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I am the boy on the bike!
I am the lad on the bike in this photo. I remember the photographer standing in the road with a camera on a tripod. I know for def it was a Saturday morning because it was my job to fetch the bread from Stoppards the butchers/bakers every Saturday morning.
Contributed by peterkane Last name
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I am the boy on the bike!
I am the lad on the bike in this photo. I remember the photographer standing in the road with a camera on a tripod. I know for def it was a Saturday morning because it was my job to fetch the bread from Stoppards the butchers/bakers every Saturday morning.
A memory of South Normanton contributed by peterkane Last name
King Street
Between 1959 - 1977 I lived on King Street. My mother fondly described our house as the one behind the iron railings. We sold plants and tomatoes from the good sized garden which backed onto Painters farm. One side was the Undertakers/woodyard and the other The Railway Public House. Opposite was Taylors Corn Store and above that Speeds Car Show Room. I played with children from Devonshire Terrace in Alfreton Park. I remember the Church Methodists parades and Prince Philip opening the baths when we sat and lined King Street. Also the annual floats in Alfreton Park.
I would be pleased to correspond with anyone who has these memories.
Lynn Stokes (nee Moore)
A memory of Alfreton contributed by First name Last name
Swans Row
I was born on Swans Row, also known as Berryford Place. I would love to go back there, I know the M1 runs through it now but the back roads are still there. I need to know how to get there now, I now live in Manchester, hope someone can help me find my birth place.
A memory of Alfreton contributed by patrick norrey
Extracts From South Normanton & Derbyshire books
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".
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".
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".
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".
The Fishpond has been a central feature of Matlock Bath since the village became an important resort and spa in the late
18th and early 19th centuries. The hotel opposite takes its name from the pond.
An extract from from"Matlock Photographic Memories".