MMapperleyapperley PParkark Park Residents’ Association Newsletter news No. 13 March 2008

CONTENTS

Black Sunday 5

Chairman’s 3 Report Planning, the AGM, Post Office

Dragon boats 10 UK’s fastest growing sport

Expedition 13 6th formers in Vietnam

Gardening Group 5 Plans for 2008

Garden Trail 9 Sunday 22 June

Memories of 8 Mapperley Park And more invited

Neighbourhood 6 HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY! Watch

There are many houses in Mapperley Park which were land alongside to increase the size of the plot, using Police 6 built 100 years ago. This is the story of one which the extra land for a tennis court and large Edwardian Better facilities at new station celebrates its 100th birthday this year. greenhouse. The house was designed by the well known From the early 1930’s for over 30 years the house was architect William Dimmock Pratt who the home of Mr Ernest Bignall, Chairman of Meridian, The case for 11 had already built many houses in Mapperley Park. The with his wife Rose and eventually their three children. shopping locally plans were drawn up in May 1907 and the building was They left in 1966. completed in 1908. The next purchaser was Austin Blowers, a local Estate The house was named Villa Mowbray by its first Agent, who lived there for just two years. Around this Small ads 15 owner, A J Payne, who was a director of Henry Barker, time the extra garden added by Mr Schmidt was sold Smart and Brown, a prestigious furniture shop in the off and another house now occupies this plot. Street Scenes 14 city. The shop closed several years ago and now its Finally the house was bought in 1969 by the present to be proud of premises on Angel Row are occupied by the Central owners who spent the next 20 years renovating the Library. All the woodwork in the house - the panelling, house and bringing it back to its former glory. Since the doors, fitted furniture and skirting were made in then they have spent many happy years living in and Young Enterprise 5 the firm’s workshops. enjoying this wonderful house. Next to buy the house was Mr Schmidt, a merchant We wonder how many of the new developments in in the Lace Market. He also bought another piece of Mapperley Park will celebrate their 100th birthday?

RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION AGM MONDAY 14 APRIL 7.30pm in St Jude’s Church Hall Mrs A W Rae, Holly Tree House Dental Practice 962 2882 Directory of Useful 334 Road CHURCHES St. Andrews C of E, Chestnut Grove 960 4961 & 912 0098 Contacts Main services Sunday at 10.15am and 7pm MAPPERLEY PARK NEWS Editorial Team Suma Harding e-mail: [email protected] St Augustine’s Catholic Church, Woodborough Road 953 9839 Sharon Jamieson email: [email protected] Principal Mass times: Vigil Mass Saturday at 6pm Sue Ahsan email: [email protected] Sung Mass Sunday at 11am Correspondence to The Editors c/o 31 Lucknow Drive, Mapperley Park, Nottingham NG3 5EU St John’s C of E, Mansfield Road, Carrington 962 1291 Main service Sunday at 10am Advertising/Production Christine Walker 947 2485 18a Cavendish Crescent North, Nottingham NG7 1BA St Jude’s C of E, Woodborough Road 985 6131 THE MAPPERLEY PARK RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION Sunday: Traditional service 9.15am Contemporary service with children’s groups 11am Chairman Carole Ayre 962 2004 Informal service 6.30pm Secretary Elizabeth Sanders Treasurer David Towers 962 1513 Sherwood Methodist Church, Devon Dr/Mansfield Rd 962 2616 Membership Marcus Wakely 960 9038 Main services Sunday at 10.30am and 6.30pm Traffic David Cummins 969 1106 Trees David Podesta 960 3029 YOUR LOCAL COUNCILLORS Crime and nuisance Tony Stock 960 4349 Emma Dewinton (Lab) 960 8198 Social Events Suma Harding email: [email protected] Michael Edwards 915 5050 or 07876 203352 Other members David Pemberton 844 9894 email [email protected] Paul Watts 960 9964 Mo Munir 969 3126 Neighbourhood Watch and Surgery: Outside Co-op, Mansfield Rd. Third Saturday of every representing Private Road Lesley Baker 960 9572 month 10.30-11.30am (except August & Bank Holidays). Representing Elm Close Peter Henson 960 7561 Telephone for advice or appointments outside usual surgery times.

