ALFRED LENTONS

It's been there as long as I can remember, never went in, not many did, somehow managed to keep on trading in recent years flogging books, memorabilia etc.
The last of the old school shops now gone.
 
Used to be Bush's Music Shop, before Lenton moved from over the road when the opposite side of St Nicholas Street was demolished. I think Alfred Lenton first set up in Silver Arcade. He was a runner-up in the British Chess Championship - though he did once beat the legendary Henry Ernest Atkins...
 
sixthswan said:
Used to be Bush's Music Shop, before Lenton moved from over the road when the opposite side of St Nicholas Street was demolished. I think Alfred Lenton first set up in Silver Arcade. He was a runner-up in the British Chess Championship - though he did once beat the legendary Henry Ernest Atkins...
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Ignore me I'm thinking of a different place completely. Is this the shop up near the millennium square bit, by BBC Radio?
 
sixthswan said:
Used to be Bush's Music Shop, before Lenton moved from over the road when the opposite side of St Nicholas Street was demolished. I think Alfred Lenton first set up in Silver Arcade. He was a runner-up in the British Chess Championship - though he did once beat the legendary Henry Ernest Atkins...
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Yes mate.....been reading up about the chess....must have been a clever man.
 
sixthswan said:
Used to be Bush's Music Shop, before Lenton moved from over the road when the opposite side of St Nicholas Street was demolished. I think Alfred Lenton first set up in Silver Arcade. He was a runner-up in the British Chess Championship - though he did once beat the legendary Henry Ernest Atkins...
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Didn't know any of that!Lentons has allways just been there to me!
 
Went past it a week or two ago and noticed the shelves had been cleared. So I took a piccy because it looked like the end of the road for it.
For a shop I'd never been in I still felt nostalgic for no other reason than since a child it's always been there.
I never recall anyone ever going in or coming out and I really don't know what they did to keep going.
Just looked like a second book shop with other bits and bobs thrown in.
 
Brauny said:
Went past it a week or two ago and noticed the shelves had been cleared. So I took a piccy because it looked like the end of the road for it.
For a shop I'd never been in I still felt nostalgic for no other reason than since a child it's always been there.
I never recall anyone ever going in or coming out and I really don't know what they did to keep going.
Just looked like a second book shop with other bits and bobs thrown in.
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Perhaps it was a front like the turkish barbers...
 
sixthswan said:
Used to be Bush's Music Shop, before Lenton moved from over the road when the opposite side of St Nicholas Street was demolished. I think Alfred Lenton first set up in Silver Arcade. He was a runner-up in the British Chess Championship - though he did once beat the legendary Henry Ernest Atkins...
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fuck me, how old are you ! l flogged him stuff when l was 16, and he must be 200 years old an all !
 
That's your take on it...I'm interested in Leicester and it's history and don't need your permission to look stuff up - or share information.
I wasn't even born when the shop move to it's recent location, but I'm allowed to be curious.
You're a very fucking odd person...
 
sixthswan said:
That's your take on it...I'm interested in Leicester and it's history and don't need your permission to look stuff up - or share information.
I wasn't even born when the shop move to it's recent location, but I'm allowed to be curious.
You're a very fucking odd person...
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I'm an odd person! OK Google!
 
sixthswan said:
Yes you are...
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I was looking on facebook and found it used to be Bush's Music Shop, before Lenton moved from over the road when the opposite side of St Nicholas Street was demolished. Apparently Alfred Lenton first set up in Silver Arcade. He was a runner-up in the British Chess Championship so it says..

Sorted it for you.
 
Some more bits about Alfred Lenton, in case anyone is interested.
This is from a website, which I have listed below.
Wouldn't want anyone to be confused and think that I knew Alfred personally, or that I possess a photographic memory of every single Leicester Mercury news article.

https://imgur.com/a/G0423cj

https://imgur.com/a/9uAW27H

britishchessnews.com

Minor Pieces 64: Alfred Lenton (2) - British Chess News

Last time we left Alfred Lenton in 1939, at the outbreak of World War 2. Although Alfred didn’t serve in the war, there were fewer opportunities for him to play … Continue reading Minor Pieces 64: Alfred Lenton (2) →
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sixthswan said:
has Some more bits about Alfred Lenton, in case anyone is interested.
This is from a website, which I have listed below.
Wouldn't want anyone to be confused and think that I knew Alfred personally, or that I possess a photographic memory of every single Leicester Mercury news article.

https://imgur.com/a/G0423cj

https://imgur.com/a/9uAW27H

britishchessnews.com

Minor Pieces 64: Alfred Lenton (2) - British Chess News

Last time we left Alfred Lenton in 1939, at the outbreak of World War 2. Although Alfred didn’t serve in the war, there were fewer opportunities for him to play … Continue reading Minor Pieces 64: Alfred Lenton (2) →
britishchessnews.com britishchessnews.com
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Thanks for that link.

I was talking to one of my customers about Alfred today. He never played him at chess, but knew him well from the local chess scene in the 60's. He has acquired Alfred's hand written annotations of his matches from the 50's and 60's and is planning to play them out to see how good he was. I'll print this for him as I'm sure he will be interested.
 
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