Originally built as a girl’s school circa 1861, later used as a tax office and YMCA amongst other things. Bought…
MIDLAND HOTEL – MIDSHIPMAN, DE MONTFORT SQUARE/PRINCES ROAD
Popular hotel bar, known as the Midshipman during the 1970s.
DANNETTS HALL – DANNETS HALL TAVERN, DANNET STREET
Photo above: Looking down Noble Street 1973, (sometimes the address was given as 46 Noble Street).photo L R O Stood…
JOINERS ARMS – RADFORD ARMS, CURZON STREET
View of part of Curzon St. The shop on the corner is recorded as a beer retailer in 1883, so…
CURZON ARMS, CURZON STREET/TAYLOR ST
Built circa 1860, by John Stevenson, local builder, complete with brewhouse (CP). It was in trouble straight away as William…
ROSE & CROWN – DIXIE ARMS/OLD DIXIE, 2 CURZON STREET/HUMBERSTONE ROAD
Photo above: Humberstone Road and the now Old Dixie (there was another Dixie Arms in Leicester), in its hey day…
HOLLY BUSH – DUKE OF CUMBERLAND, 39 CUMBERLAND STREET/1 NORTHGATE
Built circa 1815 and originally known as the Holly Bush. By 1822, it was the Duke of Cumberland. Later signs…
SHAH OF PERSIA, 15 CUMBERLAND STREET
Photo above: Circa 1906.(Everards) On April 1875, Henry Dilks transferred the licence to Amos Peberdy and the following month the…
BIRD IN HAND – OLD BIRD IN HAND, 33 CUMBERLAND STREET/ELBOW LANE
Stood on the corner of Cumberland Street and Elbow Lane. 1835 Mr Bradley victular, 1853, Mr Bradley is still listed…
QUEEN VICTORIA, 31 CROWN STREET
(photo John Zienteck) John Flewitt listed as a beerhouse keeper, Crown Street 1841. Originally a beerhouse owned by Welch Bros…