Walnut St new shops with Turnstile far left.
The Turnstile was a 1970s built pub close to Filbert Street and Leicester City Football Club. It was very busy on match days, the building of the new Walkers (then renamed King Power) Stadium took away most of the footy trade, eventually forcing its closure circa 2002.
Re-opened circa 2005, as the F Bar (presumably the ‘F for Fox’s-Football’). Applications to turn it into a nursery didn’t fully materialize, and so the F Bar limped on.
During the Covid pandemic 2020-2021, when most pubs were shut for over a year, the F Bar kept itself busy adding some street art to the property.
Spotted on ‘Bentley’s Roof’, a Leicester City fan blog, two photos of the street art at the F Bar. No doubt where their allegiance lies.
The F Bar is still very much open for business as of writing.
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Please can you help. I was bar staff at turnstiles, Leicester, late 80s. Want to know name of pub that dave and linda ran before the turnstiles. Please