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I really enjoyed looking at the wonderful photos Andy has  posted of Derby- a wonderful history of the town adn the area when I could not find what I was looking for he pointed me in the correct direction.
it is a marvellous resource to browse and very comforting to know in the 21st century people are prepared to share images and knowledge - many thanks again for your help in my search for the old chapel in Victoria street.

Morag L Sutherland
Brora Scotland

Your site just blew me away!
What an amazing resource with so much effort behind it - thank you.
I am 51 and used to live in Hope Street before it, and the streets around, were all demolished.  5 generations of my family lived in the area.  I have been researching my family history and just typed "derby old photos" which took me to your excellent web site.  I will pass it on to my family.  I plan to buy a scanner to convert photo negatives into digital images. 
If I find any of my home town then I will defo pass them on to you.
Very well done and keep up the great work building a resource fot his and future generations.

Tom Wigley
Windsor, England

Great to see a picture of my old school, Vernon High School Friargate Derby, does anyone have any interior pictures of the school.
Have there been any renunion celebrations past or present would like to know, Percy Thrower, deceased TV gardening personality past student.
Tony Picard Wimbeldon tennis player and international tennis coach ex pupil of VHS.
School moto was Persevera Y Vinci: Persevere And Conquer

Malcom Roy Wallace
Marbella, Spain

Its worth joining friends reunited to find out.

Just wanted to say thanks for the website (I linked on to it from Wikipedia). Was looking at the VR photo of the demolished Baseball Ground and found it quite emotional, so many memories. My dad is in his 70's but still a season ticket holder.
He still runs the ice cream kiosk at the Mundy Play centre with my aunt.

Nick Franco
Canberra, Australia

Absolutely awesome work here my friend, just found your site and would just like to say thanks for the time you spent on it, it's one of the best and most creative sites i've seen - incredible.

Rich
Sheffield. Used to live in Littleover, Derby

Hi, I have just spent ages looking through your photos and found them absolutely fascinating!
I'd just like to say well done for all your hard work and what an excellent site you have created.

Alison
Shelton Lock, Derby

Andy I grew up in NE England in the 50s , never been to Derby but all photos excellent.
The Then and nows are brillant, as a keen photographer since aged 14  I appreciate all the work you have put into your page.

John Richardson
Sydney, NSW

Hi Andy,
I have just been admiring your work in Derby Cathedral. It was a really great experience, the Cathedral is so bright and airy and the decoration of the Organ and screen was so fresh.
Your City should be proud of such a beautifull Heritage.
Sincerely,

Jack Westcott
Port Kennedy, near Perth, Western Australia

Hello
I just wanted to say how brilliant your site is.  What a lot of hard work - well done.  I particularly like the Wingfield Manor panorama - it's just over the hill from here and I never knew you could get up the tower!

Congratulations and kind regards,

Ann Halford
Oakerthorpe - next village to South Wingfield, Derbyshire

Great work Andy.

It has inspired me to get out some of my old photos of Derby street scenes.
(late 70's to early 80's).

Regards,

Jack Cameron
Derby

This is the most wonderful site. I will be visiting Derby for the first time in October and thanks to your photos I am more excited than ever.
You have a wonderful eye for composition and Derby is now alive for me in ways I would never have anticipated.
I can't wait to walk the streets of this beautiful town and see in person the sights you have captured through the lens of your camera.

Kathy
Jacksonville, Florida USA

I have always enjoyed Then and Now books of Derby and other places I know. However, I have always been disappointed that they are so rarely taken from exactly the same location. I have even attempted Then and Now photos of my own, based on some Derbyshire locations, and know how difficult it is to achieve a successful result, not only finding the viewpoint but also matching the camera lens.
I have been really amazed at the results you have achieved. They are so accurate that it is hard to believe they have been produced by someone working in his spare time rather than by a full time professional being commissioned to produce them.
The idea of fading between the two views makes brilliant use of the medium with far more stunning results than pictures side by side in a book.
I look forward to seeing more Then and nows.

Miles Burgoyne
Ripley, Derbyshire

I was born in Holbrook, Belper in January 1952, but raised in
Mickleover. I started work in Derby City Hospital in 1967 and in 1969 moved to London,
then later to Surrey.

I am still a Derbyshire man, wherever I am!

I would like to thank you for your most excellent site. Looking at the photos brought many happy memories.

Philip Birks
Weybridge, Surrey

Hello Andy.
Congratulations on producing a fantastic site, I've veiwed some of the other past and present sites and must say they are nowhere near as good as yours.
The "disolve" effect is an exellent idea.
I'm sure I'll be coming back to your pics again and again over the next few months. Well Done!

J., London.