Posts by Judith Mills
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Nottingham Green Spaces at the Great Nottinghamshire History Fair
Mansfield Library, 9 May 2016 This was the first official project event, so should probably be described as its ‘soft launch’. We had a great spot, right next to the […]
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Animals in the Parks
Apart from the odd squirrel or blackbird, or duck on a pond, it is not usual to associate parks with animals, but some of Nottingham’s parks and open spaces have […]
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Open Air Schools in Nottingham Parks
by Judith Mills, University of Nottingham and Val Wood, Friends of the Arboretum Towards the end of the First World War, Nottingham’s Board of Education began to promote an ‘open […]
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Nottingham’s Enclosure Act 1845: the context and arguments
By the end of the 18th Century, Nottingham was overcrowded; housing was inadequate and the insanitary conditions led to a higher than average mortality rate. The densely populated centre was […]
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Arthur Shrewsbury: a Nottinghamshire cricketer
Arthur Shrewsbury was born in New Lenton, Nottingham on the 11 April 1856 and from the 1880s played for Nottinghamshire. He lodged with his Uncle at the Queens Hotel in […]
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24 May in the Meadows: 1913 and 2013
On 24th May 1913, children from the Queen’s Walk school gathered on the Queen’s Walk Recreation Ground to celebrate Empire Day which was also the anniversary of the birth […]
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Royal Celebrations
On 22 June 1911, Nottingham celebrated the Coronation of George V by a remarkable public demonstration of loyalty. The events began in the City centre as 3,200 men and boys gathered […]
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Concerts in the Parks
From its opening in 1852, band concerts in the Arboretum were popular events. Not only did they feature prominently in the opening ceremony but were a regular feature of the […]
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Employing the Unemployed
Nottingham, like many towns and cities suffered periods of economic depression and high unemployment throughout the 19th century. For many, the final resort was the much criticised workhouse. In reality, […]
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Cricket: a ritual, spiritual and sporting experience
Cricket was a passion in Victorian society that has been described as ‘a ritual as well as recreation, a spiritual as well as a sporting experience’. William Howie Wylie, in […]
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