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This is a list of online newspaper archives and some magazines and journals, including both free and pay wall blocked digital archives. Most are scanned from microfilm into pdf, gif or similar graphic formats and many of the graphic archives have been indexed into searchable text databases utilizing optical character recognition (OCR) technology.
On 20 September 1967, Bowden was created a life peer as Baron Aylestone, of Aylestone in the City of Leicester, taking the Labour whip. [6] He was appointed a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in the 1975 Birthday Honours , and from 1984 to 1992 was a Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords .
From the Leicester Journal - Friday 24 April 1868. A pipe organ was installed in 1868 by Bishop & Starr. [11] It was enlarged in 1871 by the addition of the Bourdon and the choir division. [12] It was rebuilt and enlarged in 1901 by Taylor and Son of Leicester, then being a three manual and pedal 27-stop instrument.
Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, citizenship at birth, nationality (in addition to British), or/and home nation, what subject was noted for, birth year, cause of death (if known), and reference.
Derek Norman Hole [1] (5 December 1933 – 4 September 2021) was a Church of England priest who spent most of his long career living and ministering in Leicestershire.. Born on 5 December 1933 in Cornwall, he was educated at Public Central School, Plymouth and prepared for ordination at Lincoln Theological College. [2]
David Leslie Taylor (22 August 1946 – 26 December 2009) was a British Labour Co-operative politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Leicestershire from 1997 until his death in 2009.
Brian Huggins, born August 30, 1931, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England. He started his career in journalism at the Leicester Evening Mail. His work then took him to London, England, where he worked on Fleet St., before moving to Canada at age 25. He worked for The Newspaper Guild in Montreal, and as a journalist with the CBC in Toronto and ...
This is a list of notable people born in Leicester, England, or in the county of Leicestershire, educated there, or otherwise associated with the city or county.. Henry Walter Bates Alfred Russel Wallace David Attenborough Daniel Lambert Gary Lineker Peter Shilton Lady Jane Grey George Fox Mary Linwood