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Foolow maps
Historic maps of Foolow and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Foolow maps
Foolow photos
We have no photos of Foolow, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Great Hucklow, Eyam, Stoney Middleton, Tideswell, Monsal Dale, Litton Mill, Bradwell, Great Longstone, Millers Dale, Froggatt, Grindleford, Calver, HathersageFoolow books
Displaying 3 of 10 books about Foolow and the local area. View all Foolow books
Derbyshire Revisited Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Derbyshire Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Peak District Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
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Memories of Foolow
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Derbyshire memories
I was 10 when I was sent from my home in Bognor Regis to the Unitarian Church's holiday camp at Great Hucklow for three weeks. Since I was the only child from the south of England, I was frequently teased about my accent. I remember being miserable a lot of the time thinking that my parents had wanted to get rid... [more]
Shared on 03 December 2008
Will I ever hear the wind sough in the trees as I lie in my trench in the night? Will I ever hear our Anna's laughing voice. or see my mother's kindly face? Here in the trenches of the Somme, lying in the mud, the everlasting mud, my thoughts fly like the birds on wing, back to my home, to Little... [more]
Shared on 03 October 2009
I am Heather Johnson. I am 57 years old. My grandmother's name was Laura Frith, born in 1915 (sometime referred to as Swales Friths) from Stoney Middleton. I had other relatives in Eyam and Grindleford, other family name Outram. My grandmother moved to Greenfield Saddleworth as a young woman and married an Ashworth, a local wheelwright and farrier. Time marches on... [more]
Shared on 21 June 2009
Memories of growing up in 1940s Tideswell
Memories of visiting Uncle Bernard at his cobbler's shop, and smelling the leather and sweaty feet. Uncle Bernard makes crisps, peeling potatoes so thin with the knife he uses to cut leather, and the crisps taste good, Uncle Bernard is my friend. We go to the Orchard behind the Club(Ex- Service Mens Club). He keeps Banties there (small hens to you),... [more]
Shared on 30 September 2009
Extracts From Foolow & Derbyshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Foolow, inspired by Frith photos.
This wooded area to the north of the town was laid out and intersected with walks in the latter half of the 19th century and remain today a pleasant, if steep walk to the northern rim of the bowl within which the town sits. Good views can be had of the town from the top of Corbar Hill and of the moorland to the north over Lightwood... [more]
This is an extract from Buxton Town and City Memories.
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Rowing and paddle boats were a common sight on the upper lake from the 1930s through to the 1970s. Some of them endearingly carried identifying names, the two paddle boats in this view are called Hamish and Paddy.
This is an extract from Buxton Town and City Memories.
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With increases in both population and numbers of visitors to the town, provision had to be made for their shopping requirements. Although there are shops in higher Buxton, on High Street and the Market Place, the major commercial centre is Spring Gardens in the lower town. Originally known as Town Street or Sheffield Road, it was developed into a busy shopping street selling, among other things, tourist gifts.... [more]
This is an extract from Buxton Town and City Memories.
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