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Month: April 2019

BLACK BOY, 35 ALBION STREET

A Black Boy was listed in 1747, Thomas Drake as its victualer, no address is given. (JR). It is known … More

Albion St., inquests, Punch Company

HUSH, ALBION STREET

Photo above: Taken in 2008, Stands opposite The Terrace.

Albion St.

TABASCO JAZ, DECADANCE, THE TERRACE – 3 ALBION STREET

The Tabasco Jaz (photo above) opened in January 1999 at a converted factory. By October 2001, Tabasco Jazz had changed … More

Albion St.

DANIEL LAMBERT, ALBION HILL

Photo above: Cornering Albion Hill and Dover St, The Daniel Lambert, named after Leicester’s most famous jailer and heavy man … More

Albion Hill, Daniel Lambert, haunted pubs

ALBION, ALBION HILL

Photo above: Looking down Albion Hill in the 1950s, The Albion was the second building on the right; The Black … More

Albion Hill, All Saints Brewery

OLD VOLUNTEER, ALBION HILL

An Old Volunteer was recorded 1839-40s as being ran by Mr. Thomas Monks.  Many meetings were held here by the … More

Albion Hill, Operative Conservative Society

GOOD NEIGHBOURS, AIKMAN AVENUE

The Good Neighbours was built c.1954, and still the main mode of transport was the bicycle.  New Parks was, as … More

Aikman Ave., Tony Sibson

ALBION INN, ALBION HILL

Photo above: The Albion can be seen on the second corner, the Stockdale Arms is on the first, in the … More

Albion Hill, All Saints Brewery

WYGSTON’S HOUSE, APPLEGATE STREET

Wygston’s House fronts Applegate St. but could easily be addressed as in High St. or Jubilee Square. The best medieval … More

Applegate St.

MITRE AND KEYS, 26 APPLEGATE STREET

First recording of the Mitre and Keys c.1560, built on the old Roman part of Leicester, as an archaeological dig … More

Applegate St., Ray Gosling

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