Friday, July 22, 2016

City of Leicester

My friend Anthony asked me specifically to tell him about my recent visit to Leicester, of which he has some fond memories from a visit many years ago.

We found Leicester a quiet city that we could unkindly describe as having "seen better days" as it has a good collection of fine buildings that date back to the industrial boom years of early 20th century or even earlier, a time when the midlands and northern England were the manufacturing power house of Great Britain.

Today Leicester is well known for its football team that performed well unexpectedly, but more deservedly for the remarkable discovery of the remains of Richard III under a car park. These two attractions are giving a badly needed boost to the local economy.. For us, we will never forget Kayal, the Keralan restaurant that produced dishes that could easily match any Indian restaurants that we have ever been to.  After all, Leicester boasts of a large percentage of residents of Indian ancestry.

Pedestrian mall covers a large part of Leicester CBD.

The Clock Tower


The XY Club, whatever that is.


Town Hall




Leicester Cathedral


Final resting place of King Richard III.

Keralan meal. My dosa was half eaten before we remembered the camera.


Leicester market place.



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