When Leicester City relocated to their new ground, called then the Walkers Stadium a couple of hundred yards away, a…
WALKERS STADIUM – KING POWER – LEICESTER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB, FILBERT STREET/FILBERT WAY
In the 1980s, it was the Fosse Bar at the City. The club had a full licence but was only…
NEW RIFLE BUTTS, 58 FARNHAM STREET
Stood on the opposite corner to the Farnham Arms. Advert in LJ 1st November 1879: ‘Wanted/ A young man/…
FARNHAM ARMS, 56 FARNHAM STREET
Photo (Jack Graves collection) above taken during demolition of the Farnham Arms, which had been compulsory purchased in 1970. Built…
CIAO CAFE BAR, 2A EVINGTON ROAD
Pictured above in 2000. Little is known of this short lived café Bar. Phil Johnson writes ‘back in the mid…
HOGANS BAR – KIBOKO BAR, 169 EVINGTON ROAD
This was the third Hogans Bar to open in Leicester in 2001, placed in Heaths seafood restaurant. Situated on he…
CEDARS, MAIN STREET/ EVINGTON
This was once the grand home of writer, Edward Phillips Oppenheim, circa 1896 to 1905. It did not become a…
LIVELY LADY – LESTERS, ETHEL ROAD
The Lively Lady was built in 1970, and named after the round the world yachtsman, Alec Rose’s boat. It was…
BUILDERS ARMS, 92 ERSKINE STREET
ERSKINE INN/ARMS, 66 ERSKINE STREET
Photo above: What was the Erskine Inn, 1972 (taken from Vanished Leicester DC). It was numbered 66 then became 72…