Mapperley Tunnel and Gedling Colliery Mapperley Tunnel is a disused railway tunnel that runs below Mapperley Plains, where it meets Arnold Lane and Gedling Road. This 1044 metre tunnel was built for the Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension of the Great Northern Railway. This line ran from [ … ]
Mapperley’s Old Police Station
We recently posted a photograph of the wrought-iron entrance gate of the rather neglected former police house at 649 Woodborough Road (opposite the top of Porchester Road). This became a police station in around 1904, two years after the tram reached that location and a [ … ]
Top Dogs Mobile Dog Grooming
Julie Barnard set up Top Dogs Mobile Dog Grooming service in 2009. As a Mapperley resident who keeps several dogs herself, she is ideally placed to care for your dog. Her mobile service has the added benefit of coming to your home or place of [ … ]
Introducing The Freckled Ferret
Mapperley has a superb illustrator in our midst. This original artwork is intended to bring a smile. It is available too, in the form of gifts, clothes and prints that bring joy and colour to everyday. Ruth Woodcock is from Gedling and uses the name [ … ]
Music And Singing Tuition
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 [ … ]