Hucknall, Co Operative House c.1965
Photo ref: H373016
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Photo ref: H373016
Photo of Hucknall, Co Operative House c.1965

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Hucknall, surrounded by coal mining villages and with its own sprawling suburbs, grew greatly in Victorian times but did not acquire much architecture of distinction. The north side of the Market Place (still a car park) was dominated by the Co-op, which expanded into the right-hand corner building of 1898. The statue in the niche on the left is of Byron. Currently (2003) all the buildings are being refurbished as flats over shops, and renamed, of course, the Byron Centre.

A Selection of Memories from Hucknall

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Hucknall

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Although I have lived most of my adult life in Australia, I still have happy memories of life as a kid in my home town of Hucknall during the 50's and 60's, even though times weren't easy. I covered many miles on my trusty Raleigh bike (it weighed a ton, but at least it was actually built in the UK!) around Hucknall, Linby, Papplewick, right up to Gunthorpe, and into Derbyshire. I fondly remember happy rides ...see more
Shop on the corner of Farley's Lane was the old dairy.
I remember going to the Goose Fair in Nottingham in the late 1940s and we used to stay with my Uncle Jim Bradbury in Hucknall. On the way back from one of these trips my dad bought some meal for the pigs (he and grandad had lots of them on an allotment), anyway it was late when we got back and Dad took it down the cellar, and unbeknown to Dad, Mum had saved coupons to get eggs and sugar and made a cake for my 2 brothers ...see more