Newspaper cutting
Worksop Guardian
Category
Ephemera
Date
6 Feb 1959
Materials
newpape
Measurements
650 x 440 mm
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 749526.31
Summary
One of a series of newspaper cuttings from various positions in Endcliffe Villa, all pertaining to rights of way and footpaths Entire page (9 and 10) from the Worksop Guardian of 6th February, 1959 containing various items. The letter entitled 'TUNNEL ROAD' on page 10 is likely to be the one of interest to William Straw. The second letter mentions the Straw brothers. 'TUNNEL ROAD In reply to the letter Tunnel Road, I am pleased to air my views on the matter. I am Work- sop bred and born. I can re- member when Sir John Robin- son had control of the Worksop Manor Estate. Things were then different, he was a proper genle- man, you could travel for a Sunday morning's walk up S. Anne's Drive to the Manor and have a look round the stables where the racehorses were bred. .... ....GEORGE DILLON, 81, Newcastle Avenue, Worksop.'. 'Many of your readers will be most grateful to the brothers William and walter Straw for their explicit and informative letter which appeared in your columns last week. to nature lovers of every age and station, this peaceful and unspoiled Country Footpath has afforded health and pleasure for upwards of a hundred years, ... ... FRED HANCOCK, 1. Park Place, Worksop.'. '
Makers and roles
Worksop Guardian , printer and publisher