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Recollections

In this section are the recollections from some of the residents of Highfields that have been sorted into four categories: background, early years, community and the world wars.

Clicking of the list of sub-categories will take you to the page that has a number of extracts, with further links to the full text source and audio files. If you wish to go directly to the text source files click here. If you wish to go directly to the audio files click here

. A picture of a passport photo - used as a header for the category of Background






Arrival
Family background
Religion
Then and now

A picture of a baby - used as a header for the category of Early Years




Childhood
Teenage years
Cinema
Clothes / Dress
Entertainment
First impressions
Holidays
School

A picture of the Leicester Carnival - used as a header for the category of Community



Community
Events
Health
Home life
Housing
Law and Order
Pollution
Shopping
Transport
Weather
Work and Trades

A picture of a bombed building - used as a header for the category of Wars






World War I
World War II


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