Experience 100 key Dates that shaped Leicester\'s history, highlighted its people\'s genius (or stupidity) and embraced the unexpected.16 February 1847 - The Whipping Toms, a group of men with license to whip any person remaining at the Shrove Tuesday Fair after 2 p.m., made one final stand before the tradition was abolished..
Experience 100 key Dates that shaped Leicester\'s history, highlighted its people\'s genius (or stupidity) and embraced the unexpected.16 February 1847 - The Whipping Toms, a group of men with license to whip any person remaining at the Shrove Tuesday Fair after 2 p.m., made one final stand before the tradition was abolished.