At the junction of Market Place and Biggin Street is a pair of large emergency exit signs... outdoors. Why would anyone need an emergency exit sign outside? Well, my theory is that people would need a way out should anything happen during a crowded event... like the fair... P.S. After I initially wrote this article, I found a second, temporary sign outside the Odeon on the Cattlemarket. Must be the fair, then!

 There are some things in the UK that seem exceedingly peculiar. Bizarre, even. The unfinished Pipi Brothers Buildings is one of them. The Pipi Brothers Buildings are situated at the eastern end of Cooper Street in Belgrave, Leicester, on Belgrave Road, also known as the Golden Mile for its large range of Indian shops and jewellers in particular. The peculiar thing is that they are still unfinished after more than sixteen years! Planning history indicates that the first proposal for the buildings occurred in 1995, which was to build a two-storey and three-storey printworks. Permission was renewed in 2001, and construction probably started after this, as construction works are visible in Google Earth satellite imagery in 2006. In 2007 and 2008, the plans were revised, with the buildings now becoming up to four storeys tall. After this, construction went on at a snail's pace. In 2017, a further planning application resulted in the proposed use of the new buildings being changed from ...

Here are various photos of Highland Drive on the Grange Park estate in Loughborough taken in September 2022.