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 hello@ctrlaltdesign.uk | May 20, 2024 | History by Area
Heanor has existed for a millennium or more, but has changed much in its layout over the years – the focus on the town-centre is only a century old. In the nineteenth century, Heanor consisted of a number of groups of habitations, many of which had their...
by hello@ctrlaltdesign.uk | May 20, 2024 | Smalley
Stainsby House is no more, though there is a modern building of that name (see below). Stainsby is actually in Horsley Woodhouse, rather than Smalley, but since the eventual occupiers of this mansion were major landowners in Smalley and were also the patrons of...
by hello@ctrlaltdesign.uk | May 20, 2024 | Smalley
The Jacobites in Smalley Few people would readily associate the village of Smalley, situated about two miles west of Heanor, with Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 – but there is a clear link. During the winter of 1745, Charles Edward...
by hello@ctrlaltdesign.uk | May 20, 2024 | Shipley
A major part of Britannia Park was to be a “Showcase of Britain”, and numerous craftsmen took on displays and shops as part of this promotion. Following the publication of our original Britannia Park webpage, we were contacted by one of the original...
