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To mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy the community of Braunstone Town in Leicester decided to create a display of knitted poppies. The Banner featuring hundreds of hand knitted poppies, collected after an appeal for donations in the Braunstone Life community publication, are seen in red with white versions spelling D-Day 80 the banner is hung on the side of the Braunstone Civic Centre providing a dramatic backdrop to and complementing the memorial garden which itself is planted with red poppies and white flowers.

Originally named by a Mr David Edwards (a City Engineer) as a way to wish good luck to Leicester City in a 1969 FA Cup game at the historic stadium, The Wembley Road forms part of a sporting themed naming scheme for the then newly built Braunstone Frith Industrial Estate. Leicester City lost the final in 1969 but 50+ years later in 2021 a historic win for the team gave an opportunity to dedicate the sign to the FA Cup win it was intended to mark. In 2022 the sign was unveiled by club ambassador Alan Birchenall and Mr David Edwards.

To mark VE Day 75 I recorded my grandma Gwen Spencer (85) recounting her memories of Leicester and it`s people on a historic day for the country and the world. Please turn on Subtitles to read along with the audio. transcript below  Hello, I`m here with Gwen Spencer who`s going to tell us her memories of VE Day in Leicester. Hello I`m Gwen, I lived at home in Braunstone, Just off the Hallam Crescent, We heard the news at home, I was 11 and my sister Pauline was 12, Mum and Dad said "Come on we'll go to the Clock Tower, We went on the tram, we joined the circle around the clock tower, holding onto the shoulders of the people in front. There was a mixture of people, many in uniform, Many in their best clothes. We caught the tram back to the terminus, known as the Braunstone and walked down the road with lights on in the house windows, Noise, Cheering, We listened to Churchill again on the radio. A few days later we had a Street Party with food the Mum`s made. Dad playe...

The Enderby Concert Band play a selection of brass band music to a large audience gathered in the walled gardens of Braunstone Hall in Leicester.

I met the members of Braunstone Park Flyers model aircraft club in Leicester as they prepared and flew their planes on a sunny afternoon in April. The club meets regularly on Braunstone Park and welcomes members of all abilities to learn the basics of flying model aircraft.