Originally built as a girl’s school circa 1861, later used as a tax office and YMCA amongst other things. Bought … More
Month: July 2020
MIDLAND HOTEL – MIDSHIPMAN, DE MONTFORT SQUARE/PRINCES ROAD
Popular hotel bar, known as the Midshipman during the 1970s.
DANNETTS HALL – DANNETS HALL TAVERN, DANNET STREET
Photo above: Looking down Noble Street 1973, (sometimes the address was given as 46 Noble Street).photo L R O Stood … More
JOINERS ARMS – RADFORD ARMS, CURZON STREET
View of part of Curzon St. The shop on the corner is recorded as a beer retailer in 1883, so … More
CURZON ARMS, CURZON STREET/TAYLOR ST
Built circa 1860, by John Stevenson, local builder, complete with brewhouse (CP). It was in trouble straight away as William … More
ROSE & CROWN – DIXIE ARMS/OLD DIXIE, 2 CURZON STREET/HUMBERSTONE ROAD
Photo above: Humberstone Road and the now Old Dixie (there was another Dixie Arms in Leicester), in its hey day … More
HOLLY BUSH – DUKE OF CUMBERLAND, 39 CUMBERLAND STREET/1 NORTHGATE
Built circa 1815 and originally known as the Holly Bush. By 1822, it was the Duke of Cumberland. Later signs … More