{"id":3336,"date":"2019-12-05T12:22:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T12:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bw-nottinghamderbyhotel.co.uk\/?p=3336"},"modified":"2019-12-05T12:23:34","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T12:23:34","slug":"how-nottingham-of-the-1920s-influenced-the-nottingham-of-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bw-nottinghamderbyhotel.co.uk\/?p=3336","title":{"rendered":"How Nottingham of the 1920s Influenced the Nottingham of Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

1920s Nottingham was a place of desperate change; the 1800s were a distant memory and the sourness of Victorian living could still be seen and felt across the city. Overcrowding and poor sanitation systems had let disease and illness run rampant and the city was still trying to recover, closing down slums in a bid to reduce people living in poor, filthy conditions and making way for improved services and living areas. It was also the time of the silver screen boom and would see Nottingham\u2019s most grand cinema \u2013 the Elite Cinema open in 1921.<\/p>\n

The 1920s Expansion<\/strong><\/h2>\n

As the slums began to be torn down and families began to move from the cave network that ran beneath the city. There was a desperate need for housing that needed to be addressed. This is one of the greatest influences on the city of Nottingham you see today and is all down to a man called Thomas Cecil Howitt. Howitt was responsible for procuring sites, accepting tenders and the design of the properties that would become beloved family homes. The first construction of Howitt\u2019s properties was on Woodville Drive and cost only \u00a3844 a house, or just over \u00a335,000 today.<\/p>\n

Following the success of the Woodville Drive project, a further three sites were rapidly developed. However, they had to follow a set of rules \u2013 one of which was to accommodate all existing trees, an influence from neighbouring Garden Cities. Additionally, all houses were to have their own garden spaces and access to gardens from the road, properties should be set back a minimum of 75feet from the road and living rooms should be built in a way to collect as much natural light as possible.<\/p>\n

Today, you can see Howitt\u2019s property influences, especially in areas with wider roads and plenty of green natural spaces and some of the properties built by Howitt\u2019s tendered construction teams can still be seen in their glory today in the\u00a0residential areas of Nottingham<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s Left From the 1920s<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Sadly, a lot of the architecture and buildings that were built around this time faced destruction and devastation during World War II when a number of bombings rained down on the city. Included in the destruction was the loss of the Co-operative Bakery and the St John Baptist Church that stood on what is now Canal Street. Luckily, the Council House, now the city hall in Nottingham and built between 1927 and 1929 was unaffected and still stands proudly today with its striking Neo-Baroque style architecture.<\/p>\n

There are still some glimpses of classic architecture around the city to be seen, including the first council houses on Bath Street in the Sneinton area. Built earlier in 1876, the original gothic architecture can be seen towards the front of the property, with the newer, less iconic modernisation towards the rear.<\/p>\n

Images from Yesteryear<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Nottingham, as it was in the 1920s, may be (mostly) all gone but that doesn\u2019t mean the memories are! You can see a beautiful series of photos taken from the air over the city during the 1920s and 1930s on the\u00a0Nottingham Post<\/a>,\u00a0and read about Nottingham\u2019s literary history during the 1920s via the Nottingham City of Literature website. Not to mention, you can learn about historic Nottingham by visiting some of the\u00a0most haunted locations in the area<\/a>, too.<\/p>\n

Need a hotel in Nottingham?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Are you looking to stay in Nottingham or explore the surrounding areas? Whether you are chasing history or coming to enjoy the modern-day city, the Best Western Nottingham Derby Hotel is your conveniently located accommodation.<\/p>\n

With excellent travel links to both Nottingham and Derby, the Best Western is the ideal Nottingham hotel for excursions to the area. Enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner in the onsite Grill at Twenty Five, our contemporary restaurant or make use of our meeting room, with space for up to 60 guests.<\/p>\n

Whatever brings you to the area,\u00a0we look forward to welcoming you<\/a>\u00a0to the Best Western Nottingham Derby Hotel.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1920s Nottingham was a place of desperate change; the 1800s were a distant memory and the sourness of Victorian living could still be seen and felt across the city. Overcrowding and poor sanitation systems had let disease and illness run rampant and the city was still trying to recover, closing down slums in a bid […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bw-nottinghamderbyhotel.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3336"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bw-nottinghamderbyhotel.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bw-nottinghamderbyhotel.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bw-nottinghamderbyhotel.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bw-nottinghamderbyhotel.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3336"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bw-nottinghamderbyhotel.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3339,"href":"https:\/\/www.bw-nottinghamderbyhotel.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3336\/revisions\/3339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bw-nottinghamderbyhotel.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bw-nottinghamderbyhotel.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bw-nottinghamderbyhotel.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bw-nottinghamderbyhotel.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}