Nunsthorpe
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Nunsthorpe is a suburb
and housing estate
in the western part of Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
, England
. It is situated between Laceby
Road (A46
) and Scartho
Road (A1243), which respectively form its northern and eastern boundaries.
There are over 2,400 homes on the estate, mostly former council properties now
owned by the Shoreline Housing Partnership. There is a small area belonging to the Havelok/Northern Counties housing associations and a small area of private sector housing. There are a number of privately owned former council houses purchased under the Right to Buy scheme.
The pre-World War Two development in the eastern part of the estate is known as Old Nunsthorpe while the post-war development is called New Nunsthorpe.
To the west lies the Bradley Park Estate which contains around 430 dwellings, also mostly Shoreline properties. The combined population of Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park is approximately 8,000.
To the north, on the other side of Laceby Road, is the Grange Estate and on the eastern boundary, in Scartho Road, is Grimsby Swimming Pool. The Scartho Top
private housing estate lies to the south.
Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park are part of the Grimsby South ward
of North East Lincolnshire unitary authority
http://www.nelincs.gov.uk/Council/Wards/ward?ID=5. The two estates are also within the area served by the South ward neighbourhood team http://www.humberside.police.uk/divisions/a-division/areas/grimsby-south-and-central/teams/south of Humberside Police
, based at the police station on Laceby Road.
In 2010 improvements to Nunsthorpe were acknowledged by the environmental campaign group Keep Britain Tidy
. A quality mark was awarded after an independent assessment of improvement work undertaken on the estate by Shoreline and partners, Humberside Police and North East Lincolnshire Council, with the assistance of residents http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/news/Award-shows-Nunsthorpe-great-place-live/article.../article.html
s who once inhabited the priory
of Saint Leonard http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=38028. This stood at modern day Nuns Corner, where Scartho Road joins Laceby Road. "Thorpe" was an old word for village.
The priory was dissolved
by Henry VIII
in 1539. In later years the land was occupied by Nuns Farm
, until its demolition in 1935. In 1944 Grimsby College
, now called The Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education, acquired the site.
Situated at the southern edge of Grimsby (before the boundary extensions), for centuries the land where Nunsthorpe now stands was farmed using the open field system
of agriculture. Lying mainly within the town of Grimsby it stretched westward from the priory, as far as the boundary with Bradley
parish
and southward, beyond the boundary with the parish of Scartho
. Under enclosure
awards of 1798 (in Scartho) and 1840 (in Grimsby) http://beehive.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=11945&PageID=71698 this land was acquired by successive Lords Yarborough
.
decent homes were needed for the returning servicemen. House
building was started by Grimsby County Borough
Council
in 1920, on land bought from Lord Yarborough.
Originally called the Laceby Road Site until 1923 the new Nunsthorpe housing estate, with its modern conveniences and large gardens was, as previously mentioned, also known as Garden City.
Most of the streets in this early development, built during the 1920s and 1930s, were named after famous people - Burns
, Byron, Kingsley
, Leighton, Newton
, Walton groves; Milton
Road and Shelley Avenue. Dame Kendal
Grove was named after a Grimsby-born actress while Sutcliffe Avenue was named after Jack Sutcliffe, a previous mayor of Grimsby.
Saint Martin's Mission Church, a wooden building, was built during 1922 in Sutcliffe Avenue; this was replaced by a new church in 1937. There is still a structure on this site which is currently the base for Grimsby Judo
Club http://www.judo.demon.co.uk/grimsby.htm. The first shops, including a post office
, were built in Second Avenue during 1927/28 and a bus
service (route 3) was introduced from Grimsby town centre to Nunsthorpe in 1928. In later years this service was extended to Cleethorpes
.
Also in 1928 the greater part of Scartho was absorbed by Grimsby, which brought the whole of the present Nunsthorpe area under the control of Grimsby council. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10449844&c_id=10001043. At the same time part of Bradley parish was acquired on which the Bradley Park Estate would eventually be built http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10403431&c_id=10001043.
Nunsthorpe's population was further increased when, resulting from the Housing Act of 1930, slum
clearance was carried out in the Grimsby town centre and the residents were moved to new houses on the estate.
Nunsthorpe School
was opened on Sutcliffe Avenue in 1931; previously children from the estate had been bussed to a school in another part of the town. It was really two schools housed within one building, one for junior and one for senior pupils. By 1952 all the senior children had been transferred to a new school in Chelmsford Avenue.
During the late 1920s a maternity
hospital
was established in Second Avenue using converted council houses. This was incorporated into a new building which opened in 1933. In 1943 a number of people were killed and houses were damaged when butterfly bomb
s were dropped on the estate during a German air raid
on Grimsby http://www.unidir.org/pdf/articles/pdf-art2528.pdf.
) to what is the present-day rear gate of the hospital grounds at the end of Second Avenue, next to the resource centre.
From there it continued westward through fields that would eventually become part of the New Nunsthorpe council housing development. It ran south of what is now Redbourne
Road, crossed Winchester
Avenue, ran to the north of Kirkstead
Crescent, along Scawby
Road until it reached Stainton
Drive. The amalgamation made this boundary obsolete.
In this post-World War II
New Nunsthorpe development the streets were mostly named after Lincolnshire
villages (examples above), with the exception of Winchester Avenue and a few streets in the area of private housing, which were named after historic English towns.
The development included the single storey prefabs. Built in 1946 to help alleviate the housing shortage, they were meant to last for only ten years but endured for a much longer period.
In 1947 a large wooden hut was purchased and erected in Burwell
Drive. This became the estate's earliest community centre
, opened in 1949, at the same time as the formation of Nunsthorpe's first community
association
.
1951 saw the opening of Nunsthorpe Nursery School
and in 1952 the branch library
in Wootton
Road was established.
During the late 1970s the Bradley Park Estate was built on land between Stainton Drive and the Bradley Recreation Ground. This land had once been part of Bradley parish.
Some place names in Bradley Park, such as Bremerhaven
Way, reflect Grimsby's links with its twin town, although Wymark
View was named after the actor who was born in nearby Cleethorpes. Dolby Vale took its name from Sidney Vere Dolby, a long-serving radiologist at Grimsby General Hospital.
The development also included Crosby School (now called Woodlands) which probably took its name from Crosby Road, situated at the rear of the school. Crosby Road itself was named after Crosby village, which is now part of Scunthorpe
.
s. Because of its size New Nunsthorpe was split into two neighbourhoods - Nunsthorpe Central and Nunsthorpe West, while Old Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park formed the remaining two. Each area had a steering committee
.
At that time discussions were taking place on the possibility of setting up a tenant management organisation
in each neighbourhood. Independent consultants, Priority Estates Project, were brought in to canvass the views of residents but nothing developed from this idea.
In 1994 the Department for the Environment approved multi-million pound funding for Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park. This Estate Action scheme allowed for internal improvements to council houses and general improvements, such as better street lighting, the provision of off-road parking facilities and dropped kerbs for the convenience of wheelchair users. It also included the installation of traffic calming
measures, which were opposed by some residents. This resulted in several unsuccessful petitions, calling for their removal, being presented to the council.
All the prefabs of aluminium
construction were renovated and are still in use. However, most of the prefabs containing asbestos
were demolished between 1994 and 1997, in spite of a campaign to retain them in a renovated capacity. Of the original 181 such prefabs only three owner-occupied ones now remain.
Local housing association
, Havelok http://www.havelokhomes.org.uk/, and the Northern Counties housing association http://www.ncha.co.uk/nchaweb, were allocated part of the vacant prefab land for the construction of properties. Some of the land remained empty, part of it forming the open grassed area situated between Burwell Drive and Winchester Avenue. There have been suggestions that this land be used as a recreation park but so far nothing has been decided.
In 1995 the TSB announced that it was closing its long-established Nunsthorpe branch in Second Avenue. In spite of a petition organised by estate residents and the intervention of the borough council, the TSB went ahead and closed the premises. In 1996 a plan was submitted to reopen the building as a social club. Some residents and a ward councillor were in favour while other residents were opposed, with rival petitions being launched. The application was rejected by the council's planning committee.
of residents at two yearly periods.
The reconstituted forum held its inaugural meeting in 1995, with annual general meeting
s being held thereafter. In addition to the delegates elected from 13 areas (later reduced to six), ward councillors and council officers also attended meetings of the main committee and sub-committees. The forum was dissolved in 2004.
The forum had three sub-committees, one being the Economic, Social and Cultural Development sub-committee (ESCD). Another sub-committee dealt with council tenant issues only, while the third concerned itself with wider estate action improvements, which effected tenants and homeowners. As circumstances changed these sub-committees were gradually merged with the main committee.
Representatives from local churches, schools, the police and other bodies were invited to attend ESCD meetings as observers. Along with various local agencies, the ESCD had delegates on the project team
charged with establishing a resource centre on the estate.
