by Robert Mee | Jan 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Our latest display at Heanor Library is on pubs which have disappeared – not just closed as a business, but where the building itself has gone. Many of these from the last 20 years, but some of them closed over 100 years ago. The display covers the whole of the...
by Robert Mee | Jan 9, 2025 | Latest News, Shipley
It’s amazing how we continue to receive photos relating to Britannia Park, even though the park itself only lasted for a few weeks in 1985. This group of photos, sent to us a few years ago by Andy Moon, show aspects that we’ve not seen documented before....
by Robert Mee | Dec 2, 2024 | Latest News, Marlpool and Langley
The Langley Methodist Church held a regular gala or carnival during the 1950s, and this photograph, taken on Ella Bank Road, shows the procession heading towards the gala site at the bottom of Breach Road. The Carnival Queen in 1954 was Marian Burford, of Aldercar....
by Robert Mee | Aug 23, 2024 | Latest News
Our stall at Ilkeston Library today attracted a lot of attention, with displays on the Ilkeston and Heanor Water Board, Heanor Library, and Shipley. As well as dealing with queries from visitors, we also had a number of old newsletters available, and a collection of...
by Robert Mee | Jul 31, 2024 | Latest News, Uncategorized
To celebrate the 120th anniversary of the opening of Ilkeston Library, on 24 August 1904, there will be a local history event on the Friday, from 10.00am till 2.00pm. Heanor & District Local History Society will be there, along with a small display of photographs...
