BISTRO LIVE, CHARLES STREET

Opened in October 2001, mainly as a music venue, approximately where the former Waddington Hotel stood. Bistro live is still … More

SHOWROOMS – RED VEIL -ZUCCHERO – FOISTER ROOMS, CHARLES STREET

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

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

The crest on the front of the building states that this was built in 1878. Photos above and below Chris … More

The Coronation was built in 1937 to commemorate the coronation of King George VI. In 1986, a plot to assassinate … More

Photo above: Circa 1979. Built circa 1879. Situated on the corner of Catherine and Surrey Street. Henry Hickinbottom became landlord … More

Photo above: Bas Deacon and ‘Ruddles’ the dog, taken on the 20th of July 2018, outside the newly opened Castle … More

Photo below: View from Cank St with the ornate former Nat West Bank (St Martins Bank) which had stood empty … More

This was an ex South Leicester Working men’s club, as the fashion for working men’s clubs began to wane many closed … More

Another adaptation of an old Victorian building into a café-bar, this one opened as the Loaf in March 2000 – … More