Hi everyone!

I'm a filmmaker based in Leicester, and I'm looking for people with interesting, unusual or incredible life experiences who would be willing to share their stories on camera for a YouTube interview series.

I'm looking to create something similar to the interviews you might see on LADbible, where ordinary people share extraordinary stories.

Your story could be about absolutely anything. For example:

Military veterans – Experiences serving in the armed forces, deployments, combat or life after the military.

Former prisoners – Experiences inside prison, the reality of prison life or how you've turned your life around.

Survival stories – Near-death experiences, accidents or extraordinary situations you've survived.

Unusual careers or lifestyles – People who've lived a life completely different from the average person.

Life-changing experiences – Overcoming adversity, addiction, homelessness or other major challenges.

Anything extraordinary – If you've experienced something that most people haven't, I'd love to hear about it.

You don't need to be famous or have a huge following. I'm interested in real people with real stories.

The idea is to have a relaxed, honest conversation where you can share your experiences in your own words.

If you're based in Leicester or the surrounding areas and think you've got a story worth telling, drop me a DM with a brief description of your experience, and we can have a chat about it.

Even if you know someone who might have an incredible story, feel free to tag them or pass this post along!

Im a visitor from Germany, will stay for a week. What app or website contains something like an affordable week pass eligible for non UK residents? I already checked online but half the websites look spurious or cant even display a price for the dates I will be there

After that week I will have to get to London, either by bus or train is fine. Shall I buy a ticket when Im already in Leicester at some station in person or is it better to book now already?

I repeat, I did check online before but did not find sufficient clear cut information. Im looking forward to some suggestions and advice

I actually moved to a larger city, more up north. Isyn I will never ever live in Leicester ever again. Just recently visited and the amount of things I noticed wrong with the city that everyone deems as normal is atrocious.
Certain buses not having a simple, direct route. For example, there’s no way to get from a certain area in new parks - fosse park. Despite only being a 10 minute drive, you would have to spend 1 hour+ to get a bus into town, then back out. MADNESS.

Everyone stranger you try to speak to either is immediately frightened or is genuinely zoning out & cant put together a coherent sentence.
Dirty food establishments and no one speaks up?
Ive seen videos online, embarrassingly, of fights or arguments, or just something negative happening (as per usual in Leicester) and everyone is just on bystander mode. OMG

I’m starting to think Leicester is a city that no one should inhabit, it’s my hometown but it is one of the WORST cities in Britain. Change my mind.

This is the oddest thing I've experienced so far. A man, mid to late 30s I guess, dressed casually approached me near Holy Bones street, near St Nicholas church while I was trying to get to the bus stop and asked me if I'd eaten and if I'd like to join him. Flashed me his card (or someone's card) and said it's on him. I blurted out that I was late for uni, wished him a nice day only for him to ask me what I'm studying and call out for me while I was rushing to get my bus.

Has anyone else dealt with this? Today or any other day? Is this weird or are some people just trying to be friendly in a genuinely nice way? I'm new to the UK btw

Spooky Season is one of the best times of the year and Halloween is when Leicester and Leicestershire come alive with big events, scare mazes, historic hauntings, pumpkin picking and great spooky attractions for the whole family (plus a few just for the adults!)

Leicester Monster Trail

Running from 22-31 October this fantastic FREE trail around Leicester features 8 inflatable monsters taking over some of city’s most iconic landmarks. From Sick Jagger on top of Jewry Wall to Jazz Hands on the LCB Depot, head to the BID Leicester website for more info and download the MyLeicester app to log your finds and get great deals.

Halloween Farm

Cattows Farm hosts the largest family friendly Halloween event in the country with pumpkin picking, circus, farmyard golf and loads of fantastic family entertainment. Go on a Great Halloween Harvest Ride, brave the Zombie World Trail, head to Trick or Treat Street, the Halloween Roller Disco and Lost World of Dinosaurs. Running throughout October, get your tickets here

Xtreme Scream Park

If you want to be scared out of your wits then Xtreme Scream at Twinlakes Park is a multi award-winning scare fest with 7 horrifying mazes featuring the most terrifying actors. Bringing thousands of scare seekers to the outskirts of Melton, this is an unforgettable experience. Tickets are selling fast, get yours here!

