Tucked away in the loft of a 1930s Mapperley house, next to the eve, roofers found a dusty old woollen overcoat. On closer inspection it was found to date back to the second world war, and issued to a Civil Defence volunteer. Could it have [ … ]
Category: History
In The Mapperley Footsteps of D.H. Lawrence
In June 2026, James Walker published an article by John Pateman about a walk through Mapperley by a group of academics and members of the D.H. Lawrence Society on his Substack Blog – An Absolute Necessity To Move Mapperley Park The D.H. Lawrence Society, in [ … ]
Mapperley’s Florence Nightingale
Josephine Louise Angois was a volunteer nurse in the 20th century’s bloodiest war, who lived an extraordinary ‘ordinary’ life. With assistance from the Royal College of Nursing Service Scrapbooks, Mapperley can proudly claim this remarkable woman as our own ‘Florence Nightingale. Angois’ father, Paul Angois, was [ … ]
Nottingham General Cemetery
We are pleased to promote the great work done by a group of volunteers in clearing and tidying the area around Commonwealth War Graves Commission graves at Nottingham General Cemetery. The Facebook Group states its purpose as: To promote the many interesting private and military [ … ]
Mansfield Court an Art-Deco Gem
Mansfield Court is an art-deco apartment block situated on Mansfield Road at the edge of Mapperley Park, opposite The Forest Recreation Ground. They are one of the earliest apartment blocks in the city and the design looks great even today. A reader messaged us after [ … ]
White Cottage and Pelham House
Tucked into the leafy slopes of Woodthorpe Drive in Nottingham stand two neighbouring properties that have quietly borne witness to more than a century of local transformation. White Cottage and Pelham House are fine examples of early suburban architecture. They represent the personal histories of [ … ]
The Little Shop With Many Memories
In July 2025, we came across this photograph of The Little Shop on the Old Nottingham Pictures group. 1983 The Little Shop, 876 Woodborough Road, Mapperley. Anybody remember this? Sally Williams certainly did. She was able to recall the various names that the shop had [ … ]
Nurse Waddingham – The Sherwood Murder Of 1936
Despite being almost a century ago, the name Nurse Waddingham is still remembered in Nottingham. Convicted of murder in 1936, she was the last person to be hanged at Winson Green Prison and there were 10.000 protesters outside the prison. Local Author Reviews The Case [ … ]
Private Kenneth Wagstaff (1925 – 1944)
Kenneth Wagstaff lived with his parents in St Anns Nottingham. Like many of his peers, he joined up to serve in the Second World War, but unlike most of his peers, he never returned Pte Kenneth Wagstaff was ‘killed in action’ just three days before [ … ]
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’ [ … ]