30 Oct 2011: We went for a Sunday walk in the Victoria Gardens and the Meadows. There's a lot of work going on (to do with flood prevention), so it's difficult to find a way into this secret garden. Here's the statue of Victoria, who I am glad to see still has her bronze Art nouveau panels on the plinth.This brings back memories as we used to bring the children here often when they were young and we lived at Elm Tree Avenue... and I remember Henry asking if Victoria was holding a teapot.
Overlooking the Victoria Gardens is the new Green St housing development, by Marsh Grochowski, built by Igloo properties.
We took a detour to look at Julian Marsh's house, a remarkable development on a corner (replacing an old meat factory?) forming a terraced edge to the houses in either direction. It is remarkable... and amazing faith in the area that he should build it there. The walk ended with afternoon tea in the Riverbank pub by Trent Bridge.
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