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unusual facts about West Park, West Bridgford



Lady Bay, West Bridgford

Lady Bay is an area of West Bridgford, in Nottinghamshire, England, bounded by the River Trent to the north and the (now disused) Grantham Canal to the south.

Ronald Stamper

Ronald Stamper (born 1934 in West Bridgford, United Kingdom) is a British computer scientist, formerly a researcher in the LSE and Professor at the University of Twente, known for his pioneering work in Organisational semiotics, and the creation of the MEASUR methodology and the SEDITA framework.

Slabsides

Slabsides is the log cabin built by naturalist John Burroughs and his son on a nine-acre (3.6 ha) wooded and hilly tract in 1895 one mile (1.6 km) east of Riverby, his home in West Park, New York.

West Park Hospital

West Park is a modern NHS adult mental health unit situated on the north-western outskirts of Darlington in the West Park development.

West Park, Leeds

The Moor Grange area was used for filming The Beiderbecke Affair, using the Butcher Hill playing fields and the Clayton Grange flats.

West Park, Stowe Township

West Park is a residential and commercial neighborhood located in Stowe Township, Pennsylvania, United States, and partially in the borough of McKees Rocks.

West Park, West Bridgford

The ground was constructed by cricket philanthropist Sir Julien Cahn.

The first recorded match on the ground was in 1928, when Sir J Cahn's XI played the touring West Indians in a non first-class match.

West Park, Wolverhampton

Its opening, by the Duke of Connaught, was received with hopeful enthusiasm, unfortunately not matched by the weather, which contributed to a £30,000 loss, equivalent to nearly £2M at today's value.

In 1911 commemorative flower beds were set out for the coronation of King George V; similarly in 1937 for King George VI.

Woof!

Later in the series, production moved to Nottingham and much location filming took place in and around West Bridgford, a suburb just south of Nottingham, Keyworth (a large village, 7 miles south of Nottingham) and various other Nottinghamshire towns.


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