Fantastic night De Montfort Hall seeing Showaddywaddy
#leicester

#OTD 20 April 1829 - The first #publicexecution in #Leicester on the new drop since the construction of the new County Gaol took place.
For public executions, temporary scaffolding was erected outside the main gates; this attracted huge crowds.
On #EasterMonday , 1829, three

#OTD 18 APRIL 1865, Boorn’s #Circus paraded through the streets of #Leicester , announcing their arrival in the town. As the procession made its way down Humberstone Gate, preceded by a crowd of excited children, seven-year-old John Moore ran in front of a horse-drawn carriage and

#OTD 17th April 1817, six #Luddites were hung 'on the new drop' in Infirmary Square #Leicester for machine breaking at Heathcote and Boden's factory at #Loughborough . The six men, William Withers, Thomas Savage, John Amos, Jos Mitchell, John Crowther, and Rodney Towles, went to

#OTD ' 16th April 1847, work began on the Victoria Parade, linking Gallowtree Gate to Market Place in #Leicester . The removal of an old house allowed the creation of a new thoroughfare, and by December 1847, new shops lined the road. Posts were erected at each end to stop carts

After hitting an iceberg on 14 April 1912 , RMS #Titanic went to her watery grave on #OTD April 15 at 2:20 a.m., she broke apart with well over one thousand people still aboard
Although the loss of the Titanic shocked the world, one #Leicester family lost a loved one in the

#OTD 14 April 1843. The Gilmore Convict Ship set sail from #Sheerness to start her voyage to Van Diemen's Land #Tasmania
The Surgeon Superintendent onboard the Gilmore described the mass of two-hundred and fifty-four prisoners as ‘the most atrocious and troublesome characters

#OTD 13 April 2017 #MaundyThursday ...I walked the Royal Procession into Leicester Cathedral.....
#QueenElizabethII
#Leicester Cathedral
#Leicester
#Royalfamily

#OTD April 11th, 1890, the world lost Joseph Carey Merrick, a man famously known as #TheElephantMan , as he passed away at the London Hospital in the bustling streets of #Whitechapel , #London .
#JosephMerrick was born in #Leicester in 1862. The eldest of three children born to

#OTD ..... 8 April 1908...The funeral of P.C John 'Tubby' Stephens took place. A #Leicestershire #Policeofficer , he was #Englands heaviest constable, weighing 23st 3Ibs. He is said to have inspired the song 'The Laughing Policeman'.
He is buried in Welford Road Cemetery.

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#OTD 7th April 1832, Joseph Thompson, a farmer, went to #Carlisle to sell his wife, both having agreed to part. A large crowd gathered as he offered her for 50 shillings. After an hour, the price was knocked down to 20 shillings, together with a Newfoundland dog as an incentive.

#OTD 6 April 1872, the new Cattle Market opened on #Aylestone Road in #Leicester . Originally held on Horsefair Street, the last Wednesday #market on this spot was on 3 April 1872.
Initially, weekly markets were held on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and the #MidlandRailway opened a

#OTD
On 28 March 1774, an advertisement appeared in the #Leicester Journal stating that the building materials of the four gates – North Gate, South Gate, East Gate and West Gate – would be sold at auction at The Three Crowns Hotel. The East, West, North, and South Gates were to

MY BBc Radio Leicester interview today......scroll to 10:49

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This is a memory of memories.....This was the wreath that went on #RichardIII coffin. I had the honour of taking it into #LeicesterCatherdral the night before Richards reinterment. I walked it into the Cathedral,and stood by his coffin with it. Felt so humbled to be holding this

#OTD 25 March 1864, Detective Inspector of the #Leicester Borough #Police Force Francis 'Tanky' Smith resigned after 24 years of service. He later became Leicester's first private detective, and one of the real-life inspirations for #SirArthurConanDoyle 's legendary

New Trial Announcement!!!!...... Due to the overwhelming success and positive feedback received from last year's #PeppermintBillyTrial held at The Guildhall Leics Museums we are excited to announce that we will be hosting yet another questionable trial. This time, we will be

#OTD 10th March 1936, a #DailyTelegraph report described #Leicester as ‘a progressive city' and, according to the League of Nations Bureau of Statistics, Leicester was the second most prosperous city in the world. So how did it earn this accolade?
Employment prospects,

Interesting debate going on on various social media pages. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
#TheLostKing
#RichardIII
I don't hate the film, but, after watching it, talking to people who were there, rewatching documentaries, and even being involved in the reinternment myself, there are