SOCIAL GROUPS COUNCIL NUMBERS Mapperley Park Tennis Club, Carisbrooke Drive 969 1278 Anti-social Behaviour 915 1135 City Information 915 5330 Membership Secretary Cynthia Lyndo Cleansing Services 915 2000 Council Tax 915 4851 Magdala Tennis Club, Magdala Road 966 3047 Abandoned cars " Trees: Club Secretary Jenny Wheelhouse Dumped rubbish " Street 915 2264 The Nottingham Bridge Club, Mansfield Road 960 7992 Street cleansing " Protected 915 5414 Dog Warden 915 6223 Education 915 0706 Mapperley Park Book Club Stasia French 910 7644 Pest Control 915 6170 Drains 915 6650 (Lively discussions about books of your Highways & pavements Library 915 2828 choice; meets monthly at residents homes) (cracks & potholes) 915 6156 Planning Permission 915 5426 Book Club 2 Sheila Reece 962 1320 Building Regulations 915 5358 Pollution Control 915 6410 Meets on 3rd Wednesday of month 1pm to 3pm Public Health 915 6798 (smoke emission & noise) Social Services 915 5500 Street Lights 915 2211 DOCTORS Trading Standards 950 7910 Drugs 915 1956 Dr Andrew Flewitt and Dr Mona Vindla 985 8552 If you cannot find the service you require listed above then Sherrington Park Medical Practice, 402 Mansfield Road try the City Council switchboard on 915 5555 Dr Mark Stevens 841 2022 Mapperley Park Medical Centre, 41 Mapperley Road POLICE Dr D G Black & Partners 985 8822 Sherwood Health Centre, Elmswood Gardens, Sherwood Station 967 0999 Beat Officer, Mapperley Park, PC Jeanette Stasuik 07792 437306 DENTISTS Police Community Support Officer Anil Chand, Mapperley Park Dental Care 962 4607 Prostitution Task Force 967 0555 ext 4249 18 Mapperley Road (NHS & Private) Paul O’Dwyer and Gary Morphus Dr Andrew Cluskey & Dr Chris Stead (Private) 960 2717 Tavistock Drive Dental Care, 1 Tavistock Drive Whilst every reasonable care is taken, neither The Mapperley Park Brian Snape, Mapperley Dental Care 960 5282 Residents’ Association nor its agents can accept any liability for 431 Woodborough Road (NHS & Private) any inaccuracy or any loss or damage arising from any articles, Dr Mistry, The Grange Dental Centre 962 3432 advertisements or other items in this publication. The views expressed in 480A Mansfield Road, Sherwood (bottom of Private Road) this publication are not necessarily those of the Association.

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2 MAPPERLEY PARK NEWS March 2008 MAPPERLEY PARK RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION

Chairman’s Report

PLANNING and the site and inadequate parking, although we Your Committee has made a small donation conservation remains thought the development itself was a good one of £50.00 out of the Association’s funds by at the top of the and the site suitable for conversion into single way of a contribution towards stationery and list of concerns for dwelling units. That application was, however, postage expenses, and have offered a further Mapperley Park, successful. modest contribution should the group decide and I am pleased to • Failure to obtain planning permission to continue with its efforts. We also wrote to report that the Conservation Area Character before demolition. John Heppell, MP, the Post Office, and Post Appraisal and Management Plan, formally The planners had indicated an intention to Office Watch, to register local concerns about adopted by the Council last year, is having allow this development to proceed since under the closure. a positive influence in stemming the loss of delegated powers they would have permitted garden space, over-development and infill. the demolition in any event. As a result Join the Association now Some modern designs, approved by the of protestations from the sub-committee, I will end this report by urging those of you planners, have been very controversial and as Councillor Dewinton and local residents, the who are not members of the Association to many of you express to me your enthusiasm Council did require the developer to obtain join us. I cannot stress enough how important for them as express horror - it seems that what permission before proceeding, which we hope our membership is in influencing processes like is, or is not, “in keeping” with the special will give a signal that planning legislation is the Management Plan Consultation, and in characteristics of this conservation area, as not there to be flouted. providing us with easy lines of communication far as style is concerned, is a highly subjective • Proposal to extend and alter a house which with officers of the Council and other statutory issue! would have resulted in part of the frontage bodies. Members of your Committee have having the appearance of a tower, dominating direct lines of communication with Councils Planning Applications the plot and environs. and officers and it does mean that we have Whilst that debate will crop up again and The application was granted but the developer a means of influencing decision making on again, the Planning Sub Committee of was required to lower the roof line of the various issues. the Residents’ Association has the task of extension. Whilst we do not take up individual checking the weekly planning applications and issues more appropriately dealt with by our submitting objections and observations where Local knowledge valued Councillors, if anything is brought to our appropriate. The Sub Committee is guided We do not consider submitting responses to attention we are at least able to refer it on very by the Management Plan which itself took planning applications where any deleterious quickly or to advise you on the best person to on board the opinions of residents expressed impact of a development is entirely localised. contact. in your responses to the Questionnaire Clearly, we must restrict our area of interest Finally, because we are the largest Residents’ Consultation and Public Meeting organised by to those applications which raise matters of Association in the City, our annual general the full Committee and at the public meeting principle relevant to the whole of our area. meeting is always attended by representatives organised by the Council at which the draft Even this task is difficult. Looking at a plan of the Council and the police, and at least one Plan was presented. is one thing; knowledge of the particular site, of our local councillors, giving you a perfect In line with this, we have responded to a that comes with living next door to it, is quite opportunity to make your views known and to number of applications. These are just some another. You are best placed to tell us what ask questions - some individual issues are taken examples: impact a development might have, and so we up by councillors and officers as a direct result rely on you to contact us if you are notified of of your attendance at that meeting. So please • Application for development of a garage. a planning application that, in your opinion, think about joining - the cost is very modest This appeared to be intended to pave the will offend the principles set out in the and our strength in numbers (about 350) is a way for a future application for inappropriate Management Plan. vital component of our influence. Encourage development into a separate dwelling. The Most helpful is a letter from you setting your neighbours to join too! application was turned down. out your concerns, and even better if you can • An application for development of a main identify the guidelines listed in the Management dwelling. Plan which you feel are under threat (you can Meet us at the AGM This would or may have resulted in changes to find a copy of this on the Nottingham City We’d love to hear from the enthusiastic architectural details and use of inappropriate Council’s website, or at a public library. If you volunteers out there with energy and ideas materials, visible from the road. The do not have access to either of these, and would (contact any member of the Committee - see application was granted subject to liaison with like a copy, please contact me.) the inside cover for contact details) and come the planners concerning choice of materials and see everyone at the AGM at 7.30 p.m. on and disallowing changes to the roof that would Post Office Monday 14th April at St Jude’s Church Hall - have been visible from the road. Closure of the Carrington Post Office is enjoy a glass of wine with your neighbours and • An application for the development of another hot topic and has been the focus of find out what’s going on in your area! a two storey, four bedroomed house a great deal of community activity. Valiant at the bottom of the garden of a fine property attempts on the part of the informal campaign situated in a large garden. group to stop the closure have, so far, been TO JOIN THE RESIDENTS’ The application was turned down (with unsuccessful, but I am sure that all local ASSOCIATION PLEASE USE THE particular reliance upon the presumption residents will salute the efforts of those who against development in garden space, and have put in so much time and energy. Residents FORM ON THE PRINTED LEAFLET interference with the vista from several of Mapperley Park have been very active DELIVERED WITH THIS aspects). in mobilising opposition and I understand NEWSLETTER • Conversion of a large property into flats. We that the campaign group is investigating the made observations about over- development of possibility of a legal challenge. March 2008 MAPPERLEY PARK NEWS 3 Member Interview Craig Muller - NSRC Member

