Angela Grant was born in Mapperley and went to Carlton Cavendish School. At the age of fifteen she moved to Newmarket in Suffolk to be a stable-girl working with horses. She shares some memories with us. I was born in 1945 and lived on Kenrick [ … ]
Category: People
‘Help to Buy’ Success For Mica and Luke in Mapperley Plains
When first time buyers Mica and Luke were looking to buy their first home in Mapperley, they were already aware of the Government’s Help to Buy scheme after friends had used it. When the pandemic started in 2020, the couple (both in their 20s) moved [ … ]
Memoirs Of A Former Police Officer
First Hand Account Of Front-Line Policing In Nottingham. ‘The Sharp End’ is a new book that details the career of former Nottinghamshire police officer Tom Andrews. Tom lives in Woodthorpe and his memoirs of an action packed career that included three murder arrests. Is there [ … ]
Memories Of The Old St Ann’s
A book was published by Plowright Press in 2002: St Ann’s Nottingham: Inner-City Voices was a compilation of memories written by people who lived and worked in St Ann’s before the demolition of the homes in the 1970s. 30,000 people were rehomed and some left, [ … ]
Wheelchair Accessible Places
We recently posted this message sent to our Facebook page I love wildlife but currently need a wheelchair if walking more than 5 minutes. Where are the best wheelchair accessible places locally to see birds, flowers, trees? Alternatively, where are the best benches that are [ … ]
Birth Certificate Found Hidden In Mapperley
We were contacted by Olivia who has been renovating her home on Kenrick Road in Mapperley. After removing an old electric fire, they found a birth certificate hidden deep in the chimney breast! It was an original birth certificate from 1882 and related to a [ … ]
Mapperley’s Bees and Bee-Keepers
The Mapperley area has had many bee-keepers over the years, with many producing honey for sale. The area is a haven for bees and other wildlife, due to the established gardens and trees. This article has been produced with assistance from Damyan Velkov who now [ … ]
Mapperley Couple Hosting A Ukrainian Family
Mapperley family Michelina and Richard Primrose arranged to host a family fleeing Ukraine were frustrated by the lack of support by Ryanair at Krakow Airport in Poland. Azamat and Venera Muminova with their two year old daughter were seeking safe haven with a British family, [ … ]
Introducing – The Wandering Lyricist
Introducing Gary Pollard – The Wandering Lyricist Gary Pollard and his family have lived in the Mapperley area for the last ten years. The Wandering Lyricist is the title of his book of poetry released in 2019 book, which has these reviews on Amazon: A [ … ]
Mapperley’s Musical Maestros
The Kanneh-Mason family are well known as Mapperley’s Musicial Maestros. Let’s remind ourselves of who they are and what they have been up to. The Kanneh-Masons are seven brothers and sisters aged between 12 and 25. All of them play either violin, piano or cello. [ … ]