City of Leicester & Leicestershire - The Good and Historical Stuff

[Webbo]

1 hour ago, davieG said:

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/history/gallery/30-great-pictures-40-years-5233202

 

30 great pictures from 40 years ago showing life in Leicestershire in 1981

I was at that Madness concert in the picture. 

[davieG]

 

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Queuing for the bus 1972

 

 

Corn Exchange / Market

 

 

 

[davieG]

30 great pictures from 50 years ago showing life in Leicestershire in 1971

 

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/gallery/30-great-pictures-50-years-5241796

[davieG]

Braunstone Park Paddling Pool 1938

 

Western park 1933.

 

Abbey Park paddling pool. Around the late 60,s

 

I remember the Abbey Park one, it's still there I think but no water these days as they had to clear it due to yobs smashing glass bottles in it.

 

 

 

[Wolfox]

On 27/03/2021 at 10:32, davieG said:

Some nice places have survived

 

Abbey park.

I went for a run from Humberstone down to Watermead and followed the canal all the way to the KP…. It’s really lovely in parts 

 

we should make more of it as a route I think…

 

I wonder if the new work going on around Woodgate and around the old railway station will take advantage of the canal a bit more?

[Stoopid]

1 hour ago, davieG said:

Braunstone Park Paddling Pool 1938

 

Western park 1933.

 

Abbey Park paddling pool. Around the late 60,s

 

I remember the Abbey Park one, it's still there I think but no water these days as they had to clear it due to yobs smashing glass bottles in it.

 

 

 

Remember being entranced by the Abbey Park pool when I used to go there with my Mam when I was about 5. It seemed vast,  sunny and happy to me then. 

Recently saw it from the top of a bus. Was struck by its scabby,  neglected appearance. And of course, its smallness. 

Useful metaphor of the difference between life as a 5 and a 65 year old, I suppose. 

[davieG]

25 minutes ago, Stoopid said:

Remember being entranced by the Abbey Park pool when I used to go there with my Mam when I was about 5. It seemed vast,  sunny and happy to me then. 

Recently saw it from the top of a bus. Was struck by its scabby,  neglected appearance. And of course, its smallness. 

Useful metaphor of the difference between life as a 5 and a 65 year old, I suppose. 

Or the difference in society between then and now. 

 

More people = more anti-social behaviour =  more people of all ages and abilities to support = less money for maintenance on what is probably viewed as less essential.

[Stoopid]

25 minutes ago, davieG said:

Or the difference in society between then and now. 

 

More people = more anti-social behaviour =  more people of all ages and abilities to support = less money for maintenance on what is probably viewed as less essential.

Perhaps. Certainly your point re the money - or how it's spent at least - seems pertinent. 

Even as a kid, I remember being impressed (and grateful) that it was considered right that making & maintaining such things was accepted. 

Even such small stuff can have a lasting, positive impression on a kid. We neglect them at our peril. 

[1972 Fox]

7 hours ago, Stoopid said:

Remember being entranced by the Abbey Park pool when I used to go there with my Mam when I was about 5. It seemed vast,  sunny and happy to me then. 

Recently saw it from the top of a bus. Was struck by its scabby,  neglected appearance. And of course, its smallness. 

Useful metaphor of the difference between life as a 5 and a 65 year old, I suppose. 

I can remember as a young child in the late 60's/early 70's going to an outdoor swimming pool (Kenwood), somewhere off Shanklin Drive in Knighton. I think it was closed by the mid to late 70's but can remember it being an enjoyable experience if the weather was good. Like you say, it seemed quite large pool and place to me at the time but in reality it was probably quite small.

[Buce]

3 minutes ago, Blue Fox 72 said:

I can remember as a young child in the late 60's/early 70's going to an outdoor swimming pool (Kenwood), somewhere off Shanklin Drive in Knighton. I think it was closed by the mid to late 70's but can remember it being an enjoyable experience if the weather was good. Like you say, it seemed quite large pool and place to me at the time but in reality it was probably quite small.

 

I remember it too, and it was quite large:

 

 

 

 

There was also this one on Scraptoft Lane:

 

[davieG]

 

[Paninistickers]

3 hours ago, Buce said:

 

I remember it too, and it was quite large:

 

 

 

 

There was also this one on Scraptoft Lane:

 

The lack of lidos, particularly in landlocked leicestershire, is a great shame. Particularly with the blistering 35 degree spells we have now every summer. 

 

Germany is packed with them. Huge 100m long things in parkland. Around  4 or 5 per city

 

[davieG]

7 minutes ago, Paninistickers said:

The lack of lidos, particularly in landlocked leicestershire, is a great shame. Particularly with the blistering 35 degree spells we have now every summer. 

