A funerary monument in the Welford Cemetery, Leicester
The Vaughan City Explorers will meet for a bespoke guided walk around the Welford Cemetery on SUNDAY MARCH 22. Note that this visit COSTS £6. We will meet at the information centre at 12.30 for the 1pm start (note the time).
Next FRIDAY the Vaughan Exhibition Visitors meet to go to the New Walk Museum AT 2PM.
The Vaughan Exhibition Visitors will visit the Leicester Society of Artists Annual Exhibition in the New Walk Museum on MARCH 13. We will meet in the foyer at 2pm. Pre-exhibition meet at 1.30pm in the Soft Touch cafeteria. Photo: Phillips Strand, Upton, Bude (Aerial) by Deborah Bird.
Fragment of predominantly yellow and black mid fifteenth century stained glass from St Michael's (Coventry's second Cathedral) showing foliage and on the left, the top of a shroud, pleated fabric tied together.
A reminder that our February #VaughanForum is this Thursday at 6.15pm. Dr Miriam Gill will be talking about using fragments of stained glass to piece together Coventry's lost Mystery Play.
Free and online.
www.tickettailor.com/events/leice...
Good to see a push to promote the cooperative model. But when in education...
The Attenbirough Arts Centre red sign
Our next Exhibition Visitors meeting will be on Friday February 13 when we visit the Attenborough Arts Centre (@attenboroughac.bsky.social) and the current exhibitions. We meet at 1pm in the cafeteria. FREE for all.
Just to inform you that I also post as @vaughancoop.bsky.social Follow what City Explorers and Exhibition Visitors get up to. Get to know the latest Research Forum lectures and events. Plus all future developments in #adulteducation
Silver Arcade
Outside Odeon Arcade
Outside Malcolm Arcade
Royal Arcade
The @vaughancoop.bsky.social City Explorers exploring the retail arcades of Leicester
It was strange going back to the former Vaughan College, now part of @jewrywallroman.bsky.social' but we had a great meeting and have a few plans!
A reminder that the City Explorers are meeting this Sunday at 2pm to explore Leicester's arcades.
From left: Deidre, Lucy, Miriam and Phil in one of the classrooms overlooking the Wall
A very interesting, positive and fruitful meeting today between the @vaughancoop.bsky.social and @jewrywallroman.bsky.social. We will look for synergies. #AncientBluesky ⚱️🦋
A reminder that our AGM will take place tomorrow, 29 January at 7.30pm.
We will be voting for new Directors and sharing some exciting news with our members!
My next Friday Murder will be one of the cases I talked about last night, so STAY TUNED
(it will be next Friday, 23rd)
Our February Forum will be online, 15 Feb at 6.15pm. Dr Miriam Gill will be talking on ‘Tantalizing Fragments: Piecing Together Traces of a Lost Coventry Mystery Play’
To find out more👇
vaughan.coop/course/febru...
This image says : AGM, 29 January 2026, 7.30-8.30pm via Zoom. It has the LVC logo.
Our AGM will be on 29 of January. This is open to all Members of LVC. The meeting will start at 7.30pm and is via Zoom.
Not sure if you are member? Then send us a message and we'll check the book!
If you would like to become a member for just £1 go to vaughan.coop/leicester-va...
Thank you to @sophiemhistory.bsky.social for a great talk to our Vaughan Forum last night. Thank you for giving it a Leicester flavour as well!
A black and white drawing of a group of men dressed in frock coats sitting around a table. A small boy stands in front next to what looks like a parish beadle. There is woman standing on the right behind the beadle and a group of men in the background.
Tonight! 'Sudden Death: Nineteenth Century Coroners' Inquests', a talk by Sophie Michell @sophiemhistory.bsky.social .
#LeicesterHistory #CrimeHistory #VaughanForums
6.15pm via Zoom.
www.tickettailor.com/events/leice...
Join us on Tuesday 10 February for the 2026 Global History Lecture, hosted in partnership with @ghilondon.bsky.social
Prof. Vinita Damodaran will speak on 'Decolonising the Natural History Collections of Empire' bit.ly/4qLCaYB
Booking for in-person & online attendance is now open #Skystorians
If you have tried and failed to get a ticket for our January Forum today, we've now added more tickets!
www.tickettailor.com/events/leice...
A black and white drawing of a group of men dressed in frock coats sitting around a table. A small boy stands in front next to what looks like a parish beadle. There is woman standing on the right behind the beadle and a group of men in the background.
Reminder! Our January Forum is this Thursday via Zoom 6.15-7.30pm.
@sophiemhistory.bsky.social will be giving a talk on nineteenth-century coroners' inquests. Join us for the often gruesome history of sudden death!
Sign up here: www.tickettailor.com/events/leice...
Friday, 23 January at 1pm
The Vaughan Exhibition Visitors will be viewing exhibition: 'Open: The People’s Exhibition 2025'. We will meet in Soft Touch Arts Cafe on Museum Square (next to New Walk Museum) at 1pm.
www.leicestermuseums.org/Open2025
Thanks for agreeing to do this talk, Sophie! We're looking forward to it.
A photo of the Silver Arcade from 2009. The photographer was standing on the ground floor looking up to the three balcony floors. There is a sign board for 'Silver Nail' in the middle of the ground floor passageway.
Sunday, 1 February 2025, at 2pm
The Vaughan City Explorers will explore Leicester's arcades. Come along share your knowledge and any memories of the Silver, Royal, Malcolm and Odeon arcades. Meet in the Bryter Moon cafe (Silver Arcade) at 2pm before going to explore.
#DiscoveryCircles
Our next Forum will be on January 15. Sophie Michell -
@sophiemhistory.bsky.social - will be talking about nineteenth-century coroners inquests, using some case studies from Leicester. Join us online at 6.15pm.
vaughan.coop/course/janua...
A close up one of Mary Linwood's embroidered birds, showing the detailed stitching of the feathers.
This Friday (5 December) at 1pm the Vaughan Exhibition Visitors are viewing the Exhibition 'Mary Linwood: Art, Stitch and Life'.
Meet in Soft Touch Arts Cafe at 1pm.
www.leicestermuseums.org/MaryLinwood
Some of Vaughan City Explorers viewing the Sculptural Gateway at the start of the Belgrave Road.
A mural on a nineteenth century industrial building feature two Indian women in tradition dress, one in white dancing.
The Vaughan City Explorers exploring the Belgrave Road, Leicester - art, architecture and lots of history both ancient and recent!
#DiscoveryCircles
A photo of Leicester Freemason's Hall which consists of two white period houses with sash windows and ornate doorways.
The Vaughan City Explorers are meeting at 2pm on Sunday 2 November outside the Freemason's Hall on the London Road. We'll be having a tour of the Hall before exploring the road itself between the Station and Victoria Park Gates.
This is a poster for the Exhibition 'Up Town Again'. It is at the Two Queens Gallery and Studios on Queen Street Leicester. The six artists are Miriam Bean, Evie Cook, Alison Dunne, Francis Underwater, Oshorenoya David Francis and Jamie Seymour. The exhibition is from 27 September to 1 November.
Our Exhibition Visitors are gathering this Friday at 1pm in the Phoenix arts cafe to visit this exhibition 👇
"Our co-op is owned by the fans, we set the prices."
"Our co-op is owned by us, the members."
"Our housing is run by us, the tenants."
"The workers own this business."
👉 youtu.be/9jddNpXI-Lw
