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Our 50 most recently submitted museum artefacts are listed below:

 1932/33 Quorn Wesleyan Football Team  1932/33 Quorn Wesleyan Football Team
Quorn Wesleyans were a forerunner of the current (2026) Quorn Football Club. According to ...... cont.
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 Quorn Home Guard Final Bulletin no 39, 1st December 1944  Quorn Home Guard Final Bulletin no 39, 1st December 1944
On 14th May 1940, Anthony Eden, the Secretary for War created the Local Defence ...... cont.
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 Quorn Home Guard Bulletin no 18, June 1942, Second Anniversary  Quorn Home Guard Bulletin no 18, June 1942, Second Anniversary
On 14th May 1940, Anthony Eden, the Secretary for War created the Local Defence ...... cont.
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 Quorn Home Guard – Certificate from the King  Quorn Home Guard – Certificate from the King
Eric George Worth joined the 'Quorn' Home Guard in 1941 and remained in the platoon until ...... cont.
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 The servants of Quorn Hall – 1906  The servants of Quorn Hall – 1906
The Warner family purchased Quorn Hall in 1855 and lived there until 1919. In 1906 the ...... cont.
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 Godspell 1986, St Barts Primary School  Godspell 1986, St Barts Primary School
At the end of the summer term in 1986, the fourth years (now called year 6) at St Barts ...... cont.
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 John Donaghue  - posted to Quorn in 1940  John Donaghue - posted to Quorn in 1940
Introduction John Donaghue was a freelance journalist and war veteran who, after ...... cont.
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 Receipts – Quorndon Local Board and Barrow on Soar Poor Law Union  Receipts – Quorndon Local Board and Barrow on Soar Poor Law Union
The two receipts below are dated 24th August 1868 and 8th March 1876 respectively. ...... cont.
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 Rawlins School panoramic photograph, 1931  Rawlins School panoramic photograph, 1931
This 'whole school' photograph was taken at Rawlins School in July 1931. At this time the ...... cont.
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 Timeline of Station Masters at Quorn & Woodhouse GCR/LNER Station – 1898 to 1963  Timeline of Station Masters at Quorn & Woodhouse GCR/LNER Station – 1898 to 1963
The Great Central Railway opened fully in 1899, and was the last mainline railway to be ...... cont.
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 The Vicarage, Quorn 1906  The Vicarage, Quorn 1906
This is a side view of what was the vicarage in 1906. It is now (2025) in the grounds of ...... cont.
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 Bessie Dakin, Quorn – Sampler and Postcard  Bessie Dakin, Quorn – Sampler and Postcard
Bessie Dakin was born in 1885 and moved to Quorn with her family in 1906, where she lived ...... cont.
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 Ivy Rennocks – Wright’s Commanders Band, 1930s  Ivy Rennocks – Wright’s Commanders Band, 1930s
Faith Ivy Rennocks (known as Ivy) was born in 1916 and lived with her parents Arthur and ...... cont.
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 Woolly rhinoceros remains found at Quorn  Woolly rhinoceros remains found at Quorn
In 1938 the complete jaw of a woolly rhinoceros was discovered in the Quorn gravel pits ...... cont.
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 1935 Jubilee Celebrations, Quorn – What a float!  1935 Jubilee Celebrations, Quorn – What a float!
This picture was taken at the time of the Silver Jubilee of George V, when Quorn ...... cont.
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 PC Thomas Henry Thornton, a Quorn Police Constable  PC Thomas Henry Thornton, a Quorn Police Constable
The name PC Thornton crops up in many Quorn newspaper articles between 1899 and 1923. ...... cont.
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 HMS Quorn bell - Ella Morag Stewart, baptism  HMS Quorn bell - Ella Morag Stewart, baptism
The bell of the Navy’s HMS Quorn was donated to Quorn village when the ship was ...... cont.
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 The History of Quorn Gas Works, the Brinks, established 1854  The History of Quorn Gas Works, the Brinks, established 1854
There is little sign today of the Quorn Gas Works that were situated on the Brinks in ...... cont.
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 Quorn, the Farnhams and a tangled tale  - The Field, 1986  Quorn, the Farnhams and a tangled tale - The Field, 1986
George Farnham was the last member of the historic family to reside in Quorn and would ...... cont.
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 Charles Clutsom – A life in the elastic webbing industry  Charles Clutsom – A life in the elastic webbing industry
Charles Clutsom was born in Wales in 1886 after which the family moved to Norfolk and ...... cont.
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 Winifred Ogston Greenaway of the ATS, Quorn in WW2  Winifred Ogston Greenaway of the ATS, Quorn in WW2
Extract from an Imperial War Museum Oral History Interview Winifred Ogston ...... cont.
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 Postcard from Lord Lonsdale in 1895 about Quorn Hunt  Postcard from Lord Lonsdale in 1895 about Quorn Hunt
Hugh Cecil Lowther was the 5th Earl of Lonsdale and Master of the Quorn Hunt from 1893 to ...... cont.
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 Memories of Outdoor Work for M W Wright & Sons by Marlene Bradshaw nee Lidierth  Memories of Outdoor Work for M W Wright & Sons by Marlene Bradshaw nee Lidierth
Marlene Lidierth grew up in Quorn in the 1950s and lived with her family at 33 Castledine ...... cont.
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 Hot air balloon lands in Warwick Avenue, Quorn, 1986  Hot air balloon lands in Warwick Avenue, Quorn, 1986
Do you remember the day in May 1986 when a hot air balloon landed in Warwick Avenue? It ...... cont.
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 Opening of Quorn Cricket Club Pavilion in 1928  Opening of Quorn Cricket Club Pavilion in 1928
George Francis Farnham secured the future of Quorn’s cricket ground, Caves Field in 1926. ...... cont.
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Total: 50 artefacts returned over 2 pages


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