The Horse & Groom in Huberstone Gate is recorded from 1790s but the original Horse & Groom stood next to the Bell Hotel, when it changed its name circa 1820. This pub assumed the name. (See Craven Arms)
This property may date from the Georgian period.
1822 John Hill.
1843 Wm Johnson landlord was approached by a PC after 11-30pm as 20 people were still in his beerhouse with Johnson still pulling ale, he was fined £1
By the 1960s, it change its name to the Hare & Pheasant (sometime known as the ‘Round Bar’).
1968 photo of the Hare & Pheasant showing the proximity to Charles Street. This name would last until circa 1974, when another change was made, now to the Pack Horse.
From Leicester Memories Facebook Jayne Wills/Gary Freestone
A brief incarnation as Dusty’s, circa 1988, before changing again, to Cask & Bottle.
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