History of maid marian way nottingham
History of maid marian way nottingham
History of maid marian way nottingham nh!
THE creation of Maid Marian Way cut a devastating swathe through Nottingham's medieval history.
The clock cannot be turned back, the heritage is lost forever.
ut a new book rekindles memories of old Nottingham before Maid Marian Way, and the controversy it caused.
Turning Back The Pages of Maid Marian Way provides a unique insight into the building and development of Nottingham's most controversial street.
The 40-page book, compiled and researched by Chris Weir and Nick Smith, is published by Notts County Council's Libraries, Archives and Information Publications Group.
It is the latest in a series of popular photographic books, bringing the past to life through bygone images.
Maid Marian Way was described in 1965 as "one of the ugliest streets in Europe" by Arthur Ling, professor of town planning at the University of Nottingham.
It was built to relieve traffic pressure on the city centre after it started to be strangled by cars in the late 1950s.
But the initial ideas for a