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Heritage Skills Workshops
As part of the project, we will be running hands-on ‘taster’ sessions to raise awareness of heritage conservation and provide skills that you can apply in your work or DIY projects, or take further in your studies. Who are the workshops for? Some will be for construction students, others will be for owners/ tenants, local builders, local residents with older houses or adult education groups such as the University of the Third Age. Who is deliveri...
March 2021 - Mansfield Townscape in the News
Lydia Kirk’s fame is growing – Mansfield Townscape Heritage project made it onto the front page of the News Journal, Mansfield’s good news local paper, this week, with a feature on the oral history programme that we launched with Asquith Primary School. You can read the feature here. It was a great plug for the project as a whole – thank you News Journal! If you’d like to train as an interviewer or have a story to share about the history of the t...
Saturday Afternoons in the 70s
... Tracey Key (Spalding) Wonderful to read and look back at the many memories in the 70s for us all. I used to help my mum on Saturdays. We would sometimes visit the Swiss cafe for a milkshake and toasted teacake, shop in Woolworths, go on market and have peas and cockles. Mum always enjoyed her peas and cockles. Sadly lost my mother and father so to see and read all the wonderful stories is bliss. Brings back all those good feelings....
Queen of the Mic!
Over the Christmas holidays, 9-year-old Lydia Kirk, one of the children from Asquith Primary School who were trained as oral history interviewers, sat down with her grandad and asked him to share a memory of Mansfield. Their conversation took him back to 1977 when the Queen visited the town – a time of flared trousers, platform shoes and glam rock! Lydia then went a step further and recorded herself reading the transcript of the interview. When y...
Merry-go-round Memory
I remember as a child, watching the merry-go-round on the market place. I think it used to be up near the Town Hall area. I don’t remember too much about the different vehicles on the roundabout but I think there was a fire engine, with an upstairs. It definitely played music as it went around. I did go on it but not very often. I don’t think we had much money to spare! I also remember having peas and mint sauce from a stall nearby. This would ha...
December 2020 - Young Historians Trained Up
Just before Christmas, as part of Mansfield Townscape Heritage historical research programme, a group of keen young historians from Asquith Primary School attended an online training session organised by Corinna Brown, Extended Services Coordinator for Asquith and Berry Hill Primary Schools, and led by Outreach Officer, Helen Foster, from East Midlands Oral History Archive. The session introduced the girls to the principles and practice of gather...
What's That Building? - Photo Quiz
Do you recognise these buildings just from a small detail? Why not have a walk around town and see if you can identify these classic Mansfield buildings from their unique architectural features. (Suitable for all ages. Although, if you’re quite young, ask an adult to help you). Good look! Download the Mansfield Photo Quiz pdf. 1. What are these strange animals in relief across my stone coursing? Can you spot them? Hint: You can find me on Leeming...
September 2020 - Mansfield Townscape in the News
Our art competition winner, budding artist Chloe Daykin, age 6, has a growing reputation. Chloe was inspired by our competition to make a series of delightful paintings featuring Mansfield’s townscape. Mum Kerry was so impressed she suggested that they sell prints to raise money for local charity group Spectrum Wasp that helps families and children with autism. If you want to find out more, read the story of Chloe’s fundraiser featured in the Cha...
September 2020 - Children's Art Competition Winners
... Pauline Marples Brilliant to see what all the children have done Pete Brown Thanks Pauline – apologies for the (very long!) delay in responding. We're still getting our act together as far as the website is concerned. Need more helpers! Pete Brown, Community Participation Coordinator...
Art Work of Bentinck Memorial, Market Place, Mansfield
... Bentinck Memorial, Market Place, Mansfield. David Velebny Age 5. ...
Remembering Mr Splash
In the 90s, my Mum would always take us to see Mr Splash while we were in town. He would cycle into town in all his clown regalia and set up in one of the main streets. We’d throw some change into his charity bucket and he’d give us a small lollipop. It was only a tiny bit of coloured sugar at the end of a stick, but we loved it. I would plead with my Mum to take us to see him whenever we saw his colourful outfit sat in the distance. He was alway...
July 2020 - Mansfield Townscape and Covid-19
Because of the Covid-19 lockdown much of the activity planned for the project has been put on hold. Building work has been postponed and community participation has moved online for the time being. Looking Forward to a Fresh Start As the restrictions are eased, we will be working with building owners and tenants, contractors and project delivery partners to restart the programme and look forward to meeting lots of new friends and supporters in th...
