Matlock Bath, Grand Pavilion c.1955
Photo ref:
M47041
Photo ref:
M47041
More about this scene
The dome-topped Grand Pavilion, originally called the Kursaal, was built on the site of the stables of the Fishpond Hotel by the local council in the 1880s in an attempt to attract the public. Today, it serves as the museum of the Peak District Mines Historical Society and as the Matlock Bath Tourist Information Centre.
Add to Album
You must be signed in to save to an album
Sign inShare This Photo
Buy a Print
Unframed, Mounted, Framed and Canvas prints in a range of sizes and styles.
View Sizes & Prices
A Selection of Memories from Matlock Bath
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 Matlock Bath
Sparked a Memory for you?
If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?
in the early 60s I was a guide down here, based in the shed at the entrance I would take parties down using Tilley lamps by then but had to clean the glass after every trip, I lived at Southlands North Parade and loved every part of growing up in Matlock Bath, selling programmes for the illuminations, being involved setting up the set pieces and lighting and in the firework displays and listening to Remo Tinti. many more memories still there
I remember the cabin at the entrance to to show cave with a stag's head over the door. I used to cut candles in half for the guide and put them in candle holders for the tourists. Sometimes I would go down to Jacobs well at the bottom of the cave and wait for the tourists to come down and give them half a candle to get back out with. I used to get a bottle of ice-cream soda and a packet of smiths crips as ...see more
Before
After