DOWN MEMORY LANE PHOTOS FROM THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH NORMANTON – PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY- Copyrights on photos – Please click photos to view full size – Sorry we don’t do any copy reprints

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THE UNVEILING OF THE WAR MEMORIAL ON JULY 1927 BY GENERAL SIR HORACE SMITH-DORIEN

CHURCH STREET, RIPLEY 1920s

HIGH STREET, ALFRETON 1960s

THE ROYAL OAK, FOR BEER DRINKING, KING STREET, ALFRETON c.1907

TRAM TERMINUS, MANSFIELD WOODHOUSE c.1916

WHARF ROAD, PINXTON 7th MAY 1907, ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD, WAS THE NEW INN, FOR BEER DRINKING

SOUTH NORMANTON SCHOOL’S, NEW STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON c.1910

BERRISTOW PLACE, SWANS ROW, PHOTO TAKEN FROM THE SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD SIDE OF THE ROW, SOUTH NORMANTON c.1960s

BERRISTOW PLACE, SWANS ROW, PHOTO TAKEN FROM THE SOUTH NORMANTON SIDE OF THE ROW 1960s

PENNYTOWN PONDS, NUMBER TWO POND, OLD SOMERCOTES

CRICH TOWER, ON JULY 6th 1882 A CONSIDERABLE LANDSLIP OCCURRED WHICH REACHED NEARLY TO THE BASE OF THE TOWER AND DEMOLISHED FOUR HOUSES

THIS OLD OAK TREE WAS SUPPOSED TO MARK THE CENTRE OF ENGLAND, MORTON JULY 1908

PINXTON CANAL, THE OLD BOAT INN AND FISHING FOR CHUB 1990s, OLD PINXTON, YOU WOULD HAVE THE HUMPBACK BRIDGE AND THEN THE OLD HOUSE AT HOME, PINXTON Cromford Canal

PINXTON CANAL, THE OLD HOUSE AT HOME, BEER DRINKING HOUSE, OLD PINXTON

HIGH STREET, ALFRETON c.1907

COKE OVENS, OLD PINXTON

MUNDY PLEASURE GROUNDS, Nr MAREATON PARK, DERBY c.1900

THE LAST DAYS OF THE BLACKWELL HOTEL 2012, BLACKWELL

READY FOR THE SUNDAY SCHOOL PROCESSION, CRICH c.1900, DERBYSHIRE

WEST STREET, ALFRETON, THE FIRST HOUSE ON THE RIGHT, NOW DEMOLISHED, IT WAS THE STABLES FOR HORSES, FOR THE SHOP A CROSS THE ROAD, NOW JOHN’S SHOP – PHOTO 1995

COTES PARK COLLIERY, OPENED IN 1850 AND CLOSED 1963

J. DUNN, CYCLES SHOP, HIGH STREET AND AT THE JUNCTION OF WEST STREET, ALFRETON – THE SHOP IT’S NOW PART OF THE BLUE BELL INN

MARKET STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON 1999

SOUTH NORMANTON FOOTBALL TEAM 1947

THE JUNCTION OF KING STREET AND HIGH STREET, BLOUNT’S LADIES & CHILDREN’S DEPARTMENT, PRIVATE FITTING ROOM, SELLING A WIDE VARIETY OF GOODS, EARLY 1900s ALFRETON

TIBSHELF RAILWAY STATION c.1908, CLOSED IN 1963

OLD GEORGE AND DRAGON, NEWTON DERBYSHIRE c.1900 – COPYRIGHTS ON PHOTOS

SOUTH NORMANTON FOOTBALL TEAM 1947

NOTTINGHAM ROAD, ALFRETON 2001

BUTTERLEY HILL, RIPLEY c1910

BETHEL METHODIST CHURCH FOOTBALL CLUB, SOUTH NORMANTON 1921-1922

SOUTH NORMANTON FOOTBALL CLUB 1913-1914

HOSPITAL PARADE, OLD PINXTON

THE PLANE THAT LANDED NEAR CODNOR PARK MONUMENT 1925

1910 SOUTH NORMANTON, PLEASE CLICK TO VIEW FULL SIZE

CHURCH STREET, ON THE LEFT THE OLD RED LION, RIPLEY

ALFRETON CRICKET CLUB

ON PARADE, CRICH

THE JOCKEY WILLIAM HALSEY, IN THE COLOURS OF SIR E. CASSEL, WOULD BE RIDING THE HORSES IN THE RACES AT DERBY RACECOURSE, DERBYSHIRE – COPYRIGHTS PHOTO D.B.A.P.C 1962

DERBY RACECOURSE 1859, DERBYSHIRE- COPYRIGHTS D.B.A.P.C 1962

ALFRETON COLLIERY HOME GUARD

ALFRETON WANDERERS FOOTBALL TEAM 1926

GOING UP FROM THE FIRST POND, TO PENNYTOWN WOODS, SOMERCOTES 1900s

DRAINING THE FIRST POND, AT PENNYTOWN PONDS, SOMERCOTES 16-8-1984

MOREWOOD COLLIERY FOOTBALL TEAM

ALFRETON WEDNESDAY FOOTBALL CLUB, ALFRETON 1928

THE TOP OF KING STREET IN THE EARLY 1900s, ALFRETON

PINXTON CANAL, JUST PAST THE OLD “BOAT INN” PINXTON 1960s

BY THE Rev. T. H. EVANS, RECTOR OF SOUTH NORMANTON

ALFRETON ROYAL, AT THE CORNER OF INSTITUTE LANE NEXT TO THE BLUEBELL INN, WHICH OPENED ON 16th APRIL 1931, ON THE CINEMA ROYAL, YOU CAN SEE THE ATTRACTIVE TIMBERED MOCK-TUDER LOOK, IN 1936 IT WAS RENAMED THE ODEON, THE NAME ODEON CAME TO MEAN OSCAR DEUTSCH ENTERTAINS OUR NATION AND HE HAD BUILT ABOUT AN EMPIIRE OF NEARLY 300 ODEONS BEFORE HIS UNTIMELY DEATH

COTES PARK COLLIERY AND COTES PARK FISHING POND 1947

IT’S A VIEW FROM THE BOTTOM END RECREATION GROUND, OF WATER LANE AND BALL HILL, SOUTH NORMANTON 1999

DOROTHY VERNONS, HORSES AND CARRIAGE, ALFRETON 1900s

INSIDE A LOCAL FISHING SHOP 1999 S/C

THE GREYHOUND INN, SOUTH NORMANTON 1900s

THE THREE HORSE SHOES PUBLIC HOUSE AT LEABROOK’S CORNER c.1910

SOUTH NORMANTON WAKES 1994 – PHOTO BACK OF THE DEVONSHIRE ARMS, ON THE WAKES FIELD

THE OLD WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH, HIGH STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON – THE LAST DAYS 2001

THE MILL YARD, SOUTH NORMANTON 1980s

GREENHILL LANE, RIDDINGS 1914 – A PHOTO FROM ( A MOMENT IN TIME ) PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF LOCAL VILLAGES IN AND AROUND ALFRETON – COPYRIGHTS ON PHOTOS

WHARF ROAD, OLD PINXTON

MARKET STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON 28-12-1993

THE BUNTING BANK, SOUTH NORMANTON 28-12-1993

THE LAST YEARS OF THE RAILWAY HOTEL, KING STREET, ALFRETON 2001

THE SANDS, SKEGNESS 1937

HIGH STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON

ALFRETON TRAIN STATION 1960s

MARKET STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON 2001

NOTTINGHAM ROAD, ALFRETON, THE LAST YEARS OF PERCY DAWES MEAT SHOP 1999

CHURCH STREET, RIPLEY

THE OLD BOAT INN, PINXTON AND FISHING FOR CHUB ON THE PINXTON CANAL

COLLIERY PIT CAGE IN MAINTENANCE YARD, ALSO THE HOUSES OF COLLIERY OFFICIALS CAN BE SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND, BLACKWELL c.1910

PARISH CHURCH St. WERBURGH, BLACKWELL 1910, POSTCARD SENT FROM ALFRETON TO WALSALL, STAFFS

SOUTH NORMANTON CHURCH 1911

PINXTON CANAL, JUST PAST THE BOAT INN, IN THE BBC

THE JOCKEY WILLIAM HASLEY 1907, ON THE WINNER OF THE St. LEGER; WOOL WINDER, COPYRIGHT PHOTO D-B-A-P-C 1962 PLEASE CLICK PHOTO TO SEE FULL SIZE

NOTTINGHAM ROAD, DERBY RACECOURSE AND GRAND STAND, DERBY, DERBYSHIRE c.1900, ON THE RACE BOARD, JOCKEY WILLIAM HALSEY – DERBY RACECOURSE, ESTABLISHED IN ABOUT 1845

CHURCH STREET, RIDDINGS 1908

OXFORD STREET, RIPLEY 1909, DERBYSHIRE

MAIN ROAD, JACKSDALE 1915. THE SHACK ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THIS PICTURE IS OF MISS SHARPLIN’S SHOP

THE OLD CROSS AT BARLBORO 1904, DERBYSHIRE

SOUTH NORMANTON,CHURCH STREET, BIBLE CLASS FOR YOUNG WOMEN, AT THE OLD RECTORY 1911, ST MICHAEL’S CHURCH. MAY 28th 1934 THEY COMMENCED TO DEMOLISH THE OLD RECTORY ON THE 9th JULY THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW RECTORY WAS LAID, IT WAS COMPLETED ON DECMBER THE 15th, 1934 – TOTAL COST £1,756.16s. 8d

THIS PICTURE IS OF AN EDWARDIAN WEDDING OUTSIDE SAINT THOMAS’S CHURCH SOMERCOTES IN DECEMBER 1907

DRAINING THE FIRST FISH POND, PENNYTOWN POND, SOMERCOTES 16-8-1984

THE FIRST FISH POND, PENNYTOWN POND, SOMERCOTES 1908 – A PHOTO FROM THE BOOK, GONE FISHING IN DAYS GONE BY- A COLLECTION OF OLD POSTCARDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS.

