Thurgarton
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Family History
My parents married in this church on 10th December 1960.
I was christened here in 1962. My father's ashes were scattered in the churchyard in 1993. To my family this is a special place.
A memory of Rolleston contributed by julie morgan
Cotham Station
I have lived at Cotham Station Houses since 1978. The railway line was still in use them, and on a few occasioins members of the Royal Family stayed overnight, including Prince Charles and Princess Anne. We would be given Union Jacks to wave and take the policemen that were on duty cups of tea and bacon sandwiches. We saw Princess Anne eating her breakfast in one of the carriages and she waved to me and my friend.
I haven't been able to find a photo of how the station looked when it was here and don't know the dates of when it was built or last in use. I was told there used to be a school house as ...read more here
A memory of Cotham contributed by First Name Last Name
Great grandad's shop,
Ernest C Rick was my Great Grandmother's first husband. He owned this Gents Outfitters shop in Stodman Street, now it is Bakers Oven. I don't really have any information about him, only that he married Florence and had 2 sons. If anyone knows any more, please feel free to leave comments.
A memory of Newark contributed by dawn thomas
Newark market
I lived at the RAF camp at Coddington during my teens. I went to Sconce Hills school & later worked at Alec W. Adams in Lombard Street. In those days, as office workers we were required to work on Saturday mornings and afterwards, my friend & I would invariably walk round the marketplace before catching the bus home. If we missed the bus, they were few & far between in those days & many is the times we had to walk up Beacon Hill in all weathers! One of my brothers was born in Coddington & indeed, I was Christened at Coddington Church! (better late than never!) I love Newark still & although I don't get the ...read more here
A memory of Newark contributed by Margaret Geoge
Extracts From Thurgarton & Nottinghamshire books
The low two-storeyed rendered building on the left in the
middle distance is the 16th-century, timber-framed Saracen’s
Head. Here, in May 1646, Charles I spent his last night
of freedom. Tactfully, the pub changed its name from the
King’s Head to the Saracen’s Head soon after Charles was beheaded.
An extract from from"Nottinghamshire Pocket Album".
The low two-storeyed rendered building on the left in the
middle distance is the 16th-century, timber-framed Saracen’s
Head. Here, in May 1646, Charles I spent his last night
of freedom. Tactfully, the pub changed its name from the
King’s Head to the Saracen’s Head soon after Charles was beheaded.
An extract from from"Nottinghamshire Pocket Album".
Beyond the last building in
Poultry, with its colonnade over
the pavement, is Victoria Street,
with its grand Victorian palazzos
of commerce. The corner building
survives, although without the
oriel, as do most of the buildings
further up Victoria Street, which
are still used as commercial offices.
An extract from from"Nottinghamshire Pocket Album".
On the right is the old Exchange,
built in 1726. Besides numerous
shops within the building, there
were over 60 butchers’ stalls
or ‘shambles’. This friendly,
unhygienic mix was replaced in
1927 by the present Council
House, in an overpowering,
municipal baroque style with
a giant portico and towering dome.
An extract from from"Nottinghamshire Pocket Album".
The flamboyant hotel in the
middle distance was built in
1887 by the somewhat quirky
Nottingham architect Watson
Fothergill. Its lease expired in
1969, and its weirdly over-
the-top architecture was swept
away, to be replaced by the
utterly gutless Littlewoods store.
An extract from from"Nottinghamshire Pocket Album".