plantfit 7,580 Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 Thanks for that Phil,is nothing sacred these days? Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 I believe the statue was removed to Rufford Abbey country park with the possibility of onward siting at Kelham Hall. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,271 Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 If any of you are going to Dukes Wood and the Eakring area don't forget to call in at Nottinghamshire's smallest pup, the Beehive at Maplebeck 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 It's good to know that The Beehive is still going strong. Last time we went in would have been about 1971 and if you have never been there it is definitely worth a visit, I assume that it will have kept its character, one small bar and side room with a pleasant garden. I suppose I should say that you get a buzz from going in! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 Last time we went in there we were made to feel like we had intruded on a private party. Don't like strangers in these parts! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,427 Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 Sounds like the Tenessee hills. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,409 Posted August 21, 2018 Report Share Posted August 21, 2018 I can remember back in the 60's there were still some 'nodding donkeys' operating in the vale of Belvoir. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 The statue has been removed by the council, someone was trying to "borrow" it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 They did move it to Rufford Abbey for safekeeping from the scrap metal merchants but it's ultimate destination was to be the new oil mining museum at Kelham Hall where the American oilmen lodged during the war. I'm not certain if it's there yet. I did go round the Dukes Wood museum at Eakring a few years ago but I think that's now been moved to Kelham. Must drop in when I pass by next week. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Patricia Davies 0 Posted November 23, 2019 Report Share Posted November 23, 2019 My late father worked at Eakring oil Wells from after the war for 6yrs I still have a photo of him and another local guy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,271 Posted November 23, 2019 Report Share Posted November 23, 2019 Welcome Patricia, There are instructions on how to post photos on the site I am sure many members would like to see some more history of the area. The area around the back of Bilsthorpe, Eakring, Maplebeck and Kneesall is typically rural England. We often used to go for drives in the countryside and stop for a beer at the village pubs. I remember that the Savile Arms in Eakring (if it is still open) had the floor level about 3 feet above the pavement on the main road. Loved the beer garden at The Bee Hive at Maplebeck, mum and dad often took us there as kids in the Ford Popular with a canvas sun roof and I always had a bottle of mixed fruit pop and KP peanuts. The Angel was at Kneesall just down from the Church, is it still open? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,304 Posted November 23, 2019 Report Share Posted November 23, 2019 I've been in most of those hostelries for a bite to eat at lunchtime when researching my family tree. My mother's maternal line were farmers all over that area, going back to the 1600s. I remember sitting by a very worn headstone in Kneesall churchyard, waiting for the sun to shine on it in such a way as to throw the inscription into relief so that I could read it. It belonged to one of my Thompson ancestors. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,134 Posted November 23, 2019 Report Share Posted November 23, 2019 J.S., wot were you doing sitting around a graveyard in the 1600s? It may not have been 1600, it may have been ten past four. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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