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The Catfoot Lane Tragedy of 1944

Nottinghamshire is home to more than 20 memorials dedicated to aircrew who died during the Second World War. The details of these are found on various publications and websites. Memorials such as those in Annesley, Blyth, Calverton, Cotgrave, Farnsfield, Gonalston, Halam, and Hoveringham. One incident [ … ]

Mapperley’s Litter Pick

Calling all residents and organisations. Why not organise your own Litter Pick and help to keep our area litter free. The #MapperleyLitterPick is now up and running and we can assist you in arranging future events. Thanks to the support of private individuals, HSL Direct, [ … ]

Memories Of The Metropole

Located on Mansfield Road in the Sherwood district of Nottingham, the Metropole cinema was a wonderful art-deco gem. Here it is in the early 1970s, not long before it closed. Note the Esso petrol station on the corner of Elmswood Gardens, and ‘The Candy Shop’ [ … ]

Local Walks – Ploughman Wood

Whenever the sun is out in Mapperley it seems everyone gets out for a stroll. It took us 3 hours to walk from Mapperley Top along to Dorket Head, down through Woodborough and back to Lambley via the historic Ploughman Wood where we tookthis panoramic [ … ]

JGM Limited – Mapperley Property Developer

Mapperley People always looks to celebrate our area’s successes, and property developers JGM Limited are in that category. A local family business with over 20 years of experience in the property industry. JGM have grown into a progressive, privately-owned developer of homes nationwide, but with [ … ]

Coltsfoot Beer House

For centuries Nottingham people  have enjoyed getting out of the town and walking up to Mapperley for the views, and of course some liquid refreshment. In the mid 19th century, there was a small beer house in Mapperley that had an unusual name, Coltsfoot Beer [ … ]

Johnson’s Pond

Following a discussion on a ‘school memories’ group about the Mapperley Plains Primary School, which moved to its new site about 30 years ago, someone commented that the new building was on a site known as ‘Johnson’s Pond’. We asked whether anyone recalls this and [ … ]

Pub Quizzes

The question is: Where are our pub quizzes? Can you fill in the gaps? This is a general list and may change, so check with the individual premises. Monday Bread and Bitter Mapperley – Four Bells Woodborough – Mapperley Social Club – Duke of Cambridge [ … ]

Club Balaton Remembered

It is generally accepted that in built up areas, the maximum walking distance to a bus-stop should be 400 metres. Up until the 1990s, the same could be said for our pubs, especially those located within housing estates that were easy walking distance for local [ … ]