Calverton Colliery Remembered A supporter sent this image of Calverton Colliery before sunrise. The photograph was taken in the winter of its closure in 1993. Calverton was the first colliery to be opened by the National Coal Board in 1952. Whilst a housing estate was [ … ]
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Alan Henshaw BEM
Congratulations to long term Mapperley resident Alan Henshaw, on receiving the British Empire Medal for services to the Environment Fisheries. Alan was presented with the award earlier but attended the celebration garden party at Buckingham Palace today. As team leader at the National Coarse Fish [ … ]
David Whittingham and Porchester Garden Estate
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 [ … ]