Issue No. 44 June 2022 (£2.00)
The Litchfields of Manfull Street, New Lenton (5 pages)
For the first eleven years of his life Steven Litchfield lived with his parents in a house in the old Willoughby Street area. Both the house and the street itself were to disappear in the 1960s redevelopment of that part of New Lenton. Manfull Street was a very short stretch of road coming off Willoughby Street whereupon it turned through ninety degrees and became Lombard Street with the other end of the road coming out on Church Street. There was just one short stretch of terraced housing on the northern side of the road consisting of four properties. Tucked in at the corner of Manfull Street and Lombard Street was the Manfull Street Mission Hall, which belonged to Lenton Parish Church. Not a building that would play much of a role in Steven's life, his interests lay elsewhere on Manfull Street and the surrounding area.
Arthur Orgill and 243 Derby Road, Lenton (4½ pages)
No.243 Derby Road can be found at its junction with Lenton Boulevard. This large detached property, erected in the late 1890s, would later serve as the head offices of the Nottingham Co-operative Society. In order to create sufficient office space a large extension was added before the move to Lenton and in the 1960s the Co-op spread into some of the neighbouring Derby Road properties. When the Greater Nottingham Co-operative Society came into being in 1969 these Lenton premises continued to serve as the new organisation's head offices. This remained the case until 1991 when everyone moved to the city centre into new purpose-built premises on Wollaton Street. After remaining empty for a number of years the Lenton site was finally sold off and the buildings converted into the current student accommodation. However, this article looks at the early history of 243 Derby Road and focuses on Arthur Orgill, the man who was the house's original occupant.
Local Listings: Wollaton Park Housing Estate: The History and Development of a Garden Suburb by Graham Woodward [price £3.50] (1 page)
In this 20 page booklet Graham Woodward offers a detailed look at a unique housing estate in Wollaton Park, Nottingham, built between 1926 and 1929.
Bendigo and Lenton (8½ pages)
We recently came across a link between William Thompson and Lenton. Thompson was a nineteenth century bare-knuckle pugilist better known by his nickname of 'Bendigo.' On offer in this article is a short account of his life largely culled from J.P. Bean's book Bold As A Lion - The Life of Bendigo - Champion of England [pub.2002], that goes on to explore Bendigo's brief time spent in Lenton while also revealing how the link actually came to light.
An Update on Our Sponsor's Story (1 page)
Back in April 2000, Angels by Day, the Montessori-inspired nursery located on Derby Road at Hill Side, sponsored Lenton Times No.15. Now in June 2022 Angels by Day have sponsored this current edition - so we update their story which includes the opening of their second nursery at Bulwell.
The Lenton Heliport: A Second Look (5 pages)
Our previous article on the Lenton Heliport appeared in Lenton Times No.10 [October 1996]. The text was a mere five hundred words and the article included a solitary photograph taken at the 'Trent Lane' site. This second look at this short-lived experiment may have some additional information to impart about the helicopter service itself but, courtesy of the Internet and Dick Flute's website www.ukairfieldguide.net, we have now been able to find a lot more illustrative material - while also revealing the subsequent 'career' of one of the two helicopters that served Nottingham.
Samuel Knighton: From Milk Boy to Millionaire (½ pages)
A short account, initially published in the 1st September 1920 edition of the Nottingham Journal & Express, was immediately picked up by a national press agency and over the next couple of days the same story found its way into newspapers the length and breadth of the country. It involved a former Nottingham man overcoming a number of set backs and subsequently going on to become a millionaire and ending up as a New York resident. The hero of the hour was none other than Samuel Knighton, born and raised in New Lenton. We offer readers our own rags to riches account of this local man.
Society Snips (2 pages)
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