Holland Close

Arthur Holland [1862-1948] was the second son of seven children. He left the National School, now the Church Hall, at the age of nine. Due to his father’s early death Arthur worked to support the family. He married in 1902. His wife subsequently bore him a son.

Arthur worked at the Kingston gypsum mine but also had a number of other responsible and demanding jobs in the village, one of which was to look after the street lighting.

For 40 years he served on the Parish Council as clerk. He was the rate collector for the village. This involved collecting the rates from the householders and then taking the money to the Urban District Council at Basford. Another task he undertook was secretaryship of the Rechabite Society in Nottingham.

In the late 1960s Gotham Properties Ltd built a small development of six bungalows now called Holland Close now leading off The Rushes to join Naylor Avenue.