Do you love to sing or listen to Gospel music? Sing it Bold’s repertoire consists of both Gospel and popular songs that you’ll love! We first posted about the choir in 2018 and since then they have one from strength to strength. Thankfully they are [ … ]
Category: People
Memories of St Anns Allotments and the Circus
The recent article A Tribute to St Anns Allotments brought back some fond childhood memories for Eric Parker. “My father had an allotment, right at the top of the hill. I remember the circus coming to Nottingham, at the Forest Recreation Ground. My dad was a [ … ]
Mapperley’s World Famous Gymnasts
Did you know that Becky and Ellie Downie grew up and attended school in Mapperley? The sisters are both British Artistic Gymnasts competing nationally & internationally on the Road to Tokyo and beyond. Becky says, “Before gymnastics I studied ballet, tap and stage dance. The dancing didn’t really work out [ … ]
Theatre Artist – The Mystery of Alex Toole
Having spent a good chunk of his life in the theatre business, local historian Bob Massey was doing a bit of research into some local equipment suppliers, when he came across an advert for the sale of stage curtains in the local area dated in [ … ]
A Migration Story – £10 Poms From Nottingham
Migration is a fascinating subject. Why do people pack their bags and move somewhere completely different? Whilst all will say they are seeking a better life. To seek a better life in a new country, there has to be a strong urge to get away [ … ]
Mapperley Plains by Christopher Isherwood
The acclaimed author Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) once wrote about Mapperley Plains, despite having not visited. This was whilst he was at Repton School in Derbyshire in around 1920. The school organised a balloon release, where a card with the name and address was attacked to [ … ]
Sticky Morales for your Funk and Soul
Sticky Morales have been performing for over ten years at private parties, weddings, corporate events and local pubs and clubs around Nottingham and country-wide. Guy Molyneux is the bass player with Sticky Morales and has lived in Mapperley for 10 years. They are an 8 piece Funk and [ … ]
Majestic Mapperley
Many thanks to Angie for her memories of Mapperley and the Majestic Cinema on Woodborough Road. I was born in 1945 and lived on Kenrick Road, there were very few cars then ,we used to go car spotting on Porchester road. Our vegetables were delivered [ … ]
There’s Talent in Them There Hills
Somewhere between Colwick Hall in the east and Wollaton Hall in the west, there is another Hall of considerable importance to Nottingham’s heritage. I am speaking of Jezz Hall, a dedicated and talented singer songwriter who can be found a “stones throw” from Mapperley Top. [ … ]
Let’s be Ready to Save a Life in Mapperley.
A few weeks ago, one of the contributors to Mapperley People highlighted the lack of a public defibrillator on Mapperley Top. The Plains View Surgery have one at the surgery near to the junction with Westdale Lane, but this is only available during surgery hours. [ … ]