Andrew Simpson

Now, I am only at the beginning of the story of Ms Sloane, who was born in 1871 and died in 1965, but already it promises to be a fascinatin...

An occasional series on the village and township of Knighton, as it was and as it is today. Knighton in 1834 In 1846 Knighton was des...

The fun of being a tourist is that you often see a place differently. You are seeing it for the first time and with that usually comes a cur...

S o, if you want your own bit of history there can be nothing better than a splendid inscription on the side of your house. We were in Knigh...

Now I have yet to find a portrait of any of the Knighton electors who were eligible to vote in the General Election of 1841. Election...

N ow the city of Leicester is somewhere I have only recently discovered. Belgrave Gate, 1902 And there is till much to explore, so I am plea...

N ow the city of Leicester is somewhere I have only recently discovered. The Market Place, 1902 It is home to the remains of King Richard 11...

Now being from London I grew up with a shedload of songs about my city, and because dad was from Newcastle Upon Tyne there were plenty to st...

I doubt many of the customers of the London Road Co-op in Leicester give much thought to the history of the building. It is pretty much wha...

It seems a deceptively easy question to answer. And it is, if you are the first resident in a new build or you have the deeds. Th...