18/07/2026
🔔 A Roller-Coaster Triumph for Loughborough's History! As communities across the country celebrate the UK Festival of Archaeology this month, we are looking at an incredible preservation story right on our doorstep in Leicestershire. In the brand-new July issue of our newsletter, Debbie Taylor recounts the extraordinary hurdles faced by the volunteer team at the Carillon War Memorial Museum in Loughborough. During a major structural refurbishment of the iconic tower, strict building regulations suddenly restricted public access to the upper floors—completely throwing their original three-floor exhibition plans into jeopardy. Instead of backing down, a small, passionate team of military and local history volunteers pivoted seamlessly. Working alongside Leicester-based design company Vertigo Creative, they completely reimagined and transformed their limited 20x20-foot ground floor into a powerful, immersive exhibit centred entirely on "The Human Cost" of wartime sacrifice. From using ingenious technology to bring century-old, blurry photographic portraits back into startlingly sharp focus, to a hilarious session where they had to saw the feet off a mannequin in a German uniform to fit authentic leather knee-high boots—this was a true labour of love! Read the full, inspiring behind-the-scenes account in Issue 20 of our LAST POST newsletter, available today.
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