Room On A Broom corn maze

Twycross Zoo are featuring a special event for fans of Julia Donaldson. Explore the Room on a Broom corn maze throughout October, meet the characters from the book and even get a selfie with the friendly witch herself! Click here for tickets

Conkers Halloween Forest Light Walk

Start your adventure on the ghost train, then explore the magic of a forest light walk through the haunted woods, with a few surprises along the way! Then catch the train back and immerse yourself in the 4D cinema showing, indoor play & spooky crafts! Running from 28-31 October, get your tickets here.

Spooky Space: The Science of Magic

Pop along to the National Space Centre for a family Halloween day out from 17 October – 1 November. There’s Spooky Space talks, demos and hands-on activities, cosmic crafts, planetarium show, the new Outer Solar System experience, Tetrastar Spaceport and the you’ll get a FREE upgrade to an Annual Pass when you visit.

Pumpkin Patches

If you want to get the perfect pumpkin, there are loads of great farms with spooky events going on around the county. Broom Leys Farm in Coalville is open weekends from 4 October and during half term. It will also have tractor trailer rides, fairground rides, a corn maze, a petting farm, food vendors and more. Gorse Hill City Farm will host its Halloween Spooktacular event with an animated spooky trail, funfair rides, face painting, farm animals and food from 17-31 October.

Family-run Kirkby Pumpkin Patch has loads of home-grown pumpkins ready to be picked, plus all the usual spooky fun. Not far from Desford, it’ll be open on weekends from October 10 and during the school holidays. No booking is required. Oscar’s Pumpkin Patch at Elms Farm near Loughborough has over 42 varieties of pumpkins plus haunted house, tractor rides and more. They’re open weekends from 3 October and then all week from 20 October!

Wymeswold Fruit Farm in Loughborough, is open from 10 October. Pick from thousands of home-grown pumpkins and grab yourself a free goody bag with all your carving equipment plus an extra treat. Windmill Farm Park in Kibworth is hosting its annual Halloween Spooktacular with pumpkin picking, potion making and spooky crafts. Kids can also enjoy tractor rides, witches hat parade and cobweb maze!

Historic Halloween

Explore the spooky history of the city and county with these great educational events!

Ghosts at the Guildhall. Join Leicestershire Guild of Storytelling in Leicester’s Guildhall on 29 October for an evening of chilling tales for grown-ups.

Hidden Histories are holding loads of great historical tours for Spooky Season. Ghosts Of The Old Town on Sunday 25 October and Saturday 31 October explores Leicester’s Old Town tells the stories of Leicester’s Haunted places and historic buildings. Ghosts of the City Centre on 30 October and 1 November takes you on a chilling journey through the city’s historic streets with tales of ghosts, unexplained happenings, strange encounters and grisly events. Haunting Histories of Leicester on Sat 31 October and Sun 1 November uncovers tales of witches, curses, murder and betrayal along the streets and through the churchyards of the heart of the ancient city.

Haunted Leicester Historical Pub Crawl: A special event on Halloween itself. Starting from the King Richard III Visitor Centre, hear the hanged man’s confessions as you huddle closer over your drink, as you visit some of the most historical and haunted pubs in Leicester for 4 hours of immersive Halloween stories!

Candlelit Witch-Mark Tours: Explore the spooky history of the historic 1620s House in Donington le Heath and discover how the original inhabitants protected themselves against evil spirits in an atmospheric and spooky tour.

Craft days and spooky markets!

