Tollerton (Notts) Village History Group Posts

29 June 2015 / People

Memories of Tollerton in the 1940s taken from the December 2005 newsletter I lived at Frankley Croft, Tollerton Lane, between 1938 and 1947, with my parents, John and Lily Connelly and…

25 June 2015 /
17 June 2015 / People

The Women’s Institute 25th Anniversary party in 1962         The following article appeared in the Notts Newspaper January 27, 1962 When Tollerton Women’s Institute celebrated its 25th birthday…

17 June 2015 / Uncategorised

August 2018 saw us show the DVD on Tollerton Hall that we had put together over the previous 18 months, mainly due to the hard work of Yvonne and Chris…

17 June 2015 /

Follow this link to read an interview with Mrs Gretton, the first head teacher, from 1999 1999 interview with Mrs Gretton We also had access to the School Log to…

17 June 2015 / People

Dorothy Singleton’s memories  were presented to the Tollerton Friendship Club on 5 September, 1991. Dorothy lived on Melton Road but we are unsure of when she moved to Tollerton; she died…

17 June 2015 / People

Jim’s recordings about the second World War can be found via this link: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80024314 The following story was written by Jim Blackburn (1920-2007) for the Tollerton newsletter. (Jim lived and…

13 June 2015 / Airport

  The Airport has had many air shows and, in 1967 the Kings Cup Air races took place (this took place annually but was based at different airports). The programme, kindly…

13 June 2015 / Churches

Have a look at http://www.stpeters-tollerton.org.uk/history/ for some great detail on the history of the church.

12 May 2015 / Uncategorised

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