Barlborough, Park Street c.1955
Photo ref: B803024
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Photo ref: B803024
Photo of Barlborough, Park Street c.1955

More about this scene

During the 1950s the site of Barlborough Colliery was cleared, but in 1955 there was an attempt by the NCB to re- open Southgate Colliery in Clowne. Southgate had been abandoned in 1929 after severe flooding from the already defunct Oxcroft Colliery. The NCB wanted to use Southgate to connect with the High Hazel seams at Creswell, but after several years of expensive tunnelling the project was cancelled and the site cleared.

A Selection of Memories from Barlborough

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Barlborough

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Hello, my name is David Clarke. I lived in Barlborough from 1972 to 1978. We lived at 12 Westbridge Rd during that time frame. I went to Barlborough Primary School and so did my brother until my family moved to the U.S. in 1978. During that time frame, I was a choir boy at St. James' church. Rev. Graham Edwin Bence was the pastor for many years. If my memory serves me correctly, my school teachers ...see more
My dad, PC Leslie Ypres Wetherall, was the first policeman to move into the new Police House on New Road. My dad, mum, sister and I moved there from Grindleford. It was a beautiful new house with kitchen, dining room, living room, upstairs and downstairs loos with a separate room to do the laundry (now called a utility room), and of course the Police office with a heavy black telephone. Upstairs ...see more
From 1941 I lived in Clowne with my grandmother Mrs Turner. I have many happy memories of my time there and I am wondering if anyone has any memories of the family, apart from myself, Patricia, there was Eva, Jimmy, Christine & Bobby.
My mom's name was Helen Evelyn Rodes. She told me he family's name was deRodes and somethng about Horn Castle and Lincolnshire. Her father's name was Josephus deRodes, but when the family came to America (West Virginia and Virginia), then the deRodes name became just Rodes. I am searching for links in family. My name is Maxine Marie Elizabeth Turner