10 October 1831 ► #Nottingham Castle was destroyed by fire in the Reform Bill riots.
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Oct 1875 ► There were great floods in #Nottingham; the second highest flood recorded on the River Trent, just behind 1795, with levels near 24.38 meters (80 feet). The Meadows, the Nottingham Canal and Tinkers Leen flooded, with flood waters stretching towards the River Trent.
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October 1859 ► A special train carrying Goose Fair revellers from #Nottingham to Derby was hit by a mail train near Trent Station, killing seven people and injuring many others. #NottinghamHistory

October 1811 ► William Abednego 'Bendigo' Thompson, was born in #Nottingham, later to become the champion bare knuckle prize fighter of all England.
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6-8 October 1927 ► #Nottingham’s last Goose Fair was held in the Old Market Square before moving to the Forest.
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6 October 2011 ► #Nottingham’s renowned Restaurant Sat Bains was awarded a second Michelin star, making it one of the top twelve in the country; only eight restaurants in England had two stars and another four had three stars.
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6 October 2010 ► #Nottingham’s tram operator, NET, was voted ‘Operator of the Year’ for the second time at the Light Rail Awards.
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6 October 2007 ► A 23-year-old man from Hucknall died when he stepped in front of a tram at Weekday Cross; the first fatality since the trams were re-launched in the city in 2004.
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6 October 2003 ► #Nottingham University staff member and Emeritus Professor, Sir Peter Mansfield, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work in the application of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
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6 October 1952 ► Agatha Christie’s longest running production ‘The Mousetrap’ was performed for the first time in #Nottingham’s Theatre Royal.
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6 October 1930 ► #Nottingham accepted Sir Julien Cahn’s gift of Newstead Abbey.
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October 1804 ► John Townsend opened for business in a little shop at 9 Long Row, #Nottingham that would eventually become Jessop & Son department store.
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5 October 1925 ► #Nottingham City Council decided to buy the Lenton Abbey estate for £20,000.
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5 October 1914 ► The first contingent of wounded soldiers arrived at #Nottingham General Hospital.
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The Origins of #Nottingham’s #GooseFair
A brief history of the fair from an old Nottingham City Council ‘Nottingham Goose Fair’ leaflet, written around 1988 by Carl Piggins of the Public Relations Office.
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4 October 1832 ► The Sun Inn, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, became the birthplace of the Midland Railway. In a special meeting at the inn on that day, a group of local mine owners decided to build a railway to move coal from their collieries.
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3 October 2012 ► #Nottingham’s expanding tram network was named ‘Light Rail Project of the Year’ at the 2012 Light Rail Awards event in London.
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3 October 1857 ► Great Northern Railway opened a new station on #Nottingham’s London Road, designed by local architect T C Hine.
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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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