 

Germany is packed with them. Huge 100m long things in parkland. Around  4 or 5 per city

 

In France there were pools that were half cover and half outside.

[lcfc278]

14 hours ago, Paninistickers said:

The lack of lidos, particularly in landlocked leicestershire, is a great shame. Particularly with the blistering 35 degree spells we have now every summer. 

 

Germany is packed with them. Huge 100m long things in parkland. Around  4 or 5 per city

 

Don't be ridiculous, the council needs to spend its budget wisely on things that we need, like more cycle lanes and more student accommodation and hotels in the city centre!

[Suzie the Fox]

On 27/03/2021 at 12:06, Webbo said:

I was at that Madness concert in the picture. 

Haha yeah me too! 

[davieG]

Description: Historian Colin Hyde takes us on a tour of the streets, factories, pubs and shops which once formed part of what is now De Montfort University Leicester (DMU)’s campus, Leicester Royal Infirmary and Freemans’ Common. Explore Walnut Street, Bonners Lane and more, get a glimpse of Filbert Street the former home of LCFC, Leicester’s medieval wall, and discover the pub which boasted a glass piano. Colin Hyde is part of the East Midlands Oral History Archive. This talk is based on his book Walnut Street Past, Present & Future (1995). He kindly gave this online talk as part of DMU’s celebrations marking its 150th anniversary in 2020.

 

 

[davieG]

Probably not the correct thread for this unless you're looking for a hotel.

 

Just opened in the Haymarket - https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/see-inside-leicester-city-centres-5371645?fbclid=IwAR23cpdGTDj_TfRe-cJVe4AY-wGQCndFkOTlyxl2znd__E0U_q8WC366iGI

 

Finally a Touch of Class for the Haymarket Centre

[Wymsey]

They'll probably won't have the best nights' sleep, there..

[lcfc278]

1 hour ago, davieG said:

Probably not the correct thread for this unless you're looking for a hotel.

 

Just opened in the Haymarket - https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/see-inside-leicester-city-centres-5371645?fbclid=IwAR23cpdGTDj_TfRe-cJVe4AY-wGQCndFkOTlyxl2znd__E0U_q8WC366iGI

 

Finally a Touch of Class for the Haymarket Centre

This will probably get some stick due to the role played by the council in this project but I'm glad somethings being done with this space that might help get more people into Leicester, spend a bit of £ in the City. Not sure what will happen to the traditional City Centre post-pandemic so anything that helps generate some money for the area will be good.

 

Also doesn't look as much of an eyesore as it did before (still not great but a small improvement!).

[The Syrup]

1 hour ago, davieG said:

Probably not the correct thread for this unless you're looking for a hotel.

 

Just opened in the Haymarket - https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/see-inside-leicester-city-centres-5371645?fbclid=IwAR23cpdGTDj_TfRe-cJVe4AY-wGQCndFkOTlyxl2znd__E0U_q8WC366iGI

 

Finally a Touch of Class for the Haymarket Centre

I stayed there a few weeks ago. Couldn't hear any noise outside, rooms have AC as the windows can't be opened. Standard Travelodge fayre. At least they've done something with the old offices above the Haymarket.

[Langston]

The Haymarket is so soul destroying.

[Paninistickers]

3 hours ago, davieG said:

Probably not the correct thread for this unless you're looking for a hotel.

 

Just opened in the Haymarket - https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/see-inside-leicester-city-centres-5371645?fbclid=IwAR23cpdGTDj_TfRe-cJVe4AY-wGQCndFkOTlyxl2znd__E0U_q8WC366iGI

 

Finally a Touch of Class for the Haymarket Centre

Looks dreadful. But no worse than trvaleodges I've stayed in in the harlows and Basingstokes and bracknells.

 

Seems to be an awful lot of hotels opening up in the City. Not quite sure why. 

 

Not that long ago there was only the holiday Inn, grand, ibis and trvaleodge casino and station. 

 

Now add this, the novotel, the gaff under construction at the tigers/Granby halls and the Fenwick development. 

[davieG]

41 minutes ago, Paninistickers said:

Looks dreadful. But no worse than trvaleodges I've stayed in in the harlows and Basingstokes and bracknells.

Were they bang in the town centre?

[Parafox]

1 hour ago, Paninistickers said:

 

 

Seems to be an awful lot of hotels opening up in the City. Not quite sure why. 

 

Not that long ago there was only the holiday Inn, grand, ibis and travelodge casino and station. 

 

Now add this, the novotel, the gaff under construction at the tigers/Granby halls and the Fenwick development. 

Soulsby is expecting a flood of tourism based on the Amsterdam model where the city will be cycle only once he's closed down all the main roads. Oh, and we have the canal, just like Amsterdam.