Lost Walkways To Nottingham's Marshes - Have they ALL gone!?
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- čas přidán 5. 05. 2024
- Hello and welcome to Time-Team Tanner, a new channel dedicated to preserving the memory of historical sites in Nottingham and beyond.
In this video I take you through the three lost medieval walkways of Nottingham: Drury Hill, Middle Hill and Garners Hill. But there is still one walkway that remains, Long Stairs, a medieval thoroughfare, once linking the Narrow Marsh area to the summit of the cliff, 90 feet above it.
Used for generations as a passageway for residents of Narrow Marsh working in the Lace Market factories, but closed to the public since 1933. This ancient walkway was almost lost to history like the others, but in 2018, I made it my goal to save Long Stairs and with a team of volunteer's I started the regeneration project. Can you help us bring it back from obscurity and allow visitors to walk on this amazing piece of our cultural heritage.
If you would like to support this project donate to our JustGiving page by typing in 'longstairsrestorationproject'
If you want to find out more about Long Stairs, watch the video I made a few weeks ago here: • Medieval stairs almost...
Brilliant! I used to sit in that little garden on Garner's Hill in my lunch break when I worked on High Pavement. It's criminal that it was all destroyed and replaced by the hideous lump that is the Contemporary Arts Centre. Superb video Janine. Shared!!!
Thanks Joy, glad it brought back happy memories of Garners Hill Park fir you. Thank you for sharing the video too! 😊
My Grandfather told me as a young kid he would walk up Long Stairs from Narrow Marsh where he lived to the city centre cinema on Saturday mornings! Great to see these old Nottingham. My family have live in & around Norrow marsh & Sneinton since late 1800's-early 1900's & still do to this day.
I loved this video and that you are covering the history of Nottingham. I'm not a born local but I do like to learn about the place that I live and it's great that you're making learning so accessible. Thank you so much.
Fantastic!!! I remember that my Mum was furious about Drury Hill, and another place near Trinity Square... I'm too young to remember most of the demolition and rebuilding, but I'm very interested in the history of my home town. Thanks, and good luck! x
Garner's Hill and park were a great hidden gem. I was quite upset when, after a decade away from Notts, I looked for it and it had been removed.
Great idea for a channel. Can't wait for the video's to come 👍🏻😄 You're right as well as it should never have been demolished and I agree. Such a shame it can never be brought back to life but alas, it's all long gone now.
Brilliant! Wish I could remember Drury Hill ☹️
Interesting and informative. Excellent.
Amazing work Janine 👏 keep going 💪❤ can’t wait to see what’s next to come 😊
Thank you so much Heidi, and huge thanks to you and Chris for making this possible, I really appreciate it. ❤
Really interesting thank you
Great video Janine, please keep up the good work. I spent my teenage years in Nottingham from 1960 and well remember a lot of the things you mention. We need to preserve these memories.
Great little video. Subscribed to your channel. Keep up the good work 👏
Thank you so much, I really appreciate it. ❤
Very interesting, thank you.
So many cities have protected their history. Nottingham seemed/seems to be obsessed with knocking things down to replace them with concrete. It's cheaper than renovation and is quite often a vanity project. A perfect example is the fortune spent on the uncentral city library then the threat of closure for local libraries.
Janine, what an amazing video. I may live in New Zealand, but you have my full support for the work you and your team are doing in maintaining Long Stairs. If I manage to make it over to Nottingham again I will definitely visit Long Stairs. I will try to send donations when I can to help.
Thank you very much, Kate, I very much hope you get to see Long Stairs at some point, and thank you very much in advance for any donations, I really appreciate it. 😊 x
Brilliant , well done Janine !
Thank you very much, Kerry, and thank you for sharing the video, I really appreciate it. 😊 x
Many thanks, Janine, for your fascinating film.
Great first vid Janine. Well done.
Thanks Keith, glad you enjoyed it. 😊
I did like Garners Hill Park
Interesting video, thanks. Ironically, many such "historic" places are themselves built on sites that were of historic interest at the time. At some point in the future, the process will repeat when some of the current infrastructure is demolished and replaced. Unfortunately, unlike York for example, the city of Nottingham hasn't generally put much effort into integrating old and new. At least outside of the city itself, across the county, a lot has been preserved to some extent.
Very interesting and quite tragic how Nottingham planning officers sold off so many beautiful places and buildings, lost forever; all in the name of progress.
Amusing to have just been speaking to Dan at Makeiteasy to then get home and see this video and see him staring back at me for the first couple of minutes
I guess the middle hill tunnel is still there although blocked off/ buried.
Blame the motor car. When the pumps run dry perhaps some character will return to the city.
architects find it difficult to challenge their clients who may come along with some unbudgeable 'idée fixé', they may have little feeling for the town they design for they may not have time to spend thinking about their designs or they may just not be very clever people. Janine, Why do you think the destroyed snickets aren't reconstructable?
Amazing how do I join and help my great grandad was born on Durry hill
I'm 42 years old btw
Iv been fascinated with the area all my life
One does not simply preserve fruit 🍑