One of the most satisfying aspects of managing the Mapperley People page is the enthusiasm of local people to help others in researching and identifying family history. After the death of his ‘Nan’, Robin Phillips was sorting through her personal effects and discovered an item [ … ]
Tag: great war
The Mystery Of Park House In Mapperley Park.
Mapperley Park is a conservation area and one of Nottingham’s most prestigious residential locations. It is noted for its distinguished Victorian and Edwardian properties, set along attractive tree lined avenues. It seems though that not all of these mansions survived. One of them was named [ … ]
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 [ … ]
WWI Zeppelin Raid – How Many Bombs Hit Mapperley?
In the early hours of Sunday 25th September 1916, a German airship bombed Nottingham city centre. The Zeppelin then passed over Mapperley where it dropped at least one high explosive bomb. A house on Hickling Road was badly damaged. A descendent of the Wilson family [ … ]