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Thank you! Chris Gilbert was a baker and confectioner. However, it all began years before my grandmas time. I remember grandma telling me that Christopher and his wife Mary lived in the only house on what is now 'mapperley top'. There was a swing gate which allowed access from the fields and footpath to their house. Walkers from Woodborough/ Lambley would come and knock on the door asking if there was anywhere to get a cup of tea. Chris Gilbert saw this as a business opportunity and decided to make the tea rooms. Then some time later the bakery started. All of Grandmas family work

Hi, I've not written on this page before so forgive me if I'm doing it wrong! Just by sheer chance I have been doing some research into Mapperley Tea Gardens because Christopher Gilbert and Mary Gilbert were my Grandma's grandparents and I miss hearing her stories so I wanted to see if anyone remembers the tea gardens. I am quite knowledgeable about the history of the tea gardens and could talk for hours about my Grandmas wonderful stories growing up in Mapperley and with her Grandad Mr. Gilbert. The tea rooms were on the site where coop is and the gardens were where the car park is now. They