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 [ … ]
Category: Monthly Blog
Monthly Blog July 2024
Daffodils and Dirt Readers may be interested to hear that Nottingham born actress Samantha ‘Sam’ Morton has ventured into music and has a new album out. One of the songs is dedicated to our Hungerhill Road in St Anns and another is named Highwood House [ … ]
Monthly Blog September 2025
3rd September Despite the optimism of the new cafe and shop at the Spencer family’s Spring Lane Farm it was a very sad day at the farm today when their oldest Labrador Tess gained a place at the forever farm in the sky 🐾 🤍 [ … ]
Monthly Blog August 2024
August 2024 The Sky at Night On 12th August we posted: Local photographer Steve Komarek managed to capture a few shots of the Perseid Meteor shower last night from his garden in Carlton. This was the best one. Steve used a Canon 6D MkII, 50mm [ … ]
Monthly Blog September 2024
September 2024 12th Sept That’s it for the former pub on Oakdale Road. The Tally Ho opened in 1962 changing its name to The Bakersfield in recent years. It has not operated since 2021 and planning permission was sought to demolish it and build on [ … ]
Monthly Blog June 2023
June 2023 Remembering The Tragedy At Sandford Road. For those who are living away from Mapperley, here’s the latest photo of 2 Sandford Road. We’re not sure why the development is delayed, possibly waiting for permission to fell the trees. Here’s the sad reminder of [ … ]
Monthly Blog January 2023
January 2023 January 2023 was, like the weather, a mixed month. Despite a quiet month for businesses and with those that can having taken a holiday somewhere, the Mapperley People Facebook page kept on top of the issues in the area. Car Key Burglars made [ … ]
Monthly Blog August 2022
AUGUST 2022 Golfers, Bakers, Podcasters, Tour Guides Despite it being the holiday season and the weather being so good, our Facebook page reached 310k people. Fantastic figures for a community page representing just three postcode areas. It was also a busy month, despite many people [ … ]
Monthly Blog September 2022
September 2022 Pheasants and Funerals September 2022 was a month of mixed emotions in Mapperley. It started with celebrating our new community moving into at Alexandra Place on Mapperley Plains. https://www.mapperleypeople.co.uk/help-to-buy-success-for-… We were then treated to some photographs from a Mapperley resident who discovered a [ … ]
Monthly Blog February 2022
February 2022 February was eventful for a number of reasons. We have trawled through the posts on Mapperley People’s Facebook Page. The posts reached over 140,000 people and one of them was a BBC news reporter who picked up on the story of our ‘Good [ … ]