Chaddesden Historical Group
Newsletters Archive
Chaddesden Historical Group
Newsletters Archive
This is an archive of newsletters produced by the former Chaddesden Historical Group.
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Newsletter 81 - August 2024
Lees Brook, Brook Farm, Chaddesden Brook
Newsletter 80 - June 2024
Committee changes at the AGM, measurements of area - acres, roods, perches and hectares
Newsletter 79 - November 2023
Addresses, House Names and Numbers
Newsletter 78 - August 2023
August Wedding at St Mary's, Dentists, Facebook
Newsletter 77 - May 2023
Chaddesden Park Road, 1953 Coronation Day memories
Newsletter 76 - February 2023
Almshouses, web site, Ken Garner obituary, Nottingham Road buses
Newsletter 75 - November 2022
Scanning the Archives
Newsletter 74 - July 2022
Along the Front (Nottingham Road shops), Shops database
Newsletter 73 - April 2022
Chaddesden Park in the late 1950s
Newsletter 72 - May 2020
Cavendish Close Infants School, Felix buses, Roe Farm Estate
Newsletter 71 - February 2020
post boxes, Church Lane, Post Office, Royal Mail, water supply. springs, wells, pumps, Yourbus, Sussex Circus co-op
Newsletter 70 - November 2019
Oldest Letter Box, mystery roof feature, Roe Farm Estate, Matthew Walker Christmas puddings,
Thomas Anthony, Stanley Building Blocks, Derek Palmer
Newsletter 69 - August 2019
WW1 Commemoration Bench unveiling, Roe Farm Estate, Derby Road Construction Company, House names, Morley Road School
Newsletter 68 - May 2019
Constitution, Wood Farm pillar, Meadow Lane footbridge
Newsletter 67 - February 2019
Moor House, Convent, Roe Farm Estate, Old
Derby prints, Chaddesden Lane roadworks, Wagon Repair Workshop
Newsletter 66 - November 2018
Felix, Notts & Derby bus route 11, Derby
Co-op Home Deliveries, Charles Aslin, St John's Avenue,
answer to Silk Mill puzzle
Newsletter 65 - August 2018
Mayfield Road, Silk Mill puzzle
Newsletter 64 - June 2018
Nottingham Road checkpoint, Hampshire Road,
Everard Walter Johnson, Nicholas de Chaddesden, Archdeacon's
Bed, Roe Farm Estate
Newsletter 63 - March 2018
Wyvern, Wagon Repair Workshop, William Green,
Roe Farm Estate, Frank Porter, Churchyard Wall
Newsletter 62 - December 2017
Derwent Railway Bridge, Poyser Avenue, Thomas
Poyser, Chaddesden Grammar School, Village Stocks, Max Road,
Jubilee Club, Harry Farrell, Harry Leuty
Newsletter 61 - October 2017
Max Road, the Chaddesden end of the Stanley Colliery Tramway, the Boundary between Consecrated and
Unconsecrated Ground in Nottingham Road Cemetery
Newsletter 60 - July 2017
Jubilee Club Fruit, Vegetable and Flower
Show, Buckingham Palace Garden Party, Round the Village Green
Newsletter 59 - May 2017
Wagon Repair Workshop fire, 5 Valley Road,
Winding the Church Clock, Railway Avoiding Chaddesden (Derby Curve)
Newsletter 58 - February 2017
Capability Brown, Wilmot family, Gordon Mills
Bowley, Chaddesden Park Artworks, William (Bill) Lamb
Newsletter 57 - December 2016
1928 Borough boundary extension, John Crosby,
Ripley Rattlers, Vince Mills' Christmas, Charles and Winifred
Abrahart
Newsletter 56 - October 2016
Chaddesden Meadow, Chaddesden Sidings, Wyvern
Retail Park, Organising is a Pleasure by Linda Crosby
Newsletter 55 - June 2016 - 10th Anniversary Edition
Library, Lace Works Institute, Co-op Dairy,
1905 Map, Peregrine public house, Charles Mellors builder,
Chaddesden Park Primary School, Domesday Book, Census, House
Deeds, Parish Pump, Anzac Day, Highfields, Chaddesden
Residents in Australia, William George Toogood, Cowlishaw,
Wragg-Hearn marriage, United Reformed Church, Stanley Road
Newsletter 54 - April 2016
Hunt, Chaddesden Hall, Hartopp Holt,
Chaddesden Lane, Christchurch, New Zealand, Thomas Cowlishaw,
Wood Farm, Stoney Flatts Farm, Willetts, Friesian cattle,
Maisonettes, Wood Road fire hydrant, Georgina Eskdale
Newsletter 53 - February 2016
Derby Local Studies Library, Thatching Field
Lane cottages, Creamery, Cemetery, Brooklyn Avenue,
Brookfield Avenue, Ismay Road, Gloria cinema, John Burrows
Newsletter 52 - December 2015
Wilmot Chairs, Cherry Tree Hill Post Office,