PENNYTOWN POND 1982, THE FIRST POND, LEFT BANK GOING UP TO THE WOODS

CLIFTON CHINA-WH&S 1914, FOR J.A. HARDY, MARKET PLACE, SOUTH NORMANTON, WITH CHURCH PRINT, TEA POT, MILK JUG, CUPS AND PLATES

WHARF ROAD, OLD PINXTON

PINXTON CANAL, CROMFORD CANAL-OLD PINXTON

BUTTERLEY WORKS AND RESERVOIR, RIPLEY, DERBYSHIRE c.1910

TRAM TERMINUS, HUTHWAITE 1916

CODNOR GATE, RIPLEY, DERBYSHIRE c.1909

GEORGE STREET, RIDDINGS c.1910

THE SUN INN, EASTWOOD 1920s

WORK ON THE M1, SOUTH NORMANTON 1960s

CHAPEL STREET, RIPLEY c.1912

CARNFIELD HALL, SOUTH NORMANTON 1906

AT CARNFIELD HALL, MOTHERS UNION 1911, SOUTH NORMANTON

PINXTON WHARF METHODIST CHURCH 120th ANNIVERSARY 1876 – 1996, CHURCH USED FOR WEDDING SCENE IN BBC’s SERIAL OF D. H. LAWRENCE’S – SONS AND LOVERS

WESTHOUSES AND BLACKWELL STATION c.1910. Nr ALFRETON

SLADE LANE, ON THE RIGHT THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL, OLD PINXTON

ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH, SOUTH NORMANTON 1905

MORTON FOOTBALL TEAM 1909-10, DERBYSHIRE

THE SERVANTS AT CARNFIELD HALL 1884, SOUTH NORMANTON, DERBYSHIRE

CRICH MARKET PLACE c.1911

CHURCH STREET, L. SLATERS SHOP ON THE LEFT, SOUTH NORMANTON 1988

VICTORIA STREET, THE BACK OF L. SLATERS SHOP, IT WAS FOR HIS HORSE, CARRIAGE AND CARTS – PHOTO SOUTH NORMANTON 1988

CROMFORD ROAD, RIPLEY c.1910

RAILWAY STATION, RIPLEY c.1910

DERBY c.1900

THE Rev JOHN. HENRY. LEWIS, ST MICHAEL’S CHURCH, ANNIVERSARY DAY, NEW STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON

ROYAL OAK FOOTBALL TEAM 1920, WATER LANE, SOUTH NORMANTON – THE PHOTO IT’S ON THE BUNTING BANK, BACK OF THE ROYAL OAK

DOWN CARNFIELD WOOD, JUST PAST OCTOPUS TREE POND – IT’S MONKS POND c.1875 SOUTH NORMANTON

1872 TO 1970 BRINSLEY COLLIERY – PHOTO 1900s

TWO NICE GINGER BEERS, HART & Co – NOTTINGHAM AND W. WILLIAMS – NOTTINGHAM, PHOTO FROM THE OLD BOTTLE BOOK.

BATH STREET, ILKESTON 1914

A VIEW OF CARNFIELD HALL, SOUTH NORMANTON c.1866

A VIEW FROM CARNFIELD HALL, SOUTH NORMANTON c.1875

SOUTH NORMANTON CHURCH 1926, POSTCARD SENT FROM ALFRETON TO RUGBY

HOSPITAL PARADE, PINXTON, JUNE 20th 1914

COAL HUNTING, ILKESTON 1912, DERBYSHIRE MINERS STRIKE

DERBYSHIRE MINERS STRIKE 1912, COAL PICKERS ILKESTON OAKWELL COLLIERY TIP 1912

DERBYSHIRE MINERS STRIKE 1912, COAL HUNTING, ILKESTON 1912

WESTHOUSES 1900s, Nr ALFRETON

CROFTS IRONMONGER, MARKET PLACE, THE JUNCTION WITH CHURCH STREET, ALFRETON

WESTHOUSES c.1900, Nr ALFRETON

ON THE BACK OF THE PHOTO – PARK LANE, PINXTON 1935

AT ROWSLEY, DERBYSHIRE

LEABROOKS POST OFFICE 1910, DERBYSHIRE

TWO MARTINS POISON BOTTLES – FIRST PATENTED ON 21st JULY 1902, BY A.W. MARTIN, HIS BOTTLE WAS DESIGNED TO LAY ON IT’S SIDE

AT ONE OF THE BOTTLE CLUBS AND THEIR KIND PERMISSION FOR PHOTOS, A STONE-FLAGON FROM SAMPSON BROS, SUTTON IN ASHFIELD AND A JUG FROM FORD & PARR’S

OLD SHOULDER OF MUTTON YARD, SOUTH NORMANTON, THE BIRTH PLACE OF JEDEDIAH STRUTT, BORN OF FARMING STOCK IN SOUTH NORMANTON IN 1726. LATER IN LIFE HE INVENTED IN 1759 AN ATTCHMENT, WHICH MADE IT POSSIBLE TO DO RIBBED KNITTING ON AN ORDINARY HAND-OPERATED KNITTING FRAME.

FRONT PAGE OF THE SOUTH NORMANTON, PARISH MAGAZINE, MARCH 1927

A. HOLLAND’S BURRELL “CHALLENGER” No 2651, SHIREBROOK 1911

BATH STREET, DERBY – POSTED ON JULY 11th 1908 FROM DERBY, TO Mrs LEVINGTON 23 CEDER ROAD, BEVOIS TOWN, SOUTHAMPTON

VINTAGE ASH-TRAY ON SOUTH NORMANTON 1960s

MARKET PLACE, SOUTH NORMANTON c.1950

WEST’S FURNITURE SHOP FIRE, DOWNING STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON 1960s,

OLD MATCH-STRIKER – MEMBERS TO DISPLAY FAVOURITE ITEMS ON LUGGYSBESTBUYS – MEMBERS FROM THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962, ARE KNOWN TO MANY FOR DIGGING NEWS AND GOING TO, BOTTLE CLUBS, POSTCARD FAIRS AND BOTTLE FAIRS, FOR COLLECTORS OF ANTIQUE BOTTLES, GINGER BEERS, PORTERS, STONEWARE, POT LIDS, MATCHSTRIKERS, CLAY PIPES, PUB JUGS, FLAGONS, AND OLD PHOTOS

STONEWARE/ FLAGON, HENRY CUPIT, GEORGE HOTEL, ALFRETON – HENRY CUPIT, THE LANDLORD OF THE GEORGE COMMERCIAL HOTEL AND POSTING HOUSE IN 1875 AND 1881, HE ALSO WORKED AS AN AUCTIONEER AND VALUER. GEORGE HOTEL THE SIGN RELATES TO St GEORGE THE PATRON SAINT OF ENGLAND. IN THE FAR BACK DAYS OF UNMADE ROADS, WHEN TRAVELLING WAS MAINLY DONE ON HORSEBACK, THE GEORGE WAS A HIVE OF ACTIVITY WITH WEARY TRAVELLERS. IN 1759 IT SERVED AS A MEETING HOUSE FOR THE TRUSTEES OF THE NEWLY FORMED TURNPIKE ROAD COMPANY.

