Front Street, Arnold, in 1993 « Views of Nottingham

Front Street, Arnold, in 1993

September 28, 2008 at 9:29 pm | In Then and Now | 3 Comments
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I recently rediscovered some photographs I took in about 1993 of Front Street in Arnold.

Today I took pictures from the same positions (as near as I could get) to show how much Arnold has changed in the last 15 years.

This picture shows the junction of Worrall Avenue and Front Street, just after the demolition of Suttons Farm – the last farmhouse on Front Street to go.

And the same view today:

The view down Front Street from Arnold market in about 1993.

Today it looks like this:

Looking down towards King George V playing fields. Arnold market is on the left.

And today:

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The demolished house from the first pic was the home of one of Arnold’s most distinguished residents, Dr. Daniel Stenhouse.

From the Stenhouse Centre web site:

“The surgery is named after Dr Daniel Stenhouse, who was the first doctor in our practice.

Dr Stenhouse was born in Auchterarder, Scotland, in 1848 and graduated from Edinburgh University in 1876. He married Mary Worrall of Arnold and was a Medical Missionary in Chu Chia Province in China until 1886, working for the New Connection Methodist Church. In 1886 he became a general practitioner in Arnold and practised from Ebenezer House, which was the old farmhouse at the bottom of Worrall Avenue, until 1897. He then moved to live and practise from Arnold House, Church Street until his death in 1916.”

http://www.stenhousemedicalcentre.co.uk/practice_history.html

Comment by Stuart — October 4, 2008 #

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That’s fantastic Stuart – thank you for the extra info. I knew about The Doctor’s house on Church Street, but I didn’t know that the farmhouse was his first residence.

Comment by Adam — October 4, 2008 #

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What a fantastic blog. It’s such a shame to see how Arnold has been ‘let go’. It used to be such a thriving market town – I would have been 11 when those phoeos were taken (I lived there almost my entire life, before moving to London) – every time I go home, I find the downward spiral of the town very upsetting and start plotting the many letters that I’m going to write to MPs and council members.

Comment by Claire — February 12, 2009 #

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