STOCKING, DENMAN STREET

A reference is made to a pub called the Stocking in a directory of 1831. A Stocking Yard was next … More

TALBOT, 59 DENMAN STREET

Photo taken in 1946 John Zeinteck. Built in 1827, the Talbot also had an entrance from the parallel Brook Street. … More

A ‘to let’ advert in the Leicester Chronicle of 3 October 1840 featured ‘A Lord Denman to let with Piggeries.’ … More

A beer house in a mid-Victorian area off Wharf Street. John Kennedy was landlord from 1852. Joseph Brown was in-charge … More

Originally built as a girl’s school circa 1861, later used as a tax office and YMCA amongst other things. Bought … More

Popular hotel bar, known as the Midshipman during the 1970s.

Photo above: Looking down Noble Street 1973, (sometimes the address was given as 46 Noble Street).photo L R O Stood … More

View of part of Curzon St. The shop on the corner is recorded as a beer retailer in 1883, so … More

Built circa 1860, by John Stevenson, local builder, complete with brewhouse (CP). It was in trouble straight away as William … More

Photo above: Humberstone Road and the now Old Dixie (there was another Dixie Arms in Leicester), in its hey day … More