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Valley Road, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 3BG

This view of the new skateboard park in the Jason Spencer Sports Ground shows the elongated, rectangular shape of this recreation ground that is located between Day Brook (a stream) and Valley Road (the A6514). This trunk road passes close to the City Hospital. Behind the photographer is an new all-weather basket ball court and some all-weather keep-fit equipment. Further along this narrow strip of leisure space - in the opposite direction - are a series of long-established tennis courts together with some newly laid out petanque pistes. The sports ground was named in memory of teenager of Tithby Road, Sherwood who was stabbed to death by a 17 year old boy during a fight in 2007 over a torn jacket belonging to a second young man, who is now in prison.

The part of the Jason Spencer Sports Ground that contains the new skateboard park (partially visible in the centre) together with the all-weather basketball court and all-weather keep-fit equipment (latter two, not visible here). The pedestrian entrance to this recreation area is out of sight although the sunlight glistening off a passing car indicates the position of Valley Road. This elongated rectangular recreation ground is situated between Day Brook (a stream) and the A6514, an arterial road that runs near to City Hospital. In the distance (and also out of sight in this picture) are a series of long-established tennis courts and some newly laid-out petanque pistes. This sports ground was named in memory of teenager of Tithby Road, Sherwood who was stabbed to death by a 17 year old boy during a fight in 2007 over a torn jacket belonging to a second young man, who is now in prison.

Luxuriant growth alongside the Day Brook.

The Jason Spencer Sports Ground was named in memory of teenager from nearby Tithby Road who was stabbed to death in 2007 by another 17 year old boy. The ground is situated between the Day Brook, a river that acts as a natural boundary between City Hospital and the A6514. Beyond the all-weather basketball court and some of the all-weather keep-fit equipment are a series of pistes managed by the Nottingham City Petanque Club. The lamp posts are a blast from the past having once provided external lighting on the P.Z. Cussons (U.K. Ltd) soap factory site in Basford. Gerard Bros Ltd had operated a soap manufacturing factory in 1893 that was taken over by Cussons Ltd in 1955. Cussons closed the factory 2009, having decided to shift its manufacturing process elsewhere and one of the founding members of the petanque club asked if the club might have them as an alternative to them ending up as scrap metal. A couple of pictures of these posts in their former location can be seen on http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php/54919-PZ-Cussons-Nottingham-Oct-10.

The main entrance to the area of The Jason Spencer Sports Ground that contains a new skateboard park, the new all-weather basket ball court and this new all-weather keep-fit equipment. This recreation ground is sandwiched between Day Brook (a stream) and Valley Road - the A6514 - that is situated behind the railings. Behind the photographer are a series of long-established tennis courts together with some newly laid out petanque pistes. This sports ground was named in memory of teenager of Tithby Road, Sherwood who was stabbed to death by a 17 year old boy during a fight in 2007 over a torn jacket belonging to a second young man, who is now in prison.

Valley Road Park. This recreation ground is situated between the Day Brook, a river that acts as a natural boundary between City Hospital (out of sight, on the left) and the A6514 (to the right of the railings). The series of lamp posts bordering Nottingham City Petanque Club’s pistes are a blast from the past having once provided external lighting on the P.Z. Cussons (U.K. Ltd) soap factory site in Basford. Gerard Bros Ltd opened a soap manufacturing factory in 1893 that was taken over by Cussons Ltd in 1955. The Cussons closed the factory 2009, having decided to shift its production elsewhere and one of the founding members of the petanque club asked if the club might have the lamp posts as an alternative to them ending up as scrap metal. A couple of pictures of the posts in their former location can be seen on http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php/54919-PZ-Cussons-Nottingham-Oct-10

A view taken from the pedestrian entrance that leads into this part of the Jason Spencer Sports Ground from Valley Road. This recreation ground is situated between Day Brook (a stream) and the A6514, an arterial road that runs near to City Hospital. The internal footpath leads to the park’s vehicular exit on Edwards Lane. The new all-weather basketball court and all-weather keep-fit equipment can be seen and further along this narrow strip of leisure space that is parallel with the A6514 are a series of long-established tennis courts together with some newly laid out petanque pistes. Behind the photographer is a new skateboard park, plus a long rectangular stretch of freely accessible grassland behind that. This ground was named in memory of teenager of Tithby Road, Sherwood who was stabbed to death by a 17 year old boy during a fight in 2007 over a torn jacket belonging to a second young man, who is now in prison.

A digger on what was, until recently, an area of grass that is part of the Valley Road Recreation Ground. This is sandwiched between the A6514 and the Day Brook (< a stream). E.U. monies are currently being spent on landscaping sections of the park and altering the course of the brook. The brook lies 30 metres behind the digger and the tall trees. The vehicles seen ahead are circulating around the Hucknall Road/Valley Road roundabout in the vicinity of the City Hospital. The Day Brook serves as one of the boundaries of the City Hospital.

A track currently being used by construction vehicles working on the Hucknall Road/Valley Road roundabout development project. This section of Valley Road is near to "the City Hospital roundabout" (off screen and behind the photographer's right shoulder). This track has been constructed on an area of green space sandwiched between the A6514 and the Day Brook (a river that also serves to mark the southern boundary of the City Hospital site). Hopefully this "on-loan" green space will be re-established at the side of what appears to be a new roundabout lane?

There is no evidence to suggest that this little building was a public convenience, and it carries the street number above its entrance. A mystery.