Archive of Local History Items mainly for the Charnwood area including Local Newspapers, Exhibitions on Local History subjects. The collection is user-friendly and housed in its own reading room on the ground floor of the Public Library on Granby Street. Volunteers are available weekdays between 10 – 12am and 2 – 4pm. At other times Library staff will help visitors.
We provide a service to both the serious researcher and the casual caller and over the years our resources have been used by students and teachers, architects and planners, writers and artists, cyclists, walkers and many others, as well as our regular local and family historians.
We are always looking for volunteers with an interest in Local History and Genealogy, please call in for a chat.
We also sell publications. Telephone: 0116 305 2437 Email: lllsv@gmx.co.uk