Parliament Street
Bower's Yard
Take your mind back over 160 years or so, and instead of the humble cottage where Mr. Charles Scott (an octogenarian) dwelt in Parliament Street, you would observe a public-house, bearing the sign, "King William the Fourth" Inn. At this inn there dwelt a Mr. S. Bower, the owner, who also conducted the business of a "bag hosier." This will at once convey to you the information how the yard round the corner came to wear its name-plate. It is believed that owing to unguarded circumstances the inn licence lapsed, and afterwards the property was purchased by the late Mr. W. Sampson,
Action Photo
Kevin Lane
Town Service
This is Sutton-in-Ashfield in September 1982; negotiating Portland Square is Trent Bristol RELL 362 on local route 142. New to Midland General as their 152 in 1971, it ran only until May 1984. The DVLA has it's colour as cream, which it wore as a Midland General vehicle when new! The 1976 Austin Allegro was even more short-lived, clocking up less than eight years before expiring.
Looming in the background is the Kwik Save store, which was unsurprisingly an old cinema, in this case the Portland, later Savoy, which showed it's last film in 1978. The whole lot was demolishKevin Laneed in 1990. Oh, and I wish that I had photographed that Steetley Foden as well!
Priestsic Road
Priestsic Road and Priesrsic School
Prospect Place ( of High Pavement )
Lindley's Windmill, Sutton-in-Ashfield
Sutton’s secret windmill gets lottery cash windfall
Windmill in Sutton set for big renovations. l-r Marg Thorne Sutton-in-Ashfield Library, Councillor Kier Barsby, Ian Morris Sutton Heritage Society, Councillor May Barsby, Darron Ellis Sutton Living Memory Group, Angela Morris Sutton Heritage Society and Dennis Hill from Heritage Office at Ashfield DC.
Published: 18:46 Tuesday 28 May 2013
Lindley's Windmill, Sutton-in-Ashfield
Stone-built tower mill, built c.1823 by James Lindley to replace an earlier post mill destroyed by a gale in 1818. It was worked until 1895 after which it gradually became ruinous Link. The structure has been consolidated in recent years and re-roofed, and the intention is to create educational displays. It can be visited by appointment, but when I turned up, the caretaker appeared from an adjacent house and was pleased to show me around. Listed Grade II.
