A Trip Down Memory Lane – Leicester

Actual Leicester street sign, on the base level stones of St. Mark’s Church (now Empire Banqueting Rooms)

The full blog isn’t going to appear here. It goes on for over 24,000 words, and has 240 photos in it. I broke it down into 20 smaller pieces and posted them all on my Medium account. The list below names the parts and has the links through the the posts. If you do click through to Medium, don’t forget the applause button on the pages, you can click on that as many times as you like.

Part 1 – Getting There and Getting Started

Part 2 – Rushey Mead

Part 3 – From Gipsy Lane to Melton Road

Part 4 – Cossington Street to St. Mark’s

Part 5 – Old Belgrave

Part 6 – Around My Old Home

Part 7 – Evington and Beyond

Part 8 – Victoria Park and The New Walk

Part 9 – Winding Back to the Hotel

Part 10 – What Used to be Here?

Part 11 – 3 Old Churches and a Wall

Part 12 – From West Bridge to Western Road

Part 13 – Liberty, Dykes, Tigers and Art Deco

Part 14 – The Castle to The Cathedral

Part 15 – Guildhall to Granby Street

Part 16 – Charles Street to Bed

Part 17 – Richard III and Grandparents

Part 18 – Old Aylestone and Graves

Part 19 – Knighton Day to Queens Road

Part 20 – End of the Road (Trip)

The whole piece is a mixture of my memories and actual history of the places in the photos.