Renewed Not Demolished: How Leicester's Inner City Decay Was Halted

🏛️📚 Renewed Not Demolished: How Leicester’s Inner City Decay Was Halted

Talk by Ned Newitt, Chair of Leicester Secular Society

🗓️ Sunday, 18 January

🕡 6:30 PM

📍 Secular Hall, 75 Humberstone Gate, Leicester (LE1 1WB)

🎟️ Free entry — please register via Eventbrite

🎙️ Hosted by Leicester Secular Society

This Sunday, Ned will explore the crucial World War II decisions that shaped housing in Leicester, and how the city chose a programme of renewal and improvement rather than large-scale demolition and rebuilding.

Ned was born in Southend-on-Sea in 1946, studied at Cardiff College of Art, and came to Leicester in 1971. From 1984–2003 he served as a Leicester City Councillor. He is a long-standing member of the Leicester Secular Society and is our current Chair.

He has written several books on Leicester’s history, including:
📖 The Secular Hall – A History
📖 The Anthology of Leicester Chartist Song, Poetry & Verse
📖 The Slums of Leicester
📖 My London Bomb Squad: An Eye Witness Account of Bomb Disposal During the London Blitz
📖 A People’s History of Leicester
📖 Leicester’s Victorian Infidels: A History of Rationalism & Secularism in Leicester 1830–1867

☕ All welcome — free admission, with tea & biscuits provided.

💜 Donations appreciated to support the volunteer-run Leicester Secular Society and help cover venue costs, refreshments, and future events.

Event Venue

Leicester Secular Hall, 75 Humberstone Gate, Leicester, United Kingdom

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