Q. Why did you join NSRC? A. I’ve always played a lot of sport but due to work commitments I was However, what I wasn’t expecting was the extra benefits that being a struggling to fit as much as I would like into my life style. I joined member of NSRC has provided. E.g. other gyms or sports facilities can Nottingham Squash Club because it had everything I wanted under one feel quite impersonal and detached from you as an individual. At NSRC roof e.g. squash courts, a gym, Sauna steam room and of course a bar!! you quickly become known by name by the management and bar staff. It means that now I can come here after work and do as much or as Also the other members are very quick to talk to you and introduce little exercise as I like, most importantly it’s all in one place. themselves. As a result every time I walk into NSRC I can guarantee that I’ll see somebody I know, can have a chat with or even share a drink. Q. Do you have to be a squash player to join NSRC? The numerous social events at NSRC help this, which are a fantastic way A. No not at all. Before I joined I was just an occasional squash player, I to meet even more people, make new friends and even build business played football at a high level but had injuries and didn’t want to spend contacts. As a result I now have an ever expanding and busy squash as much time in the wind and rain as I used to! My intention initially was diary as well as a full social Calendar. Becoming a member of NSRC to use the gym and other extra facilities so even if you’ve never played has changed my lifestyle completely! squash there’s no reason not to join. Q. Would you recommend NSRC to a friend? Q. Is NSRC what you expected? A. Absolutely, I already have! As I said earlier it doesn’t matter what A. Yes and No. Yes in the sense that when I had the tour I realised that you want from a membership at NSRC, the management team at the NSRC was a top class squash facility, with excellent extra leisure facilities. club can provide it. You can get involved in as much or as little as you So I knew that it would suit my fitness requirements well. like depending on what you’re after. NSRC is so much more than just a squash club and I’m so happy I chose to join. No Joining Fee During April More than just a squash club Did you know... That as well as being the East Midland’s premier squash venue, Nottingham Squash Rackets Club also has • A large friendly bar offering bar snacks and home cooked meals • A great party room and a range of conference and meetings rooms available to hire • Gym facilities and numerous fitness classes all right on your doorstep! To find out more about what NSRC has to offer why not come and enjoy a free guided tour of our excellent facilities followed by a complimentary coffee in our comfortable lounge bar.

For more information why not drop in :- NSRC, Tattershall Drive, The Park, Nottingham NG7 1BX Tel. (0115) 941 7022 www.nsrc.co.uk

THE BEST ALL ROUND NOTTINGHAM SQUASH RACKETS CLUB The Gardening Group Grows! By Lorna Weir

