April 2026 was a month of reflection Remembering Bodie On 25th April we remembered a popular local figure who died in February. Martin Bolus known to many as Bodie. His family and close friends invited everyone to an evening of music, stories, and togetherness to [ … ]
Category: Monthly Blog
Monthly Blog – March 2026
Roads – v – Footpaths Thanks to a Mapperley resident for sending us this short video that explains the new section of pavement at Mellish RFC. One footpath leads through to Killisick Lane and the Hobbucks Nature Reserve in Arnold. The second footpath runs parallel [ … ]
Monthly Blog – February 2026
Here’s what Mapperley people were talking about in February 2026. Topics ranged from Woodthorpe in 1960, car headlights and our neglected brownfield sites. Changing Woodthorpe How about this image from circa 1959, taken from Breck Hill Road (just above Maitland Road) looking over Melbury Road. [ … ]
Monthly Blog December 2023
A Month Of Wild Weather In the morning of the 3rd of December, we woke to a snow covered Mapperley. Unfortunately the snow was soon replaced by rain and various storms throughout the month brought misery on many of us. The villages of Lambley and [ … ]
Monthly Blog – January 2026
Farewell to Kevin Cooper On 3rd January we posted about the death of Kevin Cooper, the popular former owner of the Fruit Bowl grocery shop in Mapperley. His wife Joanne and children Emma, Danny & Matt wanted to make everyone in Mapperley aware as he [ … ]
Monthly Blog – December 2025
A Tale of Two Parrots On 2nd December we posted: Very important question: Does anyone remember Fred the Parrot!? 🦜 We are currently sat in The Old Flower Shop debating whether he was in the Pet Shop or the old DIY store? The answer soon came. [ … ]
Monthly Blog August 2025
Hearth and History White Cottage and Pelham House are two of the oldest properties on Woodthorpe Drive in Nottingham. Woodthorpe Drive was originally known as Scout Lane and was farmland until the late 19th century. Here’s their history, with thanks to @hearthandhistoryshop for researching them. [ … ]
Monthly Blog February 2024
Dragons Den Viewers of the popular television series Dragons Den will have seen Mapperley’s Issac Tambini seeking an investor for his company Pola Ice-Pops which operates in Sherwood. Isaac comes from a generation of Nottingham based Italian ice cream makers, the Tambini and Conti families. [ … ]
Monthly Blog March 2024
Calverton Colliery Remembered A supporter sent this image of Calverton Colliery before sunrise. The photograph was taken in the winter of its closure in 1993. Calverton was the first colliery to be opened by the National Coal Board in 1952. Whilst a housing estate was [ … ]
Monthly Blog July 2023
Farewell To Langdale Lightweights What happened to Langdale Lightweights? This specialist cycling shop and workshop on Westdale Lane was a well known landmark on Mapperley Top. We knew that the store had closed but were under the impression they were going to move. Emily Green [ … ]