PINXTON HOSPITAL PARADE 20th JUNE 1914

SLATER’S BUTCHER’S SHOP, MARKET PLACE, NEXT TO HUNTERS SHOP, SOUTH NORMANTON 1890 – BY THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST, ALBERT. C. TYLER, COALVILLE

THE LAST YEARS OF WALKERS BREAD SHOP, MARKET STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON 1988

GIFT TREE SERVICE, ZION METHODIST CHURCH, SOUTH NORMANTON 1985

SOUTH NORMANTON CHURCH BELL RINGERS 1952

MANSFIELD ROAD, ALFRETON c.1910

BOAT INN FOOTBALL TEAM, PINXTON – PHOTOS ARE FROM DVDs WITH MICRODOTS IDENTIFICATION – SORRY PHOTOS ARE NOT FOR RESALE

CRICH CROSS 1900s, CRICH, DERBYSHIRE

PENNYTOWN, SOMERCOTES 1906

SOME OF THE LOCAL MINERS WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND DOGS, LINE UP FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHER AFTER A GAME OF CRICKET, THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN END OF AUGUST 1905, ALFRETON

CODNOR PARK MONUMENT 1900s

PEOPLE READY FOR A DAY OUT, ALFRETON c.1900

WHARF METHODIST CHAPEL AND LONGWOOD SCHOOL 1906, PINXTON – PHOTOS ARE PRESERVED FOR POSTERITY, ON DVDs FROM OLD NEGATIVES, POSTCARDS AND OLD PHOTOS , BY THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962

B WINNING BAND / COLLIERY, ON CHURCH STREET, CHURCH RECTORY, SOUTH NORMANTON

PENTRICH, Nr RIPLY 1900s

ALFRETON FOOTBALL TEAM 1910-11

PENNYTOWN PONDS, SOMERCOTES, DRAINING THE FIRST POND 16-8-1984

PENNYTOWN PONDS, SOMERCOTES AT THE FIRST POND G. LOFLEY, BURNING WOOD 14-8-1984

ALFRETON PALMER – MOREWOOD, MEMORIAL ANGLING CLUB, OLD MEMERSHIP CARD 1963

  

MARKET PLACE, SOUTH NORMANTON 1999

CONSTRUCTION COMMENCING 1866, ERECTING THE FIRST 240 ft TIED ARCH, St PANCRAS RAILWAY STATION, LONDON 1867, ERECTED BY THE BUTTERLEY COMPANY, RIPLEY 1867

BLACKWELL COLLERY FOOTBALL CLUB

KING STREET, ALFRETON

MARKET PLACE, KING STREET, ALFRETON – OVER THE YEARS FOR MEMORIES ON PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY, FREE COPY REPRINTS ARE SENT TO, CARNFIELD HALL, SOMERCOTES CHURCH HALL, POST MILL SOUTH NORMANTON, ALFRETON HERITAGE CENTRE, DONALD WATSON FROM ALFRETON, HIS DEDICATION FOR CALLING, OVER 20 YEARS FOR PHOTOS AND HIS LOVE FOR HISTORY

SLEET MORE LANE SCHOOL, SOMERCOTES 1917 – COPYRIGHTS PHOTOS – PHOTOS ARE JUST FOR SHOW ON “LUGGYSBESTBUYS” WEBSITE ONLY – BY THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962, – SORRY WE DON’T DO COPY REPRINTS

POOLE STREET, ALLENTON, DERBYSHIRE c.1908

BLACKWELL, COLLIERY FOOTBALL CLUB 1910

BIRCHWOOD LANE, SOUTH NORMANTON c.1910

ZION METHODIST CHURCH 1981, SOUTH NORMANTON

SOUTH NORMANTON BUS Co Ltd

MARKET STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON 2006

THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962 – PHOTO 1985

HIGH STREET, STAVELEY c.1914 DERBYSHIRE

WEST STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON c.1908

SOMERCOTES CHURCH, Nr ALFRETON 1909 – PLEASE CLICK PHOTOS TO SEE FULL SIZE

JACKSDALE COUNCIL SCHOOL 1912

HELTER-SKELTER AT MELBOURNE FAIR, DERBYSHIRE c.1905 – PHOTOS ARE FROM THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962 AND THE KIND PEOPLE FROM SOUTH NORMANTON , THEIR KIND LOANS OF OLD PHOTOGRAPHS, FOR DISPLAY

CODNOR PARK AND IRONVILLE, RAILWAY STATION c.1909

ALFRETON ROAD, WESTHOUSES, Nr ALFRETON c.1910

HIGH STREET, RIDDINGS c.1909 – SORRY WE DON’T DO REPRINTS, ALL PHOTOS ARE WITH MICRODOTS IDENTIFICATIONS AND ARE JUST FOR SHOW ON LUGGYSBESTBUYS ONLY- FROM THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962

SOUTH NORMANTON UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB 1907

ALFRETON MOTOR TRANSPORT Co, ANGEL SQUARE, ALFRETON , DAILY SERVICES ALFRETON & MATLOCK. THE OLD MARKET PLACE, KING STREET, ALFRETON 1930s

THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962, WENT FISHING, ON THE RIVER SEVERN, IN THE 1960s – THE POSTCARD, SHREWSBURY SCHOOL FROM THE RIVER SEVERN 1908

MARKET PLACE, SOUTH NORMANTON 1988

TRENT BUS, ALFRETON

ALFRETON 1940-50s CAR PARK AND BUS STATION

BRYANT’S FARM, BRYANT LANE, THE COMMON, SOUTH NORMANTON 1960s

AT SYCAMORE FARM, STORTH LANE AND IN THE FIELD, FARMER CHARLIE SHELDON, SOUTH NORMANTON 1960s

AT SYCAMORE FARM, STORTH LANE, SOUTH NORMANTON 1930s

AT SYCAMORE FARM, STORTH LANE, SOUTH NORMANTON 1930s

FARMERS GEORGE AND MARY CLARK, SYCAMORE FARM, STORTH LANE, SOUTH NORMANTON

SYCAMORE FARM, STORTH LANE, SOUTH NORMANTON AND LOOKING DOWN STORTH LANE

FARMER F.CLARK AND HIS WIFE, SYCAMORE FARM, STORTH LANE, SOUTH NORMANTON

THE FIELDS OF SYCAMORE FARM, STORTH LANE, SOUTH NORMANTON 1968

ON THE BACK OF THE POSTCARD – CHESTERFIELD SCHOOL FOR GIRLS c.1900s

BLACKSMITHS WORKING c.1909, CONDOR PARK

DERBY CORPORTION ROAD WORKERS, REPAIRING THE ROADS 1911 – PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY, BY THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962

VIEWS OF SOUTH NORMANTON 1908 – OLD PHOTOS ARE ON DVDs PRESERVED FOR POSTERITY, BY THE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962

THE BLACKSMITH, DOWN THE COAL MINE, CLAY CROSS COLLIERY

A NICE GINGER BEER, STURGESS & Co, DERBY

OLD SOMERCOTES SCHOOL BOYS FOOTBALL CLUB

GINGER BEERS FROM BERT METTHAM, MANSFIELD AND H. J. METTHAM, MANSFIELD – DIGGING AND DISCOVERIES OF OLD BOTTLES, FROM THE YEAR 1962

SOUTH PARADE, MATLOCK BATH – PHOTOS ARE FROM THE DVDs, BY THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962

THE BUTCHERS SHOP, BLACKSMITHS SHOP AND AT THE END THE MINERS ARMS, ON HIGH STREET, AT THE JUNCTION OF DOWNING STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON 1890s

DUFFIELD, FROM THE RIVER DERWENT 1907

RADFORD’S FARM 1957, HIGH STREET, AT THE JUNCTION WITH RODGERS LANE, ALFRETON AND DEMOLISHED IN 1964

MARKET PLACE, SOUTH NORMANTON c. 1909

WINGFIELD MANOR, DERBYSHIRE c.1906 – MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS WAS IMPRISONED HERE IN 1569 AND AGAIN IN 1584-5

THE CRICH TOWER

THE CORONATION BONFIRE, KING GEORGE V, CODNOR 1911

WHARF ROAD, PINXTON c.1909 – SORRY WE DON’T DO REPRINTS, PHOTOS ARE JUST FOR SHOW ON LUGGYSBESTBUYS AND ARE FROM THE DVDs BY THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962

BY THE FIRESIDE, AN OPEN RANGE PROVIDES COMFORT FOR THE MAN, IN A MOMENT OF RELAXATION, IN SWANWICK, Nr ALFRETON – PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO VIEW MORE PHOTOS AND PLEASE CLICK PHOTOS TO VIEW FULL SIZE

A GENERAL VIEW, OF OLD PINXTON

RIDDINGS COLLIERY, GREEN HILL LANE

RIDDINGS COLLIERY, GREEN HILL LANE

SOUTH PARADE MATLOCK BATH c1910

DOVEDALE – THE WATERFALLS 1913

THE MINERS ARMS, SOUTH NORMANTON Circa 1930

SOUTH STREET, RIDDINGS 1910

HIGH STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON, c.1906

FORDBRIDGE MILL, SOUTH NORMANTON – WATER TOWER, THE WATER LAW CAME IN 1840, LOTS OF HOUSING JUST HAD SMALL WATER WELLS, OIL LAMPS AND THEN GAS LIGHT

DERWENT BRIDGE, DUFFIELD 1912

THE LAST YEARS OF THE OLD DOWNING STREET SCHOOL AND THE OLD CHURCH HALL, SOUTH NORMANTON 2006

SOUTH STREET, IIKESTON 1960s

MATLOCK BATH, THE FISH POND

WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH, A WIEW OF THE STAINED GLASS WINDOW FROM THE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE OF THE CHURCH 1990s, HIGH STREET SOUTH NORMANTON

