Huntingdon Street School On 2nd October Roy Manterfield shared his memory about Nottingham’s old Huntingdon Street School on the edge of St Ann’s, near the corner of Huntingdon Street and Woodborough Road. The photograph of the school building was taken in 1974, just before it [ … ]
Category: People
Monthly Blog – September 2026
On 5th September, Mapperley said farewell to Roger Bexon after Mellish Rugby Club announced: Yesterday we said goodbye to our former Bar Manager and a true Mellish legend, Roger Bexon. Roger was a long-time supporter of Mellish RFC and a much-loved and familiar face around [ … ]
Monthly Blog August 2026
August 2026 was dominated by nature’s power, from an eclipse, a devastating flood and a spectacular thunderstorm. Between 6 and 7pm on Wednesday 12th August, we were treated to a partial eclipse where roughly 90% to 96% of the Sun was covered by the Moon. [ … ]
Monthly Blog July 2026
July 2026 seemed a quiet month, probably due to the heatwaves and drought conditions. The heat must have been getting to us all, with several posts about missing cats and children’s cuddly toys. We posted: Does anyone know the history of this unusual property at [ … ]
Mapperley Skerry
Mapperley Skerry – Sandstone v Clay In simple terms, the geology of Nottingham is as follows. To the west of the A60 Mansfield Road are sand-fields and to the east are clay-fields. Most sandstone produced in Nottingham is known as Bulwell stone and has a [ … ]
Bespoke Wooden Gates
Recommendations by followers of Mapperley People for local businesses that can build a bespoke, strong wooden gates. The Bench Joiners Daughter – Timber Gate and Bespoke Joinery Specialist – Basford – Tel: 07500 440850 – Email: thebenchjoinersdaughterlimited@gmail.com MB Joinery and Building Maintenance – Arnold – Tel: [ … ]
Document and Photographic Printing
These are businesses offering printing services in the Mapperley area, recommended and suggested by followers of Mapperley People. From basic document printing (our libraries offer this service) to something more specialist such as Risograph printing at Dizzy Ink in Sneinton Market. Here’s what you told [ … ]
Welcome to our Sponsors – Carpet Style
Welcome to our sponsors Carpet Style the home of flooring in Nottingham. Born in Mapperley Carpet Style has been trading since 1981 — over 40 years. They started as a single carpet shop on Westdale Lane in Mapperley and have grown to three showrooms across [ … ]
Mapperley’s Travel Agents
Hays Travel Mapperley are our trusted high street travel agents, for fantastic deals on beach holidays, cruises, city breaks and travel money. The shop on Mapperley top has been a travel agency for many years and was part of the UK-wide expansion of Hays Travel [ … ]
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 [ … ]