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  • Roger Tagg on QEGS (boys) and my memories of 1930s and 1940s Mansfield.

    15/10/2019
    Apologies in my last post I said Mlle Thouez joined in 2007 that of course should be 1957

  • Roger Tagg on Brunts Grammar School Sports Teams

    14/10/2019
    My oldest brother David is in quite a few of these football and cricket. He is a fair haired chap...

  • Roger Tagg on Queen Elizabeths Boys School

    14/10/2019
    My brother Edward was in Shell 3 with Dave Taylor and like Dave died this year. At the time they...

  • Roger Tagg on Queen Elizabeth Grammar School

    14/10/2019
    The top photograph is identical to the one in Mr Brettle's school history and shows the school as extended in...

  • Roger Tagg on QEGS (boys) and my memories of 1930s and 1940s Mansfield.

    14/10/2019
    At this time there were Two French Mlle's. In October 2007 Mlle Thouez who I believe went on to marry...

  • Ms S Foley on The History of Mansfield Shoe Co

    12/10/2019
    Just been to a Mansfield shop in France....2019.. I remember all my family buying shoes from Mansfield.

  • Dennis Cassidy on Landers Bakery

    10/10/2019
    I worked at Landers from 1968 till it closed, I worked inside the bakery in the bread slicing department. I...

  • Karen Reid on Quarry Lane….Mansfield

    07/10/2019
    My grandfather James Bower used to take me to visit a friend of his who lived by the dam on...

  • Rex Mirfin on Station Hill, Station Road, formerly Station Approach..

    07/10/2019
    Well done, Alan. In the early 1950s I worked in the office of British Rail Goods Department. There was a...

  • Robert Buchanan on My Memories

    06/10/2019
    Does anyone remember my grandad's shop? It was called MPS Products and it was on Chesterfield Road just 200/300 yards...

  • Peter Bond on High Oakham School

    05/10/2019
    School trip to Holland 1965 photo. Any names ? I wasn’t on the trip but recognise a few faces. The...

  • Fred Shelton on Granada Cinema Mansfield

    03/10/2019
    I was 2nd projectionist at the Granada from 1st August 1965 to May 28th 1973 when it closed. I am...

  • Hena brar on Major Hayman Rooke 1723 – 1806

    02/10/2019
    I am interested in reading and finding out more about Major Hayman Rook and also Woodhouse Place, that has sparked...

  • Mark Freeman on H. Pye & Sons Outing

    01/10/2019
    Is there any Pye and Sons information about Robert Noel Cavendish? He worked in Pye and Sons locations in Camberwell,...

  • Genevieve Rainey on Landers Bakery

    01/10/2019
    Did anyone know any Anthony's working there between 50/60 s if so could you list some. Thank you I think...

  • Neil Hayes QSM on The Day I Met The Queen

    29/09/2019
    This reminds me about heading to London from Mansfield to London in 1953 for the Coronation. I had an Aunt...

  • Elaine Frost on Moor Lane School. Mansfield

    28/09/2019
    Hi, I went to Moor Lane in 1963, I am now 62, I didn't go to this school for long....

  • Vic Jay on Turning Back the Pages in Ravenshead

    26/09/2019
    Readers may be interested in the outcome of my post of the 30th August. In summary, Mrs Stow, a war-time...

  • Rex Mirfin on Argosy Players at the Palace Theatre

    25/09/2019
    I went to see the Argosy Players every Friday night with my mother and Anne Housley, and her mother, who...

  • Anne on Warsop, Warsop Vale & Church Warsop

    24/09/2019
    Is the Mrs. Noble referred to (dinner lady and Ramblers Association) the lady who lived up in the "Rocks", which...

  • Susan Elaine Henshaw on The Roscoe Family

    22/09/2019
    My late father, Herbert Wilson, was also a dance professional in the thirties and forties and Adela used to come...

  • Neil Hayward on Saint George and the Dragon

    20/09/2019
    The Turkish knight is Brian Hayward, the English knight is John Spencer, the teacher behind him is, I think, Mr...

  • Christine Passant on The Hermitage Mystery

    19/09/2019
    When Col and Mrs Vallance lived at The Hermitage, access was via Clumber Builders’ Yard. I visited quite often (1972-1981)...

  • Tony Saville on Mansfield Station Railway Special

    19/09/2019
    That would be 08/05/65 when a special train to Doncaster from Birmingham and back changed engines from a Crab (42715)...
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  • St Alban's Players Drama Group

    06/10/2019
    At one period in time the St Alban’s Players (Forest Town) were a well known Theatre Group.  Many (if not ...

  • Deputies Outing

    06/10/2019
    This lovely old photograph (courtesy of J Baylis) was taken in the grounds of the Forest Town Institute, it is ...

  • Mystery Building at Forest Town Crossroads

    18/09/2019
    Does anyone recall this building that was once situated at Forest Town Cross Roads? It was on the corner of ...

  • Rosemary infants school

    09/09/2019
    Does anyone recognise their classmates or themselves in this photo taken at rosemary infants school in the early fifties. I ...
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