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Brookside, NOTTINGHAM, NG15 7QJ

Broomhill Junior School, Broomhill Road, is visible on the right of this chapel in the grounds of Hucknall Cemetery. This section of the cemetery appears hardly to have been used yet. This picture was taken with Brookside (i.e. a street name) behind the photographer.

The entrance/exit of Hucknall Cemetery, Broomhill Road. "Cemetery Lodge" on the left hand side of it is dated 1886. One of the first gravestones inside the gates, on the right, is that of a Mr Beardall. A former elementary school in nearby Beardall Street - now a nursery, infants and junior school - is called Beardall School. It seems likely that these are associated?

A view along Portland Road with St John's Anglican Church and the former Hicks Memorial Schools (sic) building (1878) now used as the Church Hall. The church was built in the 1870's to provide for the needs of miners and their families in the Butlers Hill and Broomhill areas. Buses using this particular stop have left Hucknall and Butlers Hill is their next port of call en route for Nottingham.

With the graveyard of Hucknall Torkard Parish Church beginning to fill up a Burial Board was elected in 1884 to find a suitable plot of land upon which to construct a cemetery. Such a spot was found in this locality known as the Moss Leys and eight acres was bought from the Duke of Portland in 1884 at £250 per acre. This is cemetery chapel, that is still in use, that was built by Mr. J. A. Munks for £1,031.

This path at the side of St John’s Anglican Church - a building located on Portland Road - leads to "The Parsonage" that is behind the small tree in the garden. The church was built in the 1870's to provide for the needs of miners and their families in the Butlers Hill and Broomhill areas of Hucknall.

The Yew Tree pub can be seen on the opposite side of Portland Road in this picture taken from the garden at the side of St John's Anglican Church. The church was built in the 1870's to provide for the needs of miners and their families in the Butlers Hill and Broomhill areas of this small market town.

Gents hairdressers in Hucknall, formerly a music shop if the ghost sign is from a previous owner.

With the graveyard of Hucknall Torkard Parish Church beginning to fill up a Burial Board was elected in 1884 to find a suitable plot of land upon which to construct a cemetery. Such a spot was found in this locality known as the Moss Leys and eight acres was bought from the Duke of Portland in 1884 at £250 per acre. This is cemetery chapel, still in use, that was built by a Mr. J.A. Munks for £1,031. The houses in the background are situated in Brookside (street name) and the Hazelgrove area lies behind the photographer.

Food and funeral side by side.