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 [ … ]
Category: People
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. [ … ]
Mapperley Says Farewell To Actor Peter Bowles
Mapperley can proudly lay claim to the career of actor Peter Bowles, who died recently at the age of 85. Bowles was best known for the hugely popular sitcom ‘To The Manor Born’. He made a success of playing the posh villain or the cultured [ … ]
The Tragedy Of Hillsborough
On the day that Nottingham Forest take on Liverpool in the FA Cup, local author Jacques Morrell reflects on his personal memory of the tragic events of 1989. Jacques writes: The most melodramatic and tragic event that I have seen unfold was the ill-fated FA [ … ]
Diary Of A Derbyshire Yeoman
Introduction On the 10th November 1942, the 1st Derbyshire Yeomanry Regiment sailed from the UK for North Africa. 19 year old Dennis Dawson was one of them. He had enlisted at Catterick on 23rd April 1942. His Army Pay Book shows his Army Number as 7958147. Apart from [ … ]
Ernest Never Chucked His Dummy
This is the story of Ernest Dawson. His life started in tragedy, then through the great war and to settling in the Mapperley area of Nottingham. This is Ernest. He was born on 15th October 1895. His mother died on 8th May 1898 when he only two [ … ]