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TURNSTILE – F BAR, 95 WALNUT STREET

Walnut St new shops with Turnstile far left. The Turnstile was a 1970s built pub close to Filbert Street and … More

Walnut St

TUDOR, TUDOR ROAD

At a time when many beerhouses and pubs were being closed under the Compensation Act, the only way to entice … More

Tudor Rd

MAIDENS HEAD – QUEENS – QUEENS HEAD – OPERA HOUSE – EPERNAY – TAPS – GADABOUT, TOWN HALL LANE/GUILDHALL LANE

Present building has the date 1690. Engraving of Town Hall Lane, circa 1820, the Queens Head is centre next to … More

Guild Hall Lane, Townhall Lane

STIRRUP CUP MANOR – MANOR, THURNCOURT ROAD – THURNBY LODGE ESTATE

Built in 1950 -19 55, the estate was built to house many displaced from inner city slum clearance, within the … More

Thurnby Lodge Est., Thurncourt Rd

TALBOT- TALBOT INN, THURCASTON ROAD

Photo above: (Circa 1948, picture J Zienteck). The Photo above also shows the 17th century Talbot building as it was … More

Thurcaston Rd

QUEEN VICTORIA – SOUND HOUSE, SOUTHAMPTON STREET

Photo above: 1953 coronation street party, outside the Queen Vic, shows how populated the area was.  The houses on right … More

music venue, Southampton St

GLOBE, SILVER STREET

Photo above: The Globe was used all through the 19th century for trading of hosiery.  Here, in this early 1900s … More

Silver St

ABERDALE, SHACKERDALE ROAD/ASQUITH BOULEVARD

Photo above: Circa 1988. Aberdale pub built circa 1963 by Everards out of town, close to Wigston border.  The conservatory … More

Shackerdale Rd

THE LOUNGE BAR, SAFFRON LANE

Opened in May 2003, after a successful planning application to turn existing premises to a restaurant/bar. The Lounge Bar soon … More

bars, Saffron Lane

45 ST MARTINS VINTNERS – TØNNE, ST MARTIN’S SQUARE

A craft led Norwegian named bar opened circa April 2019, in premises previously occupied by the Vitners bar.  No other … More

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