Mapperley will always be grateful to have been home to Freddie Mercury’s family for over 20 years. Some knew the family, some knew where they lived. Some had heard the rumours and weren’t sure it was true. It was true and we want to share some [ … ]
Category: People
The Baron, Ballet Dancer, Bond Girl And BBC Doctor
Mapperley Remembers The Grant Family – Woodthorpe Drive Many of you will remember Dr Michael Grant and his family that lived at the top of Woodthorpe Drive during the 1980s. Michael’s first wife, Isabel Padua was from the Philippines, where they lived in the 1970s. [ … ]
The Soil Is All The Richer
A Poetic Tribute To Hungerhill The soil is all the richer, to have formed on Hungerhill Years of cultivation and domestication, with little time to play Industrial winds and those of change, supplemented the gardener’s skill Brick, coal and human dust, now settled on Mapperley’s [ … ]
Welcome To Our Sponsors – Key Mortgages
Welcome to our sponsors Key Mortgages – Nottingham’s 5 star rated Mortgage and Insurance broker. Key Mortgages was only formed in 2020 but has gone from strength to strength. With a team of mortgage advisors and client managers, and with clients all across the country, we [ … ]
Electricians
Here is a list of electricians in the Mapperley area recommended and suggested by followers of Mapperley People: Daniel Cook – DC Electrical Services – Based in Mapperley – Tel 07522 935449 – dkucook.elec@gmail.com East Midlands EV – Experienced electrician, specialising in domestic EV charge [ … ]
Alan Henshaw BEM
Congratulations to long term Mapperley resident Alan Henshaw, on receiving the British Empire Medal for services to the Environment Fisheries. Alan was presented with the award earlier but attended the celebration garden party at Buckingham Palace today. As team leader at the National Coarse Fish [ … ]
Akshata’s Beauty Bar
Mapperley People welcomes Akshata’s Beauty Bar to Mapperley Top. Akshata’s Beauty Bar are specialists in threading, tinting, lashes, lash lifting and brow lamination. With over 10 years of expertise in the beauty industry, Jayanti brings her passion and skill to Akshata’s Beauty Bar. Not only [ … ]
332 Spring Lane – Mapperley Plains
There’s been a lot of interest about a dilapidated house at 332 Spring Lane on Mapperley Plains. Various social media sites shared photographs of the property. Whilst the property itself is actually quite modest and fairly typical of the area, it is the story behind [ … ]
Time For You – Nottingham
Is it time for you to fall in love with your house again? Sarah at Time For You Nottingham manages a range of domestic cleaning services in the Mapperley area. Whether you’re a busy professional, a parent/carer juggling everyday life or someone who simply values [ … ]
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 [ … ]