Kirkby-in-Ashfield in Old Photographs: A Second Selection (Britain in Old Photographs)

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Most passenger services plied between Nottingham Victoria and Mansfield Central, with some extending to Edwinstowe [5] [6] and Ollerton. [7] Jon TOPPING has a photograph of St. Wilfrid's statue overlooking the church entrance on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2013.

Goods and timetabled passenger services ceased on 3 January 1956, though Summer weekend excursion traffic to Scarborough, Cleethorpes, Skegness and Mablethorpe continued until 1962. The town is served by the local newspaper, Mansfield and Ashfield Chad. [19] Notable people [ edit ] Kirkby's new indoor market ready to welcome new traders Chad, 20 August 2021. Retrieved 9 May, 2022 This view was taken from a spoil heap above the Mill Pond looking towards the town. Behind the railway bridge over Mill Lane are the houses on Laburnum Avenue. The church, and houses on Pennine Drive are on the skyline.Two days later I drew the next picture, looking south towards the cottages on Laburnum Avenue, with the old railway embankment in front, and the rooves of the houses at the bottom of Church Hill & Mill Lane on the right. In the 1980s I took up sketching, and the pastel drawings below were made during a visit in August 1985. The first was a similar aspect but from the other side of the valley, showing the Rectory as well as the church. The trees half way up the field on the left are around one of the hollows that had been fish ponds in earlier times. The two pairs of houses above the signal box are at the start of what was then the tarmac part of Orchard Road. Between there and Chapel Street was not made up, and so full of muddy potholes. Beyond the factory land is the a signal box and signal post on the Central railway. In the middle distance on the right, behind the three poplars, is Scothern's smallholding. The distant open space on the left is Church Field. The bushy area by the clump of trees part way down was around a damp, hollow area where Gunnera (like giant Rhubarb) used to grow. Maybe it's been filled in now. Lund, Brian (1999) [1991]. Nottinghamshire Railway Stations on old picture postcards. Keyworth, Nottingham: Reflections of a Bygone Age. ISBN 0 946245 36 3.

This was all replaced with industrial buildings, with the Station Drive renamed New Line Road and extended to serve them. Kirkby boozers feature in a gallery of his images shared with the ECHO, taken between 1991 and 2014. John Wakefield said: “Pubs are the centre of communities, alongside the church - if you don’t go to one, you probably go to the other. They’re an integral part of social life, and I like the idea of them for that reason. I rather like a real ale too.Howard Anderson, P. (1973). Forgotten Railways: The East Midlands. Newton Abbott: David & Charles. ISBN 0 7153 6094 9. Full Freeview on the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) transmitter". UK Free TV. 1 May 2004 . Retrieved 20 October 2023. Sneak peek as Kirkby's new leisure centre is half way through construction Chad, 6 January 2022. Retrieved 9 May, 2022 Oliver Hynd MBE – 2016 & 2012 Paralympic, Gold, Silver, Bronze medallist in swimming, younger brother of Sam Hynd Mining Heritage, A Summit Circular, https://miningheritage.co.uk/summit-circular-a-look-into-kirkby-in-ashfields-industrial-past/