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…
ANTELOPE, 16 SILVER STREET
One of Leicester’s classic pubs (Mary Batesons Records of the Borough of Leicester records the Antelope, near St Martins 1493)…
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…
CLYDE ARMS, 48 SHENTON STREET
Off Humberstone Road, Charnwood Street area. Recorded in 1880 directory as the Shenton Arms, it is one of the many…
KINGS ARMS – OLD KINGS ARMS, 100 SANVEY GATE
First licensee I can find is of James Abel 1791 he was succeeded by Catherine Abel from 1794 to c…
MARQUIS OF HASTINGS, 94 SANVEY GATE
Marquis of Hastings, no. 94 next to court M. 3, three doors from Old Kings Arms at no. 100. …
SANVEY GATE HOUSE – SANVEY GATE TAVERN, 72 SANVEY GATE
Photo above by John Zienteck, circa 1946. Jane Harrison was registered as victualler of Sanvey Gate House in the 1850…