by Robert Mee | Jun 10, 2025 | Latest News, Society News, Visits
This evening the Local History Society had a trip to Wingfield Station. The station, situated between South Wingfield and Oakerthorpe, is the oldest unaltered rural railway station in the world, and has been lovingly restored over the last few years. Around 30 members...
by Robert Mee | Jun 12, 2024 | Latest News, Visits
Walk up Angel Row in Nottingham, past the Bell Inn from the Market Place. You probably won’t notice it, but between the Barnardo’s Charity Shop and Nandos there is a doorway, a door into the past. The Society’s trip this year was a visit to the...
by hello@ctrlaltdesign.uk | May 27, 2024 | Visits
Members gathered in front of the lych gate at Mapperley church to hear Mu Stubbs give a general history of the village of Mapperley, the “clearing amongst the maple trees”. The lych gate was erected as a memorial to the three men of the village who were killed in the...
