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  • Mary on The End of the Line

    04/12/2020
    Ben is not the last male ancestor just the last with the surname. I have many family photos so will...

  • Tom Cotton on QEGS (boys) and my memories of 1930s and 1940s Mansfield.

    03/12/2020
    This is the list of boys in Shell 1, in September 1945, which (I imagine) I learnt through hearing it...

  • pam chadwick on Clipstone Colliery Football Club

    03/12/2020
    Gary Saxby, front row left to right, 6th end of row

  • Tom Cotton on Moor Lane School. Mansfield

    02/12/2020
    Hello, Rex Mirfin. Yes, I was Malcolm Cotton until I went to QEGS and found three other Malcolms in the...

  • David Bullars on York Street Secondary, Mansfield Woodhouse.

    01/12/2020
    I lived next door to Ian Wood, 40 Stainforth St. and started at Yorke Street in 1962. I moved to...

  • Chris Chadburn on St Edmunds School Children and Coalite Horses

    30/11/2020
    The school children are stood on the Turner Hall Field, behind Woodhouse Doctors. 1983 was the year when I arrived...

  • J Ashman on Public Transport

    29/11/2020
    The Red Bus company was Bevan and Barker, based on Leeming Lane North in Mansfield Woodhouse. They continued to trade...

  • Rex. Mirfin on Moor Lane School. Mansfield

    28/11/2020
    Hi, Tom (Cotton). I knew most of the class mates whose names you mentioned and I think I was maybe...

  • Elizabeth Coe on Memories of Queen Elizabeth Girls Grammar School

    27/11/2020
    For Tony England. Jackie Canty was in my year. I don't know where she is now, but she must have...

  • Steeve Cee on Mansfield Shops

    26/11/2020
    Robert Brothers Circus advertised in the windows - Boxing Kangeroo? Really? Did anyone see the Circus show in the month...

  • Graham Burton on The Mansfields – a local 1960’s band.

    25/11/2020
    Does anyone remember local guitarist Phillip Collard, who went to Yorke Street School in the 60's and played in a...

  • Stuart Mallinder on Whiteley Electrical Radio Co Ltd

    24/11/2020
    Hello Kathryn, Stuart Mallinder here, I joined Whiteleys in 1964 till 1968 and then returned in 1970 to 1973. I...

  • Malcolm king on My Memories

    24/11/2020
    My message is to Robert Buchanan's post. I lived next door to MP's fishing tackle shop, 294 Chesterfield Rd North,...

  • Diane Short on Mansfield Cave Dwellers

    24/11/2020
    I believe I am the great great great granddaughter of John Bramwell (via Lydia Bramwell, Elizabeth Lamb and then Ivan...

  • Glenn Sutcliffe on Blackgate Yard, Mansfield Woodhouse,

    23/11/2020
    Thank you Joan for your information about David, you have cleared up that mystery. I was told that he and...

  • John Bodicoat on Queen Elizabeths Boys School

    23/11/2020
    I agree that the front row listing is the wrong way round. Norman Frith is definitely 2nd from the LEFT,...

  • Malcolm king on Freak Hail Storm

    23/11/2020
    I recognise Frank Cheshire, Paul Milner, Neil Tomlinson, Steve Hymas, Paul Wilson, Jamie Bower Fred Bower.

  • Ricky on Queensway Park, Forest Town

    22/11/2020
    Fully agree with this! I grew up around Forest Town and now have two kids myself, but unfortunately no good...

  • Steeve Cee on Diving into a Tank of Water.

    20/11/2020
    Frank Gadsby is the name, I think I also recall him and his act. Yes, it would be Skegness more...

  • Stephen Walker on Memories of cycle/motorbike training

    16/11/2020
    My father Harry Walker knew your father very well, Dad did have his own Motorcycle shop on Rosemary St. Cantrill...

  • Steeve Cee on Newgate Lane School

    15/11/2020
    Mr Ingham - Yes! Mid fifties for me, good and friendly Headmaster, I was aged about ten. Around the time...

  • Barbara Stacey(Sheffield) on Newgate Lane School

    14/11/2020
    Nice to hear of Eric Mace. I too was in the choir and we used to compete at Selston Music...

  • Rob Bradford on Brunts Grammar School Sports Teams

    13/11/2020
    Ah, thank you Ian. Gilbert Thomas!! Well, he was always 'Taffy' to us (respectfully). He certainly was pressed into service...

  • Steeve Cee on Community website is a hit in Mansfield and overseas

    12/11/2020
    Just checked and as a matter of further interest the USA has a 'Mansfield' town or city in at least...
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  • Photo of the Girls Brigade in 1934/5

    04/12/2020
    Forest Town Girls Brigade 1934/5 Back Row. left to right, Muriel Musson stood behind flag pole. Marjorie Underwood stood next to ...

  • Newgate Lane Choir .Nottingham Evening Post photo.

    04/12/2020

  • York Street Secondary, Mansfield Woodhouse.

    27/11/2020
    Can anyone remember being at York Street Secondary School and St. Edmunds? I was born in 1954 and went to ...

  • The Mansfields - a local 1960's band.

    23/11/2020
    The Mansfields – a 1960’s local band. 1959:  Starting out! A bunch of 14 year olds (or thereabouts) get together for ...
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