Leicester in the 1950s: Ten Years That Changed a City

by Stephen Butt

At the beginning of the 1950s, Leicester was an industrial city picking itself up from the debris of the Second World War. Compared with nearby Coventry, Leicester has been a relatively safe place, but the effects of the Blitz were still very evident in New Walk and in the residential areas of Highfields and Stoneygate. After years of operating on a wartime economy, Leicester's major industries - textiles, hosiery and machine tools - faced the challenge...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445640457
• ISBN13: 9781445640457
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 9.1"