Great videos - thanks so much for sharing! I really enjoyed them! I studied abroad at the University of Leicester in 1989-1990 so it was really wonderful to see the pics from 1989 and now in 2024! And coincidently I saw Dead Poets Society at the Odeon during that year! Thanks again!!!
Thank you, that was very interesting again, I think on all three videos where there’s been shops it’s very rare the same shop was in both years, they seem to change completely most of them
I have just watched all three videos and am amazed how much I had remembered from 1989 (and didn't know was stashed in the back of my brain until I watched the videos). The photos were excellent - particularly the ones from 1989, when you couldn't see what you had photographed a few seconds later. I liked the understated narrative style as well. We were trying to work out the other day what blocked the view of the market from Town Hall Square and the video has provided the answer. Thanks.
Thank you for these videos! The train station would have looked drastically different if it hadn't been for the work of my Dad and the Leicester Civic Society who mounted a successful campaign to save the Victorian front.
Thanks for this. I moved to Leicester in 1987 for a Physics degree at the University. I still live here and it's nice to be reminded of how it used to be. Overall it is an odd city. Pleasant enough but pretty nondescript. The Richard III discovery has helped pep things up. The local accent is bloody awful.
Yes, that small building was next to the leather warehouse on the corner. A mishmash of mostly small industrial stuff, if my memory serves me correctly. Cheers!
Great video I was born in Leicester and left in 1989 so it had real interesting to see how things change I still go back every year as my family live there. The photo of the building that you didn't no the name I'm wondering if it was the die hard rave club witch Was 37 to 43 Rutland street opposite the odeon,?
The boot and shoe factory, I think, belonged to the co-op. The Cattle Market was a terrible loss. On market days farmers from all over the County would drive their lorries and leave them all along Welford Road over the railway bridge. The market itself had its own railway sidings which became redundant after the Beeching cuts. Next to the market were two abattoirs and local butchers could buy an animal and pick up the carcass a day or two later. And of course the sheep production led to wool which led to knitting and dyeing. The leather wholesaler was where it was because nearby was the wholesale fruit and veg market and a tannery. The tannery got its hides from the abattoirs next to the cattle market. Everything worked more or less harmoniously. The demand for leather in Leicester was very high because of shoe making. At one time Leicester was the shoe capital of the world with the British Shoe Corporation producing millions and others like Brevit Shoes exporting most of its production. Sadly, it's mostly gone along with socks and stockings, knitwear, and machinery companies like British Shoe, Mellor Bromley, Stibbe etc. The old warehouses shown ( converted to housing) are a tiny fraction of what was once there. Even the LMS station shown is a shadow of what it was. There used to be 4 lines running through it and a large marshalling yard behind with BRS lorries loading and unloading freight. Leicester also had another two railway stations doing similar things. Leicester was once one of the richest towns in England. Even at the time of the Civil War when Prince Rupert demanded £5000 from the burghers of Leicester it was very rich. Now it's finished..epitomised by the street beggars in the 'pedestrianised' city centre.
The rooms inside the ymca have changed. I noticed builders working there and asked. I understood the accommodation was being made more compact and made more rooms but smaller😢 rooms.i only know the theatre part.
I miss the old Odeon. Such a beautiful building. Used to be really nice inside as well with a gorgeous cinema with very confy seats. The inside has been ruined now. Such a shame. Removing the subway by the railway station was a rubbish idea as well. Very useful if you were running late for your train. Especially as now you have to traverse two pedestrian crossings which aren't green at the same time and the roads are very busy. Extremely dangerous. They did a good job with renovating the area where the cattle market used to be.
Really enjoyed these three videos, thank you
Thank you, glad you enjoyed!
Great videos - thanks so much for sharing! I really enjoyed them! I studied abroad at the University of Leicester in 1989-1990 so it was really wonderful to see the pics from 1989 and now in 2024! And coincidently I saw Dead Poets Society at the Odeon during that year! Thanks again!!!
