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The Leicester and Leicestershire Expats' Website |
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Leicester Overseas was started as a community website for City of Leicester and
County of Leicestershire expats; however, in an ongoing effort to put people in touch with
one another, all ex-Leicestershire folk (those living in other areas of Great Britain) and
those people still living locally, are also encouraged to visit, leave a message and hopefully
enjoy the various and varied sections of the Leicester and Leicestershire Expats' Web
Site.
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Bradgate Park in the Winter by David Weston |
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Click on the picture for a larger view |
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Making Contacts
If you're one of the many Leicesterbritsabroad, or even if you're a local Leicestershire resident
just looking for expat or local contacts, please leave a message in the Guest Book; yuh know, it's
the main reason for this website. I love to hear from Leicester & Leicestershire expats from
all around the world (including those living in other areas of the UK) so please - make my day.
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~*~ Site Review & Map ~*~ |
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If you are new to Leicester Overseas and want to find your way around, as well as find out what each section is all about, then please click on the link above for a written site review plus a visual outline (map) of the site (with links). The map part is still under construction. |
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~*~ TopSites Leicestershire ~*~ |
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Please support this site by voting for it at TopSites Leicestershire. This will also link you to 50 other Leicester & Leicestershire web sites. But y'all come back yuh hear (yuhcominbackorwot?). |
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~*~ Where Are They Now ? ~*~ |
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Gone But Not Forgotten:
My research, using Friends Reunited (URL below), shows that most Leicester and Leicestershire expats are actually scattered across Europe and not in the USA or Australia as indicated above. I guess they must get 'ome more often and don't feel the same need to register in a site like this one. I don't really blame them tho'. Wish I was a bit closer myself. |
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?? What's New ?? |
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Well... Not an awful lot but there are over 1070 messages in the guest book and more and more people are writing to say that they have been making contacts with old friends, acquaintances, schoolmates and even relatives. Don't forget to share your successes and I'll add them to your original guest book entry; it's an encouragement to me and other expats. The following bits an' pieces are fairly new: |
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~*~ The Elephant Man ~*~ |
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Jeanette Sitton (webmaster of the Joseph Carey Merrick Tribute Website) writes: "A little while ago I wrote to you concerning having a plaque for Joseph Merrick erected in Leicester... Although I have had no real success as such, English Heritage are at least now ready to put the idea to their Blue Plaque Panel for consideration. Joseph's plaque proposal is due to be heard on February 12th 2003... In addition, I have recently spoken with Sarah Levitt, Head of Museums, Cultural Services and Neighbourhood of the Leicester City Council. We have had several discussions. I'm very happy to tell you all that she said: 'I am confirming that Joseph will definitely be having a plaque erected in the city of Leicester. It may take up to a couple of years, but it could be sooner - it will definitely be happening though'..." Visit my own page (link above) on The Elephant Man to find out more about the campaign. |
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~*~ Leicesterfriends ~*~ |
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If you are in Leicester (UK) or from Leicester and exiled elsewhere - you are all welcome to this site. This is Leicesterfriends 2 - the friendship group for all in, or from, Leicester and Leicestershire. Come and join us forrah cup o' tea, mi ducks wherever you are - you are amongst friends! |
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~*~ Our Kid ~*~ |
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Just a little nepotism here. Stefanie is only 14 years old (going on 24). If you would like to hear our kid sing Summertime, from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, just click on the link above (Our Kid) and download the file from the top of Stef's page. You can play it using RealOne Player, Real Jukebox or Window's Media Player. Please let me know what you think of it. Oh, and you can click on the photo above for an enlargement. |
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~*~ Leicester's Legacy to the World ~*~ |
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According to this BBC website article, Leicester is officially the birthplace of modern standard
English. You're joking! This will come as no surprise to academics, who claim the culturally
diverse mixture of settlers to the East Midlands a thousand years ago, helped shape the future of
the world's most widely spoken language. Well I'll be...
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~*~ Leicestershire Slang ~*~ |
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This page is for those of you who have not lived in Leicestershire and may not understand the local dialect - and for some of us who have, and still don't understand it. At this website is an explanation of what is being said (Click on the title above). |
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~*~ Fayles ArtWurld ~*~ |
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More nepotism. Well why not? Fay's my Niece yuh know (sister Sally in Coalville's kid) and the nepotism (unjustified promotion of a relative) is not, well....unjustified. Fay is an 18-year old artist and her site is dedicated to her art; mostly to fine art, but, in the future, she may expand upon it and include her writing and music as well. |
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Highlights from the book "Put On Your Boots and Parachutes" by Leicester author and Oadby resident Deryk Wills. Did you know, that Prior to D-Day, elements of this famous division were stationed in and around the Leicester area? For example: Braunstone Park was the site of the Division Headquarters Camp; the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment was stationed on Beeby Road in Scraptoft; the 309th Glider Artillery Regiment were billeted at Papillon Hall, Lubbenham, near Market Harborough; the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment was stationed on Shady Lane, Evington; the toughest bunch of them all, the battle-hardened 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, was stationed on Wood Lane in Quorn. This is a great look at wartime life in Leicestershire from the Yank's perspective. |
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~*~ Books ~ Books ~ Books ~*~ |
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Please consider supporting Leicester Overseas by visiting "The Market
Place." There are well over 100 books, novels, plays and other publications by Leicester
and Leicestershire authors listed. The books include subjects dealing with comedy, romance,
mystery, murder, crime investigations, local history, local involvement in WWII, nostalgia, music,
travel, railways, the wild west, the orient, plays, child abuse, autobiography, and much much more.
