Turning Back the Pages in Ravenshead

By Philip E Jones

The book provides a photographic record of the history of Ravenshead, which is of wider interest than just to residents, current and past. There are several pictures of what the countryside looked like before the 1960s, when the area formed part of the parishes of Blidworth and the Liberty of Newstead. Of particular interest are the pictures of buildings no longer extant such as the Free Methodist Chapel built in 1864, which was reputed to be the smallest chapel in Nottinghamshire;  Newstead Hospital, opened in 1942 by the City of Nottingham as a TB sanatorium; and the old Post office which closed in 2000. On the back cover is an advert for the opening of the supermarket at Ravenshead on 18 February 1971, three days after the introduction of decimalisation in this country, showing the prices of goods in both the old and new currencies.

‘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 978-0902751644