Gone but not forgotten, places we miss in Leicester.

[Rincewind]

Airmans Rest Some nice young girls went there. A few stopped after I did.

[jonthefox]

The Red Room - pub just near clock tower above the entrance to haymarket shopping centre. Cracking bar that just played rock/metal all the time

Met the mrs in there. ****in place, I hope they bulldoze it.

[Rincewind]

Change a bit over the years but now back better than ever. Run by great licensees serving fantastic ales.

[Mike the Metal Ed]

I miss The Charlotte already. Great venue to see a band when they bothered to book one. Had everything a good rock venue needed, which apparently didn't include a toilet seat or door.

[Phube]

I miss The Oven Door in Wigston.

Best doughnuts and iced fingers... Ever!

[m00nie]

Change a bit over the years but now back better than ever. Run by great licensees serving fantastic ales.

quick look i thought it was the dover castle at first..

[Len Finsbury]

I miss The Oven Door in Wigston.

Best doughnuts and iced fingers... Ever!

The smell as you walked past it was fantastic.

[Bilo]

St. Margaret's Baths - Always enjoyed a swim there as a kid.

The Charlotte - Nice little music venue.

Pump and Tap - Far too many character pubs gone.

Filbert Street - Obviously.

[m00nie]

St. Margaret's Baths - Always enjoyed a swim there as a kid.

totally forgot all about that.. many times went up to the top diver but never went off it though as always bottled it ..

[clare]

Filbert Street and Ainleys are definitely missed, as is skating at Granby Halls!

I don't know if it's sentimental bull, but the city centre does seem so much more depressing these days. I left Leicester in September 2001 and whenever I've been back since, the city centre has just seemed unclean/littered, dull and depressing.

[ajthefox]

The Swiss Cottage on Churchgate.

Mum used to take me and the big sister in there on the way back from town a fair amount. Used to love it in there with all the old copper and the smell was amazing.

[Trav Le Bleu]

Airmans Rest Some nice young girls went there. A few stopped after I did.

Used to have a massive rear-projection TV there, was a great venue for watch City on Sky, almost like a cinema!

St. Margaret's Baths - Always enjoyed a swim there as a kid.

The Charlotte - Nice little music venue.

Pump and Tap - Far too many character pubs gone.

Filbert Street - Obviously.

How did I not mention this!?

[Poakey]

Bits and Bytes computer shop down Churchgate and Zodiac Toys used to love going in there looking at the Speccy games.

Also Ainleys and ST Margerates baths.

[JadeFalcon]

nostalgia is great

Superbowl, i was chief Quasar marshall there

Red Room, i DJ'd there a couple of times, i miss stumpy, for those of you who ever went there will know who he was

Bits and Bytes, used to work there on a saturday

[Reynard Bleu]

Simpkin & James, a real old Department Store.

[FantasticMrFuchs]

Change a bit over the years but now back better than ever. Run by great licensees serving fantastic ales.

Love the Salmon Pub! Great bar staff there too very friendly people.

[jonthefox]

nostalgia is great

Superbowl, i was chief Quasar marshall there

Red Room, i DJ'd there a couple of times, i miss stumpy, for those of you who ever went there will know who he was

Bits and Bytes, used to work there on a saturday

I know him. He lives in LA now. I'll forward his facebook if you like.

[jonthefox]

Has anyone mentioned the workhouse yet?.

Its the bar where mem saab is/was.

Oh and i miss lewis's. Christmas as a kid just wasn't the same without a visit there.

[accessory]

10 more pubs/bars that have disappeared in recent times:

Black Boy, Albion Street

Black Swan, Belgrave Gate

Bricklayers' Arms, Welford Road

Durham Ox, Bowling Green Street

Griffin/Jacey's, Belgrave Gate

Magazine, Newarke Street

Physio & Firkin, Aylestone Road

Spread Eagle, Charles Street

Victory, Aylestone Road

Wyvern, Granby Street

[Trav Le Bleu]

10 more pubs/bars that have disappeared in recent times:

Black Boy, Albion Street

Black Swan, Belgrave Gate

Bricklayers' Arms, Welford Road

Durham Ox, Bowling Green Street

Griffin/Jacey's, Belgrave Gate

Magazine, Newarke Street

Physio & Firkin, Aylestone Road

Spread Eagle, Charles Street

Victory, Aylestone Road

Wyvern, Granby Street

The Firkin pubs were just part of a chain that sprung up in the 80s so I don't really see any great lose in them. The Wyvern has gone though? Wasn't that the one with the flagstone floor? Quite a character pub.

In my youth I used to help clean The Black Boy.

[Bilo]

The Firkin pubs were just part of a chain that sprung up in the 80s so I don't really see any great lose in them. The Wyvern has gone though? Wasn't that the one with the flagstone floor? Quite a character pub.

In my youth I used to help clean The Black Boy.

[Trav Le Bleu]

Sometimes I had to poke around in some very tight places, and I would spend ages buffing the knobs.

(There actually was a lot of brass in there )

[Bellend Sebastian]

The Firkin pubs were just part of a chain that sprung up in the 80s so I don't really see any great lose in them. The Wyvern has gone though? Wasn't that the one with the flagstone floor? Quite a character pub.

In my youth I used to help clean The Black Boy.

The Wyvern is long gone, it turned into some half arsed sport themed bar before closing for ages and has now turned into a Sainsburys Local.

The Black Boy is open at the minute isn't it? I think it might have shut down for a time but I'm pretty sure it reopened again. I was verbally abused by a massively pissed old Irish bloke who I assumed had been drinking in there just a few weeks ago. It's not the pub it used to be, but was still delightfully barmy the last time I went in there

[MrSpaM]

The Commodore shop

[Len Finsbury]

What's happened to the Bricklayers now then? I live away from Leicester now.

I remember its short time as Shifty's too.