Arnold « Views of Nottingham

Front Street, Arnold, in 1993

September 28, 2008 at 9:29 pm | In Then and Now | 3 Comments
Tags: Arnold

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:

The Arnold Eagle

The Arnold Eagle, Nottingham

This brick mosaic of an eagle is at the junction of Arnold’s High Street, Front Street and Nottingham Road and it can only be truly appreciated from above

The first written reference to Arnold is in the Domesday Book where it was called Ernhale.

Ernhale was translated to mean “place of eagles” and the eagle has become the town’s symbol.

In actual fact the terrain is unlikely to have ever been suitable for eagles and one theory is that the name derives from hern (or heron) and hale meaning corner i.e. the corner of the forest where herons were abundant

Memories of ‘The British School’ Arnold

August 27, 2008 at 11:06 am | In Memories | 1 Comment
Tags: Arnold, British School, market, school

Stuart Frew writes a personal view of his time at The British School in Arnold.

The year was 1966. Here I was, a young laddie dawdling down through the streets of Arnold in Nottinghamshire down towards the main shopping place. I had my new school uniform on for the first time, never having worn one before it was causing no little irritation.

Ring Ring Goes the Bell! « The Tears of a Clown.

I remember walking past The British School before it was demolished to make way for Arnold Market. I always thought that it looked a very scary, and most probably haunted, place.