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Our 50 most recently submitted museum artefacts are listed below:

		The History of 94 Meeting Street, Quorn The story of a house in Quorn over 200 years. Sue Griffiths tells us about how her house, ...... cont.
		Kelly's Directory 1908 – Quorn entries Directories are a valuable source of information for both the local and family historian. ...... cont.
		Quorn Charities Darts - Beardsley new gift. 1963 Loughborough Monitor - 25th January 1963 The officials of the Quorn Charities Darts ...... cont.
		Bennett’s Trade Directory 1901-02 – Quorn entries Below is the Quorn section from Bennetts trade directory for Leicestershire for 1901/02. ...... cont.
		Bennett’s Trade Directory 1899 – Quorn entries Below is the Quorn section from Bennetts trade directory for Leicestershire for 1899. ...... cont.
		Wrights Directory 1899 – Quorn entries Trade directories are a valuable source of information for both the local and family ...... cont.
		Kelly's Directory 1899 – Quorndon entries Directories are a valuable source of information for both the local and family historian. ...... cont.
		A piped water supply for Quorn The pictures below are of water drain covers situated near to the Quorn House Lodge in ...... cont.
		The Slabs footpath in flood – Then and Now The Slabs footpath runs between Quorn and Barrow to the north of Quorn Hall, near to the ...... cont.
		Poll Book 1841 – Quorndon Entries Poll books were the pre cursor to today’s electoral rolls and were published from the ...... cont.
		1939 WW2 Register transcription - Quorn PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE SEARCHING THE PDF REGISTER DOCUMENT BELOW Searching ...... cont.
		A story about Quorn Parish boundary by Barrow Bridge, from 1909 A STRANGE DIVERGENCE OF THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE TWO PARISHES OF QUORN AND ...... cont.
		Dedication of Lime Trees, 3rd May 1952 A poster advertising the dedication of an avenue of lime trees in Stafford Orchard, in ...... cont.
		Quorn and Royalty - Prince and Princess Henry of Pless Prince Henry of Pless (now Pszczyna in Poland) was born in April 1861 and in 1891 he ...... cont.
		Frederick Penfold, Quorn stonemason Frederick Richard Penfold was a stonemason who had his business in Quorn. He married ...... cont.
		Quorn St Bart’s Junior Football Team 1947/48 St Bart’s Junior School Football Team had a series of successes in the late 1940/early ...... cont.
		The WW2 ‘kids’ from Freehold Street, Quorn Taken in the early 2000s (probably about 2007), this is a photograph of some of the ...... cont.
		Quorndon Electoral Roll 1945 Electoral rolls can help you work out who lived in your house in days gone ...... cont.
		George Gartshore (1830 to 1917), farrier to the Quorn Hunt This document relates to the payment of expenses to George Gartshore by his employer, ...... cont.
		Quorndon Electoral Roll 1926 Electoral rolls can help you work out who lived in your house in days gone ...... cont.
		Trees planted in memory of Quorn resident, Bill Edwards The article below was taken from the Loughborough Echo dated 12th April 2015 when three ...... cont.
		Sale of the contents of Quorn Court, 1926 For most of the nineteen century and into the twentieth century, Quorn Court on High ...... cont.
		Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Baptisms, Quorndon, 1838 to 1920 The Wesleyan Methodists in Quorn In 1822 the Wesleyan Methodists built their ...... cont.
		Caves Field, Quorn, ridge and furrow 2022 This photograph of Caves Field (the cricket field), taken during the heatwave of August ...... cont.
		Wright's Directory 1896 – Quorndon entries Trade directories are a valuable source of information for both the local and family ...... cont.
		Kellys Directory 1895 – Quorndon entries Directories are a valuable source of information for both the local and family historian. ...... cont.
		Quorn Primitive Methodist Chapel, Meeting Street – Then and now Nationally the Primitive Methodists broke away from the Wesleyan Methodists in about ...... cont.
		Stone laying, new Wesleyan Chapel, Quorn, 1907 Melton Mowbray Mercury and Oakham and Uppingham News Thursday 4th April 1907 NEW ...... cont.
		A fete on Stafford Orchard, 1950s Three ladies enjoying the sunshine at a fete on Stafford Orchard. The one in the middle ...... cont.
		Quorn St Bart’s Primary School football shirt, 1960s This football shirt belonged to Christian Pyne in the 1960s who played in the school team ...... cont.
		Quorn Emmanuel Football Club 1908/09 The first mention of Quorn Emmanuel Football Club can be found in 1902. It played in the ...... cont.
		Quorn Old People's Fellowship outing, 1959 Trentham Gardens in Staffordshire was a favourite destination for Quorn Old People's ...... cont.
		High Street, Quorn in 1952 This sketch appeared in the Loughborough Echo in 1952 and shows cottages which stood next ...... cont.
		Gambles building firm, 1950s Brothers Ron and Aubrey Gamble ran a building firm in Quorn, G Gamble and Sons, which was ...... cont.
		Quorn National School, approx 1892 Loughborough Echo Friday 28th November 1952 Are You On This Picture? Quorn Mixed – ...... cont.
		Quorn National School 1900 Loughborough Echo Friday 19 December 1952 QUORN NATIONAL SCHOOL 1900 The above ...... cont.
		Quorn Methodist Sunday School 1942/43 Two photographs of Quorn Methodist Sunday School taken outside the old Methodist Chapel ...... cont.
		Thomas Rawlins Grammar School, early 1920s Little is known about this photograph of Thomas Rawlins Grammar School that was probably ...... cont.
		Louie Burrows, 1888 to 1962 Louie Burrows is featured on the Quorn Old School Heritage Board and many people know ...... cont.
		23 Chaveney Road, Quorn – The history of a house This article entitled ‘The House Detective!’ was written by Sue Templeman and appeared in ...... cont.
		Quorn folk, Church Rooms, 1940s Very little is known about this photograph of Quorn folk, taken outside the Church Rooms, ...... cont.
		Westfield Farm, Woodhouse Road – Then and now A view looking up Woodhouse Road towards the Farley Way crossroads. The older ...... cont.
		Miss Sawdon’s retirement as headmistress, The Quornian, 1971 Miss Marjorie Elizabeth Sawdon was the head of Rawlins from 1948 to 1970. She died in ...... cont.
		Quorn Primary School Football Team, spring 1967 Taken at St Bartholomew’s School when it was at the old School Lane premises. ...... cont.
		Commonwealth Youth Enterprise Conference 1977 - Quorn visitors Between the 13th and 27th July 1977 Quorn hosted 20 young Commonwealth youth delegates as ...... cont.
		Adnett’s grocery shop, High Street, Quorn Ernest and Joan Adnett ran a grocery shop in Quorn, at what is now (2022) Ferrari’s ...... cont.
		Soar Road, Quorn, about 1910 A postcard of Soar Road showing children playing in and around the River Soar in about ...... cont.
		Rex Bloore, Quorn – business card Rex Bloore was well known Quorn businessman in the 1960s and 1970s. His main business was ...... cont.
		Evacuated to Quorn 1941 In 1941, five year old Jackie Lee (then known as Bessie Pearce) and her sister Heather ...... cont.
		Sad death of the Quorn Parish Clerk – 1852 Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties Friday 26th November ...... cont.

Total: 50 artefacts returned

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