History

We visited Leicestershire's oldest pub which is said to be home to ghost 'Five to Four Fred'

The village watering hole dates back to the 13th Century

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Looking back at the Leicester Mercury's forgotten 1930s Oozoos kids' club

Leicester Nostalgia

The club encouraged children to be 'good to others and kind to animals and birds'

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The story behind Leicester's cursed ancient landmark tainted by devils and human sacrifice

Leicester Nostalgia

The 20 tonne rock is centre of myths and legends

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Twycross Zoo celebrates its 60th anniversary this year so take a trip back in time in our archive

Look at some of the iconic photos we have managed to find.

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Amazing tales emerge as coins salvaged from shipwrecks sell for thousands at auction

Leicester Nostalgia

Hundreds of lives were lost when the ships went down

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Look inside The Windmill - one of Leicestershire's oldest pubs - which is up for sale

The Grade II-listed boozer is believed to date back to the 16th Century

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'Handsome' Grade II-listed country house hits market with £1.4m asking price

The seven-bedroom Donisthorpe Hall building dates back to the 1600s

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Property owner slapped with £2.4k bill for chopping down 'historic' trees without permission

The owner of a former chapel in a Leicestershire village has been ordered to pay more than £2,000 after cutting down two historic yew trees without permission. The trees were described by Melton Borough Council as "an original, historic feature" of the chapel, which is in Great Dalby's conservation area.

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Leicester's long lost and much-loved Granby Halls venue in Mercury archive photos

Leicester Nostalgia

Granby Halls was eventually demolished in 2001 after standing empty for three years

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Life in 'jewel' Market Bosworth which is Leicestershire's tiniest town

'I've been here more than 20 years and I've no complaints'

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30 years of the Leicester Comedy Festival in pictures

Take a look through a great time

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Leicester Cathedral dig uncovers coffin of county's first 'lunatic asylum' surgeon

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Edward Entwistle Wilkinson worked at the city's asylum in the early 19th century

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Former village pub discovered to be older than Tudors after tree rings reveal its true age

The pub has been transformed into two separate properties - but the owners discovered the building is actually around 565-years-old

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Rare historic sword collection of 'eccentric' Leicestershire antiques dealer sold for £130,000

John Hardy's Antiques shop in Oadby was a well-known landmark from the 1960s until his death in 2021

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Twenty years of Twinlakes in Mercury archive photos as theme park gears up for milestone this summer

The attraction opened on a Melton farm site in the summer of 2023

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Chinese New Year celebrations in Leicester Mercury archive photos from the Rat to the Rabbit to the Pig

Leicester Nostalgia

With the Year of the Rabbit looming, we took a look back

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A taste of McDonald's 1990s style when now lost restaurant opened in Hinckley town centre

McDonald's looked a bit different back all those decades ago

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Mercury archive photos from Leicester's longest-running nightclub in the 1980s as it still parties to this day

Leicester Nostalgia

The Fan Club helped keep music in Leicester

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See Leicester 30, 40 and 50 years ago as we spring into the New Year

Leicester Nostalgia

New year, new possibilities - but what did the city look like decades ago?

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Life in Leicestershire in 1993 in 14 Leicester Mercury archive photos

We take a trip back three decades

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All the words to Auld Lang Syne and what the whole thing actually means

If you want to impress your friends or dazzle at the pub quiz

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Leicestershire's once great mining industry in 26 Leicester Mercury archive photos

We've dug down into our archives for a glimpse into this once great industry now consigned to the history books locally

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Remembering the bomb blast at the hands of the IRA that shook Leicester's city centre

Leicester Nostalgia

The explosion sent a ripple of destruction through what we know today as the city’s Cultural Quarter

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Why Leicester is pronounced 'Lester' (or 'Les-tah')

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It looks like there should be more syllables

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