Tollerton (Notts) Village History Group Posts

24 February 2025 / Newspaper Articles

Here are some articles that appeared in various days of the Nottingham Evening Post concerning the Bridge and car crime. Our thanks go to Peggy Heason who had kept photos…

28 January 2025 / Places

We were contacted by Bernadette Pike as she had posted some old postcards she had of St Hugh’s College on the Pictures and Memories of Nottingham Facebook page and also…

28 January 2025 / Memorable Tollerton Residents

Julian passed away 16 December 2024. He was part of the History Group in his latter years. Pauline Barrett wrote a piece in the Newsletter in November 2020 celebrating his…

28 January 2025 / Memorable Tollerton Residents

Alan, who has passed away at the age of 96, and his wife Maureen moved to Tollerton with their growing family in 1955. Alan lived for nearly 70 years in…

28 January 2025 / Memorable Tollerton Residents

Liz passed away 12 May 2024 on her 75th birthday. She was a driving force for many things including Tollerton Village History Group. She hosted many of our meetings at…

22 December 2024 / People
22 December 2024 / Airport

Julian Fisher contacted us with details on when his mother, Brenda Dixon who came from Hucknall, was a teenager. She loved aeroplanes and wanted to become involved with ‘Blue Line…

4 December 2024 / People
4 December 2024 / Historic Events

The 507th were the American platoon that commandeered Tollerton Hall during the Second World War. In 1987 they presented a memorial print and a plaque to the Hall which remained…

4 December 2024 / People

William Alfred Randale Foster is remembered on Tollerton’s war memorial. He was an Aircraftsman Ist Class with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. A married man, he lived on Medina…