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  1. Before Q.M.C. & midway city .

    in Lenton, Beeston & Chilwell

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    Thanks for moving my post on to this thread as it has more than I'd hoped for, with the map of Old Lenton showing Spring Close and lots of photographs so I can now try to find the 'White House'.

    My grandfather's name was Hibbert, a plate layer on the railway, but the family moved to Carlton where he became a coalminer before and after WW1. Maybe I should visit Commercial Street to see if there are any connections, so thanks for the information.

  2. Before Q.M.C. & midway city .

    in Lenton, Beeston & Chilwell

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    I'm looking for the White House, Spring Close, Old Lenton where my grandfather was a lodger and my grandmother's father was head of the household according to the 1911 census.

    Also in the house, and, I think, my grandmother's brother-in-law was William Wragg , a professional footballer who created Forest's first goal in the 1898 FA Cup Final which was scored by Arthur Capes.

    My father, 96, thinks the house in now under the QMC but I'd appreciate any help.

    David

  3. Carlton Hill

    in Kat's Carlton, Mapperley, Arnold & Sherwood Forum

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    Charley Glenn, there's a blast from the past, I remember a lot of them (all old boys too, ) Billy Hibbert, with the Port wine birthmark on his face, used to scare the life out of us kids with it too, Cyril Mann, little bloke, but he was stong as an Ox!! There used to be a Blacksmith in Carlton Square as a teenager he picked the anvil up and put it on the floor , he made the poor old Blacksmith pay him 10 Park Drive to put it back on his stone bench as he couldn't lift it himself!! Hughie Brittles, he was opposite Charlety Glenn, Bev Marriot (He would have lived just up from you) and ofcourse my Dad George Sheppard.

    I think Billy Hibbert is my Dad's (96 years old) Uncle Bill. Also, I think my great-grandfather Joseph Hibbert, a coalminer, was living with his wife Mary Perry, next door to her father Joseph Perry in Kirks Buildings in 1881. A few generations of Hibberts lived in this part of Carlton, but not me. I'd be pleased if anybody could shed any light on our history and my Dad still has a few interesting stories to tell about his childhood there.