Francis Street off Allendale Road, Toast cocktail bar opened February 2017. Toast Closed October 2019, reopening as the Local to…
ATTIK – 15 FREE LANE – THE CHASERS CLUB, FREE LANE
Possibly once the Midus club years ago. What had been used as a Social Club since the mid 1970s became…
MIDLAND ARMS, 3 FOX STREET
In 1877, James Webster was granted a licence to have a piano in his commercial room. At the next sessions…
WATERWORKS TAVERN – FOUNDRY ARMS – CARDIGAN ARMS – LORD CARDIGAN – EARL OF CARDIGAN – BLINKING OWL, 5 FOUNDRY SQUARE
Photo above: Taken circa 1927 shortly after the ‘new façade’ was added. St Marks church in the background. The Waterworks…
BRAVE MARINE, FOUNDRY SQUARE
Recorded in 1835 when the Brave Marine came up for auction, in the occupation of Richard Jelly. On the 11th…
MERRY MONARCH, 103 FOSSE ROAD SOUTH
Photo above taken circa 1988. 1960s build flat roofed and box shape. Will this period ever become desirable? Was situated…
EMPIRE, FOSSE ROAD NORTH
The photo above is from the mid 1950s of the Empire. The land was bought by Isaac Harrison circa 1830s. …
GREAT NORTHERN CROSSING, FOREST ROAD
The Great Northern Crossing is mentioned in deeds relating to the sale of an off beer wine & spirit licence…
FLINT ARMS, FLINT STREET
(photo Jack Graves collection) The Flint Arms is first mentioned in a newspaper article of 1879, when the licence changed…
MAGPIE & STUMP – KEEPER’S LODGE, FLETCHER MALL (BEAUMONT LEYS)
Photo above: Typical Banks out of town design of the 1980s. Sometimes referred to as being on Rutherford Road. Magpie…