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.  | | 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.  | | 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
| 
