Time of Our Lives | Leicester Living History Unit | 1930's to 1950's | Released 1993

“Time of Our Lives” - VHS
Released 1993 - 1 of 3 in this series
©️ 1993 Leicester City Council
Leicester in the 1930’s to 1950’s
Remember the Jubilee of 1935? The freeze-up of 1947? Days at Bradgate Park? Nights at the Palace? Twopenny rushes? Playing lurkey? Streets without cars? Your first TV?
Well even if you don't - here's your chance to relive some of those events.
Captured on vintage film, and in the words of those who lived through it “Time of Our Lives” shows you a Leicester that has virtually vanished.
Winn's Cafes, the Leicester Poor Boys and Girls' leaving the Great Northern Railway Station in 1920 for Mablethorpe, the 'Leicester Guild of the Crippled' visit Scraptoft Hall in 1930, the R101 airship passes over Leicester in 1930, a fair at Blackbird Road held during wartime, Kenwood and Humberstone Lidos, factory outings, ARP activities, gas masks and stirrup pumps, parades, street parties. All scenes that show how the city has altered.
“Time of Our Lives” gives you the most vivid picture yet of Leicester, the city and its people, in the first half of the 20th century.
The video is an unforgettable album of moving pictures, memories and music for all ages. It is an ideal media resource for both School and College research in the modern age of 2024.
Run Time 45 mins
Music by Denis J. Humphreys
Narrated by Morgan Cross
Research, Script & direction Paul Morley
Made at Fosse Studios
©️ 1993 Leicester City Council
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