The History of Ruddington Depot
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Building The Depot
Two decades of peace draw to a close
In complete ignorance of the existence of plans which would devastate part of the local environment, the inhabitants of Ruddington and the surrounding area carried on their everyday lives as usual.
Wesley Scarrott left the Ruddington Boys School at the end of the summer term, looking forward to his transfer to the next stage of his education in September. Before that took place, the Methodist Sunday School had to change the venue of their annual Sunday School treat:
“Normally the Sunday School Parties went to Skegness or Mablethorpe, but in 1939, because of the national crisis, it was decided not to go away, so we had a Sunday School Party over the fields. We went up the twitchell leading from Kirk Lane to the Playing Fields at the beginning of Ruddington – Bradmore footpath. We crossed over into the first field in which there was a small clump of Elm trees in what is now called Elms Close and Elms Gardens and into the field further on, where we had the party.”
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