| | Robert Sutton, Quorn Family Butcher This photograph was taken on High Street in Quorn around 1920, and shows Robert and Gerty ...... cont.
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| | Air raid shelter in Quorn World War Two started in 1939 and continued for six years. During this time there was ...... cont.
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| | The Mill House pub, Quorn, ladies darts team, October 1947 Loughborough Echo, Friday, 17th October 1947
The Mill House pub was on Leicester Road, ...... cont.
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| | M Wright & Sons Ltd, New automatic weaving looms, January 1947 Loughborough Echo, Friday, 31st January 1947
Invention by Quorn man
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| | A unique Quorn business - ships in bottles! One of the most unusual small businesses that Quorn has supported over the years, must be ...... cont.
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| | ‘Quorna’ Tape, made by M. Wright and Sons of Quorn ‘Quorna’ was a brand name used by Wrights factory in Quorn in the early and middle parts ...... cont.
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| | Meeting Street, Quorn – Then and now The earlier of these two photographs is thought to have been taken in about 1911. The ...... cont.
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| | Thomas Cradock of Quorn Court Thomas Cradock was born in Loughborough in 1795. He married Mary Octavia Grover (known as ...... cont.
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| | Thomas Lucas, jeweller, Quorn - Watch paper Watch papers were round papers, placed between the inner and outer case of a pocket ...... cont.
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| | Video - Tom Long haymaking in his meadow, 1960s This converted cine film shows Tom Long making hay in his meadow in the early 1960s. The ...... cont.
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| | Blacksmiths shop, Meeting Street, Quorn, 1935 On Saturday 17th August 1935, The Illustrated Leicester Chronicle published this ...... cont.
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| | Home Farm and the Pepper Family Life in Quorn was very different in the 1900s, with many more farms in the village. One ...... cont.
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| | Ploughing prize, 1848, William Sarson, Quorn The wording on this impressive tankard says:
“1st PRIZE for Ploughing
Presented by ...... cont.
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| | Jackie Mann – Quorn farmer, Soar Road, early 1900s John Mann, or Jackie as he was known, was born in Barrow upon Soar in 1854. On 12th ...... cont.
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| | Charles Tomblin – killed near Quorn Station, September 1936 Charles Tomblin was born in Barrowden in Rutland on 14th April 1871, one of five ...... cont.
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| | C. A. Taylor, Tobacconist, Quorn This letterhead and business card was kindly given to Quorn Village Online Museum in ...... cont.
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| | Lloyd Eric Tomlyn, 1928 to 2016 – Memories of Quorn Lloyd Eric Tomlyn was born in Mountsorrel in 1928, the son of Eric Dudley Ernest Tomlyn ...... cont.
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| | Harvest at Home Farm, Quorn, early 1900s Thomas Pepper was born in 1883 in Long Whatton. He was married twice and had six children ...... cont.
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| | Quorn Laundry buildings Quorn Laundry was based on Barrow Road, where Quorndon Terrace is today. This photograph ...... cont.
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| | Quorn Hygienic Laundry basket This Quorn laundry basket (or hamper) was used by the Pagets from Nanpantan Hall in ...... cont.
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| | Masterbuilder construction set, made in Quorn 1940s This is definitely one of the more unusual Quorn artefacts that has come to ...... cont.
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| | Aerial view of Wright's factory and surrounding area - approx 1952 This aerial photograph was taken in the early 1950s, as evidenced by the size of the lime ...... cont.
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| | Postcard – Mountsorrel Quarry 1909 This postcard raises many questions!
It may be asked how a Mountsorrel Quarry postcard ...... cont.
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| | WW1 Puttees! Made by M Wright and Sons This advert appeared regularly in the Tatler between 1917 and 1919. It is advertising ...... cont.
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| | Quorn cigarette tin, early 1900s This Quorn cigarette tin is very well worn and we think is a very rare find. Underneath ...... cont.
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| | Quorn meat substitute and our village – a connection or not? One question that people often ask is whether there is a connection between the name of ...... cont.
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| | Church Room fundraising fete, June 1929 In 1922 a committee was formed to raise funds for the building of a Church Room. Several ...... cont.
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| | Insurance plaques, Quorn Beginning in the 18th century, insurance fire plaques were attached high up on buildings, ...... cont.
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| | Bus on Leicester Road, Quorn, 1910 This fantastic photograph was taken on the east side of Leicester Road in 1910. The house ...... cont.
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| | Two buses at Quorn Cross, 1930 A very interesting street scene showing Quorn Cross in about 1930. Whilst the quality of ...... cont.
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| | Wright's Factory, weaving room 1923/24 One of the elastic weaving rooms at Wright's factory, Quorn in 1923 or 1924.
The ...... cont.
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| | Tommy Allen 1911 to 1996 Thomas William Allen was born on 30th April 1911 at 46 Meeting Street and lived in Quorn ...... cont.
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| | High Street, Quorn in the 1950s Two photographs of High Street, Quorn, looking towards Quorn Cross, in the 1950s, showing ...... cont.
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| | William Wilders – Carrier of Quorn William Wilders was born in Quorn in 1838 and died in 1893. We are lucky to have this ...... cont.
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| | Quorn Building Society Quorn Building Society, or as it was originally known, the Quorndon and Neighbourhood ...... cont.
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| | Wrights Factory Rules, 1946 The poster below hung in Wrights factory on Leicester Road for many years. It dates back ...... cont.
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| | Soar Valley News, April 1977 The Soar Valley News was a four page, black and white community newspaper/newsletter type ...... cont.
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| | Deer roaming around the White Horse in Quorn! 1988 During road works near the White Horse pub in Quorn in 1988, ancient deer bones were ...... cont.
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| | Howlett’s Bus Company, Quorn This is a Bedford OWB Duple bus, registration number DAY137, built during WW2. Howlett’s ...... cont.
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| | Vena Grain, 1895 to 1989. Oral history interview from 1985 Vena Grain was born in Leicester on 21st February 1895, and the family moved to Quorn in ...... cont.
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| | The Mill House Inn, Leicester Road, Quorn, early 1900s To the left of the archway is the Mill House Inn, which at this time was run by Silas ...... cont.
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| | Quorn bus, 1929 In the 1920s and 1930s there were several different firms running buses through Quorn. ...... cont.
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| | Meeting Street, Quorn As the years go by and as Quorn Village On-line Museum continues to grow, it becomes ...... cont.
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| | Video: Wrights - Weaving Narrow Fabrics in Quorn since 1860 Wrights factory has been in Quorn since the 1860s and continues to thrive today. This ...... cont.
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| | Quorn Station 1937 This is a photograph taken on Quorn railway station when it was run by the London & North ...... cont.
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| | Picture by W E Cooke – Coal Wharf, 1879 This picture of the Coal Wharf on Soar Road in Quorn, was drawn in 1879 by local ...... cont.
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| | Misses E & M White – Homemade cakes price list This price list dates from about 1910. Ethel and Muriel White were the daughters of ...... cont.
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| | Barrie’s Fruit and Veg Shop, Quorn Cross ‘Barries’ fruit and veg shop, in a prominent position on Quorn Cross, was run by Barrie ...... cont.
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| | Ann at Quorn’, High Street, Quorn ‘Ann at Quorn’ was a high class clothes shop at 20 High Street in Quorn. It was ...... cont.
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| | WW1, Wrights factory ‘War Service’ lapel badge During WW1 Wrights factory in Quorn was employing over 2,000 people and working round the ...... cont.
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Total: 349 artefacts returned over 7 pages