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The Aylestone Boathouse, a large wooden building, was built c. 1911 by Gordon Biggs on the site of a canal wharf close to Middleton Street. Rollers were installed by the side of King's Lock to allow boats to be transferred to the River Soar from the canal. Later a brick-built ballroom and restaurant, and tennis courts, were added.
J.R. Quarterman 1923 - 1938 [8] (afterwards vicar of St Paul's Church, Leicester) Victor Frederick Hambling 1938 - 1942 [9] J.W. Burford 1942 - 1952; William Norman Waring 1952 [10] - 1959 (formerly vicar of St Olave’s Church, Mitcham, afterwards vicar of All Saints’ Church, Southend) Kenneth Frank Middleton 1960 - ca. 1981
The Middleton Tavern was established in 1750 by Horatio Middleton. It initially operated as an inn for seafaring men. After Horatio's death. His son, Manuel, ran the business. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and members of the Continental Congress were known to frequent the tavern. [2] [3]
Angus Steakhouse. Angus Steakhouse is a restaurant chain of steak houses in central London. In 2001, there were about 30 outlets; 5 remain open as of July 2020. The name reflects Aberdeen Angus, a Scottish breed of beef cattle. Some restaurants still retain the former trading name, "Aberdeen Steak Houses", on their signage, as of September 2016.
The most frequently ordered meal, even as late as the 1980s, was prawn cocktail, steak and Black Forest gateau.This is sometimes called the Great British Meal.As Simon Hopkinson and Lindsey Bareham note in their 1997 book The Prawn Cocktail Years, "cooked as it should be, this much derided and often ridiculed dinner is still something very special indeed".
The Queen kept Dudley close, giving him Kenilworth Castle in 1563 and the title of Earl of Leicester in 1564. Elizabeth visited him at the castle multiple times, once staying for 19 days during a ...
The LE postcode area, also known as the Leicester postcode area, [2] is a group of 21 postcode districts in central England, within 12 post towns.These cover most of Leicestershire (including Leicester, Loughborough, Hinckley, Melton Mowbray, Coalville, Market Harborough, Ashby de la Zouch, Lutterworth, Wigston, Markfield and Ibstock) and most of Rutland (including Oakham), plus small parts of ...
Winstanley House, Leicester. Winstanley House in Leicestershire previously called Braunstone Hall, is a building of historical significance and is Grade II listed on the English Heritage Register. [1] It was built in 1775 by Clement Winstanley and remained in this family for the next 150 years. It was then bought in 1925 by the Leicester City ...