Hucknall
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Hucknall books (3 available)
Newark Photographic Memories
Paperback
Nottinghamshire Living Memories
Hardback
Nottinghamshire Pocket Album
Paperback
- 4 photos on Hucknall appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Hucknall
- Read extracts and see photos from these books on Hucknall and Nottinghamshire
Hucknall memories
Read and share memories of Hucknall and Nottinghamshire inspired by Frith photos
Goose Fair
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 birthdays, well did he not plonk the meal down on top of this cake, I am sure they heard my mother back in Hucknall the way she raved at Dad. I would love ...read more here
Contributed by Jean Bradbury
Nottinghamshire memories
Goose Fair
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 birthdays, well did he not plonk the meal down on top of this cake, I am sure they heard my mother back in Hucknall the way she raved at Dad. I would love ...read more here
A memory of Hucknall contributed by Jean Bradbury
Eastwood, Beauvale School 1956
I started Beauvale School in 1956 when I was 5 years old. At that time I lived with my parents at number 53 Raglan Street, Hilltop. I walked to school and back every day with my mum. I have fond memories of the old school and was there for 6 years and then my dad found work outside of Nottingham. My dad used to work at Moorgreen Pit in the NCB Workshops. I only wish that all schools were like this one today. I can also remember going and working in the school allottment on the opposite side of the road which I really enjoyed.
A memory of Eastwood contributed by David Burrows
Waiting at school
The lady on the photo is my Mum. She was waiting to meet me out of Beauvale School. The baby in the pram was a neighbour's little girl, my friend Teresa. ( We are still friends today.) Teresa was 10 years younger than me, so I would be nearly 11 at that time.
Years later, from 1965-67, after 7 years at Nottingham High School for girls and 3 yrs.at teacher training college at Thornbridge Hall, in Derbyshire,, I went back to Beauvale as a teacher ! Sadly my Mum died on Jan, 5th 2008.
A memory of Eastwood contributed by Sue Mounsey
Extracts From Hucknall & Nottinghamshire books
From Newstead Abbey the route heads four miles south to Hucknall, which also has Byronic associations: in this church
Byron was buried in the family vault after his body had been brought home from Greece in 1824. St Mary Magdalene’s
church runs west from the Market Place and was heavily Victorianised and extended – the new chancel’s foundation stone
was laid by the Duke of Portland in 1887. The medieval tower is the oldest part of the church now, but the churchyard is a
haven of green in the town centre.
An extract from from"Nottinghamshire Living Memories".
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.
An extract from from"Nottinghamshire Living Memories".
The Church 1890
In this picture the ancient village church
looks brand new; it was. The Reverend
Edward Hadley had All Saints completely
rebuilt between 1886 and 1888, and paid
for it himself.
An extract from from"Newark Photographic Memories".
The Church 1890.
In this picture the ancient village church
looks brand new; it was. The Reverend
Edward Hadley had All Saints completely
rebuilt between 1886 and 1888, and paid
for it himself.
An extract from from"Newark Photographic Memories".
King Street is the location of the former market place,
which was built over many years ago. Also along here is
the timber-framed Saracen’s Head. In 1646 it was known
as the King’s Arms; it was here that Charles I spent his
last hours of freedom before surrendering to the Scots.
An extract from from"Newark Photographic Memories".