Loan Collection

Borrow Oral History Recordings For Your School

Oral history offers a unique insight into the everyday lives of 'ordinary' people, and is a valuable resource that enables children to learn about the past through the first hand accounts of the people who actually experienced it. Schools in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland are now able to borrow a range of oral history recordings from the University of Leicester, Education Library to support the National Curriculum.

Titles that are available to borrow are listed below. More information can be found on the Archive's catalogue:

To borrow a recording

Contact:
Education Library, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH
(0116) 252 3739.

World Wars The Women's Land Army The Great War World War Two World War Two Evacuee	Health Home Remedies Public Health Midwife	Transport Travel Agent Life on the Railways Life on the Trams

Housing Housing the People	Politics Co-operative Movement Fascism	Childhood Boys Homes The Three R's

General Crimes and Punishment Courting Days Christmas Past	Shopping Coffee and Cafe Leicester Shops Leicester Market	Women "Tree, Fruit and All". The life of a Nun Women In Industry Women's Lives

Entertainment Up for the Cup! Fighting Talk Theatre All the Fun of the Fair Entertainment Cinema Music Hall Holidays	Local Studies Swithland, Quorn and Anstey Aylestone Highfields New Road Countesthorpe Cottage Homes Belgrave The West End Leicester's Slums Edwardian Leicester	Work Farming Life Soar Valley Labours Unemployment Employment Mining Memories Maids and Mistresses