The Brickies

Saw the photo yesterday and it looks magical. So much of Georgian and Victorian Leicester remains, but huge swathes have been lost...
 
A decent point to be fair. But the brewery not longer exists, so there is nothing to advertise.

Still leaves a slightly unpleasant feeling in the stomach though.
 
:)

The clues are there. You just have to interpret them.

BLUE ARMY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
sixthswan said:
A decent point to be fair. But the brewery not longer exists, so there is nothing to advertise.

Still leaves a slightly unpleasant feeling in the stomach though.
Click to expand...
Used to love a pint of Shippo's in the Brickies, back in the day.

BLUE ARMY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Bruin said:
:)

The clues are there. You just have to interpret them.

BLUE ARMY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Click to expand...
Yes but not all of us are blessed with your intelligence, knowledge and mental agility, Bruin.
I must admit I hadn't seen the poster on the wall when I first looked at this photo.
Thanks for your assistance - again.šŸ‘
 
sixthswan said:
A decent point to be fair. But the brewery not longer exists, so there is nothing to advertise.

Still leaves a slightly unpleasant feeling in the stomach though.
Click to expand...
The original brewery doesn't but it is being brewed again. Frankly I always hated all the beer from Notts including Shipstones. Nowt to do with local pride, just never got on with it and it never got on with me either! It is no coincidence that when I moved to Nottingham I moved away from ales, what was on offer there I found rancid. It did indeed leave an unpleasant feeling in the stomach.
 
I've owned worse cars than that, BBB - over the years.
Marinas
Morris Oxfords
Ford Anglias
Simcas

All shyte
 
Anyone name the streets in the photo?
Struggling to place the location of the pub, as a kid, usually would access the ground via Raw Dykes to the turnstiles on the corner of Brazil and Burnmoor streets.
Dad would leave his bike in the back of one of the houses in Burnmoor for just a few pence.
 
It's a bit of a way from the ground, not fat from the Infirmary. It stands on the corner of Regent Road onto Welford Road.

Where those terraced houses on the rh side stood, is the entrance to an NCP car park now. If you are coming away from the game, cross Oxford St by Swan & Rushes up to Welford Rd by traffic lights and Brickies is right opposite. Cross Regent Rd, up the steps by the car park turning left onto Duke St, then right, then left to find the secret pub on your right. Soho will buy your first pint when we get back to normality. :)

BLUE ARMY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Living on the Monsell we would, in my early years approach from the south, very reminiscent of what the area was like in the mid-late 50s. Was not until I started drinking in the mid 60s that we would start in the city centre and walk down to the ground.
Regularly used a pub which was off Walnut st where the hospital now is, all I can remember is playing table football.
 
worked in Princess Road West in mid 70s and spent many a happy lunch break in the Brickies. Then dozed for most of the afternoons šŸ˜“
 
Some of my earliest memories involve being taken by my father, a season ticket holder, to Filbert St in the late mid 50s.
The photo, though not an area that I would have known, is very reminiscent of the streets between the ground and Welford Rd. As a family we never owned a car, getting to the ground was by bicycle, stored in Burnmoor St in one of the houses backing onto the Popular Side stand.

The above photo, though some 20 years earlier than anything I would have seen, is very evocative, just add some crowds and it could be any match day.
 
Should be preserved as a site of historic importance for no other reason than it was where I watched us win the Premier league when Chelsea drew with Spurs
 
I know someone who used to work in the nearby Crescent. He said there are tunnels under that building. One which leads into the direction of the Prison and another much larger one, that heads off towards the city centre.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top