G/BEER JOHN ELSE, LEE WOOD, CROMFORD AND STONE PORTER, T. P. WOOD, CHESTERFIELD – T. P. WOOD’S WINE AND SPIRIT BUSINESS WAS STARTED IN 1844 IN A SMALL SHOP ON HIGH STREET, CHESTERFIELD

HIGH STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON

TOLL BAR, OLD PINXTON

BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER DERWENT AT DUFFIELD

SOUTH NORMANTON CARNIVAL c.1962

SOUTH NORMANTON CARNIVAL 1960s

CHURCH STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON, INSIDE THE BUTCHERS SHOP 1999

WHARF ROAD, PINXTON c.1906

ALFRETON TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB – FROM THE GOOD OLD DAYS

ALFRETON & DERBY – TICKETS AND FARES

DERBY TRAMWAYS 1900s AND THE HORSE FOOD WOULD FEED THE SPARROWS

THE BEACH BRIGHTON 1909 – MEMBERS OF THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POSTCLUB 1962, WOULD HOLIDAY IN BRIGHTON AND SKEGNESS

THE LAST YEARS OF THE SOUTH NORMANTON MINERS WELFARE 1999, LEES LANE, SOUTH NORMANTON

SOUTH NORMANTON MINERS WELFARE 1999

THE BRIDGE, WESTON CLIFF, NEAR DERBY 1907

CHURCH STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON, ON THE RIGHT THE BLUE BELL AND DEMOLISHED IN THE 1960s

SOUTH NORMANTON CARNIVAL 1930s

LOVER’S WALK, MATLOCK BATH 1900s

BASLOW BRIDGE 1908 – A WARM WELCOME TO EVERYONE, WE ARE COLLECTORS’ OF OLD BOTTLES AND POSTCARDS, ESPECIALLY LOCAL HISTORY IN OLD PICTURES AND OLD BOTTLES. MY FAVOURITE HOLIDAY AT THE SEASIDE, BEST EVER WAS SKEGNESS ON THE BEACH, WITH MUM

COAL BEING HAULED FROM BOTTOM OF SHAFT TO SURFACE 300 YARDS ABOVE, CLAY CROSS COLLIERY

JUBILEE BRIDGE, MATLOCK BATH – PLEASE CLICK PHOTOS TO SEE FULL SIZE

CRICH SILVER BAND 1900s, CRICH

SOUTH NORMANTON SCOUTS, CHRISTMAS PARTY 1950

SOUTH NORMANTON SCOUTS 1950s

CRICH STAND

FISH POND, MATLOCK BATH 1920s

RIVER AND PROMENADE, MATLOCK BATH 1914

HORSE CAR AND ELECTRIC CAR, CHESTERFIELD THE OLD AND THE NEW CARS 1907

WORKSOP, BRIDGE STREET c.1910, PLEASE CLICK PHOTOS TO SEE FULL SIZE, ALL PHOTOS ARE WITH MICRODOTS IDENTIFICATION AND ARE ON SHOW ON LUGGYSBESTBUYS ONLY, SORRY PHOTO PRINTS ARE NOT FOR RESALE.

NEW STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON, PICTURE PALACE 2006 AND DEMOLISHED IN 2011

HIGH STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON 1999, ON THE RIGHT WAS THE MINERS ARMS

Condor Park

WORKSOP, BIRDS EYE VIEW c.1910

BONSAL CHURCH, MATLOCK c.1903

A PHOTO FROM THE BOOK A MOMENT IN TIME, WORKSOP c.1905

HIGH STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON 1988

LOW STREET, SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD c.1909

HEIGHTS OF ABRAHAM, FROM SOUTH PROMENADE MATLOCK BATH 1955

St GILES’ CHURCH, MATLOCK, DERBYSHIRE 1915

SOUTH PARADE, MATLOCK BATH c.1906

LOCK HOUSE, LITTLE EATON, DERBY c1905 – FROM THE BOOK “GONE FISHING IN DAYS GONE BY”

St MARY’S CHURCH ILKESTON, POSTCARD SENT TO NOTTINGHAM, FROM ILKESTON 1908

MARKET PLACE, NEWARK c.1900

PARISH CHURCH, RIPLEY, POSTCARD SENT TO J. RADFORD, CRICH FROM SOUTH WINGFIELD 1910

DUFFIELD BRIDGE, DERBYSHIRE c.1908 – FROM THE BOOK “GONE FISHING IN DAYS GONE BY”

SOUTH PARADE, MATLOCK BATH 1963

NOTTINGHAM ROAD, SOMERCOTES c.1909

COKE OVENS. PINXTON 1910

W. WRIGHT-LONG-EATON, BULB NECK CODD 10.oz PHOTO BY THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962 ” THE OLD BOTTLE BOOK “

SWIFT’S FOOTBALL TEAM 1903-4 DERBYSHIIRE

HIGH STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON c.1906

ALFRETON POLICE FOOTBALL TEAM

THE LAST YEARS OF THE SHOULDER OF MUTTON, COLLINS AVENUE, SOUTH NORMANTON 1988

CHURCH STREET, THE FIRST SHOP ON THE LEFT, L. SLATER

CHURCH PARADE, CHURCH STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON c.1905

AT THE COAL FACE, CUTTING AND LOADING COAL BELOW GROUND, CLAY CROSS Co’s PITS

MRS H. OADLEY’S AMUSEMENTS ALFRETON, THEIR TRACTION ENGINE, WALLIS & STEVEN ENGINE LITTLE WONDER, No 7052,

DOWN THE COAL MINE, CLAY CROSS COLLIERY Co

MAYPOLE, RIPLEY c.1900

SOUTH NORMANTON CHURCH CHOIR IN 1928 AT THE OLD RECTORY, CHURCH STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON

ZION METHODIST CHURCH SINGERS, SOUTH NORMANTON 1900s

BILLY, GANG PONY AT THE SOUTH NORMANTON COLLIERY c.1906 – PHOTOS ARE FROM THE DVDs BY THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962

SOUTH NORMANTON CHURCH 1919

TRENT BUS, ALFRETON

CHURCH PARADE, HIGH STREET, ALFRETON c.1900

MARKET PLACE, SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD c.1908

PAY-DAY COAL-GETTERS ENTERING PAY OFFICE FOR THEIR WAGES, CLAY CROSS Co

KING WILLIAM STREET, IRONVILLE c.1910

HIGH STREET, HEANOR c.1915

THE WEIR, DARLEY ABBEY, Nr DERBY – A PHOTO FROM THE BOOK “GONE FISHING IN DAYS GONE BY” A COLLECTION OF OLD POSTCARDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS

SOUTH PARADE, MATLOCK BATH c.1900

THE BLACK SWAN, CRICH c.1925

THIS PICTURE POSTCARD IS OF THE RAILWAY STATION AT CODNOR PARK IN 1904

VERTICAL BOILER “COFFEEPOT” POSES AT THE NORTH END OF THE QUARRY, KNOWN LOCALLY AS WOOD END c.1910 THE CLAY CROSS Co Ltd

A PHOTOGRAPHER’S STALL AT A FAIR 1875 – PHOTOS BY THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962

INTERIOR OF PARISH CHURCH CHESTERFIELD 1903

HOSPITAL PARADE, PINXTON 1913

DANCING AROUND THE MAYPOLE, ZION METHODIST CHURCH, SOUTH NORMANTON c.1905

BARKER’S THE FAMILY BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS, SOUTH NORMANTON THE BARKER’S FAMILY, AT THE BACK OF THE SHOP, IN SOUTH NORMANTON c.1914

BARDILL & BARKER ESTABLISHED A SHOP IN SOUTH NORMANTON IN 1890, FOR THE BEST OF FOOTWEAR GO TO BARDILL & BARKER’S, THE FAMILY BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS, BARDILL & BARKER’S SHOP WAS NEXT DOOR TO JAMES NELSON & SONS Ltd BUTCHERS 1910

HUNTERS TEA STORES,GENERAL GROCERS, HIGH STREET, ALFRETON c.1914

CHURCH STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON 1960s

NOTTINGHAM ROAD, SOMERCOTES c.1906

HIGH STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON c.1907

FROM CHURCH STREET ON TO HIGH STREET, DORTHY

SOMERCOTES FOOTBALL TEAM 1899-00 MID DERBYSHIRE LEAGUE

SOUTH NORMANTON FOOTBALL TEAM c.1965

SOUTH NORMANTON SCOUTS 1963, MARKET STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON

SOUTH NORMANTON SCOUTS 1963, MARKET STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON

DERBY COUNTY FOOTBALL TEAM 1895

CHURCH STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON 1960s

A DECORATED DRAY, ALFRETON c.1915

THE GLOBE TEA Co.SITUATED BETWEEN GEORGE STREET AND CRESSY ROAD, ALFRETON 1906

JONH.HENRY. TAYLOR, BAKERS, SOMERCOTES 1920 – PHOTOS ARE FROM THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962, DVDs

