Paddy Wheatfields 4 Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 So where do people fit in who lived between St Anns and Sneinton? I lived at the top of Donkey Hill, at the junction with Thorneywood Mount and the Rise. Always called it Thorneywood, as if you didn't say that, and said St Bartholomews Road, anything to be delivered and TAXIS or doctors etc, always went to the bottom and had to get up the hill. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 My five penn'orth would be that Thorneywood begins in that area between St Ann's Well Road and Carlton Road - equidistant between St Ann's and Sneinton; then extends north-eastward until it becomes Porchester/Porchester Gardens etc... Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 Just an observation here but my sister (a bit of a snob) Lives just off the top of Breckhill road ,does she live in Mapperley ?,oh no, she lives in Woodthorpe, much the same when she bought her first house, it was at the bottom of Greenwood road off of Sneinton Dale did she live in Sneinton? oh no she lived in Bakersfield!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 LOL... I have a similar ex sister-in-law who patently lives in Bilborough, but insists it really is Bramcote Moor! When challenged/teased [regular event] her blood pressure rapidly reaches critical... Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 On a similar theme I recall a local estate agent describing Warren Wood as 'Redhill'. Nothing at all wrong with Warren Wood but that a fair old traipse across a couple of farms, a country park and a cemetary to reach Redhill! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paddy Wheatfields 4 Posted October 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 There is actually a local estate agent who describes the roads off Porchester (morley road, norman road) and places like campbell grove (off robin hood street) as MAPPERLEY PARK !!! can't be snobbery, must be sheer ignorance. http://www.websmileys.com/s.gif' /> 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sneintongal 12 Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 dragged up in sneinton as kids,but parents ambition to move up to bakersfield with the nicer people,we just knew it as top of colwick woods where sledging was great,and they had a good park on top of greenwood,not as posh as parkdale park,they eventually got a sand pit,nearest thing to skeggy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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