3 October 1766 ► Infantry and cavalry were brought in keep the peace following #Nottingham’s ‘Great Cheese Riot’ of the previous day, but later that evening there were serious clashes between the rioters and military.
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2 October 1877 ► The Malt Cross music hall opened on St James's Street, #Nottingham. Designed by local architect Edwin Hill, it was built on the site of the former Roebuck pub.
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2 October 1855 ► #Nottingham’s Goose Fair had its first big hand-turned roundabout; Twigdon's Riding Machine.
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2 October 1766 ► #Nottingham’s ‘Great Cheese Riot’ took place at Goose Fair over the high cost of cheese, during which the Mayor was knocked down by a large rolling cheese.
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2 October 1753 ► The date of #Nottingham’s Goose Fair was switched from September to start every year on 2 October.
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2 October 1603 ► Huntingdon Beaumont started construction of the country's first documented railway in #Nottingham; two miles of wooden waggonway track between coal pits in Strelley and Wollaton.
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1 October 1604 ► The country's first documented and earliest form of railway, two miles of wooden waggonway track between coal pits in Strelley and Wollaton, was laid and completed in #Nottingham by Huntingdon Beaumont.
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September 1950 ► #Nottingham's Walter Fountain on Lister Gate was demolished after erosion and storm damage made it unsafe.
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28 September 1818 ► A catastrophic explosion of a ton of gunpowder, unloaded at Wilford Street wharf, killed eight men and two boys, and caused damage to most properties between the canal and #Nottingham’s market place.
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28 September 1782 ► #Nottingham’s new General Hospital was opened to receive its first patients. The occasion was ushered in by the ringing of bells and much celebration over the course of the day.
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27 September 1888 ► #Nottingham’s new Guildhall was opened on the corner of Burton Street and South Sherwood Street, containing the Police (magistrates') Court, the Central Police Station and the new Fire Station, replacing the old Town Hall at Weekday Cross.
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September 1890 ► The last race was held on #Nottingham’s old Forest Racecourse.
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25 Sept 1916 ► #Nottingham endured its first and only air raid of the Great War. A Zeppelin dropped bombs in a line from Eastcroft through the city to Victoria Station. Three people were killed, eight injured and buildings were destroyed.
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25 Sept 1865 ► #Nottingham’s new Theatre Royal opened, constructed by J & W Lambert on a section of Parliament Street now called Theatre Square. There had been an earlier Theatre Royal in St Mary's Gate, built in 1760, which became the Royal Alhambra Music Hall, then a restaurant.
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Amazing turnout for the opening of Tash's exhibition at NTU's Bonnington Gallery. Don't worry if you didn't make this event, the exhibition is on until 12 December

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Sept 1841 ► #Nottingham businessman Alfred Barber set up a photographic studio in the attics of Bromley House in 1841, the first in the Midlands. He purchased a licence to produce daguerreotypes. The first photograph taken in the Bromley House Studio was in September 1841.
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September 1752 ► The year the calendar changed, missing out 11 days of September; one of the few occasions when #Nottingham’s Goose Fair was not held.
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