Derbyshire Collection

Returning evacuee children wave goodbye to Derby as their train moves out, bound for London and their homes. 15th June 1945

Cliff Yeomans of Ashbourne, West Hallam ploughing match. 15th September 1986

Neighbours Mrs Moria Foster (left) and Mrs Phillis Tanner chat over the garden wall on the new housing estate built in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. 5th June 1963

A gas mask for the use of people who breathe through a tracheal tube in the throat has been designed by Inspector S.E. Bentley, the Derby A.R.P. organiser, and Mr. H. Hall, the head warden for No

Clearing snow off railway lines at Hartington, Derbyshire Peak District, England, during the harsh winter of 1947, using the recently developed Jet Engine

Rolls Royce and Railway staff, carrying out trials with a jet engine to clear snow off railway lines, Derbyshire Peak District, England, during the harsh winter of 1947

Auxiliary fire service unit in action during the A. R. P. exercises at Derby 15th May 1939
Auxiliary fire service unit in action during the A.R.P. exercises at Derby 15th May 1939

Barrage balloons a new addition to the Derby skyline. 15th October 1939 Taken from the roof of the Derby Evening Telegraph, Northcliffe House

A peep inside the dug-out air raid shelter at Borrowash 15th October 1939

Specialist removing blue asbestos from two vintage steam train - Midland Railway Trust at Butterley. 15th September 1988

Brailsford ploughing match 15th October 1963

Greyhound Stadium Vernon Street, Derby just before the last meeting was held. 7th December 1988

West Hallam ploughing match 15th June 1950 - David Neal for Hinkley

Lord Lothian starts the a Medieval football game played annually on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday in the town of Ashbourne in Derbyshire The Ashbourne game also known as " hugball" has

West Hallam ploughing match the only woman in ploughing competition Ann Sale of Draycolt in the clay 15th October 1981

Sheffield Automobile Club outside the Ashopton Inn, Derwent, Derbyshire in 1904, now submerged under the Ladybower Reservoir

The Beatles concert at The Pavilion Gardens Ballroom, Buxton, Derbyshire, 19th October 1963. Police officers pluck a girl who was fainted, out of the crowd

Indian Troops in camp in Derbyshire. They are giving a demonstration in throwing molotov cocktails. A training exercise of throwing what would be ammunition in real warfare

Picture shows a red hot Bren gun carrier track links being hardened to withstand the constant wear. The Universal Carrier

Queues for bread on VJ day in Derby. 15th August 1945

Czecho-Slovakia Crisis (Sept. 13-29, 1938. ) A. R. P. measures taken in Derby as members of
Czecho-Slovakia Crisis (Sept.13-29, 1938.) A.R.P. measures taken in Derby as members of the public queue for gas masks at St. Dunstains Schools, Derby 15th September 1938

Qualcast Ltd, A. R. P. test at works in Victory Road, Derby 15th October 1939
Qualcast Ltd, A.R.P. test at works in Victory Road, Derby 15th October 1939

Air raid wardens at one of their posts during the A. R. P. exercises in Derby
Air raid wardens at one of their posts during the A.R.P. exercises in Derby. 15th May 1939

Sandbags to the left, sandbags to the right, and sandbags all around. They are everywhere in Derby. This huge pile is seen against the walls of the Derby Borough Police. 15th September 1939

Somewhere in Derbyshire - Carpentry tools, varnish and paints line the walls of the woodwork room of a school in Derbyshire, where children, evacuated from the Manchester district

A wayward barrage balloon is brought under control in the Dean Street area of Derby. 15th October 1939

Some of the 800 children have been evacuated from a bombed Midlands city, taking in their new surroundings when they arrived Ripley.15th November 1940

New recruits soon get into their stride and swing along smartly on the Parade ground, Normanton Barracks, Derby. 15th January 1940

Housewife Baling waste paper into neat bundle in Derby 15th October 1939 Paper recycling was also important in the Second World War huge demands were put upon British timber stocks

Excavations for air raid shelters at Parkfields Cedars School, Derby. 15th November 1939

Cellars of serval firms in Derby are being rapidly adapted as public air raid shelters. Here is a view of the old wine vaults of Messrs. Alton and Co. Ltd

Black Out Novelty - Mr. A. K. Finchem of the Robin Hood Inn, Alfreton, has hit upon a novel idea of making his car visible after nightfall

A Trent Motor Traction Company tableau movers through the crowds in Derby Market Place part of the The Hospital Carnival. Circa 1925

A Trent Motor Traction Company tableau movers through the crowds in Derby Market Place part of the The Hospital Carnival. Circa 1925

Apprentice at the British Rail Research Laboratories electrically testing a rail fastening assembly. 18th May 1964

Jacko 1926 Class 3 locomotive at the Midland Railway Centre. 15th March 1982

Brailsford ploughing match 15th October 1970

Locomotive Witherslack Hall seen here close to Derby 15th June 1950

The Bahamas - Locomotive pulls into Midland Railway centre 15th May 1989

Anne Tomlin - West Hallam ploughing & hedgecutting competition at Ockbrook 15th September 1968

Roy Holmes retired driver behind the control of the Tulyar deltic engine. 15th October 1988

The Locomotive of the Patriot Class, which will be named " The Derbyshire Yeomanry" by Sir Ian Walker, Colonel of the Regiment at a ceremony at Derby Midland Station tomorrow afternoon at

Tractor ploughing 15th June 1985

A Stanier 5 locomotive The Mancunian leaving Derby 15th October 1988

Greyhound trainer with his dog No Stranger at the last meeting at the Derby Greyhound Stadium. 7th December 1988

Brailsford ploughing match 15th October 1961

Churchward GWR design 4MT. locomotive "Fury"
Churchward GWR design 4MT. locomotive " Fury" the latest railway monster 15th June 1925

Derby Market Hall, 15th January 1989

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