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Can You Hear The Leicester SingOnnn a tray, chips and beans chips and beans on a tray, chips and beans chips and beans on a trayoooooo -
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Leicester Fosse WWIThanks Foggen. To be fair, LCFC did all the hard work. I'm trying to cobble together bits from around the internet. Should have it finished soon. -
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The Leicester's in the Great WarBrilliant article, Leicester council should take a walk around welford road cemetery, as I did yesterday and hold their heads in shame.
Time has prevented me from finding the full list of 50 Leicester Fosse players, who fought in WWI. Will try to complete the list over the next few weeks.
Thank you to each and every one of them.
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Remembering World War I
By Mainstand First Published Monday 08 Nov 2010 - Rescued by Sixthswan
This report appeared in the then Leicester Daily Mercury on Tuesday, 26/11/1918.
The funeral of Miss Kathleen Adele Brennan of New South Wales, who came over to this country as a V.A.D. (Voluntary...
By NRSOUTH_FOX
Saturday 06 Nov 2010 Article Rescued by Sixthswan
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
The war to end all wars?
In a wasteland of...
Inspired by Guinness.
A stunning strike by Ross Barkley ensured Aston Villa won their opening four games in the top flight for the first time in ninety years.
The midfielders late strike took all three points back down the M6 in a game in which up to that stage both sides had huffed and puffed...
East meets West and third meets second when The Villains of Aston travel to Filbert Way to face the most depleted side in the Premier League.
Brendan Rodgers confirmed Caglar Soyuncu is out for a number of weeks whilst Jonny Evans and Jamie Vardy are doubts with niggles. James Maddison is fit...
Match perview
Lester Vs Asston Viler
Diss sunday nite seeings battel off Eastern Midlunds vs Western MIdlunds, with 2 smellyest clubs 😷ever clashings at King kong Powder Arena. Thang god it behind close door wiv no fan cuz stink wood reaching cov and gasings us normal peoples!
Belief it or not...
Most of these songs are from the Sixties and early Seventies and the lyrics were hand-written from memory by Greg Chapman and given as a gift to Bentleys Roof back in 2012. Now that 'The Roof' has moved on with their IT this is the first time that the songs have been available for you to read...
Copied over from the old site.
northleicsblue Posted on 29/10/2018 11:58
One of the things not many people outside of Leicester would know about our dear departed Chairman.
At Leicester City FC there is a garden of remembrance just behind the ground. Next to one of the benches in there, on...
fowlpenlooney Posted on 02/10/2012 08:33
Of course Young scored ,he always scored against us!but it was a very soft goal,Banksy misjudged the shot and it went under his body and into the net,cue for thousands of delighted Mancs to invade the pitch,i would not take any notice of Leicesters...
bip63 Posted on 28/09/2012 14:20
I think the Man U game will always live with me, first ever game? comebacks? debuts? what is your most memorable?.
ericsteel Posted on 28/09/2012 14:24
Shrewsbury FA Cup '82.
bip63 Posted on 28/09/2012 14:37
That was some day Eric, and something that will...
Army Service
As I was in between intakes, I had to wait along with 3 others before a Platoon was formed so for half a week went around in civvies, this was proving to be nothing I had ever witnessed before, subjected to Army rules and regulations from the moment you stepped foot into Camp...
I told you I started work at HTH Pecks on West Bridge in the print room and after a month there, I started to learn to print on a Platan machine which was an early printing machine, very basic....... which consisted of a round ink tray at the top, the body was where you clipped in your printing...
In between all of this mother passed away but we were not allowed to attend the funeral (too young) so Granddad said, then my formal education started as I left Hazel Street and started at Narborough Road in 1948..... this was the ultimate eye opener, bullied from the outset as I was only about...
The Early Years Part I - published by Kendal - 3rd July 2012
I was born in Bond Street Nursing Home a few yards from the Clock Tower in 1937 so I'm told. My first abiding memory was at a young age being taken to see my gravely ill mother at the LRI..... I didn’t know it was Mum as I was...