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TimBirkin

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 Mapperley Reservoir History ?
replied on: 11/30/2005 4:35:49 PM
I'm sure there always was an old boat rotting away on the Mapperley side of the pond, amongst the reeds, It could still be there now !!!
db639






Mapperley Reservoir History ?
replied on: 11/2/2005 8:12:54 PM
when we use to fish at Mapperley in the 50's ( with a NCB permit ) I seem to remember there was some sort of boat under water at the boathouse .Also mapperley res'r. once held the record for the biggest carp caught in Britain named Clarissa 26 lbs. I think ,caught by Richard Walker and stuffed and kept at Wollaton Hall.
Azzabuv

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 Mapperley Reservoir History ?
replied on: 4/2/2005 1:25:42 PM
The Reservoir was constructed in 1820, using home-grown labour, to provide an extra water supply for the Nutbrook Canal.
Azzabuv.
MicroMart






Mapperley Reservoir History ?
replied on: 4/1/2005 2:14:50 PM
That's some very interesting information you have all contributed.

Somebody also told me..!

That there was a steam boat or some other watercraft that was used to carry people around the water ?

Regards

Martin
Azzabuv

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This message was updated on 4/1/2005 9:50:11 PM by Azzabuv

 Mapperley Reservoir History ?
replied on: 3/31/2005 3:58:13 PM
Coppice Colliery miners were the highest paid colliers in the N.C.B. number 5 area. I don't positively know why, or how, but i believe it was to do with the original Union and Management agreement which was set up around the time of the Nationalisation (Hear Hear!)of the coal industry. We also had a strong Union man and membership and this agreement was never allowed to slip.
No matter how the cash arrived at the wages department, as Phil describes, or any other method, the amount of cash would have been phenomenal for that time period.
Azzabuv.
philfred

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 Mapperley Reservoir History ?
replied on: 3/31/2005 11:36:58 AM
In the 50s the head gamekeeper for the Shipley estate lived in the house near the boathouse. All the those of my ilk knew him as Biddy Sisson. It used to be said that the gamekeepers rode in the vehicle used to deliver the wages to the Shipley pits, it must have been a tidy sum in cash for those days that was delivered each week.

regards Phil
Azzabuv

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 Mapperley Reservoir History ?
replied on: 3/30/2005 9:36:01 PM
Hi, Martin.
The old Boat-house stood just below where the picnic area's toilet block is today. There was an old sluice just to its right, next to the Shipley Hall road/lane.
On the Mapperley side of the pond, next to the road, lay another sluice and across the road, a weir.
Azzabuv.
suzard
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 Mapperley Reservoir History ?
replied on: 3/30/2005 5:00:20 PM
Locals call Mapperley Reservoir Mapperley Pond-not "the lake" as newcomers to the area seem to have named it-just thought I'd post that hoping to keep local names in use!Will try and find some info for you.
MicroMart






Mapperley Reservoir History ?
replied on: 3/30/2005 3:43:27 PM
Hello,

My name is Martin and I came across this forum via another history site.

I am trying to find out about the Mapperley reservoir and the "Old Boathouse" ?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Regards

Martin
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