Corner of Brunswick Street and Wheat Street. In June 1846, Jonathon Wilson took an advertisement in the Leicester Journal, stating…
SEVEN STARS, UPPER BROWN STREET
The Seven Stars on left of Upper Brown Street at no. 11 counting up from York Street, furthest in small…
EARL DYSART, 45 BRUNSWICK STREET
Photo above: Classic use of advertising on a small beer house. Photo is from John Zienteck’s collection. Circa 1865-1954. Possessed…
FULL MOON, BROOK STREET
Photo above: A much used picture. Bill White’s shop circa 1955, Brook Street awaiting demolition in the Leicester slum clearance…
WARWICK CASTLE, 57 BROOK STREET
Photo above: The Warwick Castle building still standing c 1955. At number 57 stood the grand sounding Warwick Castle. In…
KING WILLIAM – LORD MELBOURE (SOMETIME KNOWN AS MELBOURNE INN) – DERBY ARMS, BROWN STREET/UPPER BROWN
The above ad fro April 1825, LC containing the King William recently erected. Predating the 1830 Beer Act 16th Oct…
BREWERS ARMS, BRITANNIA STREET
There is a reference to a Brewers Arms in Britannia Street on the 15th of November 1833, when John Hefford…
WELCOME TRAVELLER, BRITANNIA STREET
The 1840 directory lists a Welcome Traveller in Britannia Street, no address given. The area off of Belgrave Gate was…
SHAKESPEARE, BRAUNSTONE LANE
Circa 1954, saw a row of old cottages converted into the thatched pub known as the Shakespeare by Everards brewery.…
LOAF – SUGAR LOAF – TRANSYLVANIA – DOG HOUSE BAR, (Crafty Dog bar)64 BRAUNSTONE GATE
Another adaptation of an old Victorian building into a café-bar, this one opened as the Loaf in March 2000 –…