All titles are available through Amazon.co.uk
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Click any image to purchase book from Amazon |
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~*~ Click to Laugh ~*~ |
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Click above to view the latest cartoon from Matt at the Daily Telegraph's website. I think he's the most consistently funny political cartoonist anywhere. |
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~*~ Welcome to Laugh Lab ~*~ |
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The results are in. The great experiment to find the world's funniest joke has been completed by the University of Hertfordshire. For over a year, huge numbers of people from all over the world have sent in their favourite jokes and rated how funny they found the jokes submitted by others. LaughLab received over 40,000 jokes and almost 2 million ratings! You can also find the best joke by country. Personally, I found the jokes most popular in Wales and Scotland to be the funniest. |
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~*~ Friends Reunited ~*~ |
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I highly recommend this site as an additional source of contacts from your old school in Leicester or Leicestershire. You'll have to register, get a password and login name, but Friends Reunited is a simple to use website that allows you to find out what your old school and college friends are doing now. There are 236 schools listed for Leicester and 419 schools listed for Leicestershire (as of October 2002). And those lists of schools are growing every month - as are the number of ex-pupils (there are literally tens of thousands of them). |
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~*~ leicesterbushistory .org ~*~ |
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The History of Local Public Transport in Leicester: From the first horse drawn buses and trams to the present day. This is a photo friendly, transport history site dedicated to the transport heritage of the City of Leicester. |
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~*~ Ratae Forum ~*~ |
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Discontinued due to lack of interest. |
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~*~ Leicester Research ~*~
Leicestershire Past & Present ~*~ |
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The above are the premier sites for historical information about Leicester & Leicestershire. The first two websites are run by Max Wade- Mathews in Leicester and Elizabeth Batt in Montana, USA. |
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~*~ Short Stories ~*~ |
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A new short story by Leicester author (and Tokyo resident) Clive Collins: "Telling Stories" - young Stevie's early years. There are now five Leicester- related short stories in this section. Some of them are a bit - yuh know - raw, so please be warned. Great reading though nonetheless. I really enjoyed "The Sea, The Beautiful Sea." A story full of nostalgia about a holiday trip to the east coast (Mablethorpe I think), a dreadful Bed & Breakfast establishment and the equally dreaded B & B landlady. |
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~*~ Memory Lane ~*~ |
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Three relatively new entries: "Childhood Memories of Leicester" by Hollie Davis
now living in Carmel, California. Hollie grew up on Granby Street, where her parents owned the Rex
Restaurant. She emigrated to California in the early 60s where she worked in the film industry in
Hollywood and later became a writer; "Tales of an Engine Driver," another
nostalgic story by Wally Sansome of Victoria BC; "My Life in the Glen Hills'
Prefabs" by Dennis Akers, now living in Auckland, New Zealand. The latest entry is from
Maisie in Shepshed. Her story, "Memories of an Evacuee," can be found as the
last entry in Memory Lane.
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~*~ Visiting Calgary? ~*~ |
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If you are, please get in touch with me. I have already met up with nine expats during just last year (2001). They all contacted me through (or because of) the Leicester Overseas website. None in 2002 mind you. I guess that speaks volumes about my company. |
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~*~ Welcome to visitors from Leicester, Massachusetts, USA ~*~ |
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Visits to Leicester Overseas (this page only): |
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Stats
Average (2000): 36 visits per day.
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Footnotes:
It's so very gratifying and encouraging to see the Guest Book filling up so well with all those
expats' details and messages (over 1070 so far). Ah, so many 'Woolybacks' ("for all like
sheep have gone astray") spreading their little Leicestershire DNA throughout the shallow
gene-pool areas of the world. Far flung areas such as Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Finland, Tunisia,
Mississippi, Wales, Peatling Magna are but a few of?the more diverse areas that are having their
genetics enhanced by Lesterites. Soon the whole world will be proclaiming "Ayup me duck."
Don't
make
me
use
a bigger
font - don't
make
me
come
over
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