Mansfield, Nottinghamshire

Nursing

I was nursing at the hospital from December 1952, and the photo that is shown is of the old Nurses' Home, which you went into in your second year, or when on night duty in the part of the building at a right angle on the left. This meant that you had a single room instead of sharing. All the sisters... [more]

My time in Harlow Wood  

I was in Harlow Wood Hospital on and off for about 3years, first in Ward 1 which was a boys' and men's ward, it was also called Portland Ward, and Sister Langton was in charge. I was about 10 and when I first went in I was surprised that they had school every day. Then I went into Ward 9, Sister... [more]

Nottinghamshire Living Memories

Going back under the railway viaduct, we ascend Toothill Lane to its junction with Leeming Street, which crosses the foreground. The timber framing on the corner building is not genuine; it and the render conceal 18th- and 19th-century brick and stone houses (the furriers is now an estate agency). The two distant gables further downhill belong to the 1920s Handley Arcade, which passes behind... [more]

Nottinghamshire Living Memories

Mansfield lies some 14 miles north of Nottingham and to the west of Sherwood Forest. It is a town with sprawling suburbs and a centre marred by ring roads and the enormous Four Seasons Shopping Centre (1972-76), which demolished much of the northern part of the old town. However, there are good parts surviving on its hilly site, and the Market Place is thriving. This view was taken... [more]

Nottingham Photographic Memories

Electric trams were now replacing horse trams and rebuilding was taking place on Long Row. In the background is the Exchange; although the largest building in the market place, it was not grand or overpowering.