We asked our followers for recommendations of garage door companies. Here’s what you told us. Replacement locks Paragon Locksmiths – Gedling – Tel: 07940826897 Replacement doors Betta Garage Doors – Nottingham – Tel: 0115 944 0022 DPG Garage Doors – Mansfield – Tel: 01623 461854 [ … ]
Memories Of Mapperley Brickworks
Whenever Nottingham’s old brickworks are talked about on local history sites, people tend to remember just one or two of them. Those that they lived near or played in as children. There were in fact many brickyards operated by several companies. One such company was [ … ]
Coppice Hospital To Hine Hall
The former Coppice Hospital in Mapperley is now named Hine Hall, after the architect and designer Thomas Chambers Hine. This was one of two 19th century mental health facilities in the Mapperley area of Nottingham. It opened as the Coppice Private Asylum in August 1859. [ … ]
Clothing Alterations / Seamstress
These are the recommended and local people offering clothing alterations / seamstress Oscar Valentine Bespoke Tailoring and Alterations – Mapperley Top – 07940429652 Halina Szostak Ladies Tailoring and Alterations – Based In Sherwood Arnold Alts Clothing Allterations – Call 01159985810 (shop) or 07568079731 https://www.facebook.com/clothingalt in [ … ]
Introducing Mapperley’s Multi-Linguist
Tutor Profile: Santosh Ghosh Hello! Bonjour! Guten Tag! ¡hola! My name is Santosh (Tosh for short), and though I was born in Liverpool, I now live with my wife and family in Mapperley. I attended schools in Liverpool, Bradford and then Worcester, where I did [ … ]
Where Are Our Civic Plaques?
Civic plaques are a popular way of remembering our history and people. The Mapperley area doesn’t seem to have many though. Why is this? Nottingham city centre has many, and so does the Beeston area. Surely our area has people and places that are worth [ … ]
Scrap Metal And Waste Collectors
These are our local waste carriers, licensed to collect scrap metal and appliances from the kerbside. Rather than leave stuff out for long periods, why not contact them and arrange collection. Baxter’s Waste Removals – Neil Baxter – Tel: 07734 262930 Paul Campbell – 07880800084 [ … ]
Cyril Stapleton And Jacky Pownall
Many thanks to Alan Smith for sharing this photo of the school class of 1924 at the Town Mission Ragged School, at Sneinton Market in Nottingham. The boy with the yellow dot above his head is Cyril Stapleton who went on to become a famous [ … ]
Lance Corporal Terry – Mapperley’s Commando
On a recent tour of the Commonwealth War Graves at Carlton Cemetery, we were shown the grave of Lance Corporal John Leslie TERRY, of the Grenadier Guards. He died on 29th August 1940 and was 22 years of age. What do we know about him? [ … ]
Middlebeck Farm – Mapperley Plains
We all know the ruins of Middlebeck Farm. We pass the location when we travel along Mapperley Plains near Coppice Road and Brookfields Garden Centre, but what happened to it? Thanks to a recent post on the Arnold Community Group and the contributions, we have [ … ]