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Brian Raper interviewed by Colin Hyde, 31 January 2013
No full textInterview with Brian Raper (BR), born Grimsby, 1928. [File 1 00:00:29] Grammar school education, 1940-1947. Graduated in civil engineering, Queen Mary College, London (1950). [00:03:33] Comments on training with Manchester City Engineers' Department. [00:05:03] Began RAF national service (December 1952), stationed in Germany. Describes overseeing construction of NATO airfield at Laarbruch. [00:07:35] Demobilisation (1954) and return to England: civil engineering in Wythenshawe, then Welwyn Garden City. [00:10:36] Describes being interviewed for project engineer post in Leicester (August 1961). Comments on family life in Wigston, including death of one of five children. [00:12:50] Detailed comments on character and perceived status of John Leslie Beckett, City Engineer. [00:17:41] Describes first job in Leicester: separating storm water from sewage. [00:20:30] Detailed explanation of transfer of sewage works from Beaumont Leys to Wanlip. [00:29:33] Detailed explanation of Leicester floods, July 1968. Thoughts on causation: neglected/blocked brooks and inability of combined rainwater/sewage system to cope. Explanation of flood prevention measures including washlands and improving channel of brooks; necessity of demolishing prefabs on Hughenden Drive. [00:54:37] Comments on current need to monitor/alter penstocks (mechanical gates). [00:57:50] Explains aborted plan for city-wide combined heat and power system [01:01:59] Comments on his introduction of wheelie bins to Leicester c.1980 and residents' opposition. [File 2 00:00:00] Comments on responsibility for shift of sewage works from Beaumont Leys to Wanlip. Describes aftermath, including discovery of toxic metals at Beaumont Leys. [00:06:05] Detailed explanation of systems used to mix refuse and sludge from Wanlip. [00:20:01] Comments on latter years in office; retirement in 1991. Became chairman of East Midlands branch of Institution of Civil Engineers. [00:22:45] Comments on changes in civil engineering over course of professional life
Inside the Two Queens art gallery, 2013
No full textColour photograph showing modern art at Two Queens gallery and studio
International Hotel customer parking entrance.
No full textColour photograph of the former Leicester International Hotel customer car park entrance
Magnum Exhibition Hall sign.
No full textColour photograph of a sign at the former Leicester International Hotel. The sign reads "Magnum Exhibition Hall"
Kantilal Lakhani interviewed by Dipak Joshi, 28 September 2013
No full textTalks about the beginning of the Lakhani Art Studio in Uganda and the time Kantilal took Idi Amin's photo
Ghost sign for Freeman, Hardy & Willis Ltd. on Coventry Road in Market Harborough, 2013.
No full textGhost sign reading: 'Freeman, Hardy & Willis Ltd. / Boots & Shoes'. Founded in 1875 by William Freeman, Arthur Hardy and Frederick Willis, Freeman, Hardy & Willis Ltd. was a major chain of footwear and leather manufacturers. There was a branch in nearly every town in the UK in the early 20th century, but in 1929, the company was acquired by Sears and then later became a part of the subsidary British Shoe Corporation, based in Leicester. By 1996, the company no longer existed
Shantilal Chauman interviewed by Gurpreet Grewal-Santini, 24 July 2013
No full textRecalls how parental duties changed once in England from Uganda and how he stayed connected with his cultural heritage in his new homeland
Ajaib Singh Matharu interviewed by Gurpreet Grewal-Santini, 25 July 2013
No full textRecalls travelling through the Serengeti Plains as a young boy and playing for the Ugandan National Hockey team at the 1972 Olympic games in Munich
Edward Michael Peacock interviewed by Colin Hyde, 3 April 2013
No full textTalks about time in Uganda in 1972 working for British High Commission, conducting interviews with people who were forced to leave because of the expulsion of Ugandan Asians. Action of UK government and information about Ugandans with UK citizenship