Beautiful blue skies at Wollaton Park Lake yesterday #Nottingham

The thames below westminster monet Sculpting the Council House lions, Old Market Square, Nottingham, 1928. Leo and Oscar were modelled by Nottingham sculptor Joseph Else, the principal of the Nottingham School of Art on Waverley Street...

1928 ► The Council House lions were sculpted in the Old Market Square, #Nottingham. Leo and Oscar were modelled by Nottingham sculptor Joseph Else, principal of the Nottingham School of Art, and the cutting was done by A W Pond.
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Quite, billionaires eh?

Excellent description of social democracy, from Trond Solberg (15 March 2026)
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National Justice Museum on Twitter | Nottinghamshire, Good old times, Places to go “What could a National Justice Museum do for you? #NottinghamTogether https://t.co/1vdjvOM3jr @Nottingham_Day”

7 April 1995 ► #Nottingham's Galleries of Justice visitor attraction opened in the Shire Hall.
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‘man-hater’ – by Hollie McNish

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It’s probably a good start to the day when even your trousers are quite happy to see you.

Visit Notts on Twitter | Nottinghamshire, Wigan, Willard wigan “See @WollatonHall from a brand new perspective in this new video - filmed using a drone cam https://t.co/1PszlS8rLg”

April 2007 ► The £9 million restoration of #Nottingham's Wollaton Hall, Gardens and Deer Park was completed.
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Those who wanted war, never fought. Those who fought, never wanted war.

Horse tram on Long Row, Nottingham, circa 1890. | Nottingham city, Dublin street, Dublin city Horse tram on Long Row, Nottingham, circa 1890.

5 April 1879 ► #Nottingham and District Tramways Co Ltd opened its second tram route between the Market Place and Mansfield Road in Carrington.
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Happy Easter/Ēostre, and, either way, enjoy your festival chocolate… 😉

“Reason, Observation and Experience - the Holy Trinity of Science.”

Nottingham and Beyond on Twitter | Nottingham, World of tomorrow, Science park “Location of time capsule buried in 1984 at the Nottingham Science Park by Judith Hann (name spelt differently on the plaque), TV presenter.”

4 April 1984 ► #Nottingham’s Highfields Science Park project was launched with a time capsule being buried by Tomorrow’s World TV presenter Judith Hann (name spelt incorrectly on the plaque).
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Exit…

Someone lost their left arm and left leg in an accident; they're all right now.

Your Paintings - A Panorama of Nottingham from the Canal | Art uk, Nottingham castle, Nottingham map Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. Art UK is the online home for every public collection in the UK. Featuring over 200,000 oil paintings by some 38,000 artists.

April 1796 ► The #Nottingham Canal was completed, 14¾ miles to Langley Mill, causing the price of coal to be halved in the city.
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Edwin Starr (born Charles Edwin Hatcher on 21 January 1942) was an American singer and songwriter. Edwin moved to… | Edwin starr, American singers, Moving to the uk This Pin was discovered by Roy Manterfield (MumblingNerd). Discover (and save!) your own Pins on Pinterest

2 April 2003 ► Edwin Starr (born 21 Jan 1942) was an American singer and songwriter. He moved to the UK in the 1970s and died at his #Nottingham home on 2 April 2003. Edwin's grave is at Southern Cemetery, West Bridgford, Nottingham.
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Strait Talking…

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2 April 1928 ► The new layout of #Nottingham's Market Place was approved.
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2 April 1926 ► A widened portion of #Nottingham's Trent Bridge was opened, making it 80ft wide.
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Sad to hear that the artist Glen Baxter died recently; his quirky cartoons are brilliant.

The last execution was carried out at the The Gallows of Gallows Hill, near the top of Mansfield Road, N… | Nottingham city, Nottingham city centre, Haunted history The last execution was carried out at the The Gallows of Gallows Hill, near the top of Mansfield Road, Nottingham on 2 April 1827. The culprit was a man named William Wells, condemned for highway robb...

2 April 1827 ► The last execution was carried out at the old gallows site on Gallows Hill, near the top of Mansfield Road, #Nottingham. The culprit was a man named William Wells, condemned for highway robbery.
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Daniel Diggle was executed by hanging on the steps of Nottingham’s Shire Hall on 2 April 1817, after being convicted of… | Execution, Nottingham, How to look better The header from a broadsheet published to mark the occasion of Daniel Diggle's execution on 2nd April 1817 The full broadsheet can be seen...

2 April 1817 ► Daniel Diggle was executed by hanging on the steps of #Nottingham’s Shire Hall, after being convicted of firing a pistol at his employer, George Kerry, during a Luddite frame breaking disturbance.
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I wanted to watch the Artemis II launch, but it looks like it’ll be 11:30pm-ish here, which is past my bedtime… It’s not like 55 to 60 years ago, when I got up in the middle of the night to watch any developments in the Apollo program 😬

‘Racist’, ‘offensive’, ‘useless’, ‘pathetic’: Reform UK and the Tory defectors, in their own words Braverman, Jenrick, Zahawi, and Farage tell us how the Tories’ moral bankruptcy has led to Reform UK

#Braverman, #Jenrick, #Zahawi, and #Farage tell us how the #Tories’ moral bankruptcy has led to #ReformUK
Zahawi’s opportunism, Jenrick’s cowardice, and Braverman’s extremism tells us that #Reform is the natural conclusion of a #Tory party that sold its soul, and the country in the process.
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Man spends entire afternoon trying to get AI to do job that would have taken him 20 minutes A local man has reportedly spent the better part of his afternoon attempting to coerce an artificial intelligence tool into completing a simple spreadsheet task that colleagues estimate would have …

Man spends entire afternoon trying to get AI to do job that would have taken him 20 minutes.
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Cornerstone | National Ice Centre | Nottingham, National, Ice sports The UK’s first centre of excellence in ice sports, The National Ice Centre has two Olympic-sized rinks (60m x30m) and on opening was the National Headquarters for the British Ice Hockey Association, t...

1 April 2000 ► The #Nottingham Arena and Arena Rink of the National Ice Centre were opened by local ice skating legend Jayne Torvill.
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Reminds me of my 1970s, designing route maps for #Nottingham City Transport…