Nottingham, Nottingham, England Presentation by Lee Mckenzie Drag picture to placeholder or click icon to add Robin Hood Drag picture to placeholder or click icon to add Town Hall Drag picture to placeholder or click icon to add Drag picture to placeholder or click icon to add University Location Where Where is is Nottingham? Nottingham? Within Within the the County County of of Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire 128 128 Miles Miles north north of of London London 78 78 Miles Miles from from the the nearest nearest coastal coastal town town (Skegness) (Skegness) 9800 9800 Km Km from from Da Da Nang Nang Drag picture to placeholder or click icon to add Drag picture to placeholder click icon to add London, UK toor Nottingham Nottingham to Da Nang, Vietnam Map data ©2016 Google, INEGI Drive 128 miles, h 1000 km Map data ©2016 GeoBasis-DE/BKG (©2009), Google 50 km Nottingham highlights • Originally called Snotengaham by the Saxons It was ruled by a Saxon Chief named Snot, it literally means 'the homestead of Snot's people' • Granted its city charter in 1897 as part of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations • In 2013, it had an estimated population of 729,977 • Known across the world for the legend of Robin Hood • The home of Raleigh bicycles • Renowned for its Lace making which was exported around the world Drag picture to placeholder or click icon to add Drag picture to placeholder or click icon to add Drag picture to placeholder or click icon to add Things that Nottingham has given the world? • Video cassette recorder Nowadays it's pretty easy to record your favourite TV shows, but the technology is less than 50 years old The first VCR was invented in Nottingham, and was called the Telcan or 'television in a can', cost £60 and could record 20 minutes in black and white HP Sauce Shopkeeper Frederick Gibson Garton came up with the recipe for the famous sauce in his grocery shop in New Basford Tarmacadam Hardly the most fascinating thing, but perhaps the most widely used Nottingham county surveyor Edgar Hooley was passing a tar works in 1901 when he noticed a barrel of tar had been spilled and, to reduce the mess, someone had dumped gravel on it A year later he patented the process and the first road to be tarmaced was in Nottingham Traffic Lights It's pretty hard to imagine a time without traffic lights, but after seeing thousands killed on the roads in 1866, Nottingham High School pupil John Peake Knight set about trying to solve the problem The system has a revolving gas-powered lantern with a red and a green light with the first one placed near the House of Commons in London Drag picture to placeholder or click icon to add • Drag picture to placeholder or click icon to add • • Drag picture to placeholder or click icon to add Drag picture to placeholder or click icon to add What has Nottingham given the world (Con’t)? • MRI Scanner A University of Nottingham professor revolutionised medicine The first MRI machine was only big enough to fit a finger in, but they grew in size and popularity and are now widely used by doctors looking at brain tumours, Parkinson's and strokes Water Supply Turning on the taps is a fairly every day thing but the technology has its origins in Nottingham Nottingham born Thomas Hawksley was an engineer for the Nottingham Waterworks Company and developed the first high-pressure water supply Authors Nottingham has a rich writing history, from Byron, who penned some of the finest poems of his era, via D H Lawrence, with his work littered with references to his origins in Eastwood, and Alan Sillitoe, who captured the grit of the city in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Drag picture to placeholder or click icon to add • • Drag picture to placeholder or click icon to add Drag picture to placeholder or click icon to add I hope you find this interesting and if you would like any further information for your studies please not hesitate to contact me Good luck with your studies lee.mckenzie@ntlworld.com Drag picture to placeholder or click icon to add