Church Lane Post Box, Post Office, Charles Carlin, Moor
Grange, Kelham Hall, Southwell Minster, St Alban's Church,
Boys' Brigade, Girls' Brigade, Captain H. Fairlie, Gilbert's
Charity, Rights of Way
Newsletter 51 - October 2015
Auxiliary Fire Service Cavendish Close Junior
School, Education, United Reformed Church, Eyam , David Shaw
Co-op, 177 Chaddesden Lane
Newsletter 50 - August 2015
Co-op Chaddesden Lane / Wood Road, Highfield
House, Mr Lummas, milkman. Stoney Flatts Crescent, Mr
Dowling, Morley Road School, Cemetery, T D Arnold,
photographer, Twitchell, Kraft House, Ernie Jackson, Meadow
Lane Chip Shop, St John's Ambulance Hut
Newsletter 49 - June 2015
Trolley Bus Terminus, Creamery, Mrs Hough,
Buxton Road, air-raid shelters, National Fire Service,
Population, Tent dwellers, Wood Road tenancy conditions,
Twitchell, Cemetery, Meadow Lane, Chip Shop
Newsletter 48 - April 2015
Cherry Tree Hill School, Oakridge Allotments,
Tony Bannister - graphics designer, Isolation Hospital
Newsletter 47 - February 2015
United Reformed Church, Oakridge Allotments,
Ghost, School Photograph
Newsletter 46 - December 2014
Cavendish Close football team, Alf Looms
scrapyard, Round Robin, Mayfield Road Children's Christmas
Party 1928
Newsletter 45 - October 2014
Chaddesden Sidings, Janet Taylor, Bangor
Street, ARP office, air-raid shelters, William Hodgkin,
wheelwright, The Lockage, Thankful Villages, Peter Tolson
Newsletter 44 - August 2014
Oxo House, John Graham, Max Road, Drama
Groups, Wellington Bomber Crew Memorial, Stanley
Newsletter 43 - June 2014
Spinning Wheel, Wood Road, Bradcar Mill, Tree
Tops Club
Newsletter 42 - April 2014
Archaeological Dig at Brook Farm, Bradcar
Mill, Piggy Back School, Derby Local Studies Library
Newsletter 41 - February 2014
St Mary's Church Choir, Bradcar Mill,
Chaddesden Lane, St Valentine's Day
Newsletter 40 - December 2013
Home Guard, HMS Ark Royal, Coal rationing, St
Mary's Sunday School, Wilmot Christmas gifts, Co-op Farm and
Dairy, Women's Institute's 40th Anniversary, 1883 annual
ball, Vandalism
Newsletter 39 - October 2013
Nottingham Road, Cavendish Close School,
Conscription, Population, 1911 Census, Cemetery Hill Post
Office, Piggy Back School, Chaddesden Lane
Newsletter 38 - August 2013
Wilmot graves, Derbyshire Record Office,
Cavendish Close School, Park, Colin Gardner, Library
Demolition
Newsletter 37 - June 2013
school datestone, St Mary's churchyard wall,
Sunnyside Cafe, Morley Road, Park 1939, Cemetery, landslip,
Boundary House
Newsletter 36 - April 2013
Chesterfield Arms, Nottingham Road, War
Memorial, Cemetery, landslip, Library
Newsletter 35 - February 2013
Rettemoy Farm, St Mary's Church
Newsletter 34 - December 2012
Scouts, United Reformed Church, ARP Post,
Spondon House School
Newsletter 33 - October 2012
Tiny Hall farm, Jubilee Club, Majestic
Cinema, Cherry Tree Hill, Capt George A Pare, Asst
Scoutmaster, Chaddesden Ladies Tuesday Club, Tony Weaver
Newsletter 32 - August 2012
Highfield Cottages, Taylor's Bell Foundry,
1953 Coronation, Barbara Marson
Newsletter 31 - June 2012
Chaddesden Park, Paddling Pool, Gertrude
Road, pre-fab houses, Wilmot plate, Church Lane, Coffin Road
Newsletter 30 - April 2012
Home Guard, Spondon House Central School,
Felix Buses, Chaddesden Wood
Newsletter 29 - February 2012
St Mark's Church, 27th Scouts, Doctors
Newsletter 28 - December 2011
Derwent School, Derwent Street, Nottingham
Road, Trolley Buses, Cemetery car park, Ordish Avenue,
Rettemoy Farm
Newsletter 27 - October 2011
Morley Road, Derby Local Studies Library,
Colin Campbell, Cemetery, Jean Moss, Remembrance Day,
Chaddesden Park
Newsletter 26 - August 2011
VE Party, Wilsthorpe Road, William Henry
Downing, Paddy Mcmahon, showjumper, Battle of River Trent,
Rita Johnson
Newsletter 25 - June 2011
Victoria Cross, Catherine Rees, Roundhouse
visit, Frederick Downing, Brian Hayes, Keith Symes
(The front page
photograph that was believed to be of the Stanley Colliery
Tramway has since been identified as a Wickham Type 17
trolley and Type 17 trailer on the Friargate line at West
Hallam.)
