JOHN O GAUNT, SOMERSET AVE

Off Abbey Lane, Leicester Stadium Estate. John O Gaunt, (see photo above) circa 1988. Opened in December in 1956 with … More

LAMB, SANVEY GATE/NORTHGATE

A Lamb is recorded in 1726. No address is given, although a Lamb in Sanvey Gate is is quoted in … More

Photo above: The Globe was used all through the 19th century for trading of hosiery. Here, in this early 1900s … More

Olga Pepper with one of her famous coffee m/c. Olga daughter of Joe Den of the Narborough Rd Cafe, well … More

One of Leicester’s classic pubs (Mary Batesons Records of the Borough of Leicester records the Antelope, near St Martins 1493) … More

Photo above: Circa 1988. Aberdale pub built circa 1963 by Everards out of town, close to Wigston border. The conservatory … More

Off Humberstone Road, Charnwood Street area. Recorded in 1880 directory as the Shenton Arms, it is one of the many … More

First licensee I can find is of James Abel 1791 he was succeeded by Catherine Abel from 1794 to c … More

Marquis of Hastings, no. 94 next to court M. 3, three doors from Old Kings Arms at no. 100. … More

Photo above by John Zienteck, circa 1946. Jane Harrison was registered as victualler of Sanvey Gate House in the 1850 … More