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Jennypeg Researcher	Brief History of Eastwood replied on: 2/17/2006 8:55:52 AM Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser June 15th 1923 Eastwood Interesting Diary Extracts of Ninety Years Ago 1832 – Old Margaret Dobb, known as Old Pegg Dobb, was interred at Eastwood Church after a sudden death. 1835 – Lewis Bosill, King of the Gypsies, was buried on Jan 26th, and Frantum Bosill, or Gipsy Jack, as he was called, died in Salop and was buried at Eastwood. 1842 – On Dec 4th Queen Victoria and Prince Albert came to Nottingham by railway from Chatsworth Hall in Derbyshire. It was estimated there were no less than 100,000 spectators that day in Nottingham. 1845 – One man and five boys dropped from the soft coal to the bottom of the hard on Dec 5th at Messrs North’s Colliery by the breaking of the headstocks. 1847 – On Sept 6th the Erewash Valley Railway was opened. 1848 – Jan 12th John Leivers, commonly called Old Blackbird, was buried at Pinxton. In this year Messrs. Barber and Walker began to sink a pit upon the Duke of Rutland’s coal, Samuel Richards the sinker. 1849 – Gas was first used at Eastwood Church on August 26th. 1850 – Joshua Bradley, of Kimberley, was killed at Eastwood Colliery at the Bye Pit by a shot in the head during the night of April 3rd. 1851 – March 20th Joshua Barber, of Eastwood, horse dealer, was supposed to be poisoned by his wife, or by a man named Ingram or both. The coroner sat over the body on March 24th and adjourned the inquest four times. It was finally brought in wilful murder against the two prisoners. 1851 – A very great explosion of wild fire at Shipley Colliery caused a great many men to be dreadfully burnt, and one died. Oct 15th Mr Haslam died by a fall downstairs at the Junction Inn when in a state of intoxication. 1852 – Feb 18th Thos Godber, draper, of Eastwood, came by his death by a man treading upon his big toe. It took bad ways and killed him. The foundation stone of Eastwood Church was laid at 9.30 in the morning of Oct 24th 1856. The box containing the coins was laid in a recess covered by the stone a massive block of four tons. A brass plate bore this inscription, “This foundation stone was laid on October 24th 1856 A.D., in the 19th year of the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria, by John Pemberton Plumptre, of Fredville, Kent, the patron John Lord Bishop of Lincoln, conducted the service, The Rev H. W. Plumptre M.A. rector Geo Pickering and Jas. Haslam, churchwardens, Robert Barber was the architect and John Fisher the builder. 1858 – On June 25th John Fisher, of Nottingham builder of the church at Eastwood, was declared to be bankrupt just one week before the completion of the building. 1859 – On March 25th the lord Bishop conducted the first Confirmation Service ever held at Eastwood. Jenny
Azzabuv	Brief History of Eastwood replied on: 8/17/2005 4:38:46 PM The never publicly used 'Blue Kettle' cafe?, which stood across from the Rex Cinema. (I know, a store-room). Azzabuv.
philfred This message was updated on 9/16/2005 1:28:24 AM by RMMee	Brief History of Eastwood replied on: 8/14/2005 7:14:46 PM The site is about Nottinghamshire history and it has just had added to the site a short history of Eastwood. It may be of interest to fellow forum readers and writers. The address of the home page is, http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/default.htm regards Phil

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