Photographs | Memories | Map
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An aerial view taken from Google Earth showing the area around Cloister Street. On the left is the junction with Abbey Street along with the start of Dunkirk Road. Above Cloister Street the River Leen runs horizontally across the photograph while a section of canal is just visible on the right. |
The junction of Cloister Street and Dunkirk Road after the banks of the River Leen had overflown. We have no exact date for this photograph but think it was probably taken c.1980. |
The one detached property that can be found on Cloister Street, the building is situated at its junction with Dunkirk Road. Photograph taken in the summer of 2003. |
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A 2003 view from the street of the row of town houses that are shown in the next photograph undergoing construction in 1982. They replaced a set of Victorian properties that were demolished in the late 1970s. |
This November 1982 photograph shows the construction of a row of two-bedroom Town Houses on Cloister Street. B&B Foundry can be seen at the back of the photograph. |
When this 1987 photograph was taken by Paul Bexon there was an open space where the original properties had already been demolished and the resultant space was being used as the base for a commercial business. |
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The vacant space on Cloister Street shown in the previous photograph is now occupied by this set of town houses. |
This 1966 photograph shows Jeff Hill outside 38/40 Cloister Street. |
John Nelson poses with his scooter on Cloister Street in the late 1960s. |
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Another shot of John Nelson with scooter on Cloister Street. The photograph which is thought to have been taken about 1969 shows the end properties which were later demolished and the site converted into a small car park. Notice that tarmac has now been laid on the road surface whereas the previous shot shows the original cobbles. |
After the foundry closed the site was later acquired by the University for student housing. The resultant development known as Cloister House is shown in this 2003 photograph. |
Photographs of B&B Foundry Co. Ltd on Cloister Street - 1987
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B&B Foundry was bought in February 1985 by J. Barber & E. Brockway. Items made at the foundry included work for Nottingham City Council - street bollards, litter bins, bench seats and street signs. These items can still be seen on the street around Nottingham city centre. The building has now been demolished and the site used for student accommodation (see above). |
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I lived at 15 Cloister Street from about 1962 until our house and the neighbouring properties were demolished in1979. Next door to us were the Clarkes family, Lottie, Jack and Josie. Cloister Street was a very friendly locality and we had some wonderful neighbours. I wonder if anyone remembers Mrs Spence, who ran the tiny shop on Cloister Street. My childhood memory was that she seemed really old - but I'd be happy to be corrected on this impression. The shop was a wonderful place to catch up on local gossip.
When we first put our names down for one of the new houses being built on Cloister Street, the area was still a construction site. This was 1982. On one side of Cloister Street a row of Victorian houses had been demolished and a local builder had acquired the site to construct 3 blocks of two-bedroomed Town Houses. The Victorian houses on the other side of the road were still occupied, so it made for an interesting mix of neighbours - young married couples and single people in the new houses and local families in the older houses.
We lived on the street for 8 years and have many happy memories of the area.
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