Kirkwhite Walk and the sporting story pole
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Kirkwhite Walk and the sporting story pole
Image: © John Sutton Taken: 4 Jun 2015
Before the rebuilding of The Meadows in the 1970s, this was Kirkwhite Street. The story pole celebrates Nottingham sporting achievements. The Nottinghamshire cricketer Arthur Shrewsbury shows clearly on this side of it. Admired by W G Grace, he is buried in Gedling churchyard: see Image
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Image Location
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52.942925
Longitude
-1.150853