When the Sutcliffe Special School moved to a new site at Humberston
, the empty building in Second Avenue was acquired from the local authority at a nominal rent.
Resident volunteers helped to clean and decorate the building, transforming it into the new Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Resource Centre. The project was funded initially from the Single Regeneration Budget, although the aim was for the centre eventually to become self financing.
Two residents associations, Bradley Park and Nunsthorpe Central, which existed between 1993 and 1999, sent voting delegates to the forum. These associations had replaced the steering committees for their respective neighbourhoods. They were also closely involved with the establishment of the resource centre. Previously operating from members' homes, when the centre opened in 1995 the associations were able to establish permanent headquarters there.
Attempts to set up resident associations in Old Nunsthorpe and Nunsthorpe West were unsuccessful, however from 1996 Old Nunsthorpe and Nunsthorpe Central residents began holding joint meetings.
A Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Youth
Association (now defunct) was established in 1996, supervised by the two adult associations. National Lottery
funding enabled this organisation to employ a full-time youth worker
based at the resource centre.
During 1997 disillusionment among some residents on Bradley Park led to the brief formation of a second association there, in opposition to the existing resident group. Also in that year some people, who were dissatisfied with the Nunsthorpe Central Association, established the short-lived Nunsthorpe South Association.
After a "yes" vote the remaining council houses on the two estates (around 1,600), together with the rest of the authority's housing stock, were transferred to the new locally-based Shoreline Housing Partnership http://www.shorelinehp.com/ in March 2005.
Shoreline tenants on the estates send two delegates to the Boroughwide Tenant Assembly http://www.shorelinehp.com/tenantinfo/gettinginvolvedinyourcommunity/bwta/bwta.html. One delegate represents Nunsthorpe East and Nunsthorpe Central while the other represents Nunsthorpe West and Bradley Park.
Shoreline undertook a programme of investment in the transferred properties over a period of ten years and is currently in the process of implementing this programme. Planned home improvements include, where necessary, modern kitchens, bathrooms, central heating, decent roofs, security doors and windows, as well as smoke alarms. However there are still parts of Nunsthorpe where it is difficult to attract tenants and houses remain boarded up.
by the small minority.
These organisations include:
The South Ward Action Group, which also covered the Grange and Crowland estates, was formed in 2002 and dissolved in 2006. The Saint Martins Community Action Group was established in 2004 and replaced by Nunsthorpe Together in 2008. The Cabourne Road Tenants and Residents Association was formed in 2010.
The Second Avenue Resource Centre Limited (formerly the Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Resource Centre) was opened in 1995. Its management board includes residents of the estate. The centre's services include the provision of rooms for hire, sports facilities and computers for Internet
access. Rented office space is also available. A number of organisations are based at the centre, including North East Lincolnshire Carelink http://www.care-link.org.uk/, which operates a 24-hour monitoring system for vulnerable people.
Nunsthorpe Forward was composed of residents and representatives from various agencies, working to improve conditions on the estate. It has now been incorporated in to the larger South Ward Partnership which has similar aims. The Nunsthorpe Young Peoples Service, run by North East Lincolnshire Council, is based in Wootton Road. There is also the Nunsthorpe Environmental Group, which in 2010 received £2,000 from the council's Community Pride Grant.
In 2003 a quarterly magazine
called Livewire was introduced. Livewire gave news and views from around Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park. It incorporated the resource centre newsletter
, Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Matters, which had regularly been distributed to houses in the area since 1995. The magazine relied on funding and this eventually came to an end. The last edition (issue 22) appeared in March 2008. In 2010 the resource centre reintroduced the Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Matters newsletter for distribution on the estate.
In 2006 the Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park United Football Club, composed of young people led by Manager Chris Humphries, was formed with the support of Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Residents and Tenants Association (2005).
Safer Communities (North East Lincolnshire) http://www.safercommunities.org/, a multi-agency organisation, has an office in Burwell Drive. The Neighbourhood Safety Scheme, linked with Safer Communities, is based at the Make The Neighbourhood Better Centre - Shoreline's premises situated at the old TSB bank premises in Second Avenue. The estate has several neighbourhood watch groups.
In 2010 Nunsthorpe Community Voice, a one-stop website was established by Nunny TV and Nunsthorpe Library, intended for people who live and work in Nunsthorpe. Containing information about local groups, this site will enable residents to catch up with community news, activities and resources.
The Hands Together Youth Group, based on the estate, put together shoe boxes full of essential items and sent them to the children of Romania
for Christmas 2010. In 2011 they decided to do something for the men and women serving in the armed forces
. They handed over 20 shoeboxes full of items such as toothpaste, shampoo and aftershave, to the Pink Berets fundraising group http://www.thepinkberets.co.uk, for the troops in Afghanistan
.
In 2011 a street party was held on the estate to celebrate the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton
. At the event, held in Redbourne Road, youngsters became princes and princesses for a day. Dressed in costumes made by event organiser Mary Stuart, children from the estate recreated the royal wedding ceremony.
This organisation is based at the purpose-built community centre in Wootton Road. The centre is available for hire and various activities, including bingo and auctions are held there.
The centre was opened in 1985 by local snooker
celebrity Ray Edmonds
. The association existed from 1985 to 1994 and was re-established in 2004, following the dissolution of the Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Forum.
In 2007 the association received £14,320 from the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund
and Millennium Inorganic Chemicals. The money paid for alterations to the centre's ceiling, repairs to the heating system and the installation of safety glass in the doors and windows.
Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Community Trust
Formerly called the Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Residents and Tenants Association (2005) this group is a social enterprise
. In 2007 it opened a thrift shop
, information and advice centre at 57 Second Avenue.
A committee room and offices are situated above the shop. Copying, printing and fax services are available at a minimal charge with confidentiality assured.
The trust is trying to persuade North East Lincolnshire Council to re-open its premises at 19 Wootton Road, formerly a social services department, as an office complex, internet cafe and
committee room.
They have joined forces with the Young Peoples Service, with the aim of providing a full time youth centre. Fishing
is based at Bradley Ponds in joint operation with Waltham Fisheries and football is organised with Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park United.
Camping
holidays for the youth of the area are organised on a regular basis.
The trust is also working with the Side Door Youth Community Church (based at the Methodist church on Laceby Road), providing a club for teenagers. All activities are free of charge. Indoor football is held on Tuesdays from 6 pm to 8 pm, with Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park United. Auctions are held every Wednesday evening.
The Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Dance Academy meet on Thursdays from 6.30 to 8.30 pm. The academy is open to boys and girls from 4 to 19 years of age. There is free membership, free refreshments and a free mini bus is available for picking up and taking the children home. The association is in partnership with the probation
service, providing free gardening services for elderly and disabled residents.
In 2009 members of the trust were trained to become part of the new Community Crime Fighters scheme. The scheme gives local community figures a role in linking residents with the police. The Trust is currently looking for funding to lease and refurbish a derelict neighbouring property. If successful the new centre will become a second charity shop, allowing the existing premises to be transformed into a training centre and community leisure facility.
Nunsthorpe Tenants and Residents Association
This organisation was formed in 2006 and is involved in combating anti-social behaviour on the estate. It campaigned to get the small park and play area, next to the Sutcliffe Avenue recreation ground, restored following vandal damage. This facility is now back in use. Together with the Saint Martins Action Group, Nunsthorpe TARA provided a float for the 2006 Cleethorpes carnival
.
The group works with the Respect Funhouse, Shoreline, police and residents not involved with any other organisation. Children have enjoyed fishing, camping. orienteering
and go-karting activities.
Nunsthorpe Together
Nunsthorpe Together was composed of representatives from the church, police and North East Lincolnshire Council. In 2008 it took over control of the Respect Funhouse from the Saint Martins Action Group
. During its existence the Action Group staged local productions of Abbamania
and Dancemania
at the Grimsby Auditorium
, both involving local children from North East Lincolnshire.
Action Group members (led by Steve Hill), supported by a local police inspector and the Rector of Grimsby, appeared on the TV show Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway
, appealing for funds to turn part of Saint Martins church into a children's activity centre. There were complaints that this was done without consulting the local community.
The panel awarded them £45,000, while a further £330,000 came from the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund. The project was officially opened in 2008. The Respect Funhouse has a laser quest
arena, a multi-screen video jukebox
and a maze of play areas - tunnels, slides, ball pools and climbing areas - also music rooms and quiet rooms where teenagers and children can do their homework.
In 2008 young dancers from the Funhouse performed their fourth show, Musical Mania, at the Auditorium. The dancers stage regular events at the Beachcomber venue in Humberston.
In 2009 the High Sheriff of Lincolnshire
, Lady Sarah McCorquodale
, handed a Tribune Trust award for £1,000 to the Funhouse. The Trust supports community projects tackling crime, disorder and deprivation. The Funhouse decided to spend the money on T-shirts for its street dance teams http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/news/Princess-s-sister-dazzled-dancers/article-1056018-detail/article.html.
