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Absolutely, it's such a materialistic world to the extent that the general attitude is if it's not mine and that includes council and government facilities then it's not mine to look after.

Looks like another game with Kingy as Temp Manager. There seems little urgency to resolve this and other major issues.

Most people in the time of the photo would be renting.

What Top said In a brand new role, the sporting director will work alongside director of football Jon Rudkin on matters such as transfers, contracts, and managerial appointments, and therefore the direction of the club. During his round of interviews last month, City chairman Aiyawatt ‘Top’ Srivaddhanaprabha said the new arrival would be integral to determining the identity of the club. “We have to get back to what the identity of Leicester is,” Top said. “When the structure changes and we get the new sporting director in, we will make sure that we are seeing what the identity of Leicester is, what football we should play, what player we should bring in. I think that will be more clear. “The identity has to be clear. I’m not saying the new guy is going to be coming in and changing everything just like that. It will take time. We have to build a squad and a culture. “He’s not going to be a wizard, but it will be someone who is sure how we should play football and will help the manager and players to understand how.”

60s/70s + Professor Calcue · Follow He went from No. 1 to invisible in a single year. A decade later, Elton John walked into his life and said five words that changed everything. By 1964, Neil Sedaka should have been untouchable. He'd been a hitmaker since his teens — "Calendar Girl," "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen," "Oh! Carol," and a No. 1 smash with "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" in 1962. He'd sold 25 million records before his 25th birthday. The kid from Brooklyn was one of the biggest names in American pop. Then the Beatles landed. The British Invasion swept through American radio like a tidal wave, and solo pop acts like Sedaka were suddenly yesterday's news. By 1964, his chart run was over. Not just slowed — stopped. For the rest of the decade, Neil Sedaka couldn't buy a hit in America. The same radio stations that had played his songs on rotation now passed him over completely. But Sedaka didn't quit. He moved his family to England in the early 1970s, where his name still carried weight. He recorded three well-received albums for UK labels — Emergence, Solitaire, and The Tra-La Days Are Over — and by 1973, he was back on the British charts. He was working, writing, and performing. But in America? Silence. A decade of it. That's when Elton John stepped in. Sedaka had first met Elton in 1972, and the two had become friends. Elton was at the peak of his superstardom, and he was also starting his own record label, Rocket Records. He asked to hear Sedaka's new material. He listened to the songs from those three UK albums — including a gentle, rain-soaked ballad co-written with lyricist Phil Cody called "Laughter in the Rain" — and said something Sedaka never forgot. "You know I could make you a star again in America." Elton didn't just offer a deal. He offered a plan. The two went through Sedaka's UK catalog and assembled the best tracks into a compilation marketed as a new album for American audiences. Elton personally wrote the liner notes and put his name behind the release. He called the album Sedaka's Back. And it worked. "Laughter in the Rain" was released on Rocket Records in the United States in late 1974, and by February 1975, it was No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 — Sedaka's first chart-topper in thirteen years. It was his second million-selling single, more than a decade after his first. Then the floodgates opened. Elton John sang backup on Sedaka's "Bad Blood," which also hit No. 1. The Captain & Tennille took Sedaka's "Love Will Keep Us Together" to the top of the charts, and it became the biggest-selling single of 1975 — earning Sedaka a Grammy. His song "Solitaire" became a hit for The Carpenters. Suddenly, Neil Sedaka wasn't just back. He was everywhere. And then came the masterstroke. In 1975, Sedaka re-recorded his own signature song, "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" — but this time, he stripped away the bouncy doo-wop arrangement and reimagined it as a slow, aching ballad. The idea had first been proven by singer Lenny Welch, who'd recorded a torch-song version in 1970. But when Sedaka himself sang it — the same words, the same melody, but now delivered by a man who'd lived through a decade of being written off — it hit differently. The ballad version charted all over again, reaching the Top 10. It was poetic in the truest sense: a teenage hit about heartbreak, sung again by the same man, now older, now wiser, now carrying the weight of actually knowing what loss felt like. Neil Sedaka's comeback remains one of the most remarkable in pop music history. He didn't ride a trend. He didn't reinvent himself as something he wasn't. He simply kept writing, kept playing, and waited for the world to catch up. And when it did, he had a friend in Elton John who believed in him enough to open the door. Sedaka is still performing today, in his mid-80s. He hosts a monthly show on SiriusXM satellite radio. He once said that the important thing was to keep learning your craft, and that out of your failures, you become better. He didn't survive rock's revolution. He outlasted it. #NeilSedaka #LaughterInTheRain ~Professor Calcue

Written by Jagger and Richards I remember it was almost on continuous play in the Kenco Coffee House on Granby Street

Leicester Memories Mervin Wallace It’s Pancake Day - Who remembers ever going to The Hungry Eye Pancake House in Leicester Went there a few times after the pubs shit.

ive been to filbert street n stood on the kop those were the days my friend · Bill Coles Leicester at qpr fa cup quarter final 1974.

