Via West Hallam, Stanley Common, Smalley Common and Mapperley.

West Hallam

First walk of the year of to a bad start took wrong turn after less than a mile and had to almost get back to start to continue. Ended up with blisters which i don’t normally get, but first warm day of the year and not at work so no worries.

Post Office and cafe, Mapperley, November 2008

Shot taken today at Mapperley Reservoir Derbyshire

Taken at Mapperley Reservoir, Derbyshire, 2014

mapperley sunny morning

Taken at Mapperley Reservoir, Derbyshire, 2014

wed morning mapperley woods

quite mild this little fella and is mates where enjoying the mild weather

canon 7d, lens canon300f4 is

Detail Photography © Pete Jenkins 2005 Tel: 0115 960 9738 Web: www.petejenkins.co.uk E-mail: petej@petejenkins.co.uk 23, Corby Road, Mapperley, Nottingham NG3 5HF Mobile: 07762 202268

18th December 2005 Christmas preparations

Home made Christmas decorations on the Christmas Tree

Via West Hallam, Stanley Common, Smalley Common and Mapperley.

Path from ilkeston to West Hallam. Paddock Farm

First walk of the year of to a bad start took wrong turn after less than a mile and had to almost get back to start to continue. Ended up with blisters which i don’t normally get, but first warm day of the year and not at work so no worries.

Family Grave commemorating Samuel Peach, St. Michael's Churchyard, Town Street, Holbrook

Peach, Samuel, Private, 307080, 1st/8th Battalion, Notts and Derby Regiment

Formerly Private, 5604 &13051, 9th and 2nd Battalion, Notts and Derby Regiment

Born Holbrook, Derbyshire

Enlisted Derby

Residence Holbrook, Derbyshire

Entitled to the 1914-15 Star

Died of wounds 3rd June 1917 aged 30

Son of John and Mary Peach, of Holbrook, Derby

Buried in Noeux-les-Mines Communal Cemetery, France, Grave Reference: I. T. 10.

1911 Census

A coal miner hewer

Son of John, a bricklayer, and Mary Peach, of Town Street, Holbrook, Derbyshire

Mapperley Wood Derbyshire

Via West Hallam, Stanley Common, Smalley Common and Mapperley.

Mapperley Reservoir

First walk of the year of to a bad start took wrong turn after less than a mile and had to almost get back to start to continue. Ended up with blisters which i don’t normally get, but first warm day of the year and not at work so no worries.

Thought I'd take some snaps of the main shopping area. The Co-op is just in on the far right, it's the nearest supermarket.

Found clinging to a tree stump in the grounds of the old Mapperley Hospital...

this little chap was busymsinging ,feeding and chasing the other robins off

canon 7d , lens canon300 f4 is

Santa.

Via West Hallam, Stanley Common, Smalley Common and Mapperley.

Path to Smalley from Stanley Common looking from Smalley

First walk of the year of to a bad start took wrong turn after less than a mile and had to almost get back to start to continue. Ended up with blisters which i don’t normally get, but first warm day of the year and not at work so no worries.

Family Grave commemorating Samuel Peach, St. Michael's Churchyard, Town Street, Holbrook

Peach, Samuel, Private, 307080, 1st/8th Battalion, Notts and Derby Regiment

Formerly Private, 5604 &13051, 9th and 2nd Battalion, Notts and Derby Regiment

Born Holbrook, Derbyshire

Enlisted Derby

Residence Holbrook, Derbyshire

Entitled to the 1914-15 Star

Died of wounds 3rd June 1917 aged 30

Son of John and Mary Peach, of Holbrook, Derby

Buried in Noeux-les-Mines Communal Cemetery, France, Grave Reference: I. T. 10.