Also in 2009 the Big Lottery Fund
awarded a £444.544 grant to Nunsthorpe Together for the expansion of activities provided at the Funhouse, hiring of staff and volunteer training. In 2010 the Funhouse building was closed until money could be found for repairs, although the neighbouring hall continued to be used for bingo and dance classes. In 2011, following requests from the local community, the church, police and local council representatives resigned and residents took full control of the board. However a dispute over access to the hall led to a demonstration by some residents outside the Funhouse.
Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Community Partnership
This umbrella group brings together the Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Community Association, Nunsthorpe T.A.R.A, Respect Funhouse and the Second Avenue Resource Centre. The Partnership entered three floats in the 2009 Cleethorpes Carnival. It achieved second place in the Best in Parade section and joint first place in the Best Organisation section http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/news/Garden-float-peg/article-1003241-detail/article.html.
Centre and Nunsthorpe Nursery School
) and the Woodlands Acorns Daycare Centre on Bradley Park, provide support for the estates' younger children. There is also the Butterflies Day Nursery, which began in 2000 as a creche, based at the resource centre. In 2002 it became a day nursery and in 2008 it relocated to the children's centre.
The Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Children and Parents Together Group, which can be contacted via the children's centre, aims to promote a spirit of togetherness. The organisation held its first fun day in 2009 and raises money to provide entertainment and day trips for local children and their families.
Primary education
is provided by the Nunsthorpe Community School (situated next to the Children's Centre) and Woodlands Primary School in Pinewood Crescent, Bradley Park. Both schools became the first primary schools in Britain to achieve Centre of Excellence status for their use of interactive whiteboard
s http://tlfe.org.uk/promethean/excellence.htm. Nunsthorpe Community School was created in 2001 by the merger of the Nunsthorpe infants and junior school
s. In 2010 Nunsthorpe Community School pupils baked and sold more than 500 cakes, raising £333.60 for their chosen charity Oxfam
In 1990 the Crosby first
and middle
schools changed their name to Bradley Park first and middle. During the 1995 summer holiday a fire, caused by a wiring fault, badly damaged some of the classrooms, making them unusable. Temporary mobile classrooms were brought in for the new term until the fire damage could be repaired.
In 1999 the two schools amalgamated, undergoing another change of name to Woodlands Primary School. It was the first school in the country to introduce the five-term year http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/correspondents/381053.stm.
In February 2011 Woodlands was North East Lincolnshire's winner in the regional stages of Dance Challenge. A group of children from the school will travel to London for the Dance Challenge UK finals. Dance Challenge is a national competition that challenges and rewards young dancers on any dance style. The children will be competing against 25 other schools from across the country. A number of sponsored events are being held to fund travel and accommodation costs http://www.dancechallenge.co.uk/home.php
Woodlands has submitted plans to demolish its current building and erect a new two-storey facility in its place. The new school will be a more compact environment than the current building and be more efficient to run. If approved, work is expected to begin on the £4 million scheme in June 2011, with the new building opening by the September term of 2012.
Saint Mary's Catholic High School
(established 1966) was located in Wootton Road. Saint Mary's agreed to merge with Matthew Humberstone Church of England School
, Cleethorpes to form a new joint church school. In 2009 the council's planning committee supported the outline application to build a completely new school, called Saint Andrew's College, on the Matthew Humberstone site.
Saint Mary's closed in July 2010 and the pupils were moved to an existing site at Matthew Humberston to begin the new term in September 2010, pending the completion of the new school building http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2007-02-02a.546.0&m=1595.
Various proposals have been put forward by residents on what should be done with the empty school building. The Second Avenue Resource Centre is applying for funding so that it can move into the building, which is three times the size of the present resource centre. It is hoped that the larger premises will attract more social enterprise groups, alternative sports groups, a stage for theatrical productions and a conference facility.
Three educational professionals also applied to open a free school
on the premises, to be called the Lighthouse Community School, catering for excluded children and those who struggle with mainstream education. While there was some public support for the project the application was rejected by the Department for Education
because it did not meet the published criteria.
In 2004 The Grimsby Institute bought and renovated a disused part of the Nunsthorpe school complex in Sutcliffe Avenue. In 2006 this opened as the Institute's Nunsthorpe Community Campus
which houses animal care, building construction and horticulture
courses. Its leisure facilities are available for public use http://www.grimsby.ac.uk/college/news/details.asp?ID=372.
The Nunsthorpe branch library http://www.myspace.com/nunnylibrary was relocated and its facilities are now based at the Sutcliffe Avenue college site, under a partnership arrangement between the Institute and North East Lincolnshire Council (the old library building is now occupied by the Primal community gym
nasium http://www.primalgym.co.uk/). As well as holding academic stock for students, there is a great selection of novels, non fiction and talking books available for all ages.
The library also has an internet cafe for public use, hosts a number of after school activities for children, has regular story times for toddlers, has a gardening club for all ages and hosts numerous other activities for children.
There is also an ongoing local history project where members of the public are encouraged to donate photographs of Nunsthorpe to the library's ever growing collection. The library also runs Nunny TV, launched in 2007, Nunsthorpe's very own television show made by the community for the community. The library has become the unexpected hub of a tide of literary success to come out of Grimsby.
The estate was the home of educationalist and poet, the late Charles Brian Cox http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/apr/28/culture.obituaries, founder and director of the literary journal Critical Quarterly; and more recently, Brutalist
poet Miles J. Bell, also Irish national poet laureate and Forward Prize winner Sam Gardiner http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/jan/12/poetry1. The estate has an active poetry group http://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/content/articles/2008/10/10/nunsthorpe_poetry.shtml. Footballer Tony Ford grew up and attended school in Nunsthorpe.
and Laceby Road Methodist (1970), together with Saint Pius X Roman Catholic Church on the Grange Estate, co-operated to provide a weekly 'pop-in' club at the Nunsthorpe Community Centre.
Apart from the social aspects of the club large sums of money were raised for various charities. In 2008 this facility was taken over by the community centre itself. Another church, Grimsby Baptist
(1960) is sited on Laceby Road and there is a Jewish cemetery
situated near First Avenue and Cornwell Close. This was consecrated in 1896 thus pre-dating the estate. Laceby Road Methodist Church closed in 2010 due to dwindling numbers attending and vandalism, although the Side Door Church, which shares the premises, will continue to work with young people in the area.
borders Nunsthorpe. In 2004 the maternity hospital in Second Avenue closed and its facilities were transferred to new premises in the hospital grounds. The vacated building was demolished and in 2008 Orchard Care Homes opened two residential units, one specialising in dementia care, on the site. The Grimsby Community Clinic is in Kingsley Grove. There are shopping areas in Second Avenue, Sutcliffe Avenue and Bradley Park.
The Nunsthorpe Business
Units are in Winchester Avenue; these were built in 1994 to help residents set up their own enterprises. There is a public house
called the Nunsthorpe Tavern
and a recreation ground, both in Sutcliffe Avenue. The Nunsthorpe Recreation Ground has been improved with new play equipment being installed, some of it being accessible to wheelchair users.
Bus route number 12 operates from Bradley Park to Grimsby town centre, Cleethorpes and New Waltham
, while route 13 runs from Bradley Cross Roads through Nunsthorpe, linking it with Grimsby town centre and Cleethorpes. Both services are provided by Stagecoach Grimsby-Cleethorpes
http://www.stagecoachbus.com/timetables/gy13lozone.pdf.
Adjacent to Bradley Park is the Bradley Recreation Ground, with its state-of-the-art community sports stadium, home to amateur side Grimsby Borough Football Club. A public footpath runs from the western end of Crosby Road to the pitches and also to the Local Nature Reserve
s of Dixon and Bradley Woods. The latter wood is said to be haunted by a black lady
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and housing estate
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in the western part of Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
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, England
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. It is situated between Laceby
Laceby
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Road (A46
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) and Scartho
Scartho
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Road (A1243), which respectively form its northern and eastern boundaries.
There are over 2,400 homes on the estate, mostly former council properties now
owned by the Shoreline Housing Partnership. There is a small area belonging to the Havelok/Northern Counties housing associations and a small area of private sector housing. There are a number of privately owned former council houses purchased under the Right to Buy scheme.
The pre-World War Two development in the eastern part of the estate is known as Old Nunsthorpe while the post-war development is called New Nunsthorpe.
To the west lies the Bradley Park Estate which contains around 430 dwellings, also mostly Shoreline properties. The combined population of Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park is approximately 8,000.
To the north, on the other side of Laceby Road, is the Grange Estate and on the eastern boundary, in Scartho Road, is Grimsby Swimming Pool. The Scartho Top
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Scartho Top is a development of houses in the south Grimsby area of North East Lincolnshire, England. The idea for such a development appeared in the Grimsby local plan towards the end of the 1960s, although construction did not start until the mid 1990s, The aim is to eventually build 2,100 houses...
private housing estate lies to the south.
Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park are part of the Grimsby South ward
Wards of the United Kingdom
A ward in the United Kingdom is an electoral district at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors. It is the primary unit of British administrative and electoral geography .-England:...
of North East Lincolnshire unitary authority
Unitary authority
A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national...
http://www.nelincs.gov.uk/Council/Wards/ward?ID=5. The two estates are also within the area served by the South ward neighbourhood team http://www.humberside.police.uk/divisions/a-division/areas/grimsby-south-and-central/teams/south of Humberside Police
Humberside Police
Humberside Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing an area covering the East Riding of Yorkshire, the city of Kingston upon Hull, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire...
, based at the police station on Laceby Road.
In 2010 improvements to Nunsthorpe were acknowledged by the environmental campaign group Keep Britain Tidy
Keep Britain Tidy
Keep Britain Tidy is a British campaign run by the Keep Britain Tidy environmental charity, which is part funded by the UK government. The majority of their campaigning is around the issue of litter. They have been using "Keep Britain Tidy" as their slogan for almost fifty years...
. A quality mark was awarded after an independent assessment of improvement work undertaken on the estate by Shoreline and partners, Humberside Police and North East Lincolnshire Council, with the assistance of residents http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/news/Award-shows-Nunsthorpe-great-place-live/article.../article.html
Origins and development
Although built in the 20th century, Nunsthorpe takes its name from the nunNun
A nun is a woman who has taken vows committing her to live a spiritual life. She may be an ascetic who voluntarily chooses to leave mainstream society and live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent...
s who once inhabited the priory
Priory
A priory is a house of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or religious sisters , or monasteries of monks or nuns .The Benedictines and their offshoots , the Premonstratensians, and the...
of Saint Leonard http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=38028. This stood at modern day Nuns Corner, where Scartho Road joins Laceby Road. "Thorpe" was an old word for village.
The priory was dissolved
Dissolution of the Monasteries
The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland; appropriated their...
by Henry VIII
Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...
in 1539. In later years the land was occupied by Nuns Farm
Farm
A farm is an area of land, or, for aquaculture, lake, river or sea, including various structures, devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food , fibres and, increasingly, fuel. It is the basic production facility in food production. Farms may be owned and operated by a single...
, until its demolition in 1935. In 1944 Grimsby College
College
A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage varies in English-speaking nations...
, now called The Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education, acquired the site.
Situated at the southern edge of Grimsby (before the boundary extensions), for centuries the land where Nunsthorpe now stands was farmed using the open field system
Open field system
The open field system was the prevalent agricultural system in much of Europe from the Middle Ages to as recently as the 20th century in some places, particularly Russia and Iran. Under this system, each manor or village had several very large fields, farmed in strips by individual families...
of agriculture. Lying mainly within the town of Grimsby it stretched westward from the priory, as far as the boundary with Bradley
Bradley, Lincolnshire
Bradley is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England. It lies 3 miles west of Grimsby and 2 miles north of Barnoldby le Beck. Its population recorded in the 2001 census was 198....
parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
and southward, beyond the boundary with the parish of Scartho
Scartho
Scartho is a suburb located in the southern part of Grimsby, England, in the county of North East Lincolnshire. with a population of around 11,000. Up until the end of the Second World War it was a village; subsequent post-war expansion on the greenfield areas between Scartho and Grimsby has...
. Under enclosure
Enclosure
Enclosure or inclosure is the process which ends traditional rights such as mowing meadows for hay, or grazing livestock on common land. Once enclosed, these uses of the land become restricted to the owner, and it ceases to be common land. In England and Wales the term is also used for the...
awards of 1798 (in Scartho) and 1840 (in Grimsby) http://beehive.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=11945&PageID=71698 this land was acquired by successive Lords Yarborough
Earl of Yarborough
Earl of Yarborough is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1837 for Charles Anderson-Pelham, 2nd Baron Yarborough. The Anderson-Pelham family descends from Francis Anderson of Manby, Lincolnshire. He married Mary, daughter of Charles Pelham of Brocklesby, Lincolnshire...
.
Old Nunsthorpe
Following the end of World War IWorld War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
decent homes were needed for the returning servicemen. House
House
A house is a building or structure that has the ability to be occupied for dwelling by human beings or other creatures. The term house includes many kinds of different dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to free standing individual structures...
building was started by Grimsby County Borough
County borough
County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control. They were abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 in England and Wales, but continue in use for lieutenancy and shrievalty in...
Council
Local government in the United Kingdom
The pattern of local government in England is complex, with the distribution of functions varying according to the local arrangements. Legislation concerning local government in England is decided by the Parliament and Government of the United Kingdom, because England does not have a devolved...
in 1920, on land bought from Lord Yarborough.
Originally called the Laceby Road Site until 1923 the new Nunsthorpe housing estate, with its modern conveniences and large gardens was, as previously mentioned, also known as Garden City.
Most of the streets in this early development, built during the 1920s and 1930s, were named after famous people - Burns
Robert Burns
Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...
, Byron, Kingsley
Charles Kingsley
Charles Kingsley was an English priest of the Church of England, university professor, historian and novelist, particularly associated with the West Country and northeast Hampshire.-Life and character:...
, Leighton, Newton
Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton PRS was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian, who has been "considered by many to be the greatest and most influential scientist who ever lived."...
, Walton groves; Milton
John Milton
John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, a scholarly man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell...
Road and Shelley Avenue. Dame Kendal
Madge Kendal
Dame Madge Kendal GBE , born as Margaret Shafto Robertson, was an English actress of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, best known for her roles in Shakespeare and English comedies. Together with her husband, W. H...
Grove was named after a Grimsby-born actress while Sutcliffe Avenue was named after Jack Sutcliffe, a previous mayor of Grimsby.
Saint Martin's Mission Church, a wooden building, was built during 1922 in Sutcliffe Avenue; this was replaced by a new church in 1937. There is still a structure on this site which is currently the base for Grimsby Judo
Judo
is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
Club http://www.judo.demon.co.uk/grimsby.htm. The first shops, including a post office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
, were built in Second Avenue during 1927/28 and a bus
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
service (route 3) was introduced from Grimsby town centre to Nunsthorpe in 1928. In later years this service was extended to Cleethorpes
Cleethorpes
Cleethorpes is a town and unparished area in North East Lincolnshire, England, situated on the estuary of the Humber. It has a population of 31,853 and is a seaside resort.- History :...
.
Also in 1928 the greater part of Scartho was absorbed by Grimsby, which brought the whole of the present Nunsthorpe area under the control of Grimsby council. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10449844&c_id=10001043. At the same time part of Bradley parish was acquired on which the Bradley Park Estate would eventually be built http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10403431&c_id=10001043.
Nunsthorpe's population was further increased when, resulting from the Housing Act of 1930, slum
Slum
A slum, as defined by United Nations agency UN-HABITAT, is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing and squalor and lacking in tenure security. According to the United Nations, the percentage of urban dwellers living in slums decreased from 47 percent to 37 percent in the...
clearance was carried out in the Grimsby town centre and the residents were moved to new houses on the estate.
Nunsthorpe School
School
A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
was opened on Sutcliffe Avenue in 1931; previously children from the estate had been bussed to a school in another part of the town. It was really two schools housed within one building, one for junior and one for senior pupils. By 1952 all the senior children had been transferred to a new school in Chelmsford Avenue.
During the late 1920s a maternity
Maternal bond
The maternal bond is typically the relationship between a mother and her child.While it typically occurs due to pregnancy and childbirth, it may also occur between a woman and an unrelated child, such as in adoption...
hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
was established in Second Avenue using converted council houses. This was incorporated into a new building which opened in 1933. In 1943 a number of people were killed and houses were damaged when butterfly bomb
Butterfly Bomb
A Butterfly Bomb, or was a German 2 kilogram anti-personnel submunition used by the Luftwaffe during the Second World War. It was so named because the thin cylindrical metal outer shell which hinged open when the bomblet deployed gave it the superficial appearance of a large butterfly...
s were dropped on the estate during a German air raid
Airstrike
An air strike is an attack on a specific objective by military aircraft during an offensive mission. Air strikes are commonly delivered from aircraft such as fighters, bombers, ground attack aircraft, attack helicopters, and others...
on Grimsby http://www.unidir.org/pdf/articles/pdf-art2528.pdf.
New Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park
The absorption of Scartho into Grimsby made available more land for house building. The pre-1928 boundary between Grimsby and Scartho ran past the Scartho Road Institution (now part of the Diana, Princess of Wales HospitalDiana, Princess of Wales Hospital
Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital is situated off Scartho Road, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. It was renamed in the Princess' honour after her death because she had opened it a decade before on 26 July 1983....
