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New Whittington books (11 available)
Buxton Town and City Memories
Paperback
Derbyshire Living Memories
Paperback
Matlock Photographic Memories
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Eckington Parish Church
I grew up in Eckington in the 1950s and 1960s. My father, Emerson, and his father, John Henry, were coal merchants in the village. My father was a member of many church activities in his youth as well as being a brass bandsman (euphonium) of high repute. My grandfather was a conductor of Eckington Silver Prize Band. Emerson joined the church choir. As a result of this, my brother John and I joined the choir and Scouts attached to the church under the leadership of Reverend Stanley Branson. John became the church organist for a while and then, at the age of 15yrs, I took over the post when John went to London to study at the Royal Academy of Music. ...read more here
A memory of Eckington contributed by Peter Argyle
Is there a Joseph Littlewood in Eckington?
I am desperate to find the last piece of my family tree. I need to know relatives of Joseph Littlewood born 1840, married to Harriet. One of their daugters was Ellen my Great Grandma.
A memory of Eckington contributed by Enid Green
davys shop,
As young lads we (the gang) used to climb up onto the roof of the old betting office over the road from Davys, look over the top and with our pea shooters we would shoot at everyone who came out of Davys with dried peas. We always got a good laugh, but not from our targets.
A memory of Eckington contributed by roger bell
Station Road
My Mother has traced her family to a shop down Station Road, an ironmongers, which is still an ironmongers we believe. He was Richard Snowdon Beal and lived with his wife Lydia at number 1-3 where his shop is - anyone know of anymore?
A memory of Eckington contributed by rachel harvey
Extracts From New Whittington & Derbyshire books
A small boy watches the antics of the Frith cameraman as he positions his camera for this picture of the main road
to Sheffield. In the centre of the picture is the George Hotel as it looked before being completely rebuilt.
An extract from from"Chesterfield Photographic Memories".
The annual running costs of a great house like Chatsworth are over £1 million a year, and apart from selling off
the odd painting or other treasure such places have no alternative but to charge visitors an admission fee. In the
days when this picture was taken the Duke was wealthy enough to allow visitors in free of charge.
An extract from from"Chesterfield Photographic Memories".
Begun by William Cavendish, fourth Earl and later first Duke of Devonshire in 1687, the House was completed in
1706. The north wing was added between 1820-30. Royalties from the Ecton Copper Mine in the Manifold Valley
enabled the House to be furnished on a lavish scale. Between 1760 and 1817 the profits from Ecton were in excess
of £335,000 a year.
An extract from from"Chesterfield Photographic Memories".
Guests were always welcome at hydropathic establishments, even when they were not taking water treatments.
In 1906 pensions (daily rate for room and meals) at The Grand started at 10s 6d and were on a par with similar
establishments at Buxton, where the rates varied between 9s and 16s.
An extract from from"Chesterfield Photographic Memories".
Nether End c1955
Baslow, situated 8 miles west of
Chesterfield and 12 miles south of
Sheffield, was once a part of the parish
of Bakewell, but became independent
in July 1869, taking with it the hamlets
of Bridge End, Nether End and Over
End. These days Nether End is where
most visitors to Baslow usually finish up;
around the green there are a number of
places to eat as well as several shops.
An extract from from"Chesterfield Photographic Memories".