ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ element: Old General
Many residents and visitors to Hyson Green in ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ will fondly remember the Old General Public House. No longer a pub, the building is now being developed into shops and flats.
The building featured a statue of the Old General, which stood over the door for more than 100 years. Benjamin Mayo was the Old General himself, and one of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½’s eccentric .
Born sometime around 1779 Benjamin lived with his mother until she died, when he was taken in by Mr Hudson of St Peter’s Poorhouse. When Mr Hudson left ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, Benjamin went to St Mary’s Workhouse and it was here he died in 1843. He was buried in the old St Peter’s Churchyard, Broad Marsh burial ground. There is a memorial plaque to the Old General in ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½’s General Cemetery.
Scientific element: Oganesson
Oganesson is a radioactive, artificially produced element about which little is known. Only a few atoms have ever been made.
It is a member of the noble gas group.
Russian nuclear physicist Yuri Oganessian is credited with the discovery of the element in 2002. Three years earlier, a team in California published a paper announcing the discovery of element 118, but their results could not be replicated and the team retracted their paper.
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