the University of Leicester Library http://www.le.ac.uk/library

Manufacturing Pasts Project, University of Leicester


    • Aug 17, 2013 LATEST EPISODE
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    Promenades and Ringroads - Konrad Smigielski and 1960s Leicester HD

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2013 5:25


    In 1962 Leicester became only the second city in England to appoint a full time city planning officer. His name was Konrad Smigielski and his period in office, from 1962 to 1972, saw some of the most radical changes to the built environment in Leicester's history. To this day many people in Leicester recall Smigielski as the man who destroyed old Leicester. This short film explores whether this assessment is fair and asks how the planning decisions made in the 1960s impact on the city of today.

    Milkmen, trams, Bentley's factory

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2013 23:42


    Norman Buckingham describes the Walnut Street area of Leicester and its community and businesses, including milkmen, the dentist, and Bentley's factory in the area.

    Housing conditions, homemade football, very little traffic

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2013 23:54


    Norman Buckingham describes life as a child -- housing conditions, little heat and old-style plumbing, a large choice of shops, and playing with a homemade football on the road where there was almost no car traffic.

    Manufacturing Pasts: Conservation and Urban Regeneration

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2013 2:18


    In the context of the project Manufacturing Pasts which looked at the changes in the manufacturing sector with Leicester as a case study, Rebecca Madgin gives an overview of conservation and urban regeneration, exploring the concepts of preservation, conservation and heritage in the context of saving the British city.

    Donisthorpe Friars Mill Building Timeline

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2013


    This is a clickable and interactive timeline of the key dates of the Donisthorpe Friars Mill building in Leicester, UK, from 1220 through 2012.

    Funeral Service for Alderman Samuel Lennard

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2013


    This resource includes information about the funeral service for Alderman Samuel Lennard, founder of Liberty Shoes and former Mayor of Leicester, UK. It also has an address in Leicester delivered by Rev. F.B. Meyer, the sermon preached by the Rev. W. Evans, and the speeches of Alderman Lennard on his being appointed Chief Magistrate of the Borough (meeting of the Town Council, November 9th, 1900) and at a Representative Meeting of Townspeople in connection with the Queen Victoria Memorial.

    A new factory in Leicester: Liberty Shoes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2013


    This is a trade journal article from the British Builder Magazine about the construction of the Liberty Factory in Leicester, UK. It includes photos and architectural drawings.

    Liberty Building Timeline

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2013


    This learning resources documents the Liberty Factory located in Leicester from 1880 to the early 2000s.

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