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The Portland Swimming Baths date from 1914 and was adjacent to the tram depot which has now been incorporated into the modern leisure centre.

The plaque recalls local swimmer Connie Jeans twice breaking the national swimming record for 220 yards at the opening of the Portland Baths, The Meadows, Nottingham. The historic baths (originally opened as a wash house in 1914) are still in use and part of the Portland Centre leisure facility. The pool is 33 yds long with cubicles alongside the poolside. Connie went on to represent Great Britain in the 1920 & 1924 Olympic Games winning silver medals in the 4x100m freestyle relays on both occasions but missing out finishing 4th in 3 individual events (100m & 300m 1920 & 100m 1924).

The building on the corner of Muskham Street and Bunbury Street was originally one of many pubs in The Meadows.

The Meadows area was extensively redeveloped in the 70s, with large swathes of old housing being demolished. Some of the older housing was, however, retained, and this street scene shows the old meeting the new, with the older houses on the right-hand side of the road, and the newer on the left.

Victorian Arkwright Street and many of the streets off it were demolished in the Meadows redevelopment of the 1970s. Now houses built then are being replaced along Arkwright Walk, which was once one of the main routes out of the city to the south and was replaced as a bus route by Meadows Way. The skylit roof of the Portland Centre shows above the stacked roof trusses.

Former Boots Institute and shop in mock Tudor style now converted into a business and social club. It was built around 1907 as a chemist's shop and the Olde English Café. In 1922 the shop part developed into Boots's social club with the addition of billiard room, lounge and dance hall.

Arkwright Street became Arkwright Walk following a massive slum clearance project in the 1970s. Now some of the houses built then are being replaced.

The Globe public house in London Road welcomes Sven-Goran Eriksson, the former England football manager, as Director of Football at Notts County in August 2009. His stay in the lower divisions was brief.