Well - that brought back memories! When I was a student (in Leeds) in 1964, I spent 3 months in Leicester on a work placement. I lived at the YMCA Hostel in London Rad, which was next to a pub called, if memory serves, the "Victoria". The pub had an upstairs bar, reached by a separate staircase in the yard, and this was the venue for music on 2 or 3 nights each week. Folk on a Friday, Blues on a Saturday and Jazz on a Sunday - I supplemented ny grant by working in the bar on music nights. The owner was an ex-army captain called Tony Collis - a chap with a handlebar moustache who'd run mule trains in Crete during the war, and he was ably assisted by a huge, beaming barman from Co. Claire called Brendan.

I saw many great performers at the "Vic" - anyone else old enough to recall the place?