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Albert Ball Memorial Homes
Old people's homes by Lenton War Memorial http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1823035 built in 1921 at the expense of Alderman Albert Ball in memory of his son Captain Albert Ball, air ace and National hero.
Albert Ball, Captain and Flight Commander VC, DSO (2 bars), MC, Croix de Chevalier, Legion d'Honneur, Cross of St. George (Russia), SF & RFC, Honorary Freeman of the City of Nottingham. http://www.lentontimes.co.uk/images/gallery/albert_ball/albert_ball_listener_14.htm
Image: © Richard Croft
Taken: 23 Apr 2010
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Sherwin Road, Lenton
Image: © Andrew Abbott
Taken: 12 Jun 2010
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Midland Avenue, Lenton
Image: © Chris Whippet
Taken: 28 Jul 2015
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Albert Ball Memorial Homes
Image: © Andrew Abbott
Taken: 12 Jun 2010
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Midland Avenue, Lenton
A misnamed street as I cannot believe this was ever tree-lined.
These Victorian terraced houses are now all let to students.
Image: © David Lally
Taken: 16 Jan 2009
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Lenton War Memorial
War Memorial erected in 1919 with the names of 265 men and one woman from Lenton who lost their lives during the First World War
Image: © Richard Croft
Taken: 23 Apr 2010
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Lenton War Memorial
One of four plaques on Lenton War Memorial commemorating the men who lost their lives in WW1, this one lists the officers and Sergeants. The first name is
Albert Ball, Captain and Flight Commander VC, DSO (2 bars), MC, Croix de Chevalier, Legion d'Honneur, Cross of St. George (Russia), SF & RFC, Honorary Freeman of the City of Nottingham. Air Ace and National hero http://www.lentontimes.co.uk/images/gallery/albert_ball/albert_ball_listener_14.htm
Image: © Richard Croft
Taken: 23 Apr 2010
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The Albert Ball Memorial Homes
Built by Alderman Albert Ball in 1921 as a memorial to his son, Captain Albert Ball VC, the first British air ace, who was killed in action in May 1917. Grade II listed: http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-455833-albert-ball-memorial-homes-nottingham .
Image: © John Sutton
Taken: 16 Apr 2011
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Midland Road, Lenton
Image: © Andrew Abbott
Taken: 12 Jun 2010
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Albert Ball Memorial Homes and Lenton War Memorial
At the junction of Church Street and Sherwin Road. For more details see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1823108 . The almshouses are available to anyone suffering hardship or distress, as decided by the Trustees, currently the Nottingham Community Almshouse Charity.
(The winter view allows a better appreciation of the building from this angle, without leaves on the trees.)
The almshouses themselves, the boundary wall and the War Memorial are individually Listed Grade II.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 22 Dec 2013
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