1911 Census

A coal miner hewer

Son of John, a bricklayer, and Mary Peach, of Town Street, Holbrook, Derbyshire

Froggatt, Robert, Gunner, 63570, ‘B’ Battery, 94th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Born Marlpool, Derbyshire

Enlisted Derby

Residence Heanor, Derbyshire

Disembarked for service 9th September 1915

Killed in action 15th July 1916 aged 32

Son of Robert and Rhoda Froggatt, of 65, Park St., Heanor; husband of Sarah Froggatt, of 11, East Nelson St., Heanor, Nottingham

Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France

1911 Census

A coal miner hewer

Husband of Sarah, and father of Ernest, Malissa and Hilda Froggatt, of 6, Nelson Street, Heanor, Derbyshire

Pension Records

Husband of Sarah (born 11th July 1885), father of Ernest (born 5th June 1906), Malissa (born 12th May 1908), Hilda (born 28th October 1910) and Robert Froggatt (born 28th March 1914), of 11 East Nelson Street, Heanor, Derbyshire

Great spotted woodpecker at Mapperley woods DWT. taken on a high ISO and in bad light. 21-01-2012

Taken at the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust reserve at Mapperley

Shot taken today at Mapperley Reservoir Derbyshire

Robin - Erithacus rubecula, taken at the new hide in Mapperley Woods near Ilkeston

Kirkham, Harry, Private, 24023, 9th Battalion, Notts and Derby Regiment

Born Calverton, Notts

Enlisted Ilkeston, Derbyshire

Disembarked for service 14th November 1915

Killed in action 26th September 1916 aged 32

Husband of Elizabeth Ann Bacon (formerly Kirkham), of 133, Awsworth Rd., Ilkeston, Derbyshire

Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France

1911 Census

A coal miner hewer

Husband of Elizabeth Ann, and father of Gladys May Kirkham, of 151, Station Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire

Pension Records

Husband of Elizabeth Ann Bacon (born 2nd July 1887); father of Gladys Mary (born 10th September 1908) and Winifred Martha Kirkham (born 4th February 1914), of 153 Station Road, Ilkeston, Derby

Via West Hallam, Stanley Common, Smalley Common and Mapperley.

Mapperley Reservoir

First walk of the year of to a bad start took wrong turn after less than a mile and had to almost get back to start to continue. Ended up with blisters which i don’t normally get, but first warm day of the year and not at work so no worries.

Grave of David Males

Males, David, Private, 244516, 1st Battalion, King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

Born Ilkeston, Derbyshire

Enlisted Ilkeston

Residence Smalley Common

Died of influenza and pneumonia, Manchester, Lancashire, 10th December 1918 aged 27

Buried in Stanley Common (All Saints) Churchyard

1911 Census

A colliery roadman below ground

Husband of Catherine Males, of 32, High Holborn, Ilkeston, Derbyshire

Pension Records

Husband of Catherine Males, of 16 Spencer Street, Smalley Common, Derbyshire

Also commemorated on the St. John The Baptist Church, Smalley War Memorial; and the Stanley Memorial

Mee, Mark, Driver, 32197, 96th Battery, Royal Field Artillery

Born Smalley, Derbyshire

Enlisted Derby

Disembarked for service 20th December 1914

Killed in action 25th April 1915 aged 35

Commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium

1911 Census

A colliery roadman

Son of Joseph, an estate labourer, and Mary Ann Mee, of Smalley, Derbyshire

Pension Records

Husband of Mary Mee, of Pit Lane, Smalley, Derbyshire

Also commemorated on the Richardson Endowed School, Smalley War Memorial; and the Mapperley Collieries War Memorial

Mapperley

Photographer: Keith Guyler (1997)

District: Nottingham & Derby

Circuit: Nottingham (Central) 22/1

Opening date (present church): 1903

Original denomination: Wesleyan

Taken at the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust reserve at Mapperley

Via West Hallam, Stanley Common, Smalley Common and Mapperley.

Hilltop Farm from path to Stanley Common.

First walk of the year of to a bad start took wrong turn after less than a mile and had to almost get back to start to continue. Ended up with blisters which i don’t normally get, but first warm day of the year and not at work so no worries.

Via West Hallam, Stanley Common, Smalley Common and Mapperley.

Stanley Common

First walk of the year of to a bad start took wrong turn after less than a mile and had to almost get back to start to continue. Ended up with blisters which i don’t normally get, but first warm day of the year and not at work so no worries.