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Back in the Day - Issue 19
Today we look into the history of Gedling House, a crime that gripped Arnold and a theft of dog food in Netherfield
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Back in the Day - Issue 18
Today we look back at Lord Byron's life at Newstead Abbey, a gun drama in Carlton and coal thefts from Gedling Colliery
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Back in the Day - Issue 17
Today we look back at the factories that shaped Netherfield, A train driver who fell off the wagon and a council in hot water over housing
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Back in the Day - Issue 16
Today we look back at a reports of a woman unable to conceive due to living in a high-rise flat, a 1930s report of an unprovoked pub assault in Netherfield and an Arnold murder story from 1896.
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Back in the Day - Issue 15
Today we look back at a report of serious assault on a railway worker in 1926 and a power outage that plunged more than 2,000 homes into darkness in 1964
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Back in the Day - Issue 14
Today's edition looks into the early history of Mapperley and the construction of Holme Sluices
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Back in the Day - Issue 13
Today's edition features a look back at a rare BBC broadcast from Burton Joyce and the castle that once stood at Stoke Bardolph
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Back in the Day - Issue 12
Today's edition features a look back at the history of Calverton Colliery and how a community was left in shock after a train crash
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Back in the Day - Issue 11
Today's edition features the tragic story of legendary cricketer Arthur Shrewsbury and also look at Tolkien's supposed link to Gedling
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Back in the Day - Issue 10
We look into how local history helped give our Wetherspoons pubs their names, share the story behind the abandoned Mapperley railway tunnel and revisit decade-old plans for Gedling Country Park ...
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Back in the Day - Issue 9
We look back at the story of a Calverton girl hitting the headlines in 1851, the history of Calverton Lido and plans for a Super Council at the start of the decade...
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Back in the Day - Issue 7
This issue looks back at the people who helped shape Netherfield, the origins of Arnot Hill Park and the start of work on Colliery Way