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...
by Robert Mee | Jul 9, 2024 | Latest News
Pride of place in the first display, on the history of Heanor Grammar School, that the Society put on at Heanor Library (in May 2024), were two commemorative plates presented to Geoffrey Stone, B.A., J.P. That display has now been replaced (and we hope to change the...
by Robert Mee | Jun 12, 2024 | Latest News, Visits
Walk up Angel Row in Nottingham, past the Bell Inn from the Market Place. You probably won’t notice it, but between the Barnardo’s Charity Shop and Nandos there is a doorway, a door into the past. The Society’s trip this year was a visit to the...
