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Park Drive, NOTTINGHAM, NG15 7LT

A view of part of Titchfield Park - with Park Drive in the background - as seen from beneath the former boathouse structure that now serves as a shelter. The boathouse is an ornamental shelter that once stood on the banks of the park's boating lake. The boathouse was built in 1928 from funds given by the Hucknall Miners' Welfare Committee for improvements to the park. This shelter was restored in 2009 with a Lottery Fund grant.

The children's playground area of Titchfield Park was seen from beneath the former boathouse structure that now serves as a shelter from wet weather. The boathouse is an ornamental shelter that once stood on the banks of the park's boating lake. The boathouse was built in 1928 from funds given by the Hucknall Miners' Welfare Committee for improvements to the park and it was restored in 2009 with a Lottery Fund grant.

This boathouse structure stood on the banks of the boating lake in the days when the park boasted a such a lake; a bandstand and tearooms. The boathouse was built in 1928 from funds provided by the Hucknall Miners Welfare Committee as part of an extension to the park. Now a shelter over one of its paths, the structure was restored in 2009 with the aid of a Lottery Fund grant.

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.

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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.

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".