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Secret Leicestershire Episodes

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    A runaway slave stars in a defining moment of Leicester’s history

    The Abolitionist and runaway slave Frederick Douglass' links to a Leicester meeting hall

  2. A real-life Jurassic Park hidden in Leicestershire

    200 million years of history can be seen in exposed rock layers at Tilton Railway Cutting

  3. ‘Tanky’ Smith: Leicester’s first private detective

    Francis ‘Tanky’ Smith was in Borough Police Force before becoming a private detective.

  4. ‘Holy Town’ – Hallaton’s secret ‘bottle-kicking’ history

    The destination for pilgrims and the capital of bottle kicking and Hare Pie Scramble!

  5. ‘A medieval mayor and a Leicester murder scandal’

    Brothers Walter and John Bushby sought sanctuary in two of Leicester’s medieval churches.

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