Sir David Attenborough and Richard Armitage lead Leicestershire’s nominations for this year’s National Television Awards (NTAs). The tale of the county’s historical royal seducers is also shortlisted for this year’s glitzy ceremony which is voted for by the public. Sir David, who grew up in Leicester, has the joint most …
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St. Georges Tower is one of the city’s best-known landmarks These pictures were taken by Dhiren Rocco, of Leicester, who was aged 15 at the time. Here, he tells the story behind them. “St. Georges Tower has always been a landmark building in Leicester City Centre, and in 2005 I …
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We wonder how many of our readers remember this “homely back-street pub” now long since demolished. It is one of many that have disappeared from Leicester’s streets over the past 50 years, including a significant number that were within walking distance of the old Leicester Mercury premises in St George …
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This splendid bird’s eye view of Leicester was taken in November 1969, not long before the landscape was to undergo a massive transformation. The city’s London Road railway station dominates the foreground. It was soon be the subject of a huge re-development scheme, although the Victorian facade did survive the …
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