Hyson Green

Hyson Green

Hyson Green is a small area located to the north-west of Nottingham City. Once famous for crime and poor housing, over recent years it has changed, and is now home to a variety of cultures with a thriving local economy. [cite news
title=Neighbourhood images in Nottingham: Social cohesion and neighbourhood change
work=Joseph Rowntree Foundation
url=http://www.jrf.org.uk/KNOWLEDGE/findings/housing/489.asp
date=2007-03-26]

The area is served by Hyson Green Market tram station on the Nottingham Express Transit. The opening of this highly successful tram system has boosted the area's profile, [cite news
title= NET Nets Top Award
work=NET website
url=http://www.thetram.net/about/awards.asp] but still remains a comparatively violent area. [cite news
title=Crime statistics, Basford/Hyson Green
work=Nottinghamshire Police website
url=http://www.nottinghamshire.police.uk/crime_statistics.php?crime_cat=violentcrime_ap&submit=Show&level=3&area=basfordhyson_green
date=2007-03-26]

Adjacent to Hyson Green Tram Stop is the Forest Recreation Ground, which holds the annual Nottingham Goose Fair, and frequent sport matches on the grass pitches. There is a small playground, and several astro-turf pitches, which aren't regularly used by the local population.

Famous people

Fred Geary (1868 – 1955), the Everton and England was born in Hyson Green, and started his career with Notts County.

References

ee also

Onion Bridge


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  • Hyson skin — Hyson Hy son, n. [Chin. hi tshun, lit., first crop, or blooming spring.] A fragrant kind of green tea. [1913 Webster] {Hyson skin}, the light and inferior leaves separated from the hyson by a winnowing machine. M Culloch. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hyson — [hī′sən] n. [Chin hsi tchun, lit., blooming spring, first crop] a variety of Chinese green tea: the early crop is called young hyson, and the inferior leaves are called hyson skin …   English World dictionary

  • hyson — /ˈhaɪsən/ (say huysuhn) noun a Chinese green tea, the early crop and the inferior leaves being called young hyson and hyson skin respectively. {Cantonese hei ch un, literally, blooming spring (Mandarin hsi ch un)} …  

  • Green tea — For|the 2003 Chinese film|Green Tea (film) Green tea is a type of tea made solely with the leaves of Camellia sinensis , that has undergone minimal oxidation during processing. Green tea originates from China and has become associated with many… …   Wikipedia

  • green tea — noun tea leaves that have been steamed and dried without fermenting • Hypernyms: ↑tea, ↑tea leaf • Hyponyms: ↑hyson * * * noun : tea that is light in color from incomplete fermentation of the leaf before firing compare black tea * * * a tea that… …   Useful english dictionary

  • hyson — /huy seuhn/, n. a Chinese green tea dried and prepared from twisted leaves, esp. of the early crop (young hyson). [1730 40; < dial. Chin (Guangdong) héicheun, akin to Chin xichun (blooming) spring] * * * …   Universalium

  • hyson — noun Etymology: Chinese (Guangdong) héichēun, literally, bright spring Date: 1740 a Chinese green tea made from thinly rolled and twisted leaves …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • hyson — noun A Chinese green tea …   Wiktionary

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