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SOME PLACE ELSE, 50 GRANBY STREET (NORTH EAST)

Opened in November 1997 by Marstons, in a blaze of glory during the midst of the relaxing of licensing attitudes … More

bars, Granby St, short lived pubs

WELLINGTON & CASTLE – WELLINGTON – EDWARDS – WELLINGTON BAR – GLOBAL CAFE BAR, 40 GRANBY STREET (NORTH EAST)

Fronting on to Rutland St called the Wellington Castle c1820-70 John Pycock licensee c1820-30 1827 FATAL EFFECTS OF ROBBERY & … More

bars, Granby St

MIDLAND HOTEL, 34 GRANBY STREET

Listed in an 1867 directory. Was no. 30, became no. 34. The Wellington was given as no. 36.

Granby St

BAR RISA – WALKABOUT, 30 GRANBY STREET

 Opened in November 1997, together with adjoining Jongleurs comedy club.  By  2006, Bar Risa had become Walkabout. The first floor … More

bars, Granby St

WILLIAM CLARKE’S DINNING & REFRESHMENT HOUSE – WILLIAM HIGNETTS REFRESHMENT HOUSE- CENTRAL BAR, 12 GRANBY STREET

1855 Mr G Lloyd surgeon and dentist was advertising from 12 Granby St to cure all ills, pains in the … More

Granby St

FRENCH REVOLUTION – BAR CODE – OLIVERZ, 4 GRANBY PLACE< off Granby St, (NORTH WEST)

Situated in an alley off Granby Street it ideally placed for late drink.  As the French Revolution opened c1975, it … More

Granby St, nightclub

COUNTY CRICKET GROUND – CRICKETERS, 1 GRACE ROAD (SOUTH WEST)

The Victorian Cricket Ground Hotel, used for and by cricketers of Leicestershire County Cricket Club. During the 1870s the ground … More

Grace Rd

HOLY FRIAR, FRIARS CAUSEWAY

Photo above: Friars Causeway, 1960s. Very little known of this pub other than a crime report in the local press … More

Friars Causeway

GYPSY LANE HOTEL, 45 GYPSY LANE

Opened in 1929, by All Saints Brewery with licence transferred from the PAV (Pavilion Theatre) in Belgrave Gate.   It … More

Gypsy Lane

NASEBY, 388 GYPSY LANE

The original Naseby was bought in 1897, by LBM Brewery from John Green & Alf Sherriff. It was built on … More

Gypsy Lane

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