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Other Stuff in Leicester, Leicestershire*

Leicester, Leicestershire Stuff You Don't Get Anywhere Else

The Stuff We Can't Fit In Somewhere Else

• Why is Leicester called a city of surprises?
• There needs to be either a direct train or bus from leamington spa. The journey takes double the time it should. i know that this service would be a lot popular if there was a direct service.
• Every other shop in Leicester is now a pub. Sorry if every section mentions CASINO - but if you ask a fish to get you a newspaper, its gonna come back wet, ya getz mi!
• i love to build ramps but i have nowhere for them to go, if you know where we could put one and you have a few quid for some wood and nails then i will help you! contact me for info or ring me now on: 0780 977 410.
• Richars III's remains actally lie beneath a small nondescript red-brick office building at the bottom of King Richards Rd (strangely enough!). There is a plaque set into the building stating it.
• If you're thinking about living in Leicester, I would most heartily recommend Clarendon Park. Its fairly easy to find places for rent here in (a) the Leicester Mercury classifieds section, or (b) in the County News shop window on Queen's Road, or (c) in the housing office of Leicester University. It's clean, quite quiet, pretty much crime free, right next to a massive (and v.safe, clean etc) recreational area (Victoria Park), is 5 mins from Leicester Uni and 15 mins walk from De Montfort Uni and town itself. Has a couple of nice places to drink, and one good restaurant. Many takeaway food outlets. You'd be crazy to live anywhere else, in my opinion.
• Leiceter has it's own cybercafe just off conduit street
• The small village just south of Leicester called Countesthorpe in ye olde days used to be called 'Niffy Craddock'!
• For history nuts Leicester has quite a lot. Roman Forum remains and mosaics, Saxon churches (St Nicholas), Norman stuff and onwards.
• Now available the best of Asian Color Cosmetics at Saints Hair & Beauty Salon. We also specialize in a Herbal Hair Loss Oil. This Oil prevents further loss of Hair. IT WORKS. Saints Hair & Beauty Salon 184 Evington Rd, Leicester LE2 1HL Tel: (0116) 2731731
• I was studying at DeMontfort Uni last year. I was reading somewhere that there was a Robin Hood born in Rutland around 1390, the same time Robin Hood was supposedly born. He was also a criminal. (If you can call him that.)
• You forgot to mention that Leicester was the city that DNA finger printing was invented. (Did it help OJ get off?? no double entendre)
• Saints Hair & Beauty Salon, 184 Evington Road. Tel: (44) (116) 2731731/Mobile (0802) 494950 provides an excellent service for Ladies only. Waxing, Facials or Eyebrow Threading (Shaping)
• Invictor Plastics (Home of the Comic Relief Red Nose), Marconi are from here.
• Big companies such as Walkers Crisps, and Next are from Leicester. The Virtual Reality machine was invented and is made by the Leicester firm Virtuality. (The ones you see in Beatties).
• If it's cold, certainly do not try McDonalds or Pizza Hut, since they do the same mediocre shite American food that you can get in every other town in the entire world. This page is about Leicester. There are hundreds of better places to eat -- take a look at the places listed here.
• D Millward: If you're a tourist sort of person the Cathedral is nice and so are all the statues and stuff about Richard III who spent a night in Leicester before going to Melton Mowbray and getting his butt kicked (the locals are pretty proud of that for some reason).
  [BUT: Please note that Richard III "got his but kicked" at Bosworth, not Melton Mowbray.]
  The Cathedral grounds are a nice place to eat lunch if it's warm and if it's cold, try Mcdonalds or Pizza Hut. If you want adventure, try wearing totally white clothes in Highfields or Belgrave and see how cool you feel. If you need parking, Highfields is only a ten minute walk from Gallowtree Gate, just make sure you have an anti-theft device on your car. If you're into spirituality, every Eastern religion in the world is in Leicester. Try your hand in speaking Punjabe or Erdu. If you're feeling especially stupid, spend long lengths of time in St. Matthews. All the street names are from Canada to make you feel at home but the grott tower flats and the surveilance cameras are enough to make your skin crawl. Demontfort University is there so if you're looking for student co-eds, Leicester is the place, especially in the summer.
• True: Best is all of the "Marshmallow Fluff" sold in the co-op. Lamest is the fact that there's a lot of bitching, a lot of skaters don't get on. And, graffiti-wise, there's a lot of crossing out.
• Miles: The schools make excellent skating, every street facility you need is there. However we always get thrown off by the teachers. But we always go back again.

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Last updated: 2008-04-21