) to what is the present-day rear gate of the hospital grounds at the end of Second Avenue, next to the resource centre.
From there it continued westward through fields that would eventually become part of the New Nunsthorpe council housing development. It ran south of what is now Redbourne
Redbourne
Redbourne is a village and civil parish in the North Lincolnshire district of Lincolnshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 386...
Road, crossed Winchester
Winchester
Winchester is a historic cathedral city and former capital city of England. It is the county town of Hampshire, in South East England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, and is located at the western end of the South Downs, along the course of...
Avenue, ran to the north of Kirkstead
Kirkstead
Kirkstead is an ancient village and former parish on the River Witham in Lincolnshire, England. It was amalgamated with the civil parish of Woodhall Spa in 1987.-History:...
Crescent, along Scawby
Scawby
Scawby is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,277. It is located south west of Brigg just off the A15 and A18. Scawby Brook, just outside Brigg, is also within the parish....
Road until it reached Stainton
Stainton by Langworth
Stainton by Langworth is a hamlet and civil parish along the A158 between Lincoln and Wragby, in the district of West Lindsey, in the county of Lincolnshire, England...
Drive. The amalgamation made this boundary obsolete.
In this post-World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
New Nunsthorpe development the streets were mostly named after Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
villages (examples above), with the exception of Winchester Avenue and a few streets in the area of private housing, which were named after historic English towns.
The development included the single storey prefabs. Built in 1946 to help alleviate the housing shortage, they were meant to last for only ten years but endured for a much longer period.
In 1947 a large wooden hut was purchased and erected in Burwell
Burwell, Lincolnshire
Burwell is a small village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, lying on the A16 north of Spilsby. The village covers approximately 2200 acres .A village now, Burwell was a medieval market town....
Drive. This became the estate's earliest community centre
Community centre
Community centres or community centers or jumping recreation centers are public locations where members of a community tend to gather for group activities, social support, public information, and other purposes. They may sometimes be open for the whole community or for a specialised group within...
, opened in 1949, at the same time as the formation of Nunsthorpe's first community
Community
The term community has two distinct meanings:*a group of interacting people, possibly living in close proximity, and often refers to a group that shares some common values, and is attributed with social cohesion within a shared geographical location, generally in social units larger than a household...
association
Voluntary association
A voluntary association or union is a group of individuals who enter into an agreement as volunteers to form a body to accomplish a purpose.Strictly speaking, in many jurisdictions no formalities are necessary to start an association...
.
1951 saw the opening of Nunsthorpe Nursery School
Nursery school
A nursery school is a school for children between the ages of one and five years, staffed by suitably qualified and other professionals who encourage and supervise educational play rather than simply providing childcare...
and in 1952 the branch library
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
in Wootton
Wootton, North Lincolnshire
Wootton is a small village in North Lincolnshire. It is situated South-East of Barton-upon-Humber, North-East of Brigg and North of Humberside Airport.Wootton is an Anglo-Saxon settlement and was recorded in the Domesday Book as "Udetune"...
Road was established.
During the late 1970s the Bradley Park Estate was built on land between Stainton Drive and the Bradley Recreation Ground. This land had once been part of Bradley parish.
Some place names in Bradley Park, such as Bremerhaven
Bremerhaven
Bremerhaven is a city at the seaport of the free city-state of Bremen, a state of the Federal Republic of Germany. It forms an enclave in the state of Lower Saxony and is located at the mouth of the River Weser on its eastern bank, opposite the town of Nordenham...
Way, reflect Grimsby's links with its twin town, although Wymark
Patrick Wymark
Patrick Wymark , was a British, stage, film and television actor.-Early life:Born Patrick Carl Cheeseman in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England...
View was named after the actor who was born in nearby Cleethorpes. Dolby Vale took its name from Sidney Vere Dolby, a long-serving radiologist at Grimsby General Hospital.
The development also included Crosby School (now called Woodlands) which probably took its name from Crosby Road, situated at the rear of the school. Crosby Road itself was named after Crosby village, which is now part of Scunthorpe
Scunthorpe
Scunthorpe is a town within North Lincolnshire, England. It is the administrative centre of the North Lincolnshire unitary authority, and had an estimated total resident population of 72,514 in 2010. A predominantly industrial town, Scunthorpe, the United Kingdom's largest steel processing centre,...
.
Improvement schemes and resident consultation
In 1992, for purposes of resident consultation, Grimsby council divided the area into four neighbourhoodNeighbourhood
A neighbourhood or neighborhood is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town or suburb. Neighbourhoods are often social communities with considerable face-to-face interaction among members. "Researchers have not agreed on an exact definition...
s. Because of its size New Nunsthorpe was split into two neighbourhoods - Nunsthorpe Central and Nunsthorpe West, while Old Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park formed the remaining two. Each area had a steering committee
Committee
A committee is a type of small deliberative assembly that is usually intended to remain subordinate to another, larger deliberative assembly—which when organized so that action on committee requires a vote by all its entitled members, is called the "Committee of the Whole"...
.
At that time discussions were taking place on the possibility of setting up a tenant management organisation
Tenant management organisation
Tenant Management Organisations are organisations set up under United Kingdom law which allow residents of council housing or housing association homes in the United Kingdom can take over responsibility of the running of their homes...
in each neighbourhood. Independent consultants, Priority Estates Project, were brought in to canvass the views of residents but nothing developed from this idea.
In 1994 the Department for the Environment approved multi-million pound funding for Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park. This Estate Action scheme allowed for internal improvements to council houses and general improvements, such as better street lighting, the provision of off-road parking facilities and dropped kerbs for the convenience of wheelchair users. It also included the installation of traffic calming
Traffic calming
Traffic calming is intended to slow or reduce motor-vehicle traffic in order to improve the living conditions for residents as well as to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists. Urban planners and traffic engineers have many strategies for traffic calming...
measures, which were opposed by some residents. This resulted in several unsuccessful petitions, calling for their removal, being presented to the council.
All the prefabs of aluminium
Aluminium
Aluminium or aluminum is a silvery white member of the boron group of chemical elements. It has the symbol Al, and its atomic number is 13. It is not soluble in water under normal circumstances....
construction were renovated and are still in use. However, most of the prefabs containing asbestos
Asbestos
Asbestos is a set of six naturally occurring silicate minerals used commercially for their desirable physical properties. They all have in common their eponymous, asbestiform habit: long, thin fibrous crystals...
were demolished between 1994 and 1997, in spite of a campaign to retain them in a renovated capacity. Of the original 181 such prefabs only three owner-occupied ones now remain.
Local housing association
Housing association
Housing associations in the United Kingdom are independent not-for-profit bodies that provide low-cost "social housing" for people in housing need. Any trading surplus is used to maintain existing homes and to help finance new ones...
, Havelok http://www.havelokhomes.org.uk/, and the Northern Counties housing association http://www.ncha.co.uk/nchaweb, were allocated part of the vacant prefab land for the construction of properties. Some of the land remained empty, part of it forming the open grassed area situated between Burwell Drive and Winchester Avenue. There have been suggestions that this land be used as a recreation park but so far nothing has been decided.
In 1995 the TSB announced that it was closing its long-established Nunsthorpe branch in Second Avenue. In spite of a petition organised by estate residents and the intervention of the borough council, the TSB went ahead and closed the premises. In 1996 a plan was submitted to reopen the building as a social club. Some residents and a ward councillor were in favour while other residents were opposed, with rival petitions being launched. The application was rejected by the council's planning committee.
Consultative forum
The Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Consultative Forum, established in 1992 to co-ordinate the neighbourhood steering groups, was reorganised and became directly elected by a postal ballotBallot
A ballot is a device used to record choices made by voters. Each voter uses one ballot, and ballots are not shared. In the simplest elections, a ballot may be a simple scrap of paper on which each voter writes in the name of a candidate, but governmental elections use pre-printed to protect the...
of residents at two yearly periods.
The reconstituted forum held its inaugural meeting in 1995, with annual general meeting
Annual general meeting
An annual general meeting is a meeting that official bodies, and associations involving the public , are often required by law to hold...
s being held thereafter. In addition to the delegates elected from 13 areas (later reduced to six), ward councillors and council officers also attended meetings of the main committee and sub-committees. The forum was dissolved in 2004.
The forum had three sub-committees, one being the Economic, Social and Cultural Development sub-committee (ESCD). Another sub-committee dealt with council tenant issues only, while the third concerned itself with wider estate action improvements, which effected tenants and homeowners. As circumstances changed these sub-committees were gradually merged with the main committee.
Representatives from local churches, schools, the police and other bodies were invited to attend ESCD meetings as observers. Along with various local agencies, the ESCD had delegates on the project team
Project team
A project team is a team whose members usually belong to different groups, functions and are assigned to activities for the same project. A team can be divided into sub-teams according to need. Usually project teams are only used for a defined period of time. They are disbanded after the project is...
charged with establishing a resource centre on the estate.
