Pete Jenkins' photostream

These photographs of Nottingham are from my ongoing personal project to document Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, and life in the city and county.

Before I go any further, I do not currently license imagery through Getty. If you want to use one of my images, then great, I am always interested in new projects, but please contact me and only me at info@petejenkins.co.uk. My fees are reasonable (as am I) and in any case you will almost certainly get a better deal out of me personally as I won't have to give Getty 70% of what they would charge you!!!

Some of the images may be seen as iconic, some are representative, some are neither being simply record photographs of things, places, moments and events from the city of Nottingham and its environs.

It is part of a personal project that I have been working on for ten years, since the year of my arrival in Nottingham in 1999. These images form only a tiny portion of the project

The photographs of the Robin Hood statue for example, rather than being the typical tourist wide-angle view taken in front of Nottingham Castle are intense close ups revealing the detail of the statue itself. The train sculpture at Woodthorpe Park is a piece of fun, much loved by local children who now know the park as ‘the Train Park’ as a result. It train reminds us that the old Nottingham Suburban Railway ran through the grounds into the tunnels towards Sherwood Station. The lines have gone, the tunnels remain although covered over and Sherwood station is now a block of flats.

Many icons of industry have been based in Nottingham, and some still are, including Raleigh bicycles, Speedo Swimwear, HP Sauce and Boots. Although Boots and Speedo still have a presence in the area, Raleigh bikes are all made abroad, and even HP sauce is now made in the Netherlands.

Nottingham has a long history both social and industrial. Nottingham Castle was erected here by William the Conqueror, in 1067, around the old Viking settlement, indeed many of the streets are still known as ‘gates’, such as is seen in York and other former Viking strongholds. The Duke of Newcastle built the present building after the former Royal residence was slighted after the Civil War. The Ducal Palace was itself (partially) destroyed in the riots of 1831. The Duke left the castle in ruins for 45 years, until the local authority began renovation into an art Gallery and museum, the building we have today.

The Chartists were strong in Nottingham as were the Salvation Army whose founder William Booth was born in Sneinton. The Luddite movement began in Nottingham in 1811.

In the surrounding countryside we have former abbeys such as Rufford and Lord Byron’s’ Newstead Abbey, both now council owned with parkland great for family outings, and houses such as Wollaton Hall, built in 1588 and owned by Francis Willoughby, made a fortune from coal mining.


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