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Croft Avenue, NOTTINGHAM, NG15 7JD

Detail of the central block with commemorative plaque and bell turret with clock. See https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/8108014

Also known as Houses of Rest for Miners is a group of 6 almshouses built in 1925 through the generosity of philanthropist Sir Julien Cahn, 1st Baronet of Stanford on Soar in honour of his parents. Designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield these bungalows were originally intended to house local retired coal miners. Listed Grade II, they are now run by Nottingham Community Housing Association.

This is the birthplace of Eric Coates, composer and creator of the Dambusters theme and also the theme tune to the BBC Radio programme "Workers Playtime" The blue plaque (now well faded) can be seen on the right hand side, near the lamppost.

This was the house in which the English composer Eric Coates was born and grew up. Among other well known works, he wrote ‘By the sleepy lagoon’, used as the theme tune for the long-running radio show ‘Desert Island Disks’. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Coates

See https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/8105329 for location

The birth place and home of Eric Coates (1886-1957) on the corner of Duke Street and Beardall Street as seen here with the greater part of Duke Street behind the photographer. Coates has been described as 'the uncrowned King of light music composition'. He also played the viola. He is perhaps best known for his composition "By the Sleepy Lagoon" (1930) that is still used to introduce "Desert Island Discs" on Radio 4 and for "The Dambusters March" (1954), the music used in this classic film.

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Beardall Nursery, Infants and Junior School on Beardall Street, with Watnall Lane behind the photographer. This school is reputed to be one of the oldest former Elementary Schools in the area. The original sandstone premises were built circa 1872 at a cost of nearly £2,000. On the distant left hand corner, where a white car can be seen waiting to pull out from Duke Street into Beardall Street, is the birth place and home of Eric Coates - "The Uncrowned King (Composer) of Light Music". Although he also played the viola, he is probably best known for his composition "By the Sleepy Lagoon" (1930) that is still used to introduce the "Desert Island Discs" on Radio 4 and for "The Dambusters March" (1954), from the film "The Dambusters".