Karlton 582 Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 Bluebell hill, Where were the bluebells when it was so called, I wonder. And crocus street the meadows I suppose the meadows were full of crocus. not many about nowadays. Redhill was it so called because of the red clay I wonder 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 Crocuses in the Meadows. http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/books/hammond1926/frontispiece.htm 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karlton 582 Posted May 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 Thanks for that Cliff, Yep there were crocuses in the meadows. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 Bluebell hill, Where were the bluebells when it was so called, I wonder. From the 1830s, years before any houses were built. Blue Bell Hill is marked (below the word 'Town') and I'll guess there really were bluebells then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 Not forgetting the many places round Nottingham with the word 'Cherry' in them. It seems there were cherry orchards everywhere...must have been a sight in flower. Thousands strolled to Wilford each year for the Cherry festival...A bit like the strawberries at Wimbledon nowadays,a popular pastime.......wonder why they all disappeared? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,674 Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 I lived on Cherrywood Gdns off Porchester Rd and Gardenia Grove , Mapperley .....not even sure I would recognise a gardenia ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 And Cherry Orchard Mount at Bestwood........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 When I were a lad there were wild raspberries around Glade Hill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 Last time I saw them was Dovedale.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tony1 118 Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 I wish I had a pound for every place once known as Bluebell Woods, in this country. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karlton 582 Posted May 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 #4 thats quite possible Cliff. Thanks for that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mapperleywayne 4 Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 I live on Gardenia Grove, in Mapperley, and a couple of years ago, they were selling Gardenia plants in Lidl. They are small, white flowers. I bought some, and planted them in the front garden - They died!! It would be more appropriate if I lived on Dandelion Grove - I've got millions of those!!! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smiffy49 590 Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 I have the surname "Flowers" somewhere in my family tree, think they came from the Ruddington area. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 In the first years of the 20th century my grandmother lived successively at a number of different houses on Lily Street off Dame Agnes Street. In the same complex of terraced houses there were also other flower or tree-related names : Rose Street, Lupin Street, Lavender Street, Lilac Street, Laburnum Street, Linden Street, Dahlia Street and Laurel Street, also Sycamore Road, and arguably Broad Oak Terrace and Bloomfield Street too. Strangely there was one "odd man out" - Pole Street. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 Well, a telegraph pole was once a tree! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dat47 92 Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 my grandma lived on Sycamore Rd opposite Sycamore school. Number 46, I remember all the roads you mention bar Pole street, where abouts was it? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smiffy49 590 Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 Hi dat47.. I have been trying to contact you via PM. Can you check your in box. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 Pole Street was between Lily Street and Bloomfield Street. Like them it ran from south west to north east between Dame Agnes Street and Sycamore Road. There is a 1950 photo on Picture the Past. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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