Turning Back the Pages in... Maid Marian Way

Compiled by Nottinghamshire Archives

Work on Maid Marian Way – Nottingham’s ‘urban motorway’ - began in the late 1950s.  But was this a brave attempt to divert traffic from the city centre or one of Nottingham’s worst planning disasters?

This book recalls the street scenes that pre-dated the creation of Maid Marian Way - Jessamine Cottages, Walnut Tree Lane and a host of leafy narrow streets leading up to Nottingham Castle.  It also re - creates, in a series of vivid images, the arrival of looming cranes, concrete and skyscrapers that marked the forging of Maid Marian Way through this most historic part of the city.

Anyone who has lived, worked or visited Nottingham will find this book essential reading and architecture students of  today will find it a fascinating insight into a fateful town planning exercise that still ‘gets people talking’ after all these years.

‘Turning Back the Pages…’ is an on-going series of books drawing on the extensive stocks of historic photographs collected by libraries throughout Nottinghamshire. Each photograph is presented with thoroughly researched captions, with maps and period adverts often being used to extend the theme.

Paperback

40 pages

Illustrated B/W

 isbn 978-0902751712