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: [ … ]
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Document and Photographic Printing
These are businesses offering printing services in the Mapperley area, recommended and suggested by followers of Mapperley People. Sherwood Stationers – Arts and Craft Shop with document printing option – 535 Mansfield Road Sherwood – John E Wright for Signage, Exhibition and Printing – Blue [ … ]
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 [ … ]
Monthly Blog January 2024
Old Postcards It took until 8th January for our first post of interest and it came from a teacher at Carlton Digby School who asked: Does anyone have any old postcards (preferably written with an address and stamp) that I could use for a school [ … ]
Solicitors and Will Writers
Here are the local solicitors recommended as will writers by followers of Mapperley People LPAs4U offer lasting powers of attorney and will writing services. Drafted in 7 days and with free home visits including weekend appointments Crystal Clear Wills and Trusts Curtis Parkinson Rothera Bray [ … ]
Monthly Blog – October 2025
From Marple Square to the M31 Galaxy Marple Square Remembered Jo Singh sent us some photos taken by her father in the 70s and 80s. These are of the Marple Square flats on Woodborough Road off Cranmer Street. Built with its own neighbourhood shopping centre [ … ]
Monthly Blog June 2024
Mapperley People always enjoys posting items relating to the area’s history. With the Centenary of Woodthorpe Grange Park celebrated last year, we were pleased to be given this 1930 map showing Woodthorpe Grange Park in the early years. The things that stand out are the [ … ]
Monthly Blog November 2023
Relics of Old St Ann’s BBC East Midlands interviewed Mapperley’s modern and accessible farmer after Storm Babet had exposed some landscaping methods from the 1960s. John Jones at Woodborough Park Farm spoke about the floods and the land that was washed away, revealing thousands of [ … ]