In September the group visited are looking forward to visiting Jed Brignall’s house in Radford two members’ gardens, one and found the artistic owner as in Mapperley Park and one in fascinating as her garden. Lambley. Our “Big Day Out” October’s event was a visit to the will be a much requested coach Tropical House at Woodthorpe trip to Gardener’s World at the Grange followed by a very NEC Birmingham on June 13th. successful plant swap hosted by We are still on the waiting list to Suma Harding. Paul Reed gave a visit Highgrove House (Prince talk about the development of his Charles’s home) and we hope that garden in November and this will it will not be too long until we go. be followed by a visit to see his I would like to thank all our garden in Woodborough in June. members and the committee for The year was cordially ended by a their enthusiastic participation Christmas wreath making session and especially those who have Members of the Group making Christmas wreaths in Helen Archer’s kitchen. This hosted an event in 2007. most festive occasion resulted in You don’t have to be an expert INTEREST and enthusiasm in the Anne’s Allotments at Hunger Hills. some beautiful wreaths and some gardener to join the group, so if you Mapperley Park Gardening Group A large and intrepid group traversed very happy participants - the would like to spend some quality continues and at the end of 2007 some difficult terrain in very gluhwein was delicious! time with your neighbours, meet new we were pleased that the group had warm weather to see a number of In 2008 we have a full programme people and enjoy some of our events 46 household members. community and school allotments. planned with a variety of talks, in the coming year please contact We had a varied second half to It is amazing that such a vast area visits, a tree walk and a flower Lorna Weir on 960 3897 or by email the year starting with a visit to St of green land survives in the City. arranging demonstration. We at [email protected]

Black Sunday on Lucknow Drive By David Towers

December 9th, 2007 was probably just an old cable they were off. Between Len’s electric cooker and kettle, electric which had failed. Now the task house and two thirds of the way water heating and the central THE electricity went off on was to trace the fault, insert a new down Lucknow Drive there was heating requires electricity. So, Lucknow Drive at 1am - in the section, connect it up and turn darkness - well, it isn’t very light with the power off, we were middle of the night. the electricity on again. during the day on December 9th! keeping warm beside a single gas The owner of No 35 reported During the morning, there was Those living at the far end of fire and boiling water on a bottle the fault at 3am. Shortly some effort to locate the fault, Lucknow Drive, close to Magdala gas camping stove (unused for afterwards, workmen were on the boring holes and using various Road had no disruption. over 25 years). We even used it for scene, and they diagnosed a blown meters. There also seemed to be By 4pm it was really dark. cooking our lunch - beef in a bag fuse, which they replaced and it a lot of ‘sitting around’. A digger Some of the workmen left taking with fresh vegetables. blew again. The workmen were had been brought along, and this their equipment with them. Two Then, just after 6pm, the lights going off duty, so we had to wait started work in the afternoon, employees of Eon, however, came on, our burglar alarm started for the next shift at 8am. digging a long ditch on the continued to work, one at each to ring - it doesn’t like the mains The problem was now pavement outside Len’s house, end of the trench under artificial being switched off - and we were pronounced to be a ‘cable fault’ near Mapperley Hall Drive. lighting and extra spotlights from back to normal at last. - a term which covers a multitude Sometimes, the lights between a nearby van. After 17 hours without it, one of ‘sins’ in the same way that Mapperley Hall Drive and Len’s Most household equipment really appreciates electricity. doctors use ‘virus infection’. It house were on, and at other times requires electricity. We have an

