Calverton Calling

Calverton Calling is an oral history project collecting the voices and memories of people connected to Calverton, Nottinghamshire. Each story is recorded, transcribed, and shared here as a living archive of the community — its working life, family histories, and the everyday moments that shaped a place. Calverton Calling is made possible thanks to National Lottery players and the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

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Going to the Lido

I remember in the summer holidays going to the Lido, which was on Moor Lane and going to the play scheme that was at the play centre that was run by Frank Hill. Lots of other things that I can remember like the jazz band and the actual miners welfare brass band…

A beautiful day in Calverton

Hi I'm Savannah. It's a beautiful day. 27th of May 2026. Love you Calverton.

Playing with friends in Calverton

I'm 12 years old. I moved to Calverton when I was in year 4 and I lived on Pepper road ever since. My favourite thing to do is to play with my- like go out of my mates, it is really fun. Thanks.

St Wilfrid's school

There's loads of things like roads and the roads are for like cars so you can get to lovely places and these lovely places like cemeteries and churches and really nice people remember someone in your family who's died.And what about school? What's your school l…

Really hot May in 2026

Tuesday, sometime in May and it's really hot. But yeah, bye bye.

Friends

I'm 14 years old, my story is that I've got a sister called Luna, she's 9 years old, her best friends Harry, and then yeah. My friends Ipe and yeah, Carson and yeah. We all live happily together. Yeah, live happily together. Bye.

Coming back to Calverton

I moved to Calverton in 1992 from the Wirral and I've lived here almost my whole life I spent 10 years in Manchester but moved back here in 2021 and my son now goes to St. Wilfrid's school. I went to St. Wilfrid's school which is really lovely and really nostal…

Moving to Calverton

My name is Jaden and I was born 2013, November 27th. I lived in Clifton where that's where I was born. I moved down to Broxtowe where I grew up and I moved over to Calverton to have a better life and it truly is a better life. So yeah.

Bike ride to Greggs

My name is Naya and I'm on a bike ride with my Mummy to Greggs to get a sausage roll and a doughnut. Bye.

Reconnecting with Calverton

I'm CEO of Cayr Charity. I was not born in Calverton, I moved here from West Bridgford when I was about in year five, so eight nine ten-ish. So I think I was going into year five into Sherbrooke and my sister who's a year old and me would have been going into y…