Elephants Parade through Market Place
I remember elephants parading through the Market Place when Billy Smart’s Circus would visit Mansfield in the 60s. It was a sight to see! We’d collect tea packets from Brooke Bond-D or Typhoo for ‘children’s day’ at the circus which was a show only for us kids. The tea packets would be our entry payment. It was a promotional event but we weren’t bothered about that, we just couldn’t wait to get in and see the show! We were given Brooke Bond D or ...
A Market Place Murder - 1878
John Shippam, known affectionately as ‘Old Jack’ by the locals, was a market-stall holder in Mansfield Market Place. He was a native of Mansfield and lived on Belvedere Street with his son-in-law, William Theobald. John Shippam liked a drink and when he wasn’t selling fish and fruit on the market he was often found in the nearby public houses around the Market Place. John’s love of drink often meant that he would incur numerous debts, which strai...
Children's Art Competition
This competition is now closed. Well done to all the entrants! Have a look above at the young artistic talent of Mansfield. Some of the buildings in the town centre are looking a bit tired and sad. Over the next few years, the Mansfield Townscape Heritage Project will be smartening them up. In the meantime, you can help us imagine what they might look like when they are finished by choosing one of the buildings and drawing or painting a picture o...
Welcome to Stockwell Gate
One of the main medieval routes that lead into Mansfield town centre, Stockwell Gate has seen many changes and played host to commerce, culture and catastrophe. In 1791 Stockwell Gate held the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel – when Mansfield Town Football Club was established in 1897, it was first founded as ‘Mansfield Wesleyans’. The Empire Palace of Varieties, opened in 1914, once stood at the corner of Stockwell Gate and Rosemary Street in an era wh...
Welcome to Mansfield Market Place
Since it was granted the market charter by Henry III in 1227, there has been a tradition of outdoor markets in Mansfield. Once held by the Market Cross on West Street, the market moved to the centre where the Bentinck Memorial stands. The routes leading to Market Place are based on the original medieval trade routes into town. Mansfield Market Place originally occupied a triangular area from West Gate to Stockwell Gate to Church Street. By the ea...
Welcome to Leeming Street
Leeming Street dates back to medieval times and has been one of the main arteries leading to the Market Place heart of Mansfield for centuries. The street was widened at the end of the 18th century and again around 1904, and even had tram lines later installed to accommodate the growing number of shoppers. Many people will still remember it being a busy roadway for cars as well as pedestrians. Leeming Street has a broad history of shops, particul...
Meet the Team
Mansfield Townscape Heritage Team Caroline Daghash, Townscape Heritage Officer (MDC staff) I have had many years’ experience of delivering grant funded projects. Having lived in and around Mansfield all my life I am very excited about working on the Townscape Heritage Project. I really hope that the property owners will realise the advantages of accessing the grant to improve the appearance of their property and that the project also raises commu...
Mansfield Townscape Heritage Project
Building Pride in Mansfield The project is part of a wider vision by Mansfield District Council to improve the appearance and vibrancy of the town centre and to put Mansfield back on the map as a great place to live, work, invest and visit, aligning with council priorities for Place, Growth and Aspiration and Wellbeing. Helping Businesses Thrive Before the coronavirus struck, the council was providing business start-up, growth and shopfront impro...
31 Market Place – Phone Corner
Brief History 31 Market Place was built in the early 20th century. Current Condition It is an unusual, quirky building in good condition, mostly intact apart from the loss of the parapet balustrade. It has a glazed terracotta tiled façade. Suggested Works Minor repairs including a crack in the terracotta gable. Reinstate the glazed terracotta cornice and upper section of balustrade and copings between pilasters. A pilaster is a rectangular, flat ...
30 Market Place
Brief History 30 Market Place was built in the mid- to late 19th century. The building was reduced in size in around 1900 when Leeming Street was widened. A two-storey shopfront was added in 1908 for The House of Burton. My Mansfield Townscape Click here to listen to oral history interviews with local people. Current Condition The building is in good condition but the two-storey shop front is dated, with window film on the first-floor windows and...
26-29 Market Place – Shoe Zone, Pound Bakery
Brief History 26-29 Market Place dates from the mid-20th century and is possibly a re-facing of an early 20th century building. Current Condition The building is in fair condition but the facing materials are out of character. There are UPVC replacement windows on the second floor and most of the first floor, where two original windows remain. The shopfront signage is very dominant, including those promoting upper floor commercial units. Suggeste...
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