Each page in this section is linked back to here.
It is also linked to the previous page and the next one, so all you
need to do is to click on any one of the links below and you can navigate
easily.
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Phoebe Bown, 1771 - 1854
One of Matlock's more unusual characters, Phoebe stood out from the crowd. She could play the flute, the violoncello, and harpsichord and was largely self educated. She broke horses, rode and farmed |
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Harold Joseph Cook
One of the young men of Matlock who died in the Great War |
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Donegani
Group Portrait of this Matlock Bath family, with names, taken
about 1900. Some of the family emigrated to Canada |
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Mr. Chippett's School at Riber
Castle
A photograph of the staff and pupils (almost all named) of Riber
School, 1918 as well as a description of what it was like to
be a pupil by the late Richard Beaumont |
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Matlock Board School Pupils, ca,
1898
Matlock Board School, Ist Class Boys photographed outside their
newly built school on Chesterfield Road with the headmaster,
Edwin Davis |
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Matlock Bank
Primitive Methodist Church, 'Young Mens' Class' about 1904 |
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Matlock Primitive Methodist
Prize Choir of 1910/11 |
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Church Group, visiting Ashbourne
No date, but about 1925-28. Can you help us identify anyone
in the photograph? We think it is of All Saints' parishioners.
They are being entertained by the Vicar of Ashbourne |
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Matlock County
Junior School, about 1931
The girls of Standard VII, with their class teacher and the
headmaster |
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Matlock County Infant
School Band, about 1935/6/7 *New*
Only a handful of people are known, so if you recognise anyone
please let the webmistress know. |
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Matlock Council School,
1936 *New*
There are no names supplied with this photograph, so if you
recognise anyone please let the webmistress know. |
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Matlock Council School,
1938 *New*
Can you help with names? |
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Matlock Council
Junior School, about 1939 *New*
Many of the pupils here are the same children who were in the
Infant School Band photograph. Can you help with names? |
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Matlock Carnival, 1936 |
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Matlock & District Amateur
Operatic Society, 1930s *New*
Photographs of some of the chorus in two productions |
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Garden Party at Matlock Rectory
Edwardian parishioners attending a summer garden party. Five
photographs from the album of Mrs. Wildgoose |
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Canon Kewley & His Sisters
The Rector of Matlock and two of his sisters, with biographical
notes. From the album of Mrs. Wildgoose |
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Matlock Bath:
Men's Cricket Team, 1930-3
Players, officials and supporters. Many names provided |
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Matlock Bath's Glove Factory
Originally in the Pavilion, the factory later moved to a building
on the other side of the Fishpond. Photograph of some of the
girls who worked there about 1930 |
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Matlock Bath Pavilion &
the Schools Mobile Library
The bus provided a wonderful service for Derbyshire schoolchildren.
Photo of the first driver and one of the librarians |
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Miss Florence Nightingale
"The Lady With the Lamp" as a young woman |
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Photographers
Matlock and Matlock Bath's early photographers and some of their
pictures. The thumbnail (left) is of the Potter family, taken
by Mr. Hilder, some of whom emigrated to Canada |
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Rockside Staff Ball
Shows the New Year's Staff party around the outbreak of the
Second World War |
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Unnamed Lady
Do you know who she was? She was photographed somewhere near
Rockside Steps, Matlock |
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Mrs. Mary Whittaker
Aërated Water Manufacturer in Matlock Bath - of Tordale
and "Whittaker's Pop" |
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Mrs. Mary Widdowson
of Upper Wood, Matlock Bath |
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Mrs. Robert Wildgoose, with
biographical notes about both Mrs. Wildgoose and her husband.
There's even a little about her car. From the album of Mrs.
Wildgoose |
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Mrs. Wildgoose's Servants
Five photographs of Mrs. Wildgoose's female employees, with
names. From the album of Mrs. Robert Wildgoose |