Leicester Georgians

New on All Things Georgian, 'A Prison Romance - Guest Post by Elaine Thornton' - wp.me/p3JTNy-7oC #MondayBlogs

New on All Thing Georgian, 'The fashion for Spring 1826 featuring Urling's lace' - wp.me/p3JTNy-7p9 #MondayBlogs

@BeanHundred @TourGuideLiverp @createstreets Average council has had 50% of their income cut in recent years so many have hardly any officers to do the telling. Plus, if shop ignores contact then you're looking at going to court, with all the delays that brings.

@TourGuideLiverp @createstreets How much funding do you need to tell shops to change their signs?

The good news is local planning authorities can prevent this nonsense with a clear, popular, visual shop front design code. Here is …

@__vren__ @litch74 @createstreets But that doesn’t contradict what the poster you are responding to said. Issue is some small businesses will not read codes/guides and go ahead with ugly changes. Then takes years for enforcement to work it's way through.

@litch74 @createstreets it literally does work. the secret ingredients are monetary fines followed by seizure of property.

To mark the end of the National Lottery Heritage Fund project at Wymeswold church, a one-day symposium on The Reverend Henry Alford and A.W.N. Pugin, and 19th century church architecture in Leicestershire, is being held. You can book a ticket here: shorturl.at/ZLjUd

CFP and save the date - 11 April 2026. A grand day out at the wonderful, grade 1 listed Wymeswold Church in Leics. @LeicsArchHisSoc @LeicesHCT

New on All Things Georgian, 'How did employers recruit their servants in the 18th century?' - wp.me/p3JTNy-7lF #MondayBlogs

New on All Things Georgian, 'Who was Sir James Mansfield?' - wp.me/p3JTNy-7iU #mondayblogs

@firoozye @sharghzadeh They dont jet wash. They potentially use low pressure steam cleaning, if anything. The former risks damaging the substrate, activating underlying salts in the masonry and/or creating conditions for loads of biological growth (i.e. staining).

@sharghzadeh Oxford and Cambridge Universities do this. What tribes? 🤣 The hate is just plain silly. 🤣

Power washing is a red tribe / blue tribe thing

New on All Things Georgian, 'An Explosion in Portsmouth, Hampshire, 1809' - wp.me/p3JTNy-79S #mondayblogs

New on All Things Georgian, 'Guest post by Nick Bromley 'Cakes and Ale: Mr Robert Baddeley and his Twelfth Night Cakes' - wp.me/p3JTNy-7aH #MondayBlogs

New on All Things Georgian, 'Marianne Baillie (1788-1831) – poet and travel writer' - wp.me/p3JTNy-7d7 #MondayBlogs

Our #HeritageOpenDays festival is returning for 2025! From 12-21 Sept, explore Leicester's hidden history with tours, talks, events and exhibitions to showcase the city’s rich architectural heritage. Hidden gems will be opened up for free! Story here: ow.ly/l4cI50WQmsl

Join the Heritage Hub & friends at le.ac.uk/botanic-festiv… Learn about the At Risk War Memorial Project @ARWMP and watch the @NorthantsGuild weavers, spinners and dyers work their magic! @MuseumWigston will be joining us to talk about Framework Knitting 🥳tickettailor.com/events/uolbota…

Still places left on our free oral history festival coming up on 12 Sept. More details here: eastmidsoha.home.blog/2025/07/29/emo…

New work announcement! Huge congrats to Rosemary Sweet and Richard Ansell for 'No Country for Travellers? British visitors to Spain and Portugal, 1760-1820.' Did we mention that it's open access? Do yourself a favour & take a gander: uclpress.co.uk/book/no-countr…

The Leicester Branch of the Historical Association is delighted to announce its programme of events for the 2025/26 academic year. This year's programme will be held in collaboration with the Northampton Branch. All talks are free of charge. history.org.uk/branches/categ…

EMOHA's 2025 Festival of Oral History has family history as its theme & is coming up on 12th September. It's free, has a mix of speakers & workshops, & you can find more info & book a place here: eastmidsoha.home.blog/2025/07/29/emo…

We are pleased to announce that we will once again be holding a joint ride with @RideLeicester on Ride+Stride day this year! You can find out more and sign up to take part here: letsride.co.uk/rides/ride-lei…