Nostalgic memories of Sneinton's local history

Share your own memories of Sneinton and read what others have said

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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Hello I have just started to trace my family tree and found out that my great grandparents had a shop at 50 Pierrepont Street, Sneinton, Nottingham. It was a sweet shop my great grandmother ran and her husband Herbert was a Blacksmith. They both were born around 1876-1877. Herbert came from Gainsborough and Alice, Nottingham Sherwood then it was called. They had 4 children, 3 died, 1 ...see more
Betty and I were brought up in Davidson Street, Sneinton just before the Second World War. It was a small back-to-back terraced house with an outside toilet. One of my first recollections was being bathed in the small kitchen sink and the woman who lived next door talking to Mum. It was snowing. Later they made a snowman and put a pipe in his mouth. It was great fun. When war broke out we moved to 3 Hoten ...see more