CHURCH STREET, RIPLEY – PLEASE CLICK PHOTOS TO SEE FULL SIZE

SOUTH NORMANTON CANIVAL DAY 1930s

THE OLD BLUE BELL, CHURCH STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON 1960s

CHURCH PARADE, KING STREET 1905, ALFRETON

ARRIVAL OF COAL AT PIT SHAFT, CLAY CROSS COLLIERY

CHURCH PARADE, KING STREET, ALFRETON 1905

GEORGE THOMPSON AND BERTHA HIS WIFE. “BENDIGO BARE-KNUCKLE CHAMPION” WAS BROTHER TO GEORGE THOMPSON. BERTHA AND GEORGE HAD THREE GIRLS AND THREE SONS, PHOTOS AND PRINTS, ARE FROM THE FAMILY TREE, GOING BACK TO 1665

WILLIAM THOMPSON, BETTER KNOWN AS “BENDIGO”, ONE OF THE LAST GREAT BARE-KNUCKLE CHAMPIONS. FROM THE OLD PRINT, PART OF THE FAMILY

MARKET STREET 1988, SOUTH NORMANTON

SUTTON TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB 1933, SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD

SOUTH STREET SCHOOL 1920, SOUTH NORMANTON

COLLIERY ROAD FROM DERBY ROAD SHOWING THE OLD POLICE STATION ON YOUR RIGHT c.1906, ALFRETON

CRESSY ROAD c.1906, ALFRETON

BLACKWELL COLLIERY c 1910, BLACKWELL

SOUTH NORMANTON FOOTBALL TEAM c1966, SOUTH NORMANTON

A HORSE AND CARRIAGE OUTSIDE THE GEORGE HOTEL, ALFRETON c.1900

HIGH STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON

THE HAYES FROM THE LAKE, SWANWICK – A PHOTO FROM THE BOOK, GONE FISHING IN DAYS GONE BY, A COLLECTION OF OLD POSTCARDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS

CARNFIELD HALL 1910, SOUTH NORMANTON

HIGH STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON c 1906

MARKET PLACE AND CHURCH STREET ALFRETON

MATLOCK BATH, PROMENADE AND GARDENS 1920

A MEET CARNFIELD HALL, SOUTH NORMANTON

GREENHILL LANE RIDDINGS, RED LION, EMPIRE DAY, MAY 24th c1914

ALFRETON POLICE FOOTBALL CLUB 1924

MANSFIELD ROAD, ALFRETON

RIPLEY’S FIRST TRAM 1909

CROSSHILL AND CODNOR STATION 1904

SOUTH NORMANTON WAKES, FROM THE BACK OF THE DEVONSHIRE ARMS, SOUTH NORMANTON 1990

MARKET STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON – PHOTOS ARE FROM THE DVDs BY THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962

JOSEPH REDFERN DRAPER’S SHOP, MARKET PLACE 1912, ALFRETON

SOUTH NORMANTON FOOTBALL TEAM 1966, PHOTOS ARE BY THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962

PARISH CHURCH, RIPLEY

WOOLLEY UNITED 1923 DERBYSHIRE

St WILFRED’S CHURCH, KIRKBY-IN-ASHFIELD, FIRE WAS 6th JANUARY 1907

CRICH STAND, SHOWING CHASM UNDER THE BASE 1900s

SOUTH NORMANTON CRICKET TEAM 1937, SOUTH NORMANTON

LOW MOOR ROAD, EAST KIRKBY-IN-ASHFIELD 1916

THE OLD CROSS, GLOSSOP, DERBYSHIRE

CRICH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, CRICH

SOUTH NORMANTON CRICKET TEAM 1937, SOUTH NORMANTON

HIGH STREET, ALFRETON

CRICH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH PARADE, CRICH

BROOKHILL COLLIERY 1951 PINXTON

ALFRETON ROAD, SOUTH NORMANTON 1999 – PLEASE CLICK PHOTOS, TO SEE FULL SIZE

THE POST OFFICE, SOUTH NORMANTON, THE COMMON 1999

RISLEY BROOK, Nr SANDIACRE

CHURCH STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON 1999

ALFRETON CHURCH 1929

A DECORATED TRAY, PINXTON HOSPITAL PARADE 1911

MARKET STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON 1988

WILFRED PICKLES OPENING THE NEW BATHS AT BROOKHILL COLLIERY, PINXTON 1952. WILFRED PICKLES OBE, WAS A ENGLISH ACTOR AND RADIO PRESENTER

WILFRED PICKLES OPENING THE NEW BATHS AT BROOKHILL COLLIERY, PINXTON 1952

MARKET STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON

MARKET PLACE, RIPLEY

MARKET STREET CARNIVAL DRAY, SOUTH NORMANTON 1930s

MARKET STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON 28-12-1993

SOUTH NORMANTON CARNIVAL 1936,ENTITLED “AT THE SEASIDE” FLOAT/ DRAY ENTERED BY BERRISTOW PLACE, CHILDREN MAINLY FROM CARTER LANE END AND BERRISTOW PLACE

– BIRCHWOOD LANE SOUTH NORMANTON 1980

NEW STREET SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM 1946 – Mr SPENCER left AND Mr BARKER right

PINXTON HOSPITAL PARADE

CASTLETON, THE WINNATS PASS, DERBYSHIRE

GATE INN, SHIREBROOK 1933

THE EBENEZER METHODIST CHURCH, NOTTINGHAM ROAD, ALFRETON 1900s

IT’S A PHOTO FROM JACQUES BRICKYARD, WATER LANE, LOOKING UP BALL HILL , SOUTH NORMANTON 1952

THE COMMON, SOUTH NORMANTON 1999

MARKET PLACE, CRICH 1900s

MARKET PLACE, SOUTH NORMANTON 1988

MARKET PLACE 1999, SOUTH NORMANTON

MARKET STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON

HAMLET LANE SCHOOL 1914, SOUTH NORMANTON

MARKET STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON

THE OLD WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH, HIGH STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON, DEMOLISHED ABOUT 2003

CRICH

CARNIVAL, SOUTH NORMANTON 1930s

ALFRETON TOWN FOOTBALL TEAM 1906-7

MARKET PLACE, SOUTH NORMANTON 1988

 CHURCH RECTORY SOUTH NORMANTON

COOPERATIVE SOCIETY, MARKET PLACE, SOUTH NORMANTON

BOYS AND GIRLS IN FANCY DRESS, WESTHOUSES, Nr ALFRETON

CHURCH STREET, RIPLEY – SORRY BUT WE DON’T DO REPRINTS, ALL PHOTOS ARE FOR SHOW ON LUGGYSBESTBUYS ONLY, WITH MICRODOTS IDENTIFICATION COPYRIGHT, JUST FOR SHOW, NOT FOR RESALE

NOTTINGHAM ROAD SOMERCOTES, PHOTOS BY THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962, PHOTOS ARE FROM THE DVDs

BULL BRIDGE, DERBYSHIRE

SOUTH NORMANTON 1929 SCOUTS

AT THE SHOULDER OF MUTTON, SOUTH NORMANTON, TWO BAND PLAYERS

SOUTH NORMANTON POLICE 1927

P.C DEVREUX 1947 MARKET PLACE, SOUTH NORMANTON,THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS BY EDWARD GREENSILL , THE CHEMIST IN THE MARKET PLACE.

WATER LANE, SOUTH NORMANTON 1988, ON THE RIGHT THE ROYAL OAK

Nr BALL HILL, THE BUILDING OF THE M1 – SOUTH NORMANTON 1960s

SOUTH NORMANTON CHURCH MEETING, SOUTH NORMANTON

NEW STREET GIRLS SCHOOL 1929-30s, SOUTH NORMANTON

SOUTH NORMANTON COLLIERY FOOTBALL TEAM 1927-8, SOUTH NORMANTON

THE CROSS, KIRKBY-IN-ASHFIELD

THE LAST YEARS OF THE POST MILL, ALFRETON ROAD, SOUTH NORMANTON

HIGH STREET, ALFRETON

CRICH STAND, DERBYSHIRE

NOTTINGHAM ROAD, RIPLEY

NEW STREET SCHHOOL 1927, SOUTH NORMANTON

OLD ALFRETON BUS STATION

OLD ALFRETON BUS STATION, INSTITUTE LANE. THE BUS CAME OUT ON TO KING STREET

THE OLD BUS STATION AND BILLS CAFE, ALFRETON

1974 THE NEW MARKET SITE, ALFRETON

A DECORATED DRAY, MARKET PLACE, SOUTH NORMANTON 1930s

CHURCH HALL PARTY 1955, SOUTH NORMANTON

CHURCHES SEEN FROM CRICH TOWER, PLEASE CLICK ON THE PHOTOS TO SEE FULL SIZE

A PHOTO FROM THE BOOK, GONE FISHING IN DAYS GONE BY, A COLLECTION OF OLD POSTCARDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS

NEW STREET BOYS SCHOOL 1927, SOUTH NORMANTON

NEW STREET GIRLS SCHOOL 1929, SOUTH NORMANTON

NEW STREET GIRLS SCHOOL 1930, SOUTH NORMANTON

A RIPLEY TRAM

WEST END, MORTON

SOUTH STREET SCHOOL 1925, SOUTH NORMANTON

SOUTH STREET SCHOOL 1926-1927 SOUTH NORMANTON, PLEASE CLICK ON PHOTOS TO SEE FULL SIZE

HAMLET LANE SCHOOL 1916-1917 SOUTH NORMANTON

HAMLET LANE SCHOOL 1955-6 SOUTH NORMANTON

BELGIAN REFUGESS, CRICH – SORRY PRINTS OF POSTCARDS ARE NOT FOR RESALE, ALL PHOTOS ARE WITH MICRODOTS IDENTIFICATION AND ARE FOR SHOW ON LUGGYSBESTBUYS ONLY.

