Places
35 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- Derby, Derbyshire
- Mickleover, Derbyshire
- Allestree, Derbyshire
- Alvaston, Derbyshire
- Derby, Devon
- West Derby, Merseyside
- Mackworth, Derbyshire (near Derby)
- Osmaston, Derbyshire (near Derby)
- Mackworth, Derbyshire (near Derby)
- Normanton, Derbyshire
- Oakwood, Derbyshire
- Boulton Moor, Derbyshire
- Breadsall Hilltop, Derbyshire
- Pride Park, Derbyshire
- The Holmes, Derbyshire
- Spondon, Derbyshire
- Littleover, Derbyshire
- Cherrytree Hill, Derbyshire
- Crewton, Derbyshire
- Darley Abbey, Derbyshire
- Hillcross, Derbyshire
- Rose Hill, Derbyshire
- Chaddesden, Derbyshire
- Allenton, Derbyshire
- Sunny Hill, Derbyshire
- Shelton Lock, Derbyshire
- Sinfin Moor, Derbyshire
- Pear Tree, Derbyshire
- Chellaston, Derbyshire
- Litchurch, Derbyshire
- Little Chester, Derbyshire
- Boulton, Derbyshire
- St Luke's, Derbyshire
- Markeaton, Derbyshire
- Sinfin, Derbyshire
Photos
165 photos found. Showing results 1 to 20.
Maps
212 maps found.
Memories
163 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.
Grannys Home
I have never visited Druid's lodge, but have been brought up with stories of it. It was for some years the home of my Grandmother. She was the daughter of Thomas lewis the Irish Race horse trainer. Thomas was installed in ...Read more
A memory of Druid's Lodge in 1900 by
Madeley As It Was
I was born in 1949 in Victoria Road, Madeley and have many memories of life as it was in the 1950's onwards. I remember Jones' buses, Pooles the cobblers, Carters, Stodd's the Drapers, Shums the chemist, and most ...Read more
A memory of Madeley in 1949 by
The Crisswell Family
I would like to ask whether anyone might be able to help me piece together a mystery. Five weeks ago, whilst walking through the local Derby countryside, my wife and I discovered a briefcase dumped in a brook. There were various ...Read more
A memory of Newmarket by
Bamford Parish Church No One Cares Anymore
A churchyard is a place where families can be near their deceased loved ones, a calm and beautiful place surrounded by trees and flowers, but that is not the case in Bamford churchyard. The grass and weeds ...Read more
A memory of Bamford in 2009 by
The Rec
The "Rec" was the place to be in the 1970's when you lived on the Cedar Rd Estate. We lived just round the corner on Elmdale Rd and had a garden which backed on the Rec. This was a good short cut into the Rec. Lived there as a young lad ...Read more
A memory of Earl Shilton by
Life Until 40.
My family returned to South Ockendon in 1964, although both sets of grandparents were in South Road and Broxburn Drive. First lived in Clayburn Gardens, then in 1969 we moved to 34 Cruick Avenue. Small cul-de-sac, originally with ...Read more
A memory of South Ockendon by
Holidays In Salford.
Used to love going on holiday to Salford, yes, Salford as far I was concerned it was the greatest place ever when I was a nipper. My dad was a Salford lad born and bred, my gran stayed at number 6 Derby Street, first house on the ...Read more
A memory of Salford in 1960 by
Spondon During War
I occasionally came to live with my sister in Spondon during the war years. I lived in Ockbrook Road, the house was named Tarbet House. At the rear across two fields was an anti-aircraft battery of four guns, which when they were ...Read more
A memory of Spondon in 1942 by
Ward 5 1968/71
I remember one of my best Christmases being spent on Ward 5. Where are the others, Miss Coats, Sister Howell, Nurse Derby. Can anyone else remember the times we spent?
A memory of Alton in 1968 by
My Time In Little Eaton
I was born in Derby but lived in Little Eaton from 1959 to 1974 when we moved to Morley. My mother is Mrs Ruth Howe, nee Humphries, my father was Mr Ronald Humphries, now sadly passed away in 1965 and he is buried in the ...Read more
A memory of Little Eaton by
Captions
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He later designed All Saints, Derby, now Derby Cathedral.
The pinnacled tower of Swanwick's parish church stands four-square at the end of Derby Road.
In 1846 the game was finally banned from the streets of Derby. Hence comes the expression a 'Derby game' when two local teams play one another.
Willington stands on the Trent and Mersey Canal in the Trent valley to the south of Derby.
Among them were the Nightingalls of South Hatch in Burgh Heath Road, another father-and-son team; Tom Walls the actor, who won the 1932 Derby with his April the Fifth; and George and Bessie Duller
The southern end of Derby Haven is protected by St Michael's Island with its ruined chapel, Derby fort and battery.
The Harrison Drive Baths were opened in 1932 by Lord Derby, and were hence known as the Derby Baths. The New Brighton Swimming Pool opened in 1934 and became very popular with visitors.
In 1846 the game was finally banned from the streets of Derby. Hence comes the expression a 'Derby game' when two local teams play one another.
Loyal enthusiasm reached a peak with Queen Elizabeth II's arrival at the Derby, but spectators' loyalties were divided between the two horses that fought out the finish.
It is also the last resting place of Sir Thomas Tyldesley, who had accompanied the Earl of Derby's 1651 invasion of Lancashire from the Isle of Man in support of Charles II.
The first British film shot in Technicolor, 'Wings of the Morning' (1937), had a climactic Derby scene complete with Gypsy Queen.
If this photograph was put alongside one of Derby Cathedral, it would be obvious where the design originated. The over- large capitals to the columns are 'Chinese copies' of those in Derby.
The Derby Chapel on the left, where he now rests, later became the Manchester Regiment Chapel in 1936, when the then Lord Derby gave it to the Regiment.
It contains the town's fire bell, given by Lord Derby in 1684.
Important visitors to the 1927 Derby included members of the Royal Family and Captain Lindbergh, hero of trans-Atlantic flight.
It contains the town's fire bell, given by Lord Derby in 1684.
The High Street (the A6 Leicester/Derby road) becomes Leicester Road as it runs south.
In 1828 the Earl of Derby presented the city with Stanley Palace.
Bateman was also responsible for laying out the Arboretum at Derby, the first public park in England.The Grange later became a children's hospital.
Mickleover, still known as 'the village' to its residents, is today not much more than a dormitory town to nearby Derby.
The Queen's Head Hotel, now shops, used to stand just across Matlock Bridge (from where this photograph was taken) on the way south towards Derby.
Visitors to the Castletown area had a choice of hotels; the Castletown Hotel, the Derby Haven, the Marine Hydro Hotel (where hydropathic treatments could be taken), and the Golf Links Hotel which offered
The bungalow on the left serves as a shop, and the vehicle outside belonged to Fred Derby & Sons. Close by, almost hidden by the trees, are pleasant cottages.
This view north towards Forest Hill Station shows the junction with Derby Hill as it was before the church on the left gave way to the Heron House office block.
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Memories (163)
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