RAINBOW & DOVE, CHARLES STREET/NORTHAMPTON STREET

1920s photo of Rainbow & Dove. Originally the address was given as no. 13 Northampton Street – during the 1930s … More

HACKS –  FLYING CUPZ – PERDU – TAM-BRI, CHARLES STREET

Opened as a café bar in April 1999. It closed around eighteen months later to re-open again in the Autumn … More

Converted from the old Cherub building close to former AA offices, rebuilt as apartments with bar restaurant and nightclub. Opened … More

Waddington Hotel centre of photo. One reference found in the 1883 – 1890 Directory. A bankruptcy order against P. MacDonald … More

Photo above: c1918 Alfred Allen, who is shown here in with wife Sarah(?) picture by George Lejeure. Leicester Chronicle 26th … More

1843 directory records the Black Swan at no. 9 Charles Street with an access on Lower Free Lane. In the … More

Stood at the corner of Cecil road and Maynard road. Mentioned in deeds relating to a sale by LBM to … More

The crest on the front of the building states that this was built in 1878. In 1881, John Wortley was … More

A Bird in Hand is recorded in the 1791 Directory in Causeway Lane, John Smith was listed as the landlord. In … More

Recognizance orders of 1726 record a Ball.