Riot in Westgate
The date was 4th August 1914, just a few days after the outbreak of the first world war and a mob formed in Westgate...
Westgate
The buildings in the foreground left and the pale building mid-right link these two images of Westgate.
In the original image, you can just make...
Pell & Parker, Westgate
Cycle makers Pell & Parker at the junction of Cromwell Road (right) and Westgate (left). The company is still supplying bikes to the trade...
Knight Chemist, 45 Westgate (c.1912)
45 Westgate pictured around 1912 and home to Nottingham born "druggist" William Tomkinson Knight and his Eastrea born wife Amy.
Westgate House, Westgate
The long since demolished Westgate House which was owned by the Tomlin family. It later became Miss Willoughby's Boarding School for girls.
AE Cooke, 8 Westgate
A couple of nice images kindly submitted by Dr Marcus Cooke of his Great Grandfather's shop "A E Cooke & Son" at 8 Westgate .........
Hoyles BlackOut Material Advert (1940s)
A superb wartime advert from Hoyles of Westgate for ARP blackout material.
Bull Hotel c.1900
A flock of sheep being herded away from the nearby Cattle Market with only the Bull Hotel on the right making sense of the...
CDV Card – Busby Cox, Westgate
A superb CDV (carte de visite) card produced by Busby Cox of Westgate and dating to the late 1800s.
Samuel Busby Cox was a Spalding...
Westgate Riots – August 1914
The aftermath of the riots on Westgate in August 1914 as mobs took to the streets to vent their anger at any businesses deemed...