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March 2008 MAPPERLEY PARK NEWS 5 News from the Blues By PS Bruce Clarke In Brief We have settled in well at our new front of the station also means that will help provide quick and simple LEAVES building, the former Lloyds TSB people can see that we are in and at solutions to your issues. Last autumn the City Council Bank. We like it and you seem to as work. This reassures the ‘good’ and Following Christmas your home took a long time to clear the well! There is a significant increase deters the ‘bad’. probably has some new gadgets and leaves. If it happens this year please in people coming in to see us The Neighbourhood Watch electrical goods. We want to help to inform Michael Edwards or Emma compared to when we were down (NHW) team has moved in with ensure your property remains safe Dewinton. the road. us, and Karen Allsopp and the and would ask for one of your New NOTICE BOARDS We do still have one or two committee now work from an Year resolutions to be to have your Do you think we should have wanting to make a deposit or office in the station, which helps to goods marked with SmartWater notice boards in Mapperley change holiday money but we maintain our working relationships. and to register them at www. Park advertising local events? are also getting people requesting In addition, we have access to all immobilise.com. Please call into MOSS ON PAVEMENTS directions, handing in found the NHW CCTV cameras directly the station or speak to one of the This appears to be a real hazard for property, reporting suspicious in our main work area and we Safer Neighbourhood Teams for walkers and joggers. Can anything activity, asking advice or reporting are using the footage to its full more details. be done about it? crime. This is excellent and the potential. The cameras recently I want to close by asking you ST JUDES RECYCLING amount of work it has generated installed outside the station also to take reasonable steps to protect St Judes car park has been has pushed forward plans for a provide better coverage further up yourself and your homes, to help us damaged by recycling lorries. The permanent member of staff working Mansfield Road. in our fight against crime. centre may now be closed as the on the counter. We will then be able In the near future I look forward Remember: “Shut it. Lock it. Light it!” church is struggling to repair the to publish our opening hours. to having staff from the City PS 906 Bruce Clarke car park. The new station stands in a Council’s Area Management team Beat Manager Sergeant POT HOLES prominent place in the community, working with us in the station. Tel: 0115 967 0999 If you see potholes in the road making it a lot more visible. The Being close to our partners can only Ext: 4372 please inform the City Council. substantial amount of glass on the improve the services we provide and Mobile: 07792 437301 CANCELLED COFFEE MORNING The volunteers at the Ukranian MPRA Supports Neighbourhood Watch Centre apologise for the one occasion when the coffee AT its meeting on 19 November the committee of Mapperley Park Residents’ Association voted to morning did not take place. donate £100 to the Sherwood and Mapperley Neighbourhood Watch Association as a contribution The centre is run by volunteers towards their running costs. Here Tony Stock explains why the committee took this decision and from the Ukranian Community provides information on the activities of Neighbourhood Watch. and there was a problem with communication on that day. Achievements residents, has made them feel much targeting their activities on a weekly safer in Sherwood. basis. This system also allows POST OFFICE A perception survey of local Congratulations to all the public Set up and staffed a contact residents to obtain information on policing. spirited Mapperley Park residents This survey provided a big wake- point in Sherwood and been criminal activity within their own street, and in the surrounding area. who signed the petition to keep up call to the constabulary and instrumental in establishing a new the Post Office open. We regret was a significant factor in the police station in Sherwood, which For many years Neighbourhood that it was decided to close such a development of community also accommodates the new contact Watch has manned a contact valuable local amenity. point. This has greatly enhanced policing in the City. point in Sherwood, which is now DIRTY HANDS BAND local policing as the officers are now Installation of CCTV in located in the new Police Station Local band released their single Sherwood based in Sherwood and no longer (the old Lloyds Bank Building). but sadly have now stopped A grant of some £10,000 was have to travel from the Oxclose Given the impressive success performing as two members are obtained from the City Council Lane police station to their beat. of Neighbourhood Watch your now studying at the Sorbonne in to install a system covering part of Has developed a computerised committee fully endorses its Paris - but watch this space! the Sherwood shopping area. This system for recording crime activities and has reinforced this BUS FARES system has been used successfully and anti-social behaviour, in support with the donation of funds Do you think it excessive that a to combat crime and anti-social confidence, which is accessed by to support its continued activity. single adult fare into town costs behaviour, and, according to the police and is used by them in us £1.40. Beginners to the Business World WE ARE a Young Enterprise businessman sponsored by Young very desirable asset for any business young cancer sufferers’ charity. company consisting of twelve Enterprise. However, within the and there seems to be no shortage of The Young Enterprise scheme gives boys in their first year sixth at group we are each tasked with businesses who might be interested us this opportunity to learn through . Young different responsibilities concerning in our service. personal experience how business Enterprise is a charity scheme, production, marketing and finance We are in fact already completing works and hopefully our company which gives thousands of teenagers so that we can experience the a website for our first paying will be successful. Please visit our across the UK the chance to build workings of business first hand. customer. We have of course website at www.synergyyegroup. and operate their own businesses for The company name is Synergy invested in marketing our idea and co.uk one academic year. and our plan is to offer simple purchasing the necessary software. 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The memories for this issue were sent to us 3. Ellis the Chemist. This was Jack Ellis. During the summer, every evening, at 6pm by Tony Ricks of Cyprus Road. 4. Butcher’s at the corner of Mansfield Road we were visited by Bromley’s ice cream tricycle. and Selkirk Street. Eldorado also tried, but he was chased out for I AM told that I was born on the first floor, 5. Ratcliffe’s. An off-licence on the opposite invading Bromley’s pitch and did not return! facing west, at 7, Ebers Grove at 3.30am on corner. One great sport in the winter was sledging October 17th 1923. Our medic, at the time, 6. Miss Keating’s School (now Mountford down Ebers Road and trying to reach Mansfield was Dr. Vernon Taylor who lived at, practised House School). Road. We only ever managed to get as far as and dispensed from the house on the south When I was five I was sent to a small school, Zulla Road! Much later we used the south corner of Ebers Road and Mansfield Road. His The Laurels, on Magdala Road, opposite the pavement of Mapperley Hall Drive, starting at brother was Aubrey Taylor, a consultant. end of Cyprus Road. The school was run by Lucknow Drive. From this time, every year until 1939, we Miss Ruddle. It was thought too dangerous We had another haunt. There were no would spend four weeks during the summer at for me to cross Mansfield Road to go to Miss houses between Cyprus Road and those on Sutton on Sea on the Lincolnshire coast. Keating’s school! Carisbrooke Drive; this area was known as My parents were members of Clumber Lawn Around this time, I had scarlet fever. I ‘The Fields’. Tennis Club. This was next to the railway remember that, once I had recovered, my At Easter 1932, I left Miss Ruddles and went where Clarendon College now stands. room had to be sealed and fumigated for 24 to the Grammar School. I went to school on An early memory, circa 1927, is of the shops hours with sulphur candles! the tram to Forest Road. The fare was 1/2d! and businesses on Mansfield Road. From south Also at this time, the ‘Ebers Grove Gang’ Later I was allowed to cycle to school. To to north: started to form. Other members were John solve the problem of crossing Mansfield Road, 1. Marsden’s. J.D. Marsden, who lived on Dickinson, Sheila and Joan Ritchie, Len I would follow Ebers Road, Zulla Road, Magdala Road, had a chain of grocery shops, Baxter, Joan Watson, Kathleen Gunn, Donald Thorncliffe Road and cut-through to Chestnut the main branch being at the top of King Miller and Peter Haake. We set up a ‘string Grove and on to Forest Road. Street. and can’ telephone between myself and Peter In 1936 we moved to 24, Tavistock Avenue. 2. Newsagent’s owned by Howitt Beardall. and one between Peter and John. In order to Little of note happened, as I was involved From here I had ‘Skipper’ and ‘The Children’s protect our territory, we learned the signed in school, activities and homework, until Newspaper’. I still have papers from the same alphabet to communicate across the road when September 3rd 1939 when we were on holiday shop, now run by Michael Johal. in ambush! at Sutton on Sea...... (To be continued!)