NOTTINGHAM ROAD, EAST WOOD – PHOTOS ARE ON SHOW BY THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962, PHOTOS ARE FROM THE DVDs AND BOOKS

CHURCH STREET AND ON THE LEFT ROAD WAS THE CROFT, SOUTH NORMANTON 1960s

BIRCHWOOD LANE 1988, SOUTH NORMANTON

BIRCHWOOD LANE,SOUTH NORMANTON IN THE SNOW 1962-1963

1914 RIPLEY COMPANY OF THE THE 5th NOTT’S AND DERBY REGIMENT

LOVERS LEAP, MIDDLETON DALE

THE FIRST FREDERICK GENT SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM 1958, SOUTH NORMANTON

DOWNING STREET SCHOOL, OCTOBER, 1929, SOUTH NORMANTON, ON THE LEFT TEACHER, Wm. SHEPHERD AND ON THE RIGHT, HEADMASTER Mr BRANSTON

BOTTOM END RECREATION GROUND, PADDLING POOL 1927, SOUTH NORMANTON

BOTTOM END RECREATION GROUND YOU CAN SEE THE PADDLING POOL, THE BUNTING BANK AND FIELDS, 1954 SOUTH NORMANTON

LEES LANE, SOUTH NORMANTON 1988

THE NEW INN, CHURCH STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON 1988

THE ROYAL OAK, WATER LANE, SOUTH NORMANTON JULY 1999

HIGH STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON, JULY 1999

SOUTH NORMANTON 1955 CHURCH HALL

CRICH

BLACKWELL, FOOTBALL TEAM, MID DERBYSHIRE LEAGUE 1906-7

A DECORATED DRAY, ALFRETON

PENTRICH ROAD SWANWICK

MARKET PLACE, SOUTH NORMANTON 1927

SOUTH NORMANTON, MARKET PLACE, 23rd AUGUST 1915

GENERAL VIEW OF PENTRICH DERBYSHIRE

LOOKING FROM OLD BLACKWELL FIELDS, DOWN TOWARDS BLACKWELL COLLIERY

SOUTH NORMANTON, THE BOTTOM OF FORDBRIDGE LANE, BLACKWELL BROOK, LOOKING TOWARDS BLACKWELL COLLIERY

OLD CHEMIST SHOP, TOP OF CHURCH STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON

CRICH

PHOTOS FROM THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962

RIPLEY MARKET PLACE

Nr THE BOTTOM OF KING STREET, THE WATCHORN PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH IN DERBY ROAD, ALFRETON

A. GILBEY’S WINES AND SPIRITS, MARKET PLACE, ALFRETON

GEORGE INN, ALFRETON 1915,

1923 THE TRENT MOTOR TRACTION Co, ALFRETON TO DERBY

RIPLEY

THE OLD BUS STATION, ALFRETON

SUTTON IN ASHFIELD, ALL PHOTOS ARE FROM THE D.V.Ds BY THE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962

BLACKWELL COLLIERY

KING STREET, ALFRETON 1890

ALFRETON HIKERS

SOUTH NORMANTON, BOTTOM END RECREATION GROUND 1954, YOU CAN SEE THE BUNTING BANK AND FIELDS

GAMES AND RACES AT SLATERS FIELD, SOUTH NORMANTON, FROM ONE OF MY BOOKS

CODNOR 1960

HAT SHOP, THE JUNCTION OF NOTTINGHAM ROAD AND MANSFIELD ROAD, ALFRETON 1911

RIDDINGS WOMENS CLUB RED LION HOSPITAL DAY 1918, RIDDINGS

SWANWICK PENNY MILE PARADE, SWANWICK, FOR THE VILLAGE WAR MEMORIAL FUND

SWANWICK POST OFFICE 1909

MUGGLESTONES COTTAGE, THE COMMON, SOUTH NORMANTON

CRICH TOWER, CRICH

HEMLET LANE SCHOOL 1912 – SOUTH NORMANTON

CHURCH STREET, KIRBY 1910

 GENERAL GROCERS, ALFRETON

FROM ONE OF THE BOOKS, ALFRETON OLDEN DAYS, THE PICTURE IS ALFRETON 1905, KING STREET, HOSPITAL CARNIVAL PROCESSION

HAMLET LANE SCHOOL 1955-6 SOUTH NORMANTON

STATION ROAD, SHIREBROOK

PRIMROSE LEAGUE FETE, WISETON, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 1908 ‘

THE FIRST SCHOOL, THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE, THE COMMOM, SOUTH NORMANTON

A. SMITH’S SHOP IN KING STREET WHICH SOLD CHINA AND GENERAL GOODS

A DECORATED DRAY, SOUTH NORMANTON CANIVAL 1910

E. NAYLOR’S BUS, MARKET PLACE, SOUTH NORMANTON 1940s

OAKTREE STRUCK BY LIGHTENING, MAY 12 19O8, DOE HILL – PHOTOS ARE FROM THE DVDs BY THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962. ALL PHOTOS ARE WITH MICRODOTS IDENTIFICATION, PHOTOS ARE JUST FOR SHOW ON LUGGYSBESTBUYS ONLY AND ARE NOT FOR RESALE

THE TOP OF DOWNING STREET, THE MINERS ARMS, SOUTH NORMANTON, JULY 1999

MINERS ARMS, SOUTH NORMANTON, JULY 1999

BOAT INN FOOT BALL TEAM, PINXTON

WEST’S SHOP FIRE 1960s CHURCH STREET AND THE MINER’S ARMS, SOUTH NORMANTON

CHURCH STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON 1960s

THE WESLEYAN CHURCH, THE CHURCH WAS BUILT IN 1885, ALFRETON

CRICH

A DECORATED DRAY, PYE BRIDGE

KING STREET, ALFRETON

CROMFORD

PINXTON, JUNE 20th 1914

THE VILLAGE, TIBSHELF

OUTRAM STREET, SUTTON IN ASHFIELD

TRENT, ALFRETON

SOUTH NORMANTON FOOTBALL TEAM 1952

MR CLARK WITH YOUR MILK, SOUTH NORMANTON

ON CHURCH STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON

NEW STREET SCHOOL DANCE TEAM 1931, SOUTH NORMANTON

HIGHFIELD DRIVE, SOUTH NORMANTON 1954 A NEW ROAD AND THE START OF HOUSING

THE FIRST WORLD WAR ENDED ON 11th NOVEMBER 1918, BUT THE PEACE WAS NOT SIGNED AND RATIFIED UNTIL 28th JUNE 1919, ALFRETON, PEACE CELEBRATION 1919

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD CHURCH, THE COMMON, SOUTH NORMANTON, THE CHOIR OF 1976

HOME FARM, SOUTH NORMANTON

MORTON, DERBYSHIRE

GLASS HOUSE HILL, CODNOR

DOWNING STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON, CHURCH LADS BRIGADE 1912

SOUTH NORMANTON SCOUTS 1960s

STANTON-BY-DALE 1904 SORRY BUT THE PHOTOS ARE NOT FOR RESALE, ALL PHOTOS ARE WITH MICRODOTS IDENTIFICTION, THE PHOTOS ARE FOR SHOW ONLY ON LUGGYSBESTBUYS

SOUTH NORMANTON 1988

HARDWICK INN 1906

BIRCHWOOD HALL, COTES PARK FARM Nr COTES PARK COLLIERY, TOP OF THE LANE Nr PENNYTOWN PONDS

ALFRETON TOWN RESERVES

CLAY CROSS Co THOUSANDS OF TONS OF LIME STONE IN STOCK

BASFORD NOTTINGHAM

DERBY COUNTY FOOTBALL TEAM 1889-90 – PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE PHOTOS AND CLICK PHOTOS TO SEE FULL SIZE

CRICH CROSS

BLACKWELL, Nr ALFRETON

LOCALS ON CHURCH HILL, BLACKWELL, RETURNING FROM THE FUNERAL OF THE COLLIERY DISASTER VICTIMS, NOVEMBER 1895 – THE “A”WINNING COLLIERY DISASTER OF NOVEMBER 11th 1895

