Whittingham Road in the Porchester Gardens area of Mapperley takes its name from David Whittingham, one of the founders of the Garden Estates that were created for local people in the 1900s. On his death in 1918, his obituary included the words: It is no [ … ]
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A Tribute to St Anns Allotments
Thanks to http://www.porchesterpress.co.uk/ for allowing us to use this poetic tribute to the allotments at Hungerhill. The Soil is all the Richer The soil is all the richer, to have formed on Hungerhill Years of cultivation and domestication, with little time to play Industrial winds [ … ]