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8 MAPPERLEY PARK NEWS March 2008 Mapperley Park Garden Trail set for Sunday 22 June By Lorna Weir

HAVE you enjoyed a lovely local charities, SHE and Sutherland More gardens wanted successfully before, have kindly afternoon visiting gardens in The House School. We would love to have some more offered to advise usand help us with Park or a local village? After a very Our plans are in their infancy gardens open so please would you their expertise and the organisers pleasant afternoon last summer but in December we held an initial consider this? Your garden does will be arranging insurance to cover following the garden trail in The meeting to gauge interest among not need to be at National Trust the event. Park, I thought it would be fun residents and we hope that at least standard! Mine certainly isn’t, but I .. and more helpers to open our gardens in Mapperley seven gardens will be open. hope to enjoy sharing it with others If you would like to be involved Park. So on Sunday June 22nd We are hoping to provide who like gardens. in any way either by opening your 2008 a group of residents will be refreshments in the garden at Ideally there should be a variety garden, baking cakes, with publicity, opening their gardens to the public Mapperley Hall, as it is spacious by providing plants to sell or by from 1.00pm to 5.00pm. We hope and accessible. of gardens open: small, medium, large, modern or traditional. helping on the day, please contact that it will be a very happy and We would also like to have a plant either Lorna Weir, telephone 960 interesting afternoon both for the stall, sell local honey, have some live Malcolm Bescoby, Michael 3897, email lornaweir2002@ visitors and the garden owners. The music in one garden and try to Blood and Elizabeth Robinson, yahoo.co.uk or Malcolm Reece on proceeds of the day will go to two involve local children in an activity. who have opened their gardens very 962 1320. Invitations to Ladies Fashion Show and Lunch For tickets (£30) telephone work in providing care and support beauty advisors including Clarins on 7th March from 11am 0115 962 3168 or 0115 928 4346 for local people with life limiting - mini make overs, facials, eyelash, Pamper Evening on illnesses. eyebrow and nail treatments. Find This is a big fundraising event, to On this evening you can indulge a perfect gift from stalls showing 6th March be held in the Belgrave Rooms, yourself with one of the mini therapy jewellery, cosmetics, handbags, Goldsmith Street on Friday 7th Hospice sessions - Hot Stone and Indian scarves, designer clothing, March and in aid of the British on Woodborough Road is holding Head massage,, Aromatherapy, handmade chocolates etc. Red Cross. Included are coffee, a ‘Ladies Pamper Evening’ on Reflexology, Reiki and Shiatsu, given Tickets: £8.00 in advance Champagne reception, luncheon, Thursday, 6 March from 6.30pm by professional complimentary (£10.00 on the door) including a fashion show named ‘Spring into to 9.30pm. Your support will help therapists. Or you can try some refreshments. Tel 0115 910 1008 . Summer’ and a jewellery auction. the Hospice to continue its valuable taster beauty treatments by expert

Attention All men and women Working from home Retired Child free for a few hours MAPPERLEY PARK COFFEE MORNINGS 2nd Monday in the month 10.30am - 12noon at the Ukranian Centre

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Regularly attended by about 25 Next meetings March 10, April 14, May 12, June 9 July 14, August 11, September 15

March 2008 MAPPERLEY PARK NEWS 9 Out with the kids.....or without them! IT has been brought to our It would be a great way to meet know. We can put you in touch babysitter for such occasions. attention that many of the your neighbours and make new with other interested parents and We know that there are a number meetings and group events, friends and would be incredibly see what can be done! of nice, responsible teenagers which are advertised here in the helpful for anyone new moving In the meantime, take a look (girls and boys) in Mapperley Park newsletter, are aimed at the older into the area. at www.betterdaysout.co.uk - a who currently take on babysitting generation and exclude those of It could be an informal get fantastic web site which, as well as duties within the area. you who are at home with young together over coffee at home listing all the current local groups The problem is how to go children. We would like to rectify or a larger gathering elsewhere. in Nottingham, has some excellent about putting the needy parents this but need your help! Perhaps you could arrange a ‘child ideas for trips out and activities and the babysitters in touch with As far as we can establish, there swap’ system, where parents take for children locally. each other! is currently no official ‘Mapperley turns to look after each other’s One thing you might try is using Park’ group for parents with children for a few hours, allowing Without them the small ads section of Mapperley babies/toddlers. If you know a welcome break for shopping or Of course, there are other times Park News? Private advertisements of one, or can recommend a the gym! when you need to get away from are free to residents. Place an local group, please let us know. If any of you would be interested your little ones for a well deserved ad, either offering or requesting Otherwise, why not get together in helping to set up a group, either evening out! We all know how babysitting services, by contacting and ‘create your own’! formal or informal, please let us difficult it can be to arrange a the editorial team.

