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Newsletter 74 - July 2022
The next newsletter will be distributed at the meeting on 7 July and available here on the same day.
Chaddesden Park in the late 1950s
Cavendish Close Infants School, Felix buses, Roe Farm Estate
post boxes, Church Lane, Post Office, Royal Mail, water supply. springs, wells, pumps, Yourbus,
Sussex Circus co-op
Oldest Letter Box, mystery roof feature, Roe Farm Estate, Matthew Walker Christmas puddings, Thomas Anthony, Stanley Building Blocks, Derek Palmer
WW1 Commemoration Bench unveiling, Roe Farm Estate, Derby Road Construction Company, House names, Morley Road School
Constitution, Wood Farm pillar, Meadow Lane footbridge
Moor House, Convent, Roe Farm Estate, Old Derby prints, Chaddesden Lane roadworks, Wagon Repair Workshop
Felix, Notts & Derby bus route 11, Derby Co-op Home Deliveries, Charles Aslin, St John's Avenue, answer to Silk Mill puzzle
Mayfield Road, Silk Mill puzzle
Nottingham Road checkpoint, Hampshire Road, Everard Walter Johnson, Nicholas de Chaddesden, Archdeacon's Bed, Roe Farm Estate
Wyvern, Wagon Repair Workshop, William Green, Roe Farm Estate, Frank Porter, Churchyard Wall
Derwent Railway Bridge, Poyser Avenue, Thomas Poyser, Chaddesden Grammar School, Village Stocks, Max Road, Jubilee Club, Harry Farrell, Harry Leuty
Max Road, the Chaddesden end of the Stanley Colliery Tramway, the Boundary between Consecrated and Unconsecrated Ground in Nottingham Road Cemetery
Jubilee Club Fruit, Vegetable and Flower Show, Buckingham Palace Garden Party, Round the Village Green
Wagon Repair Workshop fire, 5 Valley Road, Winding the Church Clock, Railway Avoiding Chaddesden (Derby Curve)
Capability Brown, Wilmot family, Gordon Mills Bowley, Chaddesden Park Artworks, William (Bill) Lamb
1928 Borough boundary extension, John Crosby, Ripley Rattlers, Vince Mills' Christmas, Charles and Winifred Abrahart
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
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
Derby Local Studies Library, Thatching Field Lane cottages, Creamery, Cemetery, Brooklyn Avenue, Brookfield Avenue, Ismay Road, Gloria cinema, John Burrows
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
Auxiliary Fire Service Cavendish Close Junior School, Education, United Reformed Church, Eyam , David Shaw Co-op, 177 Chaddesden Lane
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
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
Cherry Tree Hill School, Oakridge Allotments, Tony Bannister - graphics designer, Isolation Hospital
United Reformed Church, Oakridge Allotments, Ghost, School Photograph
Cavendish Close football team, Alf Looms scrapyard, Round Robin, Mayfield Road Children's Christmas Party 1928
Chaddesden Sidings, Janet Taylor, Bangor Street, ARP office, air-raid shelters, William Hodgkin, wheelwright, The Lockage, Thankful Villages, Peter Tolson
Oxo House, John Graham, Max Road, Drama Groups, Wellington Bomber Crew Memorial, Stanley
Spinning Wheel, Wood Road, Bradcar Mill, Tree Tops Club
Archaeological Dig at Brook Farm, Bradcar Mill, Piggy Back School, Derby Local Studies Library
St Mary's Church Choir, Bradcar Mill, Chaddesden Lane, St Valentine's Day
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
Nottingham Road, Cavendish Close School, Conscription, Population, 1911 Census, Cemetery Hill Post Office, Piggy Back School, Chaddesden Lane
Wilmot graves, Derbyshire Record Office, Cavendish Close School, Park, Colin Gardner, Library Demolition
school datestone, St Mary's churchyard wall, Sunnyside Cafe, Morley Road, Park 1939, Cemetery, landslip, Boundary House
Chesterfield Arms, Nottingham Road, War Memorial, Cemetery, landslip, Library
Rettemoy Farm, St Mary's Church
Scouts, United Reformed Church, ARP Post, Spondon House School
Tiny Hall farm, Jubilee Club, Majestic Cinema, Cherry Tree Hill, Capt George A Pare, Asst Scoutmaster, Chaddesden Ladies Tuesday Club, Tony Weaver
Highfield Cottages, Taylor's Bell Foundry, 1953 Coronation, Barbara Marson
Chaddesden Park, Paddling Pool, Gertrude Road, pre-fab houses, Wilmot plate, Church Lane, Coffin Road
Home Guard, Spondon House Central School, Felix Buses, Chaddesden Wood
St Mark's Church, 27th Scouts, Doctors
Derwent School, Derwent Street, Nottingham Road, Trolley Buses, Cemetery car park, Ordish Avenue, Rettemoy Farm
Morley Road, Derby Local Studies Library, Colin Campbell, Cemetery, Jean Moss, Remembrance Day, Chaddesden Park
VE Party, Wilsthorpe Road, William Henry Downing, Paddy Mcmahon, showjumper, Battle of River Trent, Rita Johnson
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.)
Waste Gate Lane, Olive Eden, Oswald Moseley, Carlin family, website launch, Robert Taft, farmer, Maureen Hunt, Pam Bowler
Chaddesden Hall, C H Cooper, builder, Max Nepolski, Max Road, Margaret Poyser
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
Heritage Lottery Fund Grant, Chaddesden Sidings, Melbourne Hall, Henry Scattergood's will, Wayzgoose, Gladys Olive Gilbert
Scout Parade, Magistrates Court, Don Shaw, Cherry Tree Hill School, Chaddesden Park bomb, Penicillin Chewing Gum
James Ashworth, Highfield House, Miners Lamp, Kraft House, 57 Lime Grove, John Berrysford Close
Cherry Tree Hill School
British Postal Museum, Charles Carlin, Andrew Bailey, Cemetery, Steve Bloomer's grave
Molson, railway guard, Wilmot family, Majestic Cinema
Jubilee Club, Wilmot Arms, Henry Wilmot VC
Locko Park, Chaddesden Mill, Steve Bloomer
Creamery, Wilsthorpe Road street party
Demolition of Nottingham Road children's nursery, Chadesden Barley Water, Deryck Morley
Willersley Castle, Chaddesden Park Carnival 1946, Dr Rudge, Valley Road police houses
Newsletter 10 - Late Summer 2008
Sandra Rainsford, Enoch Stone
Highfield Cottages, Mission Room, Marie Garner, Derby Cathedral, Bridge Chapel
shops and businesses, Ken Garner, Spondon School foundation stone, Heage Windmill
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
Council House, Local taxi firms, Linda Crosby
Pride Park Football Stadium, Cinemas, Derby Canal, John Crosby
Nottingham Road Fire Station, Local taxi firms
Nottingham Road Fire Station, Chaddesden Hall
Chaddesden Library, Wartime rations
Creation of Historical Group, VE Celebrations, Willetts Road, Highfield Cottages