History of Leicestershire in Images Mervin Wallace ON THE 16th FEBRUARY 1495 Sir William Stanley was executed. He is best known for taking sides against Richard III, at the battle of Bosworth in 1485, which helped to secure Henry VII's victory. The new king bestowed many favours on Sir William, including the post of Lord Chamberlain and Chamberlain of the Exchequer. However, in 1495 Sir William was convicted of treason, on circumstantial evidence, and was executed for his support of the pretender Perkin Warbeck. Stanley Road in Hinckley was named to commemorate the Wars of the Roses and the Battle of Bosworth (1485), which took place nearby. It is part of the Middlefield Lane Estate, with the name highlighting the historic significance of the Stanley family (notably Lord Stanley) in that conflict.

Made In Leicester Tony Freestone https://ltht.org.uk/events/bus-train-spectacular-2022-193-322-929/ Here's a date for your diary! May 16th & 17th. The 2026 Bus & Train spectacular at Quorn & Woodhouse railway station. Organised by Leicester Transport Heritage Trust and the GCR. It was a great day out last year with lots to see and free bus rides on the old buses I remember as a lad. Please try and come along.

John Ghent Leicester Estate Agent The Palais… now there’s a name that instantly unlocks memories for half the city. It was one of those classic Leicester night-out venues where you’d end up whether you planned it or not. The kind of place that had different eras, different names, different crowds — but always stayed part of the nightlife DNA. And it’s honestly heartbreaking that it’s now just sitting there derelict. Because places like this weren’t just buildings — they were memories, nights out, friendships, music, chaos, and stories you’ll never admit in daylight. A proper Humberstone Gate legend.

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Especially when they used to have a team in the league as early as.... 1895-96 Tables Final League Tables DIVISION ONE Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Aston Villa 30 20 5 5 78 45 45 2 Derby County 30 17 7 6 68 35 41 3 Everton 30 16 7 7 66 43 39 4 Bolton Wanderers 30 16 5 9 49 37 37 5 Sunderland 30 15 7 8 52 41 37 6 Stoke 30 15 0 15 56 47 30 7 Sheffield Wednesday 30 12 5 13 44 53 29 8 Blackburn Rovers 30 12 5 13 40 50 29 9 Preston North End 30 11 6 13 44 48 28 10 Burnley 30 10 7 13 48 44 27 11 Bury 30 12 3 15 50 54 27 12 Sheffield United 30 10 6 14 40 50 26 13 Nottingham Forest 30 11 3 16 42 57 25 14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 10 1 19 61 65 21 15 Small Heath 30 8 4 18 39 79 20 16 West Bromwich Albion 30 6 7 17 30 59 19 DIVISION TWO Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Liverpool 30 22 2 6 106 32 46 2 Manchester City 30 21 4 5 63 38 46 3 Grimsby Town 30 20 2 8 82 38 42 4 Burton Wanderers 30 19 4 7 69 40 42 5 Newcastle United 30 16 2 12 73 50 34 6 Newton Heath 30 15 3 12 66 57 33 7 Woolwich Arsenal 30 14 4 12 58 42 32 8 Leicester Fosse 30 14 4 12 57 44 32 9 Darwen 30 12 6 12 72 67 30 10 Notts County 30 12 2 16 57 54 26 11 Burton Swifts 30 10 4 16 39 69 24 12 Loughborough Town 30 9 5 16 40 66 23 13 Lincoln City 30 9 4 17 53 75 22 14 Burslem Port Vale 30 7 4 19 43 78 18 15 Rotherham Town 30 7 3 20 34 97 17 16 Crewe Alexandra 30 5 3 22 30 95 13

They thought we could get someone better, Delusions of grandeur.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1HLegucWzn/ Made In Leicester Cam Jest Hart Drive In And Buy (1961) Leicester some footage of when lee circle drive in and buy was open, wow seems like a time forgotten First time I used the Lee Circle car park I thought someone had stolen my car. I went to the kiosk where you paid on exit to report it and he said Red or Blue and like an idiot I said the car was green. No he said which level are you on Red or Blue, that's when I realised there was two entries, two exits for the two levels that wrapped around each other.

At an average age of just over 23, this was City’s youngest starting line-up in 17 years. Five of the 11 were from the academy, including three teenagers and a 21-year-old captain.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/leicester-city-failing-react-emergency-10816367 They are in a perilous position. And they don’t yet have anybody to steer them out of it. It’s now been 21 days since Marti Cifuentes was sacked and City still don’t have a new permanent manager. Jamaal Lascelles and Abdul Fatawu injury update as duo miss Leicester City defeat to Southampton Andy King responds to Leicester City manager questions as Blackburn result deepens crisis Of the 35 managerial changes across the top four divisions this season, only twice have teams gone longer without an appointment. In fact, it’s arguably only one. Southampton took 33 days to confirm Tonda Eckert as Will Still’s successor, but the German had been in caretaker charge anyway, and had won his first four games of that interim period. For sides who didn’t end up appointing the caretaker boss, only Barrow have taken longer than City, going 23 days before announcing Paul Gallagher as boss. City will match that if they’ve not made an appointment by Tuesday. Faith in the leadership of the club is at all-time low anyway, but this delay is seeing that trust plumb new depths. A rushed appointment is no good, but neither is a wait as long as this.