I was born in 1943. My brother Jim was born in 1933. He went to Grosvenor School in West Bridgford and then to Oakham School. I can remember him telling…
Category: Personal Memories
Taken from the Silver Jubilee supplement that went out with the June 2002 Newsletter and written by Hilary Heason after eavesdropping on Peggy Heason, Gwen Barnes, John Booth, Jean Read,…
The Queen celebrated her Platinum Jubilee and invited the Country to have a picnic together. The date was Sunday 5th June 2022. We were all prepared to celebrate at Hunter’s…
It is with a heavy heart that we heard the sad news of Mrs Gretton’s passing Doreen had been a deputy head in West Bridgford and applied to be head…
by Barbara Storrie (née Blackburn) 2020 OWNERSHIP I have known the farmhouse from the 1950s up to 2009. Parts of Hall Farm house, I believe, dates back to c1600. Research…
Found in the ‘Belfast Telegraph’, published 20 July 1874. The case was widely reported across the UK.
Tollerton 21.11.2019 Two photos of Melton Road, near Edwalton taken in 1999. These photos took me back to the ‘good old days’ when travelling to and from Tollerton on this…
Iris Stirland’s Memories of 1940-1945 In 1986 the Tollerton Village Newsletter featured an article written by Iris Stirland about the family’s experiences between 1940 and 1945. Originally this was published…
What a delightful afternoon Linda Swann (nee Morris) and I (Barbara Storrie) had when we visited Mrs Gretton this afternoon! She is 101 years old, takes a keep fit class…