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Lady Of Baslow and Lost Friendship In Time

It was 12May1967 when I first received a beautiful letter from her. She was a high school student and I was in the 1st yr of Engineering. Her name was Miss Elizabeth Noton. She with her widow mother used to live at 13, West End, Baslow. She lost her father when she was a child. Her mother raised her. She was the only child of her parents. She was as natural as any element of mother nature. She was simple, pious and above all relegious. I remember her favourite pastime was Bell Ringing in a nearby church. We used to write each other perhaps once in a month as it was very difficult for both of us to afford postal costs ...read more here
A memory of Baslow contributed by Sitanshu Mohan Banerjee

Whereabout of Lady of Baslow

My memory having title "Lady Of Baslow and Lost Friendship In Time" was published on 25.01.08 that describes my friendship with Ms Elizabeth Noton who used to reside at 13, West End, Baslow, Bakewell, Darbyshire, England in 1967. We were in touch up to 1973 but suddenly our contact snapped due to many obvious reasons. I shall be very glad if anyone can give me any information about her. After all we are human beings and any good friend will always search for his/her good friend if he/she is lost in the crowd of the world. In 1967 I was 20 yrs old and she probably was 15 yrs old and today I'm 61 yrs old and probably she will be ...read more here
A memory of Baslow contributed by Sitanshu Mohan Banerjee

When I lived in Grindleford

My father was policeman in Grindleford from 1952 to 1956, I was almost 5 years old when we moved there and my sister was 10 years old. We lived in the first red brick house on the hill going out of the village to Eyam.  I went to the village school and was in the G.F.S., I can't remember the lady who was our leader but I remember how kind she was.  My mother received a commendation for manning the phone whilst my father and other police were chasing and catching a criminal who had escaped and was on the hills nearby.  I don't remember too much although I do remember my father, who was on duty at the time, riding ...read more here
A memory of Grindleford contributed by jennifer mosley

Birthplace.

Hathersage, Nether Hall 1902

My Uncle Charles and my father James Scott  were born at Nether Hall in the early 1900's. The family was in service to Sir Henry Longman. The main family residence was Shendish House in Apsley,Hertfordshire where my grandfather,William Scott was coachman and head of the stables.  All the horses owned by the Longmans were given a name beginning with L.  My own grandaughter has a wooden rocking horse, named Larkspur, after my father's favourite mare.
A memory of Hathersage contributed by Barbara Gill

Extracts From Calver & Derbyshire books

Calver, Cliff College c1950

A view from the gardens of the imposing front of Cliff College at Calver, in the valley of the River Derwent, near Bakewell. This Methodist institution has a fine record for the training of ministers and teachers, and is now used for conferences and many other secular events.
An extract from from"Derbyshire Revisited Photographic Memories".

Darley Dale, General View c1955

This distant view was taken from the north of the linear village of Darley Dale, which spreads along the A6 north of Matlock on the road to Bakewell. Riber Castle can be seen on the distant horizon to the left.
An extract from from"Matlock Photographic Memories".

Cromford, Willersley Castle from Cromford Bridge c1884

Another view from Cromford Bridge of Willersley Castle, this time seen peeping above the trees. A stone on the bridge marks the spot where Benjamin Heywood went straight into the river as he returned home on horseback in 1697, and emerged unscathed.
An extract from from"Matlock Photographic Memories".

Matlock Bath, General View 1892

Another general view of Matlock Bath, looking up towards the wooded Heights of Abraham on the skyline. The Heights of Abraham were named by a soldier who fought with General Wolfe at his famous victory at Quebec in 1759.
An extract from from"Matlock Photographic Memories".

Matlock Bath, Lover's Walk 1892

The tree-lined walks by the side of the River Derwent known as the Lovers’ Walks have been popular with visitors since the town became a tourist honeypot in the 19th century. They are still popular today, not least with the groups of leather-suited motorcyclists who have made Matlock Bath their adopted weekend home.
An extract from from"Matlock Photographic Memories".