I have fond memories of these old cottages in the early sixties. As a child, I, along with my younger brother, sister, and parents, would walk from our home near the Rufford Arms at the weekend, to visit our grandparents in Mansfield Woodhouse. As we passed, an elderly couple who lived in the cottages would chat to us, I seem to remember they knew my father somehow, as I grew a little older the area around the cottages became my play area, exploring the woods, and what we knew as the secret garden within those woods. I recall that the cottages had to be demolished to make room for the planned outer ring road for Mansfield, but as yet I have seen no change to the layout of that particular stretch of road. Happy days!