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The first British film shot in Technicolor, 'Wings of the Morning' (1937), had a climactic Derby scene complete with Gypsy Queen.

A monument to Queen Victoria stands in the park in front of the 16th-century Christchurch Mansion.

An imposing statue of Queen Victoria once stood on the right where the cars are parked in this photograph.

At the north end of the park the focus is a statue of Albert, Queen Victoria's Prince Consort, who had died in 1861 and in whose honour the estate had been named.

In 1852 a suspension bridge was built over the Dee to link the suburb of Queen's Park with the Groves on the north side of the river. The bridge was rebuilt in 1923.

Land for an ornamental park and recreation ground, an area of some 30 acres in North Ormesby, was given to the town by Councillor and Mrs J G Pallister.

The design for this park cleverly concealed a mineral railway line, which crossed the park from Bank Hall Colliery (owned by the Thursbys) to join the mineral tramway, which served Rowley Colliery.

The 'Queen Mary' often drew the crowds as she proudly made her way up the Solent - note the numbers of people and parked cars in C173004.

The statue of Queen Victoria graced the square from May 1904. A crowd of 70,000 cheered the Prince and Princess of Wales, who were also here to open the Bradford Exhibition at Lister Park.

It is a pleasant summer's day out in the park, which was created in 1890 to mark the Queen's jubilee.

In the heart of the park stand the ruins of Bradgate House, a Tudor mansion; it was the childhood home of Lady Jane Grey, the tragic nine-day Queen of England who was executed in 1553.

This is a wonderfully patriotic photograph of the monument to Lancashire lad Sir Robert Peel, standing in the park named after him.

Thatched cottages are comparatively rare in this part of Derbyshire; to see Baslow's examples, you have to follow the signposted path for Chatsworth, which starts at the car park.

impressive footbridge which spans the lake, but it also reminds us that Burnley is an industrial town; the chimneys are those of the Burnley Brick and Lime Co Ltd, which had works at Heasandford and Queen's Park

Proposals were drawn up for a new pavilion, indoor nets, and a banqueting suite at Queen's Park, but were turned down by Chesterfield Borough Council.

Towards the end of Queen Victoria's reign, Ladram Bay had become a popular destination for trippers, who would arrive by boat from neighbouring resorts.

Queen's Park provided them with an opportunity to escape from the grit and the grime. In the 1960s facilities were upgraded with the construction of a sports stadium and a running track.

Along the Tring Road, the late 19th century saw the arrival of factories and the cemetery seen in earlier views, and also housing developments such as the Edwardian Queen's Park or the 1890s Victoria Park

The thatched bandstand was not built when the Park was opened, but was added as part of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

The much larger Queen's Park (1897) gives splendid views right over the town.

The bus station is still doubling up as a car park in this view, where a lone Southern National service awaits departure time.

Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma and Lord Palmerston, Conservative Prime Minister during Queen Victoria's reign, both lived here.

The former private gardens of the residents of Palmyra Square were purchased in 1897 as a park to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, and were opened to the public on the 17th of October 1898.

After years of fundraising initiated by the 'Western Mail' newspaper a war memorial was finally constructed in Cathays Park's Queen Alexandra Gardens.