Thanks - what a coincidence on the Dead Poets Society!
Much appreciated. Thanks
Thank you, that was very interesting again, I think on all three videos where there’s been shops it’s very rare the same shop was in both years, they seem to change completely most of them
Thanks, it has been quite amazing seeing just how much change there has been in the shops !
Really interesting to see the changes, especially the Cattle Market, and to hear a bit of information about particular buildings. I enjoyed this.
Loved your videos! I moved to the States in 1977, I was 22 and love to see my old memories of Leicester. Thank you!
I have just watched all three videos and am amazed how much I had remembered from 1989 (and didn't know was stashed in the back of my brain until I watched the videos). The photos were excellent - particularly the ones from 1989, when you couldn't see what you had photographed a few seconds later. I liked the understated narrative style as well. We were trying to work out the other day what blocked the view of the market from Town Hall Square and the video has provided the answer. Thanks.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed
A blast from the past. Thank you for sharing ❤
Thank you for these videos! The train station would have looked drastically different if it hadn't been for the work of my Dad and the Leicester Civic Society who mounted a successful campaign to save the Victorian front.
Thanks for this. I moved to Leicester in 1987 for a Physics degree at the University. I still live here and it's nice to be reminded of how it used to be.
Overall it is an odd city. Pleasant enough but pretty nondescript. The Richard III discovery has helped pep things up. The local accent is bloody awful.
Yes, that small building was next to the leather warehouse on the corner. A mishmash of mostly small industrial stuff, if my memory serves me correctly. Cheers!
Very interesting.
I remember when Leicester was famous for its fishing team,anybody remember Ivan Marks?
Great video I was born in Leicester and left in 1989 so it had real interesting to see how things change I still go back every year as my family live there. The photo of the building that you didn't no the name I'm wondering if it was the die hard rave club witch Was 37 to 43 Rutland street opposite the odeon,?
That was my old club!
The boot and shoe factory, I think, belonged to the co-op.
The Cattle Market was a terrible loss. On market days farmers from all over the County would drive their lorries and leave them all along Welford Road over the railway bridge. The market itself had its own railway sidings which became redundant after the Beeching cuts. Next to the market were two abattoirs and local butchers could buy an animal and pick up the carcass a day or two later. And of course the sheep production led to wool which led to knitting and dyeing.
The leather wholesaler was where it was because nearby was the wholesale fruit and veg market and a tannery. The tannery got its hides from the abattoirs next to the cattle market.
Everything worked more or less harmoniously. The demand for leather in Leicester was very high because of shoe making. At one time Leicester was the shoe capital of the world with the British Shoe Corporation producing millions and others like Brevit Shoes exporting most of its production.
Sadly, it's mostly gone along with socks and stockings, knitwear, and machinery companies like British Shoe, Mellor Bromley, Stibbe etc.
The old warehouses shown ( converted to housing) are a tiny fraction of what was once there.
Even the LMS station shown is a shadow of what it was. There used to be 4 lines running through it and a large marshalling yard behind with BRS lorries loading and unloading freight. Leicester also had another two railway stations doing similar things.
Leicester was once one of the richest towns in England. Even at the time of the Civil War when Prince Rupert demanded £5000 from the burghers of Leicester it was very rich. Now it's finished..epitomised by the street beggars in the 'pedestrianised' city centre.
The rooms inside the ymca have changed. I noticed builders working there and asked. I understood the accommodation was being made more compact and made more rooms but smaller😢 rooms.i only know the theatre part.
I miss the old Odeon. Such a beautiful building.
Used to be really nice inside as well with a gorgeous cinema with very confy seats.
The inside has been ruined now. Such a shame.
Removing the subway by the railway station was a rubbish idea as well. Very useful if you were running late for your train. Especially as now you have to traverse two pedestrian crossings which aren't green at the same time and the roads are very busy. Extremely dangerous.
They did a good job with renovating the area where the cattle market used to be.
Yes alot of change.some I don't understand why