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King’s Birthday Honour recognises researcher’s dedication to saving peatlands
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/kings-birthday-honour-recognises-researchers-dedication-saving-peatlands
A University of Leicester geographer who has dedicated her career to preserving the world’s peatlands has been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours.
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Work
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/leicestershire-villages/work
Find information for interviews with reisdents of Leicestershire villages in regards to work, such as Florence Harris discussing her childhood in Desford and her parents running the village shop.
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World War II
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/leicestershire-villages/world-war-two
Hear interviews with residents of Leicestershire villages during World War II, such as Gertrude Moore who recalls the factory she worked in making munitions for the war effort.
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Food
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/leicestershire-villages/food
Find a range of interviews with residents of Leicestershire villages discussing food, such as Jean Morris talking about how Stilton cheese was made locally and how production was halted during the Second World War.
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Gentry
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/leicestershire-villages/gentry
Browse information about full interviews with residents of Leicestershire regarding gentry as part of the Leicestershire Villages project.
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Health and disability
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/health
Learn more about the collections about health and disability in the East Midlands Oral History Archive.
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World War I
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/leicestershire-villages/world-war-one
Browse interviews with residents of Leicestershire villages during World War I, such as Artie Payne, who discusses his father joining the army during the First World War.
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Farming
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/leicestershire-villages/farming
Discover full interviews with residents of Leicestershire villages with regards to farming life in Leicestershire, such as Kenneth Barnett discussing his childhood on a farm during World War II.
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Landscape Archaeology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ar7522
Module code: AR7522 This module introduces the theoretical issues underpinning landscape archaeology, and the range of techniques in the human and natural sciences that can be combined in the broad field of landscape studies.
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Landscape Archaeology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ar7522
Module code: AR7522 This module introduces the theoretical issues underpinning landscape archaeology, and the range of techniques in the human and natural sciences that can be combined in the broad field of landscape studies.