Burton Joyce, The Poplar Walk c.1965
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Photo of Burton Joyce, The Poplar Walk c.1965

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Main Street crosses Church Street, the A612, to become Station Road as far as the railway line, which runs between the village and the river. Beyond the still- functioning railway station, the lane reverts to its pre-railway name of Stoke Lane, and heads for the Trent between an avenue of fine Lombardy poplars. The hedge on the right has been replaced by a fence, but the poplars remain intact.

A Selection of Memories from Burton Joyce

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 Burton Joyce

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One of the self-closing 'kissing gates' where the watercourse from under the Cattle Arch (St Helen's Grove) reaches the Trent. All the riverside land was owned by Nottingham Corporation (Stoke Farm or Bulcote Farm) back then but now Severn-Trent, I believe. A favourite walk, for many, along the bank of the river.
I started school here in September 1966. I remember driving up in my dad's van from the Crossing House at 23 Trent Lane where we lived for my first Day in Mrs Marson's class. The first year classroom was at the far end of the school in this picture.