This
site contains the results of research over the last 30 years into a Woodward family from the Alcester district of Warwickshire. The research goes back to the early 1700s and covers nine generations of one family that lived in Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Staffordshire and Nottinghamshire. The site also offers advice for first time genealogists on what to look for in parish records. (more)
Nottingham in the late 1970s
This
site contains photographs of Nottingham taken between 1978 and 1983 when many of the city's well known landmark buildings were being demolished. The site includes photographs of the former Great Central Railway from Bulwell to the Trent, the disused Nottingham Canal through Wollaton, old cinemas and many old factories that have since been demolished, including the original Raleigh Cycle works. (more)
Post Office Letter Boxesand Telephone Kiosks.
This site contains information about public letter boxes used throughout the UK over the past 150 years and red telephone kiosks. The study grew out of the Nottingham project mentioned above, and has become a major project in its own right.
A specific section dedicated to boxes in Nottinghamshire is included, and the section on phone kiosks looks at the history of these rapidly disappearing design icons. (more)
Created by Graham Woodward, Nottinghamshire, England. (Last updated 27 July 2008). If you would like more information about the contents of this site, contact me.