The History group were given a copy of the letter below when Frank Plowright had made a visit to his old house of Bassingfield Farm and we thought it might…
Category: Personal Memories
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…
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…
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…
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…
Many thanks to Liam Kershaw for giving us this information on the detonation that many heard on 4th October 2024 when the bomb squad paid a visit to Tollerton Hall…
Many thanks to Maureen for writing this article. We ‘found’ Maureen when one of the ‘old boys’ was visiting the Hall in 2016 and recalled a ‘Mrs Lillie’ that taught…
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…
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,…