WEST STREET, RIDDINGS

FREDRICK GENT SCHOOL, SOUTH NORMANTON 1968

WESLEYAN SUNDAY SCHOOL TRIP 1908, SOUTH NORMANTON

SOUTH NORMANTON CHURCH 1906

1912 THE OLD POST OFFICE AND TOWN HALL, ALFRETON

NEW STREET SCHOOL 1946, SOUTH NORMANTON

NEW STREET SCHOOL 1946, SOUTH NORMANTON

A PHOTO OF ALFRETON POTTERY, NOVEMER 28, 1781

LEONARD. A. JARVIS, JOVIAL DUTCHMAN HOTEL, CRICH 1920

NEW STREET SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM 1925, SOUTH NORMANTON

A DECORATED DRAY, SOUTH NORMANTON 1935

BALL HILL, SOUTH NORMANTON 1960

HAPPY DAYS DOWN AT ALFRETON LIDO, THE OFFICAL OPENING WAS 15th OF MAY 1964

OPENING OF THE ALFRETON LIDO 15th MAY, 1964

OPENING OF THE ALFRETON LIDO 15th MAY, 1964

ALFRETON

MORTON BUS Co

R. PALETHORPE SHOP 1909 MARKET STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON – ALL PHOTOS ARE WITH MICRODOTS IDENTIFICATION AND ARE NOT FOR RESALE, PHOTOS ARE FOR LUGGYSBESTBUYS PHOTO SHOW ONLY, FROM THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962

SOUTH STREET SCHOOL 1925, SOUTH NORMANTON

SOMERCOTES CINEMA

MARKET STREET, CLAY CROSS

SOUTH NORMANTON, BELL RINGERS 1894

A MODERN LACE MACHINE, LONG EATON 1912 – PLEASE CLICK ON PHOTOS TO SEE FULL SIZE, PHOTOS ON LUGGYSBESTBUYS, BY THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POST CARD CLUB 1962

ASHBOURNE 1916

WHITE LION, SOUTH NORMANTON 1988

WEST HOUSES, Nr ALFRETON

NEWTON TO SOUTH NORMANTON, WATER MAIN 1930

ALFRETON

SOUTH NORMANTON FOOTBALL TEAM 1925

SOUTH NORMANTON, PARISH MAGAZINE 1890

SOUTH NORMANTON, PARISH MAGAZINE 1901, PRICE ONE PENNY

THE TRAVELLER;S REST INN, ALFRETON, THE LICENSEE WAS Mr A. MORTON

ALFRETON 1950

SOUTH NORMANTON

SOUTH NORMANTON SECTIONAL GROUP OF REGULAR and AUXILIARY POLICE, OCTOBER 1943

SAML, ABBOTT AND SON, HIGH STREET, ALFRETON

HAMLET LANE SHOOL 1960s

CRICH

MARKET STREET, SOUTH NORMANTON

SOUTH NORMANTON MISSION 1960s

SOUTH NORMANTON MISSION, PARADE 1960s

SOUTH NORMANTON, OPENING OF THE MISSION 1955

SOUTH NORMANTON

PINXTON HOSPITAL PARADE

ALFERTON, RABBITS AND RATERS CLUB

SHIRLAND CHURCH

PINXTON, CHURCH OF ENGLAND

PYE HILL AMATEURS FOOTBALL CLUB

HOLYMOOR SIDE Nr CHESTERFIELD

THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962

CHAPLE-EN-LE-FRITH, DERBYSHIRE

SOMERCOTES SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM 1921-2

CRICH

KING STREET, ALFRETON, CHURCH LADS BRIGADE

BONSALL CROSS

SHIRLAND CHURCH 1910

SOUTH NORMANTON

BLACKWELL CHURCH, BLACKWELL COLLIERY FUNERAL, HEADSTOCKS MINE SHAFT AND WINDING WHEEL IN FLORAL TRIBUTE 1895. ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11th, 1895

St.CHAD

ALFRETON

SOUTH NORMANTON ATHLETIC 1931-1933, WE DID HAVE A PHOTO IN THE DEVONSHIRE ARMS S/N, THEN IT WENT MISSING.1988

SOUTH NORMANTON COLLIERY F. C. – SEASON 1927-8

CRICH

VIEW OF THE CLAYCROSS Co’s LIME KILNS, THE LIMEKILNS WERE ERECTED BY GEORGE STEPHENSON, WHEN BUILDING THE RAILWAY

CODNOR PARK, MONUMENT

ALFRETON, CHURCH LADS BRIGADE

CRICH

IN MEMORY OF THE BELOVED GENERAL, THE LATE GENERAL BOOTH, CHIEF OF THE SALVATION ARMY

CRICH, DERBYSHIRE

SOUTH NORMANTON, A PHOTO FROM THE DVDs ALL PHOTOS ARE WITH MICRODOTS IDENTIFICATION AND ARE NOT FOR RESALE, COPYRIGHT LAWS, PHOTOS ARE JUST FOR SHOW ON LUGGYSBESTBUYS ONLY AND ARE FROM THE BOOKS AND THE DVDs – PS the DVDs are free

ALFRETON 1905

OLD CROSS, BONSALL

ALFRETON AND NO CARS

STATION ROAD AND HOTEL, SHIREBROOK

THE CORONATION BONFIRE 1911

WE BUY FROM YOU OLD POSTCARDS AND BOTTLES BEST PRICES FOR YOU

SOUTH NORMANTON, WEST’S SHOP FIRE, 1960s ON CHURCH STREET- FIRST FOR PRICES WE BUY FROM YOU BOTTLES AND POSTCARDS, FREE PHOTO SHOW ON LUGGYSBESTBUYS, ALL PHOTOS ARE WITH MICRODOTS IDENTIFICATION, FOR SHOW ON LUGGYSBESTBUYS ONLY AND NO RESALE

HIGHAM

RIDDINGS MILLS, JAMES & SARAH 1877 DEMOLISHED 1963

RIDDINGS MILLS, GREEN HILL LANE, RIDDINGS

CODNOR 1910

PINXTON, for number 2 pit

WESTHOUSES, Nr ALFRETON

WESTHOUSES, Nr ALFRETON

PINXTON, A PHOTO SHOW FOR MY FRIENDS FROM PINXTON ONLY THE BEST QUALITY PHOTOS, WE TRY FOR THE BEST ON LUGGYSBESTBUYS PHOTO SHOW

SUTTON – IN – ASHFIELD, ALL PHOTOS ARE WITH MICRODOTS IDENTIFICATION, PHOTOS ARE FOR LUGGYSBESTBUYS PHOTO SHOW ONLY.COPYRIGHTS ON THE WEB-PAGES

SOUTH NORMANTON, WATER LANE, OLD MISSION SALVATION ARMY 1912

CHESTERFIELD CHURCH

ST. JOHN STREET, ASHBOURNE ” LUGGYSBESTBUYS ” PHOTO SHOW FOR YOU

BIRCHWOOD LANE, SOMERCOTES, THE VIEW IS TAKEN FROM THE THE METHODIST CHURCH LOOKING DOWN TOWARDS SMOTHERFLY AND NEW BIRCHWOOD, IT WAS BETTER KNOWN AS “MUCKRAM” NR BIRCHWOOD COLLIERY OR “SHADY PIT “

SOUTH NORMANTON, MARKET STREET

SCHOOLS OUT FOR SUMMER , CRICH SCHOOL, THE YOUNG LADS WITH THEIRE CRICKET BAT’S AND BALLS

HIGH STREET, RIPLEY – ALL PHOTOS ARE WITH MICRODOTS IDENTIFICATION AND ARE NOT FOR RESALE, THE PHOTOS ARE FOR LUGGYSBESTBUYS PHOTO SHOW ONLY

MANOR ROAD, WINGFIELD

THE CROSS, KIRKBY – IN – ASHFIELD

CLAY CROSS COLLIERIES

CLAY CROSS

ALFRETON AND THE TRAINS CAME ON TIME

SOUTH NORMANTON 1960s

SOUTH NORMANTON 1960s

WESTHOUSES NEAR ALFRETON ‘, ALL PHOTOS ARE WITH MICRODOTS IDENTIFICATION, FOR SHOW ON LUGGYSBESTBUYS ONLY AND ARE NOT FOR RESALE, COPY RIGHTS ON PHOTOS, BY THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POST CARD CLUB 1962

CHURCH LANE, SOUTH WINGFIELD

ALFRETON, KING STREET, 1905 CARNIVAL DAY, THE PHOTOGRAPHER WAS J.A.S ABIN OF ALFRETON

NOTTINGHAM ROAD, SOMERCOTES

SCHOOL AND CHURCH, SOMERCOTES

CRICH

HUTHWAITE

ALL PHOTOS ARE FOR LUGGYSBESTBUYS PHOTO SHOW WEB-PAGES ONLY – ALL PHOTOS HAVE MICRODOTS IDENTIFICATION

CLOWNE CROSS 1908, NR MANSFIELD

CHESTERFIELD, ALL PHOTOS ARE WITH MICRODOTS IDENTIFICATION AND ARE NOT FOR RESALE, PHOTOS ARE FOR SHOW ON LUGGYSBESTBUYS ONLY, COPYRIGHT LAWS FROM BOOKS AND DVDs THANK YOU FROM THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POST CARD CLUB 1962

