Photo above shows the Lord Rancliffe, circa 1960 with landlord Walter Lenton in doorway. A map of Redcross Street (see … More
Category: Closed Pubs
GOLDEN AGE – RAMSEY WAY (NETHERHALL ESTATE)
Photo above: Pictured on its opening in 1960. The Netherhall Estate, like Thurnby Lodge, was built 1950-55 to rehouse inner … More
NAPIER – GLADSTONE ARMS, 38 RAGLAN STREET
Photo credit above: J. Zienteck The Gladstone Arms was originally called the Napier when a new licence was granted to … More
HOGANS BAR – OLIVES, QUEENS ROAD
Hogans Bar – one of four or five Hogans to open in Leicester around the late 1990s. This was on … More
FRANKLINS BAR (MUZZY’S BAR), 80 QUEENS ROAD
Franklin’s Bar, June 2002. (Photo above), customer in doorway giving the Churchillian salute. Muzzy’s Bar was named after Muzzy … More
WY BAR, 56 QUEENS ROAD
Next door to Barceleneta, Wy Bar opened sometime in 2004. It didn’t really set the place alight and soon closed … More
BAKERS ARMS, 39 QUEEN STREET (EAST SHORT STREET)
(Photo above), The Bakers Arms, shows the pub sign on corner East Short Street. Baker, Thomas Platt obtained a beer … More
MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY INN – ENGINE HOTEL, 12 QUEEN ST.
Built as the Midland Counties Railway Inn, circa 1840 and named after the railway company. In 1842, the victualler was … More
DRY DOCK, PUTNEY ROAD EAST
Bass Brewery lowered a fifty ton barge on a plot on Putney Road, just off Welford Road, and opposite the … More
HEN & CHICKENS – STAG & HOUNDS, PROVIDENCE PLACE
Known by locals as the ‘Chicks’ right up to its closure. Earliest known record is an 1828 auction of household … More