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Christmas Eve 1965: A star fell from the sky
It鈥檚 60 years since the Barwell meteorite landed in the village and made history.
On Christmas Eve 60 years ago, with a sonic boom, a meteorite broke up over the Leicestershire village of Barwell. It remains one of the largest meteorite falls observed in Britain.
Dave Radford from Barwell found a piece of the meteorite in 1966 and sold it to buy a new bike!
麻豆社 Leicester鈥檚 Ben Jackson went to meet Dave, and also Graham Ensor who owns a piece of the famous meteorite - that fell through the roof of a nearby factory.
Dave told Ben what he found back in '66.
