The Wig & Pen had two entrances. The original main one was on Wellington Street. It opened in November 1993…
PROHIBITION. NIKKI’S – BLUE ELEPHANT. MICHAELANGELO’S – OLD COW – THE CHAPEL. REVOLUTION LEICESTER, NEW WALK
Prohibition (Jayne Wills Leices Memories) This was known as Nikki’s circa 1990, prior to the Old Cow. it was…
KEO’S BAR – JAM JAR -2 FUNKY COMPLEX. 2 FUNKY MUSIC CAFE BAR, 2 FUNKY KITCHEN. 23a NEW PARK STREET
Building complex, circa 2000, housing various companies. Photo above, circa 2007, shows Keo’s Bar. In the background, is the iconic…
BREWERS ARMS – CHEERS – MISTER YUMMY’S – DIE FLEDERMAUS – SULLY’S BAR – MINSTERS, NEW PARLIAMENT STREET
New Parliament Street, which runs down the side of the Royal Oak in Belgrave Gate, is part of the Abbey…
RIFLE BUTT, 16 NEW BRIDGE STREET
No known picture of this to date. Certainly run from at least circa 1870 with John Gardiner named as victualler. …
LORD RAGLAN, 55 NEW BRIDGE STREET
Corner of New Bridge Street/Raglan Street-Infirmary Square. No known photo yet of Lord Raglan. (Photo Above) This is from the…
MOAT INN – MONKS REST, NETHERHALL ROAD
Photo above: Circa 1988. Below Classic photo of the Moat, showing its stylish interior, again taken by the excellent Leicester…
NAVIGATION INN, NAVIGATION STREET/PUBLIC WHARF
Early references give the Navigation Inn on Public Wharf Belgrave Gate, later Navigation Street. Recorded circa 1825, no mention after…
MARQUIS OF HASTINGS, 65 NAVIGATION STREET
Owned by the nearby Leicester Gas Co. and operating as early as 1827, as the local newspapers advertised auctions from…
THOMAS COOK, NARBOROUGH ROAD SOUTH
Thomas Cook, opened by Everards in July 1973. Opened with a fanfare by Mr Everard himself and named after Leicester’s…