When the Sutcliffe Special School moved to a new site at Humberston
Humberston
Humberston is a large village and civil parish to the south of Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire...
, the empty building in Second Avenue was acquired from the local authority at a nominal rent.
Resident volunteers helped to clean and decorate the building, transforming it into the new Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Resource Centre. The project was funded initially from the Single Regeneration Budget, although the aim was for the centre eventually to become self financing.
Two residents associations, Bradley Park and Nunsthorpe Central, which existed between 1993 and 1999, sent voting delegates to the forum. These associations had replaced the steering committees for their respective neighbourhoods. They were also closely involved with the establishment of the resource centre. Previously operating from members' homes, when the centre opened in 1995 the associations were able to establish permanent headquarters there.
Attempts to set up resident associations in Old Nunsthorpe and Nunsthorpe West were unsuccessful, however from 1996 Old Nunsthorpe and Nunsthorpe Central residents began holding joint meetings.
A Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Youth
Youth
Youth is the time of life between childhood and adulthood . Definitions of the specific age range that constitutes youth vary. An individual's actual maturity may not correspond to their chronological age, as immature individuals could exist at all ages.-Usage:Around the world, the terms "youth",...
Association (now defunct) was established in 1996, supervised by the two adult associations. National Lottery
National Lottery (United Kingdom)
The National Lottery is the state-franchised national lottery in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man.It is operated by Camelot Group, to whom the licence was granted in 1994, 2001 and again in 2007. The lottery is regulated by the National Lottery Commission, and was established by the then...
funding enabled this organisation to employ a full-time youth worker
Community youth workers
Community youth workers are young people and adults who are engaged in education, empowerment, activism, or other activities focused on adolescents in community-based settings, including churches, schools, or community centers. As a distinct field, community youth work, , has been established in...
based at the resource centre.
During 1997 disillusionment among some residents on Bradley Park led to the brief formation of a second association there, in opposition to the existing resident group. Also in that year some people, who were dissatisfied with the Nunsthorpe Central Association, established the short-lived Nunsthorpe South Association.
Council housing stock transfer
In 2004 tenants in North East Lincolnshire were balloted on whether the council housing stock should be transferred to a housing association. Transfer would release money that was unavailable to the council for improvements to properties.After a "yes" vote the remaining council houses on the two estates (around 1,600), together with the rest of the authority's housing stock, were transferred to the new locally-based Shoreline Housing Partnership http://www.shorelinehp.com/ in March 2005.
Shoreline tenants on the estates send two delegates to the Boroughwide Tenant Assembly http://www.shorelinehp.com/tenantinfo/gettinginvolvedinyourcommunity/bwta/bwta.html. One delegate represents Nunsthorpe East and Nunsthorpe Central while the other represents Nunsthorpe West and Bradley Park.
Shoreline undertook a programme of investment in the transferred properties over a period of ten years and is currently in the process of implementing this programme. Planned home improvements include, where necessary, modern kitchens, bathrooms, central heating, decent roofs, security doors and windows, as well as smoke alarms. However there are still parts of Nunsthorpe where it is difficult to attract tenants and houses remain boarded up.
Community organisations
A number of organisations currently work in Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park, supporting residents and helping to overcome anti-social behaviourAnti-social behaviour
Anti-social behaviour is behaviour that lacks consideration for others and that may cause damage to society, whether intentionally or through negligence, as opposed to pro-social behaviour, behaviour that helps or benefits society...
by the small minority.
These organisations include:
- Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Community Association
- Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Community Trust
- Nunsthorpe Tenants and Residents Association
- Nunsthorpe Together (Respect Funhouse)
- Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Community Partnership
The South Ward Action Group, which also covered the Grange and Crowland estates, was formed in 2002 and dissolved in 2006. The Saint Martins Community Action Group was established in 2004 and replaced by Nunsthorpe Together in 2008. The Cabourne Road Tenants and Residents Association was formed in 2010.
The Second Avenue Resource Centre Limited (formerly the Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Resource Centre) was opened in 1995. Its management board includes residents of the estate. The centre's services include the provision of rooms for hire, sports facilities and computers for Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
access. Rented office space is also available. A number of organisations are based at the centre, including North East Lincolnshire Carelink http://www.care-link.org.uk/, which operates a 24-hour monitoring system for vulnerable people.
Nunsthorpe Forward was composed of residents and representatives from various agencies, working to improve conditions on the estate. It has now been incorporated in to the larger South Ward Partnership which has similar aims. The Nunsthorpe Young Peoples Service, run by North East Lincolnshire Council, is based in Wootton Road. There is also the Nunsthorpe Environmental Group, which in 2010 received £2,000 from the council's Community Pride Grant.
In 2003 a quarterly magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
called Livewire was introduced. Livewire gave news and views from around Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park. It incorporated the resource centre newsletter
Newsletter
A newsletter is a regularly distributed publication generally about one main topic that is of interest to its subscribers. Newspapers and leaflets are types of newsletters. Additionally, newsletters delivered electronically via email have gained rapid acceptance for the same reasons email in...
, Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Matters, which had regularly been distributed to houses in the area since 1995. The magazine relied on funding and this eventually came to an end. The last edition (issue 22) appeared in March 2008. In 2010 the resource centre reintroduced the Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Matters newsletter for distribution on the estate.
In 2006 the Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park United Football Club, composed of young people led by Manager Chris Humphries, was formed with the support of Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Residents and Tenants Association (2005).
Safer Communities (North East Lincolnshire) http://www.safercommunities.org/, a multi-agency organisation, has an office in Burwell Drive. The Neighbourhood Safety Scheme, linked with Safer Communities, is based at the Make The Neighbourhood Better Centre - Shoreline's premises situated at the old TSB bank premises in Second Avenue. The estate has several neighbourhood watch groups.
In 2010 Nunsthorpe Community Voice, a one-stop website was established by Nunny TV and Nunsthorpe Library, intended for people who live and work in Nunsthorpe. Containing information about local groups, this site will enable residents to catch up with community news, activities and resources.
The Hands Together Youth Group, based on the estate, put together shoe boxes full of essential items and sent them to the children of Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
for Christmas 2010. In 2011 they decided to do something for the men and women serving in the armed forces
Armed forces
The armed forces of a country are its government-sponsored defense, fighting forces, and organizations. They exist to further the foreign and domestic policies of their governing body, and to defend that body and the nation it represents from external aggressors. In some countries paramilitary...
. They handed over 20 shoeboxes full of items such as toothpaste, shampoo and aftershave, to the Pink Berets fundraising group http://www.thepinkberets.co.uk, for the troops in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
.
In 2011 a street party was held on the estate to celebrate the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton
Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton
The wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine Middleton took place on 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey in London. Prince William, the eldest son of Charles, Prince of Wales, first met Catherine Middleton in 2001, when both were studying at the University of St Andrews. Their...
. At the event, held in Redbourne Road, youngsters became princes and princesses for a day. Dressed in costumes made by event organiser Mary Stuart, children from the estate recreated the royal wedding ceremony.
Activities
Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Community AssociationThis organisation is based at the purpose-built community centre in Wootton Road. The centre is available for hire and various activities, including bingo and auctions are held there.
The centre was opened in 1985 by local snooker
Snooker
Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different :...
celebrity Ray Edmonds
Ray Edmonds
Ray Edmonds is a former English professional player of English billiards and snooker. He twice won the World Amateur Snooker title, and won the World Professional Billiards Championship in 1985.-Playing career:...
. The association existed from 1985 to 1994 and was re-established in 2004, following the dissolution of the Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Forum.
In 2007 the association received £14,320 from the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund
Neighbourhood Renewal Fund
Neighbourhood Renewal Fund is a form of Local Government finance in England, launched by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in July 2000....
and Millennium Inorganic Chemicals. The money paid for alterations to the centre's ceiling, repairs to the heating system and the installation of safety glass in the doors and windows.
Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Community Trust
Formerly called the Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Residents and Tenants Association (2005) this group is a social enterprise
Social enterprise
A social enterprise is an organization that applies business strategies to achieving philanthropic goals. Social enterprises can be structured as a for-profit or non-profit....
. In 2007 it opened a thrift shop
Charity shop
A charity shop, thrift shop, thrift store, hospice shop , resale shop or op shop is a retail establishment run by a charitable organization to raise money.Charity shops are a type of social enterprise...
, information and advice centre at 57 Second Avenue.
A committee room and offices are situated above the shop. Copying, printing and fax services are available at a minimal charge with confidentiality assured.
The trust is trying to persuade North East Lincolnshire Council to re-open its premises at 19 Wootton Road, formerly a social services department, as an office complex, internet cafe and
committee room.
