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    Belgrave War Memorials

    From the smallest village to large cities like Leicester, the men killed in both World Wars – and often other conflicts – were commemorated…
    • People of Belgrave, War memorials

    Armistice Day 2023

    Currently, there is no access to the interior of St. Peter’s. However, a special dispensation by the Diocese was given to the Trustees to…
    • St Peters Church, War memorials

    ST. Peter’s Boer War memorial

    Often unnoticed, the Boer War memorial in St. Peter’s is dedicated to two local men who died in the second Boer War. It commemorates …
    • Interior, Interior - stories and photos, People of Belgrave, St Peters Church, War memorials

    The First Horse Drawn Tram at Belgrave

    The first tramways in Leicester started horse-pulled operation in 1874, by the Leicester Tramways Company. The first route was from the Clock Tower to…

    The First Electric Tram at Belgrave

    This image, take from a postcard that was posted in 1904, shows the first city-bound electric tram service ready to leave Thurcaston Road on…
    • Old Belgrave, Postcards, Trams

    Postcards from Belgrave

    • Old Belgrave, Postcards
    Hilda in early 1993

    Hilda Annie Mitchell  1917-1993

    Many older Belgrave people will remember Hilda. She had a life-long physical disability and travelled all over the parish in a so called, ‘invalid…
    • People of Belgrave

    St. Peter’s 1914 – 1918 War Memorial

    The memorial records the names of 149 men of Belgrave who gave their lives for their country in the First World War. We can…
    • Interior - stories and photos, War memorials

    Louis Coleman – Ginger Beer maker

    Louis Coleman was born in Leicester in 1864. The 1881 census lists him, aged 17, as an employee in a Ginger Beer Manufactory. The…
    • People of Belgrave

    A Bell-Ringer Remembers

    John Martin-Jones was a bell-ringer at St Peter’s and he writes; What follows are my thoughts and memories of the people mentioned on these…
    • Personal memories

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