It’s a garden, not a building plot! By Alice Tate

I TAKE great pleasure in admiring year 1900 with relatives residing the beautiful gardens around on Elm Bank, Magdala Road, Mapperley Park - the pretty flowers, Cyprus Road, Carisbrooke Drive, lush lawns and of course the lovely Carisbrooke Avenue and Arlington variety of trees. What a shame it is Drive. My earliest memories of when residents look to their gardens Mapperley Park are cycling to as a financial asset rather than a my granny’s house along tree line place of relaxation and enjoyment. roads and admiring the beautiful The increased number of gardens surroundings. I also remember the now sold and developed is such a delightful garden I played in with shame for this area of conservation. a spectacular selection of highly It is particularly upsetting when scented rose bushes. I have always those who have made the money, loved the area for what it is - an then totally sell up and move - not area of conservation. even around to see the damage this So please, if you have just looked type of decision makes. out of your window and seen cash My family roots in Mapperley outside instead of a haven known Park date back to around the as a garden - think again!

Dragon boat club looks to welcome new members NOTTINGHAM’S only dragon and try their hand at one of the anyone interested, with any level many different backgrounds. The boat club, Notts Anaconda, is country’s fastest-growing sports. of sporting ability or experience, is clubhouse is next to the Britannia inviting people with any amount The club is holding an open day welcome to come and have a taste Rowing Club near Nottingham of experience or none at all to come at 10am on Sunday 13 April when of the dragon boating. Forest football ground at Trent One of the strengths of the club, Bridge. and the sport, is the wide variety To find out more, turn up to of people it brings together, and the open day at the clubhouse, Notts Anaconda includes people call 07905 149511, email us at of both genders and all ages from [email protected]

HISTORY has it that dragon boat racing originated in China over 2,000 years ago. The boats raced today are 40 feet long and are constructed from glass fibre, rather like large canoes. Wooden gunwales and seats help to retain a traditional look, and the boats are fitted with a colourful dragon’s head and tail, plus the drums for racing. A crew consists of around 20 paddlers sitting side by side, with a helm to steer the boat and a drummer to keep the rhythm. Dragon boat racing is becoming one of the most popular sports in the world. In the UK alone it is estimated that 41,000 people in 850 crews take part in events throughout the summer.

10 MAPPERLEY PARK NEWS March 2008 Use it or lose it BEAUTIFUL DOLLS HOUSES The case for shopping locally Fantastic value! Great choice By Mark Cox distributed leaflets and helped to generated awareness. Newspapers SADLY, the recent campaign to Whether we lose our Post Office save Carrington Post Office failed or not, let these recent events be a % Delivered and, in the absence of a last-minute warning to us all. We should support 10 7 days a week reprieve, the branch will close some our local traders, or risk losing them. OFF before 7.30am time before March. John Heppell The next time you put mileage on a dolls house MP has stated publicly that he feels your car and burn fossil fuels in with this ad the consultation process was flawed order to save a few pennies at a large and has promised to pursue the supermarket, please first consider MJ NEWS AND DOLLS HOUSES matter with both PostWatch and the the fantastic range of local shops on 347 Mansfield Road, Carrington Tel 844 0222 Post Office. your doorstep. Credit must be given to those Local shops mean jobs for local Mapperley Park residents who people, bouyant house prices, took time to put pen to paper. In convenience for those without Website Production particular, we should thank Ann transport and fuel-saving for the Booth, Sue Mitchell, Christine ecologically-minded. Without a for only £250 Drew, Mr & Mrs John Robinson, well-supported parade of shops, Mr & Mrs Stephen Lowe, Suma Mapperley Park and Carrington Get a competitive edge at competitive prices! A website is a vital tool in the modern world to provide information Harding, Carole Ayre and Mike will fast become soulless dormitory about your business to customers. Many people find the internet a Pressman for their efforts - as well suburbs on fast-moving main roads, quick and easy way to get information such as product details, menu as the countless residents who with much less sense of community. listings, business locations and contact details. Can you afford to be left behind? Put your old discs to good use Synergy Young Enterprise Group design, launch and promote professional websites ideal for small businesses and restaurants. THIS year’s Blue Peter Appeal is unwanted CDs and DVDs to your We can provide a personalised hassle-free and affordable service for called DISC DRIVE. It supports nearest Barnardo’s fundraising just £250 - a fraction of the price of our competitors. the work of Barnardo’s in the shop which is acting as a collection Visit our website for information or email for an information pack. email:[email protected] tel:0793 423 6150 UK and it’s a simple but effective point. See www.discdrive.org.uk website:www.SynergyYEGroup.co.uk initiative. You just donate your for details.