They have joined forces with the Young Peoples Service, with the aim of providing a full time youth centre. Fishing
Angling
Angling is a method of fishing by means of an "angle" . The hook is usually attached to a fishing line and the line is often attached to a fishing rod. Fishing rods are usually fitted with a fishing reel that functions as a mechanism for storing, retrieving and paying out the line. The hook itself...
is based at Bradley Ponds in joint operation with Waltham Fisheries and football is organised with Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park United.
Camping
Camping
Camping is an outdoor recreational activity. The participants leave urban areas, their home region, or civilization and enjoy nature while spending one or several nights outdoors, usually at a campsite. Camping may involve the use of a tent, caravan, motorhome, cabin, a primitive structure, or no...
holidays for the youth of the area are organised on a regular basis.
The trust is also working with the Side Door Youth Community Church (based at the Methodist church on Laceby Road), providing a club for teenagers. All activities are free of charge. Indoor football is held on Tuesdays from 6 pm to 8 pm, with Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park United. Auctions are held every Wednesday evening.
The Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Dance Academy meet on Thursdays from 6.30 to 8.30 pm. The academy is open to boys and girls from 4 to 19 years of age. There is free membership, free refreshments and a free mini bus is available for picking up and taking the children home. The association is in partnership with the probation
Probation
Probation literally means testing of behaviour or abilities. In a legal sense, an offender on probation is ordered to follow certain conditions set forth by the court, often under the supervision of a probation officer...
service, providing free gardening services for elderly and disabled residents.
In 2009 members of the trust were trained to become part of the new Community Crime Fighters scheme. The scheme gives local community figures a role in linking residents with the police. The Trust is currently looking for funding to lease and refurbish a derelict neighbouring property. If successful the new centre will become a second charity shop, allowing the existing premises to be transformed into a training centre and community leisure facility.
Nunsthorpe Tenants and Residents Association
This organisation was formed in 2006 and is involved in combating anti-social behaviour on the estate. It campaigned to get the small park and play area, next to the Sutcliffe Avenue recreation ground, restored following vandal damage. This facility is now back in use. Together with the Saint Martins Action Group, Nunsthorpe TARA provided a float for the 2006 Cleethorpes carnival
Carnival
Carnaval is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during February. Carnaval typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus, mask and public street party...
.
The group works with the Respect Funhouse, Shoreline, police and residents not involved with any other organisation. Children have enjoyed fishing, camping. orienteering
Orienteering
Orienteering is a family of sports that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, and normally moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they...
and go-karting activities.
Nunsthorpe Together
Nunsthorpe Together was composed of representatives from the church, police and North East Lincolnshire Council. In 2008 it took over control of the Respect Funhouse from the Saint Martins Action Group
Action group
In sociology and anthropology, an action group or task group is a group of people joined temporarily to accomplish some task or take part in some organized collective action....
. During its existence the Action Group staged local productions of Abbamania
ABBAmania
ABBAmania is a tribute album to Swedish pop band ABBA, released in 1999. It followed an ITV programme of the same name and featured various British and Irish artists covering ABBA songs.-Track listing:# "Money, Money, Money" – Madness...
and Dancemania
Dancemania
Dancemania is a series of remix compilation albums by i-DANCE. The series deals primarily with dance music, especially eurodance. Despite its tracks have been made by various musicians from all over the world mainly from the European continent, the albums have been released exclusively in Japan.The...
at the Grimsby Auditorium
Grimsby Auditorium
Grimsby Auditorium is a theatre situated on Cromwell Road, in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire. With a seated audience capacity of 1,200 the Grimsby Auditorium is the largest professional theatre in Lincolnshire, and one of the larger theatres in the East of England...
, both involving local children from North East Lincolnshire.
Action Group members (led by Steve Hill), supported by a local police inspector and the Rector of Grimsby, appeared on the TV show Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway
Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway
Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway was a British television show hosted by Richard Madeley which first aired on ITV on Tuesday 2 January 2007. Over seven weeks, various members of the public appeared, several per show, and appealed before a panel of judges for money to fulfil ambitions or dreams...
, appealing for funds to turn part of Saint Martins church into a children's activity centre. There were complaints that this was done without consulting the local community.
The panel awarded them £45,000, while a further £330,000 came from the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund. The project was officially opened in 2008. The Respect Funhouse has a laser quest
Laser Quest
Laser Quest is the name of a Canadian-based indoor lasertag game based around infrared hand held units and vests, as well as the name of the company which operates each game center. There are over 140 Laser Quest centers worldwide, including ones in Canada, the United States, the UK, France,...
arena, a multi-screen video jukebox
Video Jukebox
Video Jukebox may refer to:* Video Jukebox was an American television program that aired from 1981 to 1986 on Home Box Office .* Video Jukebox Network was a cable, satellite and UHF broadcast Florida television service....
and a maze of play areas - tunnels, slides, ball pools and climbing areas - also music rooms and quiet rooms where teenagers and children can do their homework.
In 2008 young dancers from the Funhouse performed their fourth show, Musical Mania, at the Auditorium. The dancers stage regular events at the Beachcomber venue in Humberston.
In 2009 the High Sheriff of Lincolnshire
High Sheriff of Lincolnshire
This is a list of High Sheriffs of Lincolnshire.The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred...
, Lady Sarah McCorquodale
Lady Sarah McCorquodale
The Lady Elizabeth Sarah Lavinia McCorquodale is the older sister of Diana, Princess of Wales.-Early life:Sarah was born The Honourable Elizabeth Sarah Lavinia Spencer; she acquired the courtesy title The Lady Elizabeth Sarah Lavinia Spencer in 1975, when her grandfather died and her father became...
, handed a Tribune Trust award for £1,000 to the Funhouse. The Trust supports community projects tackling crime, disorder and deprivation. The Funhouse decided to spend the money on T-shirts for its street dance teams http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/news/Princess-s-sister-dazzled-dancers/article-1056018-detail/article.html.
Also in 2009 the Big Lottery Fund
Big Lottery Fund
The Big Lottery Fund is a grant-making non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom created by the Government to administer the funding of "good causes" following the creation of the National Lottery. It has an annual expenditure of £630 million...
awarded a £444.544 grant to Nunsthorpe Together for the expansion of activities provided at the Funhouse, hiring of staff and volunteer training. In 2010 the Funhouse building was closed until money could be found for repairs, although the neighbouring hall continued to be used for bingo and dance classes. In 2011, following requests from the local community, the church, police and local council representatives resigned and residents took full control of the board. However a dispute over access to the hall led to a demonstration by some residents outside the Funhouse.
Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Community Partnership
This umbrella group brings together the Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Community Association, Nunsthorpe T.A.R.A, Respect Funhouse and the Second Avenue Resource Centre. The Partnership entered three floats in the 2009 Cleethorpes Carnival. It achieved second place in the Best in Parade section and joint first place in the Best Organisation section http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/news/Garden-float-peg/article-1003241-detail/article.html.
Education
The Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Children's Centre in Sutcliffe Avenue (formed in 2004 by the combination of the Sure StartSure Start
Sure Start is a UK Government initiative applying in England, originating with HM Treasury, with the aim of "giving children the best possible start in life" through improvement of childcare, early education, health and family support, with an emphasis on outreach and community development...
Centre and Nunsthorpe Nursery School
Nursery school
A nursery school is a school for children between the ages of one and five years, staffed by suitably qualified and other professionals who encourage and supervise educational play rather than simply providing childcare...
) and the Woodlands Acorns Daycare Centre on Bradley Park, provide support for the estates' younger children. There is also the Butterflies Day Nursery, which began in 2000 as a creche, based at the resource centre. In 2002 it became a day nursery and in 2008 it relocated to the children's centre.
The Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Children and Parents Together Group, which can be contacted via the children's centre, aims to promote a spirit of togetherness. The organisation held its first fun day in 2009 and raises money to provide entertainment and day trips for local children and their families.
Primary education
Primary education
A primary school is an institution in which children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as primary or elementary education. Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational,...
is provided by the Nunsthorpe Community School (situated next to the Children's Centre) and Woodlands Primary School in Pinewood Crescent, Bradley Park. Both schools became the first primary schools in Britain to achieve Centre of Excellence status for their use of interactive whiteboard
Interactive whiteboard
An interactive whiteboard , is a large interactive display that connects to a computer and projector. A projector projects the computer's desktop onto the board's surface where users control the computer using a pen, finger, stylus, or other device...
s http://tlfe.org.uk/promethean/excellence.htm. Nunsthorpe Community School was created in 2001 by the merger of the Nunsthorpe infants and junior school
Junior school
A junior school is a type of school which caters for children, often between the ages of 7 and 11.-Australia:In Australia, a junior school is usually a part of a private school that educates children between the ages of 5 and 12....
s. In 2010 Nunsthorpe Community School pupils baked and sold more than 500 cakes, raising £333.60 for their chosen charity Oxfam
Oxfam
Oxfam is an international confederation of 15 organizations working in 98 countries worldwide to find lasting solutions to poverty and related injustice around the world. In all Oxfam’s actions, the ultimate goal is to enable people to exercise their rights and manage their own lives...