ALFRETON, ALL PHOTOS ARE FROM THE BOOKS AND DVDs

MARKET PLACE, CRICH

TIBSHELF METHODIST CHAPEL, OPENING DAY 1909

SOMERCOTES

RIDDINGS, ON GREEN HILL LANE, THE WORKERS 1964 HAPPY DAYS

ALFRETON, CHURCH LADS BRIGADE 1913, A PHOTO FROM ONE OF THE BOOKS

KING STREET, ALFRETON 1905 A PAGE FROM ONE OF THE BOOKS

CHURCH STREET, KIRKBY 1910

PINXTON FOOTBALL CLUB 1895-96 ALL PHOTOS ARE FROM THE DVDs BY THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962

ALFRETON TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB WAS FOUNDED IN 1889 , WON MID DERBYSHIRE LEAGUE 1906-07 pts 32

MORTON AMATEURS FOOTBALL CLUB 1909 DERBYSHIRE

PINXTON UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB 1907-8

SOUTH NORMANTON, FROM THE DVDs – BY THE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962

HAMLET LANE SCHOOL, SOUTH NORMANTON

HILCOTE COLLIERY, 1920 NEAR SOUTH NORMATON

HILCOTE, COKE OVENS, NEAR SOUTH NORMANTON

CROMFORD ROAD, RIPLEY

NEW STREET SCHOOL, GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH,THE SALVATION ARMY, IN SOUTH NORMANTON

THE SANDS, SKEGNESS 1906

BAKEWELL BRIDGE

KIRKBY HALL, NEAR ALFRETON, ALSO KNOWN AS RED HALL, NOW DEMOLISHED

BUTTERLEY RESERVOIR, RIPLEY

SUTTON IN ASHFIELD, W. CHADBURN THE BUTCHER

MORTON CHURCH, ALL PHOTOS BY THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962

THE TOP OF BALL HILL, SOUTH NORMANTON 1988, MR STEEL THE FARMER AND HIS BULL, I TOLD THE FARMER, ALL YOUR FIELDS, WILL BE HOUSING, THE OLD FARMER REPLIED, YES YOU WILL BE RIGHT.

NOTTINGHAM ROAD, RIPLEY

ROSE COTTAGE, PINXTON AND FLOOD

SOUTH NORMANTON, MARKET STREET

KING WILLIAM STREET, IRONVILLE

 

GREENHILL LANE, RIDDINGS

NOTTINGHAM ROAD, SOMERCOTES

SHIRLAND COLLIERY 1864 to 1965, PHOTO 1920

GEORGE STREET, RIDDINGS

SOUTH NORMANTON, CHURCH STREET 1960

SOUTH NORMANTON, CHURCH STREET 1960

NEW FALL STREET, HUTHWAITE – PHOTOS ARE FROM THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962 DVDs

SOUTH NORMANTON, BACK OF THE GREYHOUND, AT THE FLOWER SHOW

SOUTH NORMANTON, IN THE GREYHOUND

1912 THE GREAT STRIKE BEGINS, TWO THOUSAND DERBYSHIRE MINERS ” DOWN TOOLS ” AND DESERT THE PITS

ALFRETON

HIGH STREET, ALFRETON, THE EMPIRE CINEMA, WAS OPENED IN 1922 AND DEMOLISED IN 1986

ALFRETON, THE SHOP IT’S NOW THE BLUE BELL

THE WORKERS – KING COAL

SUTTON

SOUTH NORMANTON, STORTH LANE, AT SYCAMORE FARM

MAREHAY

1939 THE SWIMMING POOL, BUTLINS HOLIDAY CAMP, SKEGNESS

1978 HEATED SWIMMING POOL, DERBYSHIRE MINERS HOLIDAY CENTRE, SKEGNESS

ON THE RIVER, AT MATLOCK BATH

THE BEACH INGOLDMELLS POINT

MANSFIELD MARKET

SKEGNESS, YOU CAN GO OUT WITH AN OLD ” SALT ” AND TRY YOUR LUCK AT BRINGING IN CROMER CRABS

SOUTH NORMANTON, CARNFIELD HALL

CLAY CROSS COLLIERS ARRIVING AT THE TOP OF THE SHAFT AFTER A DAYS WORK

1937 SOUTH NORMANTON

PINXTON – ALL PHOTOS ARE WITH MICRODOTS IDENTIFICATION AND ARE NOT FOR RESALE, COPYRIGHTS LAWS – ALL THE BEST FROM THE DERBYSHIRE BOTTLE AND POSTCARD CLUB 1962.

SOUTH NORMANTON ” 1C

A MATLOCK BATH POSTCARD

ALFRETON, KING STREET

DUG BY ANDREW, A CODD BOTTLE

DUG BY ANDREW

ALFRETON, HIGH STREET

ALFRETON, KING STREET AND ONE OF THE HORSE FAIRS

ALFRETON, HIGH STREET

ALFRETON, HIGH STREET

ALFRETON, HIGH STREET

ALFRETON, KING STREET

ALFRETON, KING STREET

ALFRETON KING STREET

ALFRETON COLLIERY 1920

FISHING AT NUTBROOK CANAL 1960s

ALFRETON

ALFRETON, HIGH STREET, ON THE LEFT WAS THE TRAVELLERS REST

SOUTH-NORMANTON

ALFRETON, ON THE RIGHT WAS THE MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN BY MELVYN WATSON

ALFRETON,

LEABROOKS

ALFRETON, THE RED LION, BEER DRINKING HOUSE ON THE LEFT

ALFRETON, MANSFIELD ROAD

LUGGYSBESTBUYS – WE BUY OLD BOTTLES AND POSTCARDS

SOMERCOTES

LEABROOKS

OLD BOTTLES BY ANDREW

MATLOCK BATH

BY THE RIVER

MANSFIELD

CHESTERFIELD, KNIFESMITH GATE

ALFRETON, A RED SKY, ON LUGGYSBESTBUYS

PINXTON, BROOKHILL LANE, 1966

ALFRETON, THE WESLEYAN CHURCH, ON THE RIGHT

ALFRETON, ON THE LEFT, THE BLUE BELL

ALFRETON, THE CASTLE HOTEL ON THE LEFT

ON THE BEACH SKEGNESS

THE OPENING OF ALFRETON RAILWAY STATION IN THE 1890s

ALFRETON, KING STREET

ALFRETON, KING STREET

SKEGNESS THE GOOD OLD DAYS

ALFRETON

PENNY TOWN SOMERCOTES

THE WORKERS

ALFRETON

OLD BOTTLES AND POSTCARDS ON SHOW

STONE FLAGON

ALFRETON

ALFRETON HALL

ALFRETON

ALFRETON

ALFRETON

ALFRETON 1969

ALFRETON, KING STREET

SKEGNESS

ON THE BEACH SKEGNESS

DON’T WE, JUST LOVE SKEGNESS

PINXTON

PINXTON

PINXTON

9 Responses to “DOWN MEMORY LANE PHOTOS FROM THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH NORMANTON – PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY- Copyrights on photos – Please click photos to view full size – Sorry we don’t do any copy reprints”

  1. avril November 28, 2013 at 4:08 pm #

    brilliant. thankyou so much for making this collection available to all.

  2. dorothy baxter November 27, 2014 at 11:52 pm #

    brilliant photos came upon by chance looking for photos of Shirland church

  3. Stephen Harris December 22, 2014 at 1:41 pm #

    Abosolutely fascinating veiwing.

  4. mr andre bradley March 10, 2015 at 5:43 pm #

    WELL DONE , A REALLY COMPREHENSIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF YOUR LOCAL DISTRICTS . regards , Andre Bradley

  5. Derrick Taylor June 19, 2015 at 5:13 pm #

    I would like to thank all the people who took time to take photographs of our past recording it for future children to see how there ancestors lived and enjoyed themselves also all who created this site for all to see and enjoy.

  6. Jennie Atkinson September 17, 2015 at 12:05 pm #

    I wasnt born in South Normanton, but i have lived here for many years and i love the place and have really enjoyed the photos. Thank you.
    Jennifer Atkinson

  7. Graeme October 27, 2015 at 10:46 am #

    Brilliant collection!

  8. Theresa Neal February 19, 2016 at 1:00 pm #

    Hi, I’m wondering if anyone can help please. I’m tracing my family history and have a postcard type photo of a lady with twins on her lap,who must be a relative of mine,but I’ve no ifea who they are. The only clue I have is on the back of this postcard it’s stamped ” photo by H.Naylor ,Pye Bridge. I’m hoping someone might be able to tell me the dates he was a photographer there please. It would help me to narrow down the search a bit. Many thanks, Theresa Neal

  9. Robert Jones May 26, 2016 at 9:28 am #

    Thank you so much for all these wonderful photographs, they’ve been a real help when researching my Alfreton family history.

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