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11 unusual facts about Leicester Square


3 Magic Words

The film premiered in the U.S. at the Harmony Gold Theater in Hollywood and had its European premiere in London on December 21, 2012 at the Odeon West End in Leicester Square.

Bill Richmond

After his retirement from boxing, he bought the Horse and Dolphin pub in Leicester Square and set up a boxing academy.

Brasenose College Boat Club

He once wagered he could walk the fifty-seven miles from Stones Chop House in London's Panton Street (near Leicester Square) to Brasenose in time for breakfast.

Eric Scarboro

In November 2004, his wrestling troupe, the Sensational I.W.F., were asked to perform at The Cafe De Paris, Leicester Square, to celebrate the 25th birthday of VIZ Magazine, before an invited audience of B, C and D-list celebrities and fans of the magazine.

Jean Taubenhaus

Gumpel took a few years to build it and it was first shown in 1876 at his Leicester Square home in London.

Justin Summerton

In 1997, Summerton did paintings and photomontage studies of Tenerife (Canary Islands), Spain, Portugal, and London (live painting at Leicester Square).

Kilometer 31

The film was released in selected cinemas in the United Kingdom, with English subtitles, on December 7, 2007 after its premiere at the Empire Cinema in Leicester Square on 6 November 2007.

Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington

The delay in raising him to the peerage was due to the hostility of George II, who resented Henley's former support of the Prince of Wales's faction, known as the Leicester House party; and it was in order that he might preside as Lord High Steward at the trial of the Earl Ferrers for murder in 1760 that he then received his patent.

Robert W. Paul

After some demonstrations before scientific groups, he was asked to supply a projector and staff to the Alhambra Music Hall in Leicester Square, and he presented his first theatrical programme on 25 March 1896.

Sonia Poulton

She earnt her living as a secretary for 3 years before working as a receptionist at The Empire in Leicester Square, where she says she saw an advert for the London Newspaper Group as an Editorial Assistant.

TRL UK

It was broadcast from London's Leicester Square from the UK's capital and the presenters would stand in front of glass windows facing down onto the street to the audience just like the U.S. version.


Berwick Street Market

The nearest London Underground stations are Piccadilly Circus, Oxford Circus, Tottenham Court Road and Leicester Square.

Europride

Following the parade, events were held in three of the capital's squares: a rally in Trafalgar Square attended by guest speaker Ian McKellen, and entertainment in Leicester and Soho Squares.

Hardnoise

The group are due to host an event in aide of DJ Swing (subject of a recent BBC documentary, Brian Daley aka DJ Swing is suffering from Multiple Myeloma and desperately in need of a bone marrow transplant) at the Rococo Club in Leicester Square in October 2005.

Horse Guards Parade

In affiliation with Brad Pitt's 2013 film World War Z, British rock group Muse, who performed on the soundtrack of the film, performed a free concert here on shortly after the premiere of the film itself at Leicester Square.

Peter Rees Jones

Jones initially took a position with a draper in Hackney before moving on to apprenticeships with William Tarn in Newington and then Stagg & Mantle at Leicester Square.

Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn

HRH Prince Henry was born on 7 November 1745 at Leicester House, London to Frederick, Prince of Wales, son of George II and Caroline of Ansbach, and his wife The Princess of Wales.

Ramsay Richard Reinagle

After his return home he painted for a time at Robert Barker's panorama in Leicester Square, and then entered into partnership with Thomas Edward Barker, Robert's eldest son, who was not himself an artist, in order to erect a rival building in the Strand.