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Daily tweet: @vaughancoop is a #coop community benefit society which aims to provide an alternative model of #HigherEd focused on the needs of students, staff and the wider community. Anyone over 16 can be a member. It has 8 main objects. (1/10)
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Remember our in-person Forum on Thursday.
All details below 👇
For our October Forum, Dr Denise McHugh and Dr Lucy Faire will be talking about the experience of touch and texture in town and city centres, 1930-1975.
Date: 29 October
Refreshments: from 6.15pm
Talk: 6.30-7.45pm
Where: Leicester Adult Education College
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Our exploration of South Highfields, led by the experienced Leicester guide Eleri Lewis, is today at 2pm. Meet outside Madison's (128 London Road).
Our City Explorers will visit South Highfields on 25 October.
One of the Explorers will explain about some of the people who lived there, the Highfields Blitz and why it's a conservation area.
Meet in Madison’s 128 London Road @ 1.30pm
Exploration starts outside the cafe @ 2pm.
ALT A row of terraced houses with mock Tudor gables. There is a ghost sign on the end of the terrace for 'Allard's Store Groceries, Provisions and Wines and Spirits, Finest Quality' - one side of the ghost sign is missing.
Our City Explorers will visit South Highfields on 25 October.
One of the Explorers will explain about some of the people who lived there, the Highfields Blitz and why it's a conservation area.
Meet in Madison’s 128 London Road @ 1.30pm
Exploration starts outside the cafe @ 2pm.
ALT A row of terraced houses with mock Tudor gables. There is a ghost sign on the end of the terrace for 'Allard's Store Groceries, Provisions and Wines and Spirits, Finest Quality' - one side of the ghost sign is missing.
#Archaeology #DiscoveryCircle will meet in the cafeteria of Jewry Wall Roman Museum on Tuesday October 27 at 1pm. John Colby will tell about his study of Medieval carvings. All welcome.
The next exploration of the City Explorers is of South Highfields on Sunday 25 October. We'll be meeting in Madisons on the London Road from 1.30pm and starting the exploration at 2pm. #DiscoveryCircles
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Are you interested in getting involved in volunteering and community action in Leicestershire?
➡️Come along and join us for a chat to find out more:
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Phd opportunity with @TheGazetteCoop
Exciting news! Co-founders Emma and Rhys are supervising a PhD project exploring the role of local news in Leicester and Leicestershire. Co-created with researchers at Loughborough University, the University of Leicester, and the Leicester Gazette.
Apply: collaboratoryresearchhub.ac.…
Leicester Vaughan College retweeted
Exciting news! Co-founders Emma and Rhys are supervising a PhD project exploring the role of local news in Leicester and Leicestershire. Co-created with researchers at Loughborough University, the University of Leicester, and the Leicester Gazette.
Apply: collaboratoryresearchhub.ac.…
For our October Forum, Dr Denise McHugh and Dr Lucy Faire will be talking about the experience of touch and texture in town and city centres, 1930-1975.
Date: 29 October
Refreshments: from 6.15pm
Talk: 6.30-7.45pm
Where: Leicester Adult Education College
vaughan.coop/course/october-…
Exhibition Visitors, Friday 2 October 2026: 'Walking Through Time: Fifty Years of Leicestershire Fieldworkers', Market Harborough Museum, The Symington Building, Adam and Eve Street, LE16 7LT. We will meet in the cafe from 12.30 and view the exhibition from 1pm. #DiscoveryCircles
#Archaeology #DiscoveryCircle: Tuesday September 29 at 1pm our Martin Morgan-Taylor will give us a guided tour of Jewry Wall. We will meet promptly at 1pm in the cafeteria of the @JewryWallRoman for immediate entry. We will have a chat afterwards.
Tonight! LVC members Lucy and Denise will be talking about 'Feeling the Street' for the Curious Histories lecture series.
Online 6.30-7.45pm
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A big thank you to our guide Janet for giving us such an interesting tree walk in Abbey Park today! #DiscoveryCircles
TOMORROW we admire trees in Abbey Park from 2pm (1.30pm for mingle) #DiscoveryCircles
The Vaughan City Explorers head to the Abbey Park on Sunday September 6 to explore trees with one of Leicester's tree wardens. We will meet at 1.30pm in the Peppercorns cafeteria for a 2pm walk. #DiscoveryCircles
The Vaughan City Explorers head to the Abbey Park on Sunday September 6 to explore trees with one of Leicester's tree wardens. We will meet at 1.30pm in the Peppercorns cafeteria for a 2pm walk. #DiscoveryCircles
TOMORROW the #Archaeology #DiscoveryCircle
The #Archaeology #DiscoveryCircle will meet in the cafeteria of the @JewryWallRoman Museum on Tuesday August 25 at 2pm. We will discuss our ground rules and look into Kathleen Kanyon and her work at Jewry Wall. All welcome!
Interested in #archaeology? Try our Archaeology #DiscoveryCircle. Next session on Tuesday August 25 at 2pm. Free and open to all (children under 18 with adults).
The #Archaeology #DiscoveryCircle will meet in the cafeteria of the @JewryWallRoman Museum on Tuesday August 25 at 2pm. We will discuss our ground rules and look into Kathleen Kanyon and her work at Jewry Wall. All welcome!
The #Archaeology #DiscoveryCircle will meet in the cafeteria of the @JewryWallRoman Museum on Tuesday August 25 at 2pm. We will discuss our ground rules and look into Kathleen Kanyon and her work at Jewry Wall. All welcome!
The Vaughan Exhibition visitors saw in the Attenborough Arts Centre the exhibition ‘Jason and the Adventure of 254’, a major solo exhibition by Jason Wilsher-Mills. To be recommended, especially to those with children. #DiscoveryCircles
See you at 12.30pm in the cafeteria for the drinks and at 1pm for the exhibition 😃 #DiscoveryCircles
The Vaughan Exhibition Visitors will head to the Attenborough Arts Centre on Friday August 14 at 1pm. We will visit ‘Jason and the Adventure of 254’, a major solo exhibition by Jason Wilsher-Mills. We will meet in the cafeteria. #DiscoveryCircles