In 1990 the Crosby first
First School
First school and lower school are terms used in some areas of the United Kingdom to describe the first stage of primary education. Some English Local Education Authorities have introduced First Schools since the 1960s...
and middle
Middle school
Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...
schools changed their name to Bradley Park first and middle. During the 1995 summer holiday a fire, caused by a wiring fault, badly damaged some of the classrooms, making them unusable. Temporary mobile classrooms were brought in for the new term until the fire damage could be repaired.
In 1999 the two schools amalgamated, undergoing another change of name to Woodlands Primary School. It was the first school in the country to introduce the five-term year http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/correspondents/381053.stm.
In February 2011 Woodlands was North East Lincolnshire's winner in the regional stages of Dance Challenge. A group of children from the school will travel to London for the Dance Challenge UK finals. Dance Challenge is a national competition that challenges and rewards young dancers on any dance style. The children will be competing against 25 other schools from across the country. A number of sponsored events are being held to fund travel and accommodation costs http://www.dancechallenge.co.uk/home.php
Woodlands has submitted plans to demolish its current building and erect a new two-storey facility in its place. The new school will be a more compact environment than the current building and be more efficient to run. If approved, work is expected to begin on the £4 million scheme in June 2011, with the new building opening by the September term of 2012.
Saint Mary's Catholic High School
St Mary's Catholic High School (Grimsby)
St Mary's Catholic School was a Roman Catholic secondary school located in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. The school closed at the end of the academic year in 2010, in preparation for its amalgamation with Matthew Humberstone School to form St...
(established 1966) was located in Wootton Road. Saint Mary's agreed to merge with Matthew Humberstone Church of England School
Matthew Humberstone School
Matthew Humberstone Church of England School, often shortened to MHS or, more affectionately, Matty, was a comprehensive school in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, with a Church of England tradition...
, Cleethorpes to form a new joint church school. In 2009 the council's planning committee supported the outline application to build a completely new school, called Saint Andrew's College, on the Matthew Humberstone site.
Saint Mary's closed in July 2010 and the pupils were moved to an existing site at Matthew Humberston to begin the new term in September 2010, pending the completion of the new school building http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2007-02-02a.546.0&m=1595.
Various proposals have been put forward by residents on what should be done with the empty school building. The Second Avenue Resource Centre is applying for funding so that it can move into the building, which is three times the size of the present resource centre. It is hoped that the larger premises will attract more social enterprise groups, alternative sports groups, a stage for theatrical productions and a conference facility.
Three educational professionals also applied to open a free school
Free school (England)
A Free school is a school in England funded by the taxpayer, non-selective and free to attend but not controlled by local authorities. The concept of free schools is based upon a similar model found in Sweden as well as US charter schools....
on the premises, to be called the Lighthouse Community School, catering for excluded children and those who struggle with mainstream education. While there was some public support for the project the application was rejected by the Department for Education
Department for Education
The Department for Education is a department of the UK government responsible for issues affecting people in England up to the age of 19, including child protection and education....
because it did not meet the published criteria.
In 2004 The Grimsby Institute bought and renovated a disused part of the Nunsthorpe school complex in Sutcliffe Avenue. In 2006 this opened as the Institute's Nunsthorpe Community Campus
Campus
A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls and park-like settings...
which houses animal care, building construction and horticulture
Horticulture
Horticulture is the industry and science of plant cultivation including the process of preparing soil for the planting of seeds, tubers, or cuttings. Horticulturists work and conduct research in the disciplines of plant propagation and cultivation, crop production, plant breeding and genetic...
courses. Its leisure facilities are available for public use http://www.grimsby.ac.uk/college/news/details.asp?ID=372.
The Nunsthorpe branch library http://www.myspace.com/nunnylibrary was relocated and its facilities are now based at the Sutcliffe Avenue college site, under a partnership arrangement between the Institute and North East Lincolnshire Council (the old library building is now occupied by the Primal community gym
Gym
The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
nasium http://www.primalgym.co.uk/). As well as holding academic stock for students, there is a great selection of novels, non fiction and talking books available for all ages.
The library also has an internet cafe for public use, hosts a number of after school activities for children, has regular story times for toddlers, has a gardening club for all ages and hosts numerous other activities for children.
There is also an ongoing local history project where members of the public are encouraged to donate photographs of Nunsthorpe to the library's ever growing collection. The library also runs Nunny TV, launched in 2007, Nunsthorpe's very own television show made by the community for the community. The library has become the unexpected hub of a tide of literary success to come out of Grimsby.
The estate was the home of educationalist and poet, the late Charles Brian Cox http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/apr/28/culture.obituaries, founder and director of the literary journal Critical Quarterly; and more recently, Brutalist
Brutalists
Brutalism is a literary movement formed in 2006 by three writers from the north of England , and may have been the first literary movement to be launched via the social networking site Myspace where it announced itself with the following manifesto:"Brutalism calls for writing that touches upon...
poet Miles J. Bell, also Irish national poet laureate and Forward Prize winner Sam Gardiner http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/jan/12/poetry1. The estate has an active poetry group http://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/content/articles/2008/10/10/nunsthorpe_poetry.shtml. Footballer Tony Ford grew up and attended school in Nunsthorpe.
Religion
Between 1988 and 2008 estate churches Saint Martin's, (consecrated in 1937), Saint Mark's (1959), both Church of EnglandChurch of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
and Laceby Road Methodist (1970), together with Saint Pius X Roman Catholic Church on the Grange Estate, co-operated to provide a weekly 'pop-in' club at the Nunsthorpe Community Centre.
Apart from the social aspects of the club large sums of money were raised for various charities. In 2008 this facility was taken over by the community centre itself. Another church, Grimsby Baptist
Baptist
Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
(1960) is sited on Laceby Road and there is a Jewish cemetery
Cemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...
situated near First Avenue and Cornwell Close. This was consecrated in 1896 thus pre-dating the estate. Laceby Road Methodist Church closed in 2010 due to dwindling numbers attending and vandalism, although the Side Door Church, which shares the premises, will continue to work with young people in the area.
Facilities
The Diana, Princess of Wales HospitalDiana, Princess of Wales Hospital
Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital is situated off Scartho Road, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. It was renamed in the Princess' honour after her death because she had opened it a decade before on 26 July 1983....
borders Nunsthorpe. In 2004 the maternity hospital in Second Avenue closed and its facilities were transferred to new premises in the hospital grounds. The vacated building was demolished and in 2008 Orchard Care Homes opened two residential units, one specialising in dementia care, on the site. The Grimsby Community Clinic is in Kingsley Grove. There are shopping areas in Second Avenue, Sutcliffe Avenue and Bradley Park.
The Nunsthorpe Business
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
Units are in Winchester Avenue; these were built in 1994 to help residents set up their own enterprises. There is a public house
Public house
A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...
called the Nunsthorpe Tavern
Tavern
A tavern is a place of business where people gather to drink alcoholic beverages and be served food, and in some cases, where travelers receive lodging....
and a recreation ground, both in Sutcliffe Avenue. The Nunsthorpe Recreation Ground has been improved with new play equipment being installed, some of it being accessible to wheelchair users.
Bus route number 12 operates from Bradley Park to Grimsby town centre, Cleethorpes and New Waltham
New Waltham
New Waltham is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire. It is located just south of Grimsby and Cleethorpes close to the A16 , and is situated between the villages of Waltham and Humberston. Previously part of Waltham parish, the parish of New Waltham was created in 1961...
, while route 13 runs from Bradley Cross Roads through Nunsthorpe, linking it with Grimsby town centre and Cleethorpes. Both services are provided by Stagecoach Grimsby-Cleethorpes
Stagecoach Grimsby-Cleethorpes
Stagecoach Grimsby-Cleethorpes is the sector of the Stagecoach Group that operates buses in and around North East Lincolnshire , serving a population of over 150,000....
http://www.stagecoachbus.com/timetables/gy13lozone.pdf.
Adjacent to Bradley Park is the Bradley Recreation Ground, with its state-of-the-art community sports stadium, home to amateur side Grimsby Borough Football Club. A public footpath runs from the western end of Crosby Road to the pitches and also to the Local Nature Reserve
Local Nature Reserve
Local nature reserve or LNR is a designation for nature reserves in the United Kingdom. The designation has its origin in the recommendations of the Wild Life Conservation Special Committee which established the framework for nature conservation in the United Kingdom and suggested a national suite...
s of Dixon and Bradley Woods. The latter wood is said to be haunted by a black lady
Black Lady of Bradley Woods
The Black Lady of Bradley Woods is a ghostly figure of a woman supposed to haunt the woods near the village of Bradley, Lincolnshire, England. She is described by alleged eyewitnesses as being a young and pretty woman around 5"6 inches tall, dressed in a flowing black cloak and a black hood...