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Month: September 2020

FLYING SCUD, 28 GLADSTONE STREET

Built 1864, closed in 1910, with the building compulsory purchased in 1972.  Originally listed as no. 16 Gladstone Street, later … More

demolished pubs, Gladstone St.

WINSTANLEY ARMS, GLADE

One of the early estate pubs, pictured here in 1963.  It stands in the Glade, a street near the Kingsway … More

Glade

ROYAL OAK, GEORGE STREET

The Royal Oak stood at no. 6 George Street, off Belgrave Gate. Circa 1860, John Jones was listed at an … More

George St.

MAYFLOWER, GERVAS ROAD

Stood on the corner of no. 1 Gervas and Ocean Road, opened on the 18th of December 1957. A typical … More

Gervas Rd.

LORD LYON, 85 GARTREE STREET

Photo above: Oxendon Street with Gartree Street bottom left. Lord Lyon is the tall building on the end of the … More

Gartree St.

ROYAL ARMS (NEW), 61 GARTREE STREET

Stood on the corner South East Gartree Street and South West Framland Street. Built 1866, closed 1931.  Building compulsory purchased … More

Gartree St.

DANIEL LAMBERT, GAMEL ROAD

Opened on the 11th of January 1959, on out of town housing estate, with licences that were transferred from the … More

Gamel Rd.

COTTAGE – SILENT WOMEN/ COTTAGE/WOODBINE, GARDEN STREET/ROYAL EAST STREET

The Leicester Chronicle reported a cottage beerhouse in Garden Street that changed its name to the Silent Women, depicting a … More

Garden St., Royal East St.

HORN OF PLENTY, LOWER GARDEN STREET/ROYAL EAST STREET

Photo above: The Horn Of Plenty looking down Garden Street from Belgrave Gate, the address was sometime recorded as Lower … More

Lower Garden St/, Royal East St.

HOLLY TREE, GALLOWTREE GATE

1791 directory. Whilst photographing (May 2015), changes in pubs I came across a lady street singer who regularly sung in … More

Gallowtree Gate

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