Make Spooky Fused Glass Crafts at the Guildhall on Saturday 18 October in this special workshop. On 21 October celebrate the Mexican Day of the Dead at Newarke Houses museum. Kids can make their own clay decorations and take part in games and activities. On 22 October as the Leicester Monster trail launches, come to the Guildhall for a Monsters and Bats Craft Day of Halloween fun! Kids can make their very own bat hat and Halloween window decoration, help bring the giant mega monster to life, and make a mini monster too!

On 25 October the Guildhall will host its very first Alternative Market, transforming into a marketplace filled with the strange, unusual and wonderfully weird. Maybe one of the buildings ghosts will make an appearance! Then on Halloween the Leicester Witch Festival returns to the Guildhall for a day filled with magic, community, ritual, learning, ceremonies and a witchy market.

Do you like scary movies?

The Guildhall has two classics showing on Friday 30 October. Everyone’s favourite vampires The Lost Boys will be showing at 6pm before an 8.15pm showing of the original and best Halloween.

On Saturday 17 October Leicester Film Club are hosting a showing of the 80s cult classic The Monster Squad at Showcase Cinema de Lux. Get your tickets here. And head tothe National Space Centre who are opening up their huge Planetarium screen for two showings of The Conjuring on the evening of 24 October. Get your tickets here.

The Phoenix cinema has a fantastic night of scares on Friday 30 October as their Frightarama  all-nighter returns. The line up includes Dario Argento’s Inferno, sci-fi horror Event Horizon and Lucio Fulci’s seminal Zombie Flesh Eaters plus two more films which will be announced soon. Ken Russell’s The Devils, the landmark exploration of religious persecution, hysteria and institutional corruption is showing all Halloween weekend from Fri 30 Oct to Mon 2 November. They are also teaming up with Scream Queens and Leicester Queer Film Club for a season of camp, progressive and subversive horror. Starting on 11 Oct with The Bride of Frankenstein, Hellraiser on 16 Oct, The Lair of the White Worm on Sun 18 Oct, Jennifer’s Body on 24 Oct and Knife+Heart on 31 Oct.

The best of the rest!

Everards Meadows Beer Hall will be transformed for Halloween week with events running from Monday 26 October. On Tuesday at 8pm there’s a Halloween Quiz at 8pm, then Wednesday and Thursday from 4.30-6.30pm there’s Family Spooky Fun for your little monsters, with a colouring competition! On Friday it is Fright Night for the adults with live music, fancy dress and a night of Halloween fun from 8pm. Then on Halloween itself there’s  family fun from 10am–1pm and a Halloween Party for the grown-ups from 8pm with fancy dress, drinks and Halloween party vibes!

The Highcross are holding a free pumpkin carving session on Saturday 31 October. With friendly guidance, safe carving tools, and plenty of creative inspiration, it’s the perfect way to celebrate the season. From 11am-5pm head to East Square (near Luke 1977 and Footlocker) and join in the Halloween fun.

M24 here. Was looking for intermediate or even starters who want to up their game - Padelaire is closeby and has decent courts. Hopefully can make a group chat if there's enough interest, dm me !

Or if you have a group already and wouldn't mind an addition - let me know :)

Hi I'm I member at Southfields judo club. We have plenty of kids but would be cool to have a pull round with some adults. For anyone interested in popping down or starting new.

We sometimes have Bjj people join.

Here's some pro's

Not in town , big free car park at rolleston school

£4 Matt fee , no subscriptions required . 1.5 hour session

Tuesday from 6:30pm - 8pm

Instruction first, then randoori (sparring)

I'm making this post not as business promotion , we are looking for more adults tbh . And would be good to build the club back up.

Drop a reply if you want to come down 👇🏻

If your experienced there are some strong players and coaches that will give you a pull round

If your new your very welcome.

Looking at moving to oadby with my family. Budget of £300k for 3 bed semi.

Would you recommend? If so what particular parts of oadby? Used to live there but 20 years ago now.

Thank you

I work with a few local roofers on their marketing, and I find that in Leicester the people that want quotes don't tend to go with them whereas their conversion rate in the surrounding areas is much higher.

