Most of the reports are from the 1850s, although an Eagle was recorded 1728 – but with no address. In…
SHAKESPEARE’S HEAD, FAT BUDDHA, SHAKESPEARES HOUSE. 19 SOUTHGATE STREET
I remember sitting opposite the pub on our holiday cases at the Southgate Street bus station, whilst my dad and…
DUKE OF YORK, 10 SOUTHGATE
Photo above: Is the lady going in, coming out or thinking about it? Maybe she’s attracted to the tea room…
PEACOCK, SOUTHGATE
A Peacock is recorded as in Redcross Street in a 1500 list of Leicester alehouse. Further records show a Peacock…
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…
SHIP INN, SOAR LANE
Edward Ward was victualler in 1835 and also brewed his own ale. Listed in 1840 directory with E. W. Spawton…
JOHN O GAUNT, SOMERSET AVE
Off Abbey Lane, Leicester Stadium Estate. John O Gaunt, (see photo above) circa 1988. Opened in December in 1956 with…
LAMB, SANVEY GATE/NORTHGATE
A Lamb is recorded in 1726. No address is given, although a Lamb in Sanvey Gate is is quoted in…
GLOBE, SILVER STREET
Photo above: The Globe was used all through the 19th century for trading of hosiery. Here, in this early 1900s…
QUEEN’S BALLROOM – ASTORIA DANCE HALL – II RONDO – CUBAN BAR – ASQUITHS – SNOOTY FOX – FLASH HARRYS – JUG & JIVE – RYTHM ROOM – ORANGE HOUSE, 22 SILVER STREET
This was the place, as the Il Rondo in the 1960s was not a traditional pub, more a dance hall…