I’ve always liked Totnes
I’ve always liked Totnes. Especially the Tudor Butterwalk, the Babbage room in the museum and walking by the river. I confess however that I’d not noticed the castle until the last time I visited...
View ArticleA hunt in the centre of Spondon
I’m unable to date this photograph of my father’s exactly, but my guess is that it will be from the late 1940s or early 1950s. I can’t imagine a hunt ever managing to make its…Continue Reading The post...
View ArticleA snowy Spondon Methodist Church
One of the other astonishing¹ photographs found in my father’s collection yesterday is this view of Spondon Methodist Church. It’s scanned from a small print as the negative seems to be missing. I...
View ArticleR H Moss ghost sign
While picking up a new pair of glasses this morning, I spotted this ghost sign in Long Eaton. It’s located on the Claye Street side of the building that was, until fairly recently, the Miss…Continue...
View ArticleA 1940s Spondon Carnival
Three photographs from a Spondon Carnival of the late 1940s. The first two images show the procession emerging from Cambridge Street onto Willowcroft Road. The third picture is the Celanese float,...
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