Rolling Out The Red Carpet - Royal Visits to Nottingham

It has always been customary to put on a bit of a show when you have visitors. When those visitors happen to be royalty, then that show is usually a substantial affair.

In this book, we look at royal visits to Nottingham throughout the ages, with special focus on the period from the 1840s to the 1950s, using many of the city's historical records.

The Nottingham Canal - Past And Present

Today many of us enjoy relaxing or strolling along what remains of the Nottingham Canal, which now joins the Beeston Cut at Lenton and then runs beneath the cliffs of Nottingham Castle to the city centre and Trent Bridge. For over 200 years the Canal has been playing an important role in the life of Nottingham and once extended to other parts of the city. In this fascinating and informative history of the Canal, local historian Stephen Zaleski traces its origins and history from the mid-18th century to the present day, with the help of historical photographs and maps.

Nottingham at War: 1914-1919 & Lenton: A Suburb's Sacrifice

In the 1990s the Society established a project to learn more about the Lenton men and women who died as a result of the First World War. The result is this book. The first half, written by Peter Foster, and amounting to some 160 pages, offers readers a year by year account of how the war impacted on the city. The second portion, prepared by Stephen Zaleski, focuses on the Lenton Dead and occupies about 115 pages.

The book is illustrated with a number of war-time photographs of Lenton along with a host of advertisements and public notices taken from the Nottingham newspapers. The individual profiles also include photographs of some of those who died plus various memorials to them to be found in Lenton Churchyard.