This article takes a nostalgic journey, exploring the vibrant characters who walked these streets and the landmark buildings – many of which have long disappeared in the onward march of time – that shaped the unique heritage of Worksop and Retford.
5. Clumber House and Lake
Clumber House and lake, Nottinghamshire, c1900s. While Clumber Lake is a surviving feature of Clumber Park, the original Clumber House no longer exists. It was demolished in 1938 after being damaged by fires and becoming financially unviable for the Dukes of Newcastle, who owned the estate. Photo: Heritage Images Getty Images
6. Sunshine Nursery
Protest against the closure of the nursery at Sunshine Nursery, in the grounds of Bassetlaw Hospital, Kilton Hill, which closed its doors in October 2022. The nursery is now called Luan's Little People Day Nursery. Photo: National World
7. Supporting the Union
Arthur Scargill, centre, at a meeting for the Miner's Strike in Worksop was applauded on January 5, 1985. The 1984 miners' strike was a major and bitter industrial dispute in the United Kingdom that lasted for almost a year, from 6 March, 1984 to 3 March, 1985. It pitted the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), led by Arthur Scargill, against the Conservative government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the National Coal Board (NCB). Photo: Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
8. Portland School Bus Park
Pupils from Portland School getting on the buses at the bus park on Netherton Road, Worksop in 2006. Portland Comprehensive School shows its founding as a secondary modern school in 1957, its conversion to a comprehensive school in 1969, and its merger with Hartland Secondary School in 2004. The old site was demolished in 2008 after the new school building was completed in 2007, and the school joined the Outwood Grange Academies Trust in 2011, eventually becoming Outwood Academy Portland. Photo: National World