Here is a list of musicians and singers recommended as tutors by followers and residents in the Mapperley area. Generally, most tend to offer a free introductory lesson and advise people to try a few tutors before committing to one. Singing And Vocal Tuition: Sarah [ … ]
Mapperley’s Writers
We invited our readers to tell us about the authors, poets and writers with strong connections to the area. Here’s what we have learnt so far, listed in alphabetical order: ANDREWS, Tom Tom is the Police Historian for Nottinghamshire and has published The Greatest Policeman?: [ … ]
The Plains Squash Club And Chick Zamick
Many of you will be unaware of The Plains Squash Club at the junction of Plains Road and Gedling Road. The club was demolished about 20 years ago and was replaced by the Mapperley Heights apartment block. The Plains Squash Club was a modern two-storey [ … ]
Mapperley’s Gold Medal Winner – 1912
One of the most satisfying aspects of managing the Mapperley People page is the enthusiasm of local people to help others in researching and identifying family history. After the death of his ‘Nan’, Robin Phillips was sorting through her personal effects and discovered an item [ … ]
Clina House
The residential area of Mapperley is made extra special because of the variety of houses that were built over time, as plots of land became available. This haphazard way the area has developed, has given us a wide variety of dwellings, some modest and some [ … ]
Garage Doors
We asked our followers for recommendations of garage door companies. Here’s what you told us. Replacement locks Paragon Locksmiths – Gedling – Tel: 07940826897 Replacement doors Betta Garage Doors – Nottingham – Tel: 0115 944 0022 DPG Garage Doors – Mansfield – Tel: 01623 461854 [ … ]
Memories Of Mapperley Brickworks
Whenever Nottingham’s old brickworks are talked about on local history sites, people tend to remember just one or two of them. Those that they lived near or played in as children. There were in fact many brickyards operated by several companies. One such company was [ … ]
Coppice Hospital To Hine Hall
The former Coppice Hospital in Mapperley is now named Hine Hall, after the architect and designer Thomas Chambers Hine. This was one of two 19th century mental health facilities in the Mapperley area of Nottingham. It opened as the Coppice Private Asylum in August 1859. [ … ]
Clothing Alterations / Seamstress
These are the recommended and local people offering clothing alterations / seamstress Oscar Valentine Bespoke Tailoring and Alterations – Mapperley Top – 07940429652 Halina Szostak Ladies Tailoring and Alterations – Based In Sherwood Arnold Alts Clothing Allterations – Call 01159985810 (shop) or 07568079731 https://www.facebook.com/clothingalt in [ … ]
Introducing Mapperley’s Multi-Linguist
Tutor Profile: Santosh Ghosh Hello! Bonjour! Guten Tag! ¡hola! My name is Santosh (Tosh for short), and though I was born in Liverpool, I now live with my wife and family in Mapperley. I attended schools in Liverpool, Bradford and then Worcester, where I did [ … ]