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History of maid marian way nottingham

          The initial vision for what would eventually be a highway called Maid Marian Way came almost as soon as the Second World War ended.

        1. The initial vision for what would eventually be a highway called Maid Marian Way came almost as soon as the Second World War ended.
        2. Planned in the years after WWII and constructed during the early s, Maid Marian Way is a two-lane highway running through a central area of Nottingham.
        3. Maid Marian Way.
        4. Take a look at how Maid Marian Way looked before this busy city centre dual carriage way was built in the s and how it's changed over the years.
        5. Old Nottingham Pictures, | Maid Marian Way in its early days.

          6. Maid Marian Way....

          THE creation of Maid Marian Way cut a devastating swathe through Nottingham's medieval history.

          The clock cannot be turned back, the heritage is lost forever.

          ut a new book rekindles memories of old Nottingham before Maid Marian Way, and the controversy it caused.

          Turning Back The Pages of Maid Marian Way provides a unique insight into the building and development of Nottingham's most controversial street.

          The 40-page book, compiled and researched by Chris Weir and Nick Smith, is published by Notts County Council's Libraries, Archives and Information Publications Group.

          It is the latest in a series of popular photographic books, bringing the past to life through bygone images.

          Maid Marian Way was described in 1965 as "one of the ugliest streets in Europe" by Arthur Ling, professor of town planning at the University of Nottingham.

          It was built to relieve traffic pressure on the city centre after it started to be strangled by cars in the late 1950s.

          But the initial ideas for a