Carlton & Nottingham love their Lions ([1] [2] [3] [4]) but I’m now mapping Gedling, and here is one of the latest photos of Gedling Church ([1] [2]), taken from near the top of Queen’s Avenue, to prove it:–

Queen’s Avenue is in the heart of Phoenix Farm Ward, and very close to the location of Phoenix Farm. The farm was demolished in 1954, just as the Estate named after it was being built (councillors, planners & builders love demolishing the old and building new estates) (one clue to the age of these houses is that they all have coal-holes).

The houses that I’m currently mapping all seem to have Royalty — and the then Royal Family in particular — as an (unannounced) theme:–

• King’s Avenue
• Queen’s Avenue
• Princess Close
• Mountbatten Grove
• Margaret Crescent
• Elizabeth Grove
• Philip Grove
• Charles Close

Stone Lions have so far proven to be as popular in Gedling as they were in Carlton, but I’ve resisted photographing them up to now. Finally, two in a house in Philip Grove persuaded me to add yet another photo of stone lions to this Diary:–