THE UPPINGHAM, 1 UPPINGHAM ROAD

Purchased by LBM from Orson Wright in May 1900, with land, and a tenement formally known as the Uppingham Road Hotel.

Charming photo sent in by Linda Elson, showing the Martin family who ran the Uppingham circa 1903.

Emma Maria Martin, wife of landlord, William Henry Martin, with six of her children. Back row is left to right, unknown, Elsie Martin (who was to become landlady of the Queens, Rutland Street), Hilda Margaret Martin (who married Arthur Atherton of the Beehive pub in Nottingham).  The young boy on Emma Maria’s knee is Archibald Roland Martin (he became landlord of the Richard III in Highcross Sreett).  One of the girls, extreme right, is Winifred Lillian May Martin – the grandmother of Linda Elson who kindly sent in the photo.  Love to know the story of why three of them are holding buckets.

 Photo unknown

It became an Ansells pub, 1952 when LBM sold around 140 of their pubs.

Photo above – taken shortly before the Uppingham closed in 1996.  Like many others, falling victim to social change.  For a couple of years after the pub closed, the upstairs was continued to be used as a boxing gym.

(Leicester Mercury July 1998)

In 1998, the building was bought by the Mandir Baba Balak Math, an organisation for the conversion to a Hindu temple.  A saving grace was that the building did at least survive. The boxing club was forced to look elsewhere for facilities to accommodate them

Another late picture of the Uppingham before it closed as a pub.

Now a Hindu Temple (photo Jeremy Corbett collection 2023)

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3 Comments

  1. We used to go in the Uppy in the early seventies when we’d been to the Big A(Avalon youth club ) on Green Lane Road/Percival Street after 5aside football.
    Most of my mates lives around the area.

  2. Was my local through the late 70s and 80s when pat Tracy ran it had some great times in there .pat was a great landlord.

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