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Findern, Derbyshire
Findern maps
Historic maps of Findern and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Findern maps
Historic map of Findern
Illustrated Victorian map of Derbyshire
Historic Map of any Findern postcode
Findern books
Displaying 3 of 10 books about Findern and the local area. View all Findern books
Derbyshire Revisited Photographic Memories
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Derbyshire Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Peak District Photographic Memories
Paperback
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2 Findern photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Findern
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Evacuee during the Second World War
Dear Mr Lord,
My sister Jean Marie Church and I, Marie Elizabeth Church, attended Findern School for four years plus during the Second World War. I was almost 7 years old, my sister almost 6 years old.
As I recall, Miss Cassandra Sanders was Head Teacher. She was my mentor, friend and companion. She took me under her wing... [more]
Shared on 27 May 2009
Derbyshire memories
It was a happy childhood, I was born in Etwall in 1954 and our council house in Windmill Road is still our family home. Some of my fondest memories are the simple pleasures of life as a young lad in the 1950/60s.
Always keen to get home from Etwall Primary School (though teachers Miss Smith, Mrs Sanders, Mr Tomlin, Miss Cracksford... [more]
Shared on 27 April 2009
I j oined the Navy in 1947 along with one Ginger Cooper,who came from Repton.
On visits to his home during leaves his family were very good to me,[ food and
things]. His Dad worked at the School.
Ginger claimed the Drum Major of the school band could toss the Mace over
the Arch and catch it on the... [more]
Shared on 07 November 2007
My late father, Tom Jenkinson, was the village policeman in Repton from the early 50's until near his retirement in 1973. This photograph shows his car parked with others by the Arch. The old Ford Squire 60ARB.. I was very surprised to find it as I was working on the Frith jigsaw of this photograph!!
Shared on 07 November 2006
Extracts From Findern & Derbyshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Findern, inspired by Frith photos.
Down the Trent Photographic Memories
When suggestions were made in the early 1960s to convert this village green into a formal crossroads, the local Women's Institute galvanised villagers into action and turfed the whole area. Attractive buildings, including the church, surround the green.
This is an extract from Down the Trent Photographic Memories.
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Read more and see photos from this book.
This distant view was taken from the north of the linear village of Darley Dale, which spreads along the A6 north of Matlock on the road to Bakewell. Riber Castle can be seen on the distant horizon to the left.
This is an extract from Matlock Photographic Memories.
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Read more and see photos from this book.
Another view from Cromford Bridge of Willersley Castle, this time seen peeping above the trees. A stone on the bridge marks the spot where Benjamin Heywood went straight into the river as he returned home on horseback in 1697, and emerged unscathed.
This is an extract from Matlock Photographic Memories.
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Read more and see photos from this book.