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www.fhpcityliving.co.uk 0115 8411155 Adventures and achievements in Vietnam LAST Summer I was fortunate a number of requests that had been enough to take part in a World set to us by the school. We were Challenge Expedition to Vietnam as completely successful; installing a a member of a team of 17 boys and new bike shed for use by the pupils 3 adults from my school. After two and staff and clearing large areas years of preparation, training and of the playground, which were fundraising, we were all rewarded overgrown. We also spent £800 (a with a trip of a lifetime with many small fortune in Vietnamese terms), unforgettable experiences. raised by a non-school uniform day Our first days in Vietnam were at our school, on a truckload of spent acclimatising to the hot and new playground toys and learning humid climate, or moreover the vast materials for the pupils. quantities of sweat that we would On completing the project we perspire on a daily basis! However headed straight for Ha Long Bay, it was also in this first stage that we the chosen location of our R&R learnt the basics and importance of phase. Having remained under teamwork. We all did our part to climate (owed to the higher altitude) furnished with air conditioning and budget for the whole trip, no help with the organisation of food, and indeed also the hospitality of English menus for tourists such as expense was spared and we hired transport and accommodation, the Vietnamese villagers who lodged ourselves and offering a huge range a private boat to take us on a two- whilst a dedicated team of us for the nights. of delicious Vietnamese cuisine. night cruise around the beautifully accountants kept the expedition Travelling from place to place we When we ventured off the beaten tranquil bay, which is listed as a under budget. often found ourselves in the county’s track however, we had to rely on World Heritage Site. The water was Over the expedition we went capital, the main transport hub for frantic drawings and hand gestures lovely, the food was fantastic and the trekking in three different areas, the wonderful train network, which to keep fed when the Vietnamese company was great; it would have each with entirely different terrain. we got to know very well after many words became too difficult to been perfect had it not been raining! The most gruelling was undoubtedly journeys; one of which ranks as the pronounce! Nonetheless, it was a superb end to that of sweltering rainforests in Cuc least comfortable of my life, having The most rewarding part of the our adventure and I would like to Phuong, but the bizarre jungle lasted 23 hours! Spending time in expedition was however the so take this opportunity to thank all wildlife that we saw there could not Hanoi however was a great way called project phase where we spent those in the Mapperley Park area, match the stunning views of our of recharging our batteries (both four days at a school for disabled who through one way or another, treks in the Northern highlands. figuratively and literally to keep our children on the outskirts of Hanoi. helped me raise the money towards Here we trekked for five days, digital cameras working!). The playground and classrooms this unforgettable experience. wandering over paddy fields and There was no shortage of were in need of refurbishment so all enjoying the slightly more moderate amazingly cheap restaurants, suitably twenty of us worked solidly to meet Mads Neumann

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March 2008 MAPPERLEY PARK NEWS 13 Looking after our heritage

A three-bedroom Victorian end spirit and a sense of pride in the joy to behold; philanthropic house Sadly, the aesthetic value of terrace in Mapperley Park is street which is doubtless helped by building at its best, where the harmonious terraces and street scenes currently for sale at £245,000 - the retention of pretty, open, well- trustees have maintained the open is often forgotten. Unsympathetic with no off street parking, no loft maintained front gardens. plan landscaping and avoided the replacement windows and roof tiles, conversion, no steam oven, no Similarly, the almshouses at temptation to introduce intrusive poorly-proportioned extensions, downstairs loo and no gold-tipped Chestnut Grove (pictured) are a vehicular access. out-of-scale boundary fences railings. Investments in bricks and concreted front gardens are and mortar will always be safe in mercifully rare in Mapperley Park. areas where environment matters as much as amenity and where Vigilance understatement is seen as something However, we must remain distinctly smart. vigilant of such development and be Our neighbourhood is crammed mindful of the heritage with which with unique houses, many with we are entrusted. illustrious pedigrees. But most If you want to know more about were conceived to be uniform how your house was built and the in appearance, or to be part of style movement it represents, I a harmonious street scene. Such recommend The Victorian House homes, when maintained in the Explained, The Edwardian House spirit of their original designs, have Explained and The 1930s House timeless appeal and are very pleasing Explained; all well-illustrated to the eye. paperbacks by Trevor Yorke Ebers Grove is a super example and available from Amazon or of a Victorian workers’ terrace with Waterstones. intact stone walls, iron You can also find out more railings and gates. Many owners here about our Conservation Area status have chosen a jolly array of heritage at www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/ paint colours for their woodwork. mapperleypark_alexandrapark There is a wonderful community The Almshouses, Chestnut Grove conservationareamanagementplan

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March 2008 MAPPERLEY PARK NEWS 15 Smart Lipo - the less invasive route to fat reduction

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