City of Leicester & Leicestershire - The Good and Historical Stuff

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Terry Jones
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The treadmill at the old Gaol on Highcross St.c1823....

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The Magazine Building & Drill Hall 1950s

 

Laura Evans  · 
The Magazine Building & Drill Hall being demolished in 1965 (Photo by Tom Bassett)

 

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Looking towards town from what is now "The Mad Mile" on Narborough Rd (South)..And underneath a pic that was taken 90 odd years earlier... Braunstone Lane on the left takes you to Braunstone Village and Braunstone Lane East on the right to Aylestone Village... 

 

LEICESTER PAST: Steve Walters - Narborough Road South, 1960's.

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1940s

[Parafox]

6 minutes ago, davieG said:

The Magazine Building & Drill Hall 1950s

 

Laura Evans  · 
The Magazine Building & Drill Hall being demolished in 1965 (Photo by Tom Bassett)

 

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Another tragedy of which city planners are responsible. The demolished an historic building which was part of the old city walls to make way for a bus station. Did they have no understanding of the history of our city?

The Gateway looks forlorn and forgotten.

[Free Falling Foxes]

20 minutes ago, davieG said:

Terry Jones
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The treadmill at the old Gaol on Highcross St.c1823....

The treadmill was a meaningless task as was getting prisoners to move a pile of rubble just a few yards before moving it back again.

I would suggest however, the treadmill is reintroduced. This time though, connect it to a turbine so that generates the electricity for the prison. Make them earn their keep.

Never happen though: infinging their human rights

[Spudulike]

1 hour ago, Parafox said:

Another tragedy of which city planners are responsible. The demolished an historic building which was part of the old city walls to make way for a bus station. Did they have no understanding of the history of our city?

The Gateway looks forlorn and forgotten.

Wasn't it only the Victorian buildings that got demolished? 

[davieG]

On 15/01/2022 at 09:50, davieG said:

 

The Lever Crossing at Glenfield.

[Foxdiamond]

I love Leicester City FC but have never lived in the county. Over the years I've taken a lot of interest in the history of the city. I think The New Walk is something to be proud of. Also the town hall is an attractive building compared to some of the rather gothic examples in the UK  What do you locals Think?

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Weighbridge Toll Collecters House.
Humberstone Gate back in the day.

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Terry Jones
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Laying the tram tracks c1903 at the junction of Great Central St and St Nicholas St.High St in the distance. Clemerson`s sold the shop to Hopewell`s who moved to Loughborough after the building caught fire.It`s now Mosh......

[davieG]

On 15/01/2022 at 18:43, davieG said:

The Magazine Building & Drill Hall 1950s

 

Laura Evans  · 
The Magazine Building & Drill Hall being demolished in 1965 (Photo by Tom Bassett)

 

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Terry Jones

Newarke St on the left and The Magazine Gateway on the right.Looking along Oxford St towards the prison c1910.....

 

The guy at the front could be carrying a rifle not surprising as I believe it would still have been the barracks back then.

 

 

 

 

[davieG]

21 hours ago, davieG said:

Terry Jones

Newarke St on the left and The Magazine Gateway on the right.Looking along Oxford St towards the prison c1910.....

 

The guy at the front could be carrying a rifle not surprising as I believe it would still have been the barracks back then.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laura Evans  · 
The Newarkes - Regimental Living Quarters, Magazine Square - closed for demolition in 1964-65

 

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James Greig
December 1963 we can see the junction of Charles Street and Belgrave Gate Leicester. The Abbey Motor Hotel is under construction and the Midland Red bus has just arrived on it's way to Thurnby Lodge.

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Another view of the New Walk Museum demolished stairs

 

 

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No! This wasn't the Council's doing.

 

This sombre photo shows the extent of the damage caused in Knighton following Leicester's 'Blitz Night', in the early hours of 20th November 1940.

A German Luftwaffe parachute bomb fell near the junction of Knighton Drive and Knighton Road, pictured here, flattening three large homes. Another large bomb fell on 26 Knighton Road. Sadly, eight people were killed by the bomb raid here, with the blast damage and injuries felt over a wide area.

An Air Raid Precaution Warden by the name of William John Higgott rushed in to the burning buildings that night to put out fire and rescued two children, one under each arm. He was awarded the George Medal for his actions of courage and efficiency that night.

A new heritage panel now marks this location on Knighton Road, where you can read more about the local hero William John Higgott.

An exhibition commemorating the 108 people killed by German bombers on Leicester 'Blitz Night' returns to Newarke Houses Museum this Spring.
The exhibition first opened for two weeks only last summer:
https://www.leicestermuseums.org/.../the-leicester-blitz.../

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[kenny]

13 minutes ago, davieG said:

Looks like the one at Ron's near the Haymarket. My dad went there for 30 years, hopefully he kept the poster so that his new barber keeps his hair the same.

 

[kenny]

On 19/01/2022 at 13:22, davieG said:

No! This wasn't the Council's doing.

 

This sombre photo shows the extent of the damage caused in Knighton following Leicester's 'Blitz Night', in the early hours of 20th November 1940.

A German Luftwaffe parachute bomb fell near the junction of Knighton Drive and Knighton Road, pictured here, flattening three large homes. Another large bomb fell on 26 Knighton Road. Sadly, eight people were killed by the bomb raid here, with the blast damage and injuries felt over a wide area.

An Air Raid Precaution Warden by the name of William John Higgott rushed in to the burning buildings that night to put out fire and rescued two children, one under each arm. He was awarded the George Medal for his actions of courage and efficiency that night.

A new heritage panel now marks this location on Knighton Road, where you can read more about the local hero William John Higgott.

An exhibition commemorating the 108 people killed by German bombers on Leicester 'Blitz Night' returns to Newarke Houses Museum this Spring.
The exhibition first opened for two weeks only last summer:
https://www.leicestermuseums.org/.../the-leicester-blitz.../

It's always ironic that the council in Leicester and more so Coventry did more damage to heritage than the Luftwaffe ever did.

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45 minutes ago, kenny said:

Looks like the one at Ron's near the Haymarket. My dad went there for 30 years, hopefully he kept the poster so that his new barber keeps his hair the same.

 

Much missed Ron's barbers on Churchgate.

Jazz mags to peruse while you wait, horse racing on the telly & plenty of banter all round.

[davieG]

59 minutes ago, kenny said:

It's always ironic that the council in Leicester and more so Coventry did more damage to heritage than the Luftwaffe ever did.

I think we can blame the Luftwaffe for Coventry though.

 

Coventry, an important engineering and armaments producing centre, was raided on 14-15 November 1940. German bombers dropped 503 tons of high explosive and 30,000 incendiary bombs on the city. 568 people were killed and 850 seriously injured.

 

We just got a few of those from pilots missing their Coventry target.

[kenny]

11 minutes ago, davieG said:

I think we can blame the Luftwaffe for Coventry though.

 

Coventry, an important engineering and armaments producing centre, was raided on 14-15 November 1940. German bombers dropped 503 tons of high explosive and 30,000 incendiary bombs on the city. 568 people were killed and 850 seriously injured.

 

We just got a few of those from pilots missing their Coventry target.

There are still medieval buildings in council storage that they took down to build the shopping centre.

 

Old soon Street is a recreation made from old buildings that were found in units under the ring road.