{"id":6923,"date":"2016-04-29T11:46:07","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T10:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/?p=6923"},"modified":"2017-10-18T16:22:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T15:22:04","slug":"lcfc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/2016\/04\/lcfc\/","title":{"rendered":"Leicester, City of Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6929 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Rich_LCFC.jpg\" alt=\"Rich_LCFC\" width=\"211\" height=\"213\"><\/p>\n<h2>The city of Leicester&#8217;s star has truly risen.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From King Richard III&#8217;s visitor centre and the King Power Football Stadium, to Alchemy&#8217;s noble status as the alternative, creative royalty for almost 40 years &#8211; a last stronghold of Leicester\/UK design &amp; manufacturing! Producing jewellery celebrating our \u201cLast Plantagenet\u201d to creating badges for faithful Foxes fans, Alchemy has and continues to be indelibly associated with the city&#8217;s renown &amp; success.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/kingpower.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/kingpower.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/kingpower-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/kingpower-768x350.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/>Alchemy&#8217;s early, humble location in the Braunstone Gate\/West End area of the city was a mere stones throw from where King Richard III&#8217;s remains were originally believed to have been thrown into the river, and just a little further to where his bones were famously discovered, unearthed and re-entombed in the city&#8217;s cathedral. Turn around a little and throw the stone slightly further towards the Filbert Street area, within view of our first workshop, and you&#8217;ll find the city&#8217;s football ground, now re-named the King Power Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Alchemy, goths and footbal<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6932 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/aboutustop2.jpg\" alt=\"aboutustop2\" width=\"329\" height=\"114\">l might sound a strange combination, but, curiously, have a strong connection. With the Alchemy Directors&#8217; love of football, the biannual Whitby Goth Festival football match between Real Gothic FC &amp; Stokoemotiv FC (\u201cEl Gothico\u201d!!), darkly raising funds for unsuspecting charity.<br \/>\nAlchemy has produced many of the Premier League&#8217;s football club merchandise in the past and even sponsored a local football team, Groby Juniors FC, who have always had aspirations toward producing young talent for the LCFC squad! Maybe some of Alchemy&#8217;s sponsorship helped some of these youngsters on to Premier football status&#8230;who knows?&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6963 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Gothic-FC-1.jpg\" alt=\"Gothic-FC\" width=\"383\" height=\"186\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d like to think that Richard III would repay Leicester&#8217;s reverent celebration of him by supporting his adopted home&#8217;s amazing rise to fame and glory, whether it be the arts, creative industry, or sport. He&#8217;s already, clearly helped with the unprecedented success of Leicester City and their miraculous rise to power &#8211; Premiere League Champions 2015\/16!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Arise King Leicester.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.realgothicfc.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.realgothicfc.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6924\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/LEICESTER-CITY-BANNER1.jpg\" alt=\"LEICESTER-CITY-BANNER1\" width=\"980\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/LEICESTER-CITY-BANNER1.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/LEICESTER-CITY-BANNER1-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/LEICESTER-CITY-BANNER1-768x313.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6926\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/LEICESTER-CITY-BANNER3.jpg\" alt=\"LEICESTER-CITY-BANNER3\" width=\"980\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/LEICESTER-CITY-BANNER3.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/LEICESTER-CITY-BANNER3-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/LEICESTER-CITY-BANNER3-768x313.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/LEICESTER-CITY-BANNER2.jpg\" alt=\"LEICESTER-CITY-BANNER2\" width=\"980\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/LEICESTER-CITY-BANNER2.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/LEICESTER-CITY-BANNER2-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/LEICESTER-CITY-BANNER2-768x313.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city of Leicester&#8217;s star has truly risen. &nbsp; From King Richard III&#8217;s visitor centre and the King Power Football Stadium, to Alchemy&#8217;s noble status as the alternative, creative royalty for almost 40 years &#8211; a last stronghold of Leicester\/UK design &amp; manufacturing! Producing jewellery celebrating our \u201cLast Plantagenet\u201d to creating badges for faithful Foxes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6923"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8536,"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6923\/revisions\/8536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}