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Take
a look at our 'Old Leicester in colour' picture gallery by clicking
on the "Sense of Place" button
If these pictures are not enough there's more.
Here's a chance to step back in time and take a peek at Leicester
City Centre in colour in the 1970's. Look through any newspaper
and all the pictures of old Leicester are in black and white.
These
show Leicester as a grey, dull and grainy place. But it was a vibrant,
colourful and energetic city - just as it is now.
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| De
Montfort Hall |
On
Sunday 26th September 1971 Mick Dolby, a freelance designer and
artist from Markfield took his father-in-law to Leicester Station
to catch a train to Newquay.
He
also took the opportunity to take these stunning pictures in colour
on his new camera - a Yashica Electra. We'd like to thank Mick for
sharing the pictures with us.
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| Town
Hall Square fountain |
Have
you got colour pictures of Leicester tucked away in old photo albums
that you'd like to share with us all? We'd love to see them.
It
may be a wedding in Pocklingtons Walk with fantastic scenes in the
background, a bus trip to Bradgate Park or a trip to Filbert Street.
If you have then e-mail our editor, Liam McCarthy, he's the only
one round here to remember past back beyond 1980.
Send
us in your old colour pictures
of Leicester.
Take
a look at our 'Old Leicester in colour' picture gallery by clicking
on the "Sense of Place" button
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