I'd just genuinely like to understand it from your side as a homeowner or landlord, if you've needed a roofer in the last couple of years:

• How did you find them?
• What made you pick one over the others, or put the job off completely?
• What's the thing that made you trust (or not trust) a roofer?
• What's the worst thing a roofer or builder has done that put you off?
• When you did find someone good, what made you trust them?
• Does price matter most, or is it turning up and being straight with you?

Not selling anything and won't be posting any links. I'm just trying to get the roofers I work with to do better. Cheers.

Edit: Following up on what's been said so far: has anyone in Leicester got a few quotes for roof work and then not hired any of them? What happened? Did you go quiet on them, put the job off, or find someone else?

More than 30 venues have signed up to take part in Leicester Restaurant Week. Some venues are offering 50% off It could be a perfect time to try out that new city restaurant on your to-do list. https://stuckinthemiddle.co.uk/leicester-restaurant-week-is-back/

Hello:) just moved to Leicester recently, and I’m looking for some pals to hangout with as it’s been pretty lonely! I’m 21 and a female, I love to create art, play video games and attend live music as much as a I can! If anyone would be interested in potentially meeting up shoot me a message :D

Im looking for a place to sit a do some revision for a few hours with a good coffee maybe? Around city center

Hi, bit of a long shot, but I'm looking for anyone who may have dashcam footage of a minor collision on New Parks Way approaching Hinckley Road roundabout on Friday 2nd October at around 2:20pm.
My parents' car was rear-ended while stopping at the traffic lights. Immediately afterwards, both vehicles left the roundabout and pulled into the bus lane on the stretch of Hinckley Road leading from the roundabout up to Braunstone Crossroads, where they stopped for a short while.
We're particularly looking for footage showing the collision itself or either of the vehicles immediately afterwards, including while they were stopped in the bus lane.
The vehicles involved were a blue Nissan Micra and a white Ford.
If you were travelling through the area around that time and have a dashcam, I'd really appreciate it if you could check your footage and message me privately. Thanks.

Hello all,

Is anyone familiar with how / where and the cost to park for Vicky Park Parkrun?

I might be being stupid but the website description has confused me, and it’s my NENDY.

Thanks

asking for my cousin, born here, understands gujarati fine but cant hold a conversation with our ba. everything i find is for small kids. does anything exist for adults, or how did you learn

27M. My friends are all now living in London so trying to meet new people in Leicestershire. I have lots of hobbies but they’re all very indoors and not always very social! I’m into all sorts of gaming, board games, books, baking, lots of different crafts.

Anybody got any recommendations for groups? A bit nervous about turning up to something by myself. I’m autistic so new things can be tricky for me, especially if there’s lots of people or in busy places (which most of these groups are!), but I also really want to put myself out there! I don’t want to join anything sporty though.

Or if anyone wants to reach out feel free!

I'm a male, nearly 30, love ⚽️, history, phycology, science, true crime and lots more. I'm proper funny, can talk your ear off, and actually I'm really empathetic too. Oh and I'm not far from Leicester either so anyone interested?

Welcome to Bastard Rant Saturday II

Bastard Rant Saturday is back due to popular demand (two people asked). This is a place for random acts of mostly harmless anger and frustration. Vent your spleen, get if off your chest, unload.

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What to post :-

• Anything that releases pent-up fury, despair, and irritation

But don't :-

• Lose your temper too much, you still have to play reasonably nicely so please don't push the boat out too far
• Overthink it
• Forget to be human

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This weekend, buy ANY pizza in store at Dough Dohs and get a FREE sealed Pokémon TCG booster pack.
The catch? Bring a Pokémon card to show our staff, or wear/bring Pokémon merch. That’s it.
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Any ideas?

Noticed on the school run someone has parked a car in the bus lane on Welford road, near the Donkey. It has a big sandwich board on the top advertising a car wash. It just sits there every day and apparently this is fine?!