PARK – BONKERS – SQUARE BAR – HOGARTHS, HOTEL STREET

The Park, opened sometime in 2007. By 2010 The Park had become Bonkers. Two years later, it was renamed the … More

HORSEFAIR- CASPERS – MISSION – SIMPKINS – GHOST, WAIKIKI 4-6 HORSEFAIR STREET

Photo above: 1970s Horsefair Disco pub. Notice the fashion for ‘flares’? Very popular dance club/bar during the 1970’s -80’s called … More

In 1836, John Byng Junior, brewer of Kegworth, opened his vaults in Granby Street. This was mainly for the wholesale … More

Built on the site of the Lion & Dolphin, The facade is listed as circa 1870s, although the rear was … More

It is possible that the Rutland Inn Hotel was the forerunner to the Royal Hotel, although the exact location cannot … More

Photo above: Three Crowns. Horsefair Street, the Rifle Volunteer seen next door. One of the major Leicester coaching Inns, built … More

Photo above: circa 1866. The Rifle Volunteer, sometime referred to as The Volunteer Inn, stood just inside Horsefair Street, from … More

There was an earlier record of a Leather Bottle in the 1739 recognizance orders. The later Leather Bottle stood on … More

Photo above: Classic picture of the Crown and Dolphin at no. 1 Holy Bones, actually stood on the junction of … More

The Red Cow was recorded as a small inn within a row of cottages, circa 1650. c1928 (Jonathan Wilshire Leices … More