Tollerton (Notts) Village History Group Posts

1 September 2019 / Historic Events

Bridges have been removed and made safer but not do not look as artistic.

1 September 2019 / Historic Events

A snapshot in time how things were in the 1970s.

1 September 2019 / Photos

Roads were sooo busy in the 1960s!

1 September 2019 / Photos

It is interesting to see how time has eroded brick. The pinnacles were no longer safe on the top of the church and had to be removed and the placque…

26 May 2019 / Others

Article by Colin Ferguson (from Tollerton Village Newsletter April 2019) Do you remember the Tollerton Morris Men? The origins of this remarkable group of locals go back to the construction…

12 May 2019 / Historic Events

Edward, Prince of Wales, often flew into Tollerton Aerodrome in the 1920s and 1930s when attending both official and social events. Of course between 1927 and 1933 he owned Grove…

12 March 2019 / Churches

In March 2016 the Tollerton Village History Group acquired the Vestry Minute Book for Tollerton containing all entries between 1854 and 1935 – what a find!  The initial entry, in…

23 March 2018 / Historic Events

A newspaper article, dated 28 September 1917, which was published in the ‘Mansfield Reporter’ reported that two German escapees had been found lying asleep in a wood at Tollerton by…

17 March 2018 / People

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…

17 March 2018 / People