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City of Leicester & Leicestershire - The Good and Historical Stuff

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Parafox

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On 23/02/2025 at 23:34, PAULCFC said:

I think they have sadly all gone! Friar Tuck is a "super Market", Robin Hood a "Shisa Bar",Cricketers is offices,Foresters i think is still going as a music venue,North Bridge has been boarded up for years with pictures of a Council candidate who probably isn't with us any more(used to sit behind him in the Kop and didn't look well then)Duke of Cumberland was where the storage place is now,Sanvey Gate Tavern turned into a "Knocking shop"...now flats......not sure about The Joiners......But yes i was brought up on Frog Island and the state of it now is a real shame!

 

Way back in the very early 80's either the Friar or The Robin Hood used to show porno's on a Sunday morning, including some of a very specific nature :ph34r::whistle:.

 

My mates and I used to go.

 

Made me the man I am today.

 

I'm still scared of donkeys.  :thumbup:

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davieG

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Leicester City Tramways tower wagon No 3, dating from 1924 it was a Leyland C Type. A similar vehicle (No 1) was preserved and is part of Leicester’s Abbey Pumping Station, Museum of Technology.
Photo credit: Mike Sutcliffe collection.
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On 25/02/2025 at 17:25, WarehamFox said:

At least one thing in that picture is still there.

"Let's get rid of these traditional buildings and replace it with something absolutely disgusting"  - Every Leicester City planning authority since 1960

 

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davieG

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Been posted before but shear vandalism that it was allowed to be demolished.

 

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Kirby & West Dairy, seen here on Western Boulevard in 1994. Open in 1934, this lost building had an wonderful Art Deco tiled frontage.
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davieG

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Remnants of the Railway bridge and Railway , that ran over Coleman Road Leicester in the 1960`s .
I think this was the old Skeggy Line , Great Northern from the old Belgrave Road station .
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Wolfox

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On 26/02/2025 at 18:39, Parafox said:

 

That's an incredible story. 

I’ve been to the opera house in Buxton…. Imagine having something similar in our town…. Very sad

Parafox

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On 28/02/2025 at 09:16, davieG said:

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Rob Hubble  ·
Glenhills Boulevard 1959.

With all that land there they could have made it a dual carriageway which I believe, was the original intention.

davieG

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1 hour ago, Parafox said:

With all that land there they could have made it a dual carriageway which I believe, was the original intention.

I believe it was, never going to happen now we're more likely to see a dual carriageway removed.

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Welford Road Cemetery has its roots, like many of its Victorian contemporaries, in the urbanisation of the industrial cities. Due to the population growth in Leicester during the industrial revolution there was a desperate need for private and municipal cemeteries.
The cemetery was opened by the Mayor, William Biggs, on 19th June 1849. There are many notable local people buried at Welford Road including local business owners, politicians, architects and one of Leicester's most famous women, suffrage campaigner Alice Hawkins.
The photograph shows the cemetery chapels before they were demolished in 1958. Courtesy of Leicestershire Record Office.
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Trav Le Bleu

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On 26/02/2025 at 18:51, Parafox said:

 

Way back in the very early 80's either the Friar or The Robin Hood used to show porno's on a Sunday morning, including some of a very specific nature :ph34r::whistle:.

 

My mates and I used to go.

 

Made me the man I am today.

 

I'm still scared of donkeys.  :thumbup:

I used to occasionally help a friend clean both those pubs.

 

I expect some of the blood and spilt beer was yours?

 

 

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CosbehFox

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On 23/02/2025 at 22:55, PAULCFC said:

That's right! Just coming up from Groby Road was Robin Hood,Friar tuck across the road,Cricketers,Foresters,North Bridge,Duke of Cumberland,Sanvey gate tavern,Joiners....and that was even before you got into town!

You missed the Ship there too. That's gone gone now. Used to sell Oakwell Bitter. 

 

2002, I joined the parents on doing three of the remaining Frog islands pubs. Robin Hood had gone. 

 

All died with the hosiery factories in the city going. 

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