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  3. Bygones magazine

    in General Chat about Nottingham

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    I buy Bygones regularly and on the whole enjoy the "lookbacks". Sometimes though it is not worth buying because as you say the amount of features relating to the main picture are not very much. I've not bought the last 2 issues as on looking through them I didn't think they were worth buying. I agree that they ought to have more reminiscing from readers but is the reason people aren't contributing much sometimes?

  8. Carrington Brewery

    in General Chat about Nottingham

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    I saw it on a map I bought from Waterstones yesterday (it was 1913 and not as I previously said). It's part of a series from alangodfreymaps covering Nottingham North (inc Mapperely and Carrington) - an old Ordanance Survey map and only £2.50 for each map (I ended up buying 8 of different areas of Nottingham!)

  14. Old Railway tunnels

    in Pete's Nottingham Transport Forum

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    Here's a quote below from an article about workhouses including Bagthorpe:-

    "The workhouse later became Nottingham Poor Law Institution then in 1937 was renamed Valebrook Lodge. The infirmary, originally known as Bagthorpe Infirmary, was called City Infirmary from 1930-37, then City Hospital. After the inauguration of the National Health Service in 1948, the workhouse section of the premises was initially known as City Hospital South. In 1951, it became Sherwood Hospital and provided accommodation for chronic cases until 1983. Most of main workhouse buildings no longer exist but the administrative block, chapel, and other surviving buildings now form part of Nottingham City Hospital."

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  21. Royal Mail?

    in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !

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    I had a card through my lettebox last Friday from the postman and it stated that the sender didn't pay the full postage and I would have to collect from the depot and pay £1.20 which includes £1 handling fee. After 21 days if I do not collect the item it will be returned to the sender.