Mary was born in 1929 and lived in New House Park. She recalls the Barnett family who lived in Sopwell House, previously called Sopwell Manor, and how Lady Aileen Barnett was frequently caught speeding. She remembers picking mushrooms, the ice… More about ‘Sopwell House and New Barnes Mill – Mary Myers’»
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Working as a postman in Sopwell – Jack Knight
Jack Knight was born in 1921. He lived in Nuns Lane after the war. Most of his working life he was a postman in the Cottonmill Lane area and describes what it was like. The main sorting office was in… More about ‘Working as a postman in Sopwell – Jack Knight’»
Ice house on the golf course – Bill Mackenzie
On the golf course, near Sopwell Gate Lodge, there is a spinney where residents recall that there used to be some kind of brick building. This fascinated the children who played there. It appears to have been a brick built… More about ‘Ice house on the golf course – Bill Mackenzie’»
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