Description:
'Seen from the air, the centre of Hucknall presents an orderliness not apparent at ground level. Tradition dominates. In the centre, the bustle and jangle of the Friday market with its 100 stalls covered in colourful plastic sheeting, is offset by the serenity of the churchyard of St Mary Magdalene, a church known to Byron pilgrims the world over, for the poet was buried here. Adjoining the market square, where two buses stand at South Street, is the 80-year-old public library, newly extended at a cost of £50,000. This street then turns into West Street (bottom left), past corner property oddly named 'Charley's Palace', and on to the residential West of Hucknall. Baker Street, seen beside the market, is in the middle of an 'S' bend in the A611 road. Annesley Road flows on to the North and the older part of High Street, bottom right, leads to the main shops and supermarkets and to Nottingham. In the centre background is part of the National School, biggest Church of England day school in the Southwell diocese. At the top, right, is the Palmer Avenue estate for the older citizens - a pioneering project in unit housing for the aged.' (Taken from the Guardian Journal 4 December 1972).