Lenton Times

The Magazine of Lenton Local History Society

Dunkirk & Old Lenton Community Centre from Beeston Road in 1997.  Until the 1960s these buildings situated at the junction of Montpelier Road and Clifton Boulevard housed Dunkirk Primary School.

Another shot of the same building as in the previous photograph but this one was taken in 2008 and shows the view looking back towards the junction of Montpelier Road with Clifton Boulevard.  A portion of the flyover is just visible on the extreme left of the shot.

Now apparently known as the 'Dunkirk S.C.' it was previously known as the 'Dunkirk Young Working Men's Social Club'. This Club under one name or another can trace its roots back to the 1880s when Dunkirk was first laid out.  Quite where the premises were originally located has yet to come to light.

A 2005 view looking along Montpelier Road - the junction with Marlborough Street is just visible on the left.

For this 2008 shot Paul Bexon has moved somewhat closer to the junction with Marlborough Street and the gable end of the building shown in the next photograph can just be seen in the extreme right of the phtograph.

The junction of Claude Street and Montpelier Road in 2005.  The original brickwork on the terrace properties, seen on the left of the photograph, remains on view whereas this end property has now been rendered to conceal the various changes wrought on the building in recent years.

The Dunkirk Inn, taken in May 2004, had recently received yet another make-over which included a reversion to something like its original name. The pub had previously spent a number of years when it was known as 'The Rubber Duck'.

A shot of the original Dunkirk Hotel taken by Jack Hall in 1966.

Ted Wardle, at one time landlord of the Dunkirk Hotel, can be seen in the next photograph showing the interior of the pub.  A keen amateur painter, Ted was prompted to produce this painting of the pub in 1987 using the photograph, shown previously, as his starting point.  

A 1950s shot showing the interior of the original Dunkirk Hotel.  The publican is Ted Wardle.  We have received a suggestion that the customer in the foreground is a Mr Jackson, who would then have been a teacher at Dunkirk Juniors and later became headmaster at Middleton Primary School.

The section of Montpelier Road to be found just beyond the Dunkirk Inn.  

No.87 Montpelier Road in 1925.  This photograph was taken off a glass plate found in a skip by Brian Howes in 1983.  The full story can be found in Issue No. 4 of Lenton Times.

No.87 Montpelier Road in 1990.  The shop is no more and the property has been converted into a normal house.

A photograph of Dunkirk Farm taken about 1905.  This property was once to be found on Montpelier Road on a site close to the railway line.

The photographer was standing at the junction with Claude Street and looking back towards Clifton Boulevard.  The original properties which once stood on the left of the photograph have been demolished to make way for replacement housing, erected in the 1990s.

Moving further back towards the eastern end of Montpelier Road, the junction with Marlborough Street lies off to the right and the buildings shown in the next photograph can just be seen at the far end of the  row of properties situated on the left hand side of the road.

The shop of W. Coates and Sons at 12 Montpelier Road  W. Coates originally had a large rope and twine manufacturing business housed in premises on Commercial Street.  The location now lies beneath the Queens Medical centre.
See article in Lenton Times Issue No 20