Lenton Times

The Magazine of Lenton Local History Society

Issue 1 - October 1988

Contents

What The Council Did After They Bought Wollaton Park

Before The Golf Course

Lenton And Surrounding Parishes In 1823

The Golf Course

The Crane Houses Of Wollaton Park

Mrs. Lowe Remembers

St Mary's And St. Barnabas

Jubilee Tea-towels

St. Mary's - Les Berry's History

The Lenton Foot-Steeplechase

Photos Of The Fair At Highfields

Society Snips

Bryan Bailey's Lenton Research

Editorial for this Issue

Members of Lenton Local History Society used to receive regular newsletters produced by Cliff Voisey until it was decided to include Society news within the pages of The Lenton Listener.  Now that the Listener has ceased publication, at least for the time being, the question arose - what shall we do now?  The answer lies in front of you.  This is a major departure for the Society and if 'Lenton Times' is to be a success we must quickly establish a sizeable readership.  If you find the magazine interesting, do recommend it to your friends, always encouraging them to buy their own copy rather than read yours.  A substantial sum has been set aside the meet the production costs and should we fail to recoup out overheads then Lenton Times must necessarily become a short-lived affair.  If all does go well, then we hope to produce Issue No.2 in April 1989 and thereafter turn the magazine into a biannual publication.  

Perhaps in rather perverse fashion this first issue spends much of its time at the edge of the parish and beyond.  Wollaton Hall was completed exactly 400 years ago And so there have been all manner of events put on by the City Council this year to celebrate the event.  While the spotlight was turned in this direction we thought it an opportune moment to recall the events surrounding the Corporation's purchase of the Hall and what subsequently happened to the Lenton side of the parkland.  If nothing else it ought to stress that we have no desire to be overly parochial in outlook.  Once Issue No.1 is out we shall be sending complimentary copies to a number of local firms and businesses with the hope that some of them might agree to become sponsors of one of the forthcoming issues.  In exchange for a donation of about £40 we would be happy to devote a page of the magazine to a history of their business.  If there are readers who are in a position to influence any decisions on our behalf then please speak up and accept our lasting thanks.  

SCHOOL PHOTOS SOUGHT
In a future issue of Lenton Times we are eager to publish an account of schooldays at Cottesmore Central School for Girls written by Mrs. Sheila Bourner (nee Carpenter).  Unfortunately we don't have much in the way of illustrations to accompany her text.  So if readers know of photographs taken in the Girls School, especially during the 1930s, we would be most grateful to hear from them.