Newsletter 24 - April 2011
Waste Gate Lane, Olive Eden, Oswald Moseley,
Carlin family, website launch, Robert Taft, farmer, Maureen
Hunt, Pam Bowler
Newsletter 23 - February 2011
Chaddesden Hall, C H Cooper, builder, Max
Nepolski, Max Road, Margaret Poyser
Newsletter 22 - December 2010
Chaddesden Lane, Hall, Ronald Binge, Latham's
Garage, School, Domesday Book, Catton Hall, Wilmot Almshouses
Charity, Engine Driver Memorial, Cemetery, Lucy Gannon,
Archives, Groundwork Project
Newsletter 21 - October 2010
Heritage Lottery Fund Grant, Chaddesden
Sidings, Melbourne Hall, Henry Scattergood's will, Wayzgoose,
Gladys Olive Gilbert
Newsletter 20 - August 2010
Scout Parade, Magistrates Court, Don Shaw,
Cherry Tree Hill School, Chaddesden Park bomb, Penicillin
Chewing Gum
Newsletter 19 - June 2010
James Ashworth, Highfield House, Miners Lamp,
Kraft House, 57 Lime Grove, John Berrysford Close
Newsletter 18 - April 2010
Cherry Tree Hill School
Newsletter 17 - February 2010
British Postal Museum, Charles Carlin, Andrew
Bailey, Cemetery, Steve Bloomer's grave
Newsletter 16 - December 2009
Molson, railway guard, Wilmot family,
Majestic Cinema
Newsletter 15 - August 2009
Jubilee Club, Wilmot Arms, Henry Wilmot VC
Newsletter 14 - Summer 2009
Locko Park, Chaddesden Mill, Steve Bloomer
Newsletter 13 - Spring 2009
Creamery, Wilsthorpe Road street party
Newsletter 12 - January 2009
Demolition of Nottingham Road children's
nursery, Chadesden Barley Water, Deryck Morley
Newsletter 11 - Autumn 2008
Willersley Castle, Chaddesden Park Carnival
1946, Dr Rudge, Valley Road police houses
Newsletter 10 - Late Summer 2008
Sandra Rainsford, Enoch Stone
Newsletter 9 - Summer 2008
Highfield Cottages, Mission Room, Marie
Garner, Derby Cathedral, Bridge Chapel
Newsletter 8 - Spring 2008
shops and businesses, Ken Garner, Spondon
School foundation stone, Heage Windmill
Newsletter 7 - Easter 2008
St Philip's Church, Jean Moss, Cherry Tree
Hill School, air-raid shelters, Chesapeake Methodist Church,
Raynesway searchlight battery, Creamery trolley buses, Sid
Marson, Morley Road School, Cavendish Close School
Newsletter 6 - Christmas 2007
Council House, Local taxi firms, Linda Crosby
Newsletter 5 - Autumn 2007
Pride Park Football Stadium, Cinemas, Derby Canal, John Crosby
Newsletter 4 - Spring 2007
Nottingham Road Fire Station, Local taxi firms
Newsletter 3 - Winter 2006
Nottingham Road Fire Station, Chaddesden Hall
Newsletter 2 - Autumn 2006
Chaddesden Library, Wartime rations
Newsletter 1 - Summer 2006
Creation of Historical Group, VE Celebrations, Willetts Road, Highfield Cottages
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