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Historic maps of Pleasley Vale and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Pleasley Vale maps
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Nottingham Photographic Memories
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Memories of Pleasley Vale
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I lived in Ridgeway, Langwith Junction. Mum would give me a shilling to go to the pictures matinee at the Empire on Saturday morning. It cost 7 pence to go in and 5 pence for sweets, it would be packed with kids, you coudn't hear the film for noise, but what fun. Then out of the pictures and up to railway... [more]
Shared on 12 March 2009
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]
Shared on 21 October 2009
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]
Shared on 09 December 2008
I recall living at 163 Mansfield Road in 1947, when we had real winter, close to Kitty Hibberts shop, this is now a Chinese takeaway. Across the road was cobbler Betts Hut at the top of Barnes Street, on the opposite corner was a walled allotment owned by a Mr. Horace Slack, this allotment had several apple trees, which we took... [more]
Shared on 05 May 2008
Extracts From Pleasley Vale & Nottinghamshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Pleasley Vale, inspired by Frith photos.
Newark Photographic Memories Pocket Album
For centuries, the repair of bridges and maintenance of roads was the responsibility of the parishes in which they were situated, though important crossing points were often maintained through a levy raised from a number of parishes. Between 1678 and 1695 the parish of Kelham was indicted on numerous occasions for failing to repair 'a footbridge situate near the eastern end... [more]
This is an extract from Newark Photographic Memories Pocket Album.
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Newark Photographic Memories Pocket Album
Newark owes much of its development to the fact that Henry I gave Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln, permission to divert the route of the Fosse Way through the town. In the late 17th century the main road from Nottingham to Newark went via Charlton (Carlton), Burton, Gunthorp (Gunthorpe), Horingham Ferry (Hoveringham), Bleasby Ferry and Stoak (Stoke) where it joined the Fosse... [more]
This is an extract from Newark Photographic Memories Pocket Album.
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Newark Photographic Memories Pocket Album
This view shows Trent Bridge with the Ossington on the left, the castle on the right and the spire of St Mary Magdalen in the background. One interesting fact about St Mary's is that the 252?ft-high spire is thirty feet longer than the ground plan of the main body of the building.
This is an extract from Newark Photographic Memories Pocket Album.
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