Despite being almost a century ago, the name Nurse Waddingham is still remembered in Nottingham. Convicted of murder in 1936, she was the last person to be hanged at Winson Green Prison and there were 10.000 protesters outside the prison. Local Author Reviews The Case [ … ]
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Clina House
The residential area of Mapperley is made extra special because of the variety of houses that were built over time, as plots of land became available. This haphazard way the area has developed, has given us a wide variety of dwellings, some modest and some [ … ]
The Battle of Mapperley Hills
On Tuesday August 23rd 1842, Mapperley experienced an event known as the Battle of Mapperley Hills. Troops were used to break up a peaceful rally by Chartists, the working class movement which emerged in 1836 in London and expanded rapidly across the country. During the [ … ]