Old Derby & Derbyshire Photographs by Neil Johnson
This page features old pictures that were supplied by
former Derby resident Neil Johnson.
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All of the images on this page have been scanned in from old slides supplied to me by Neil Johnson.
I would like to thank him for supplying them to me so we can all share the old memories.

If you have some old photographs of Derby or the suburbs and would be willing to let me borrow them to scan in and put on this web site then let me know. They must be YOUR photographs and NOT copies from books or copyrighted productions.

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Photo descriptions provided by Neil :

DP-OLDNJC021 Smalley C of E church – early 80’s
DP-OLDNJC022 Church at Smalley – 80’s
DP-OLDNJC023 Horsley Woodhouse –80’s
DP-OLDNJC024 Cromford Station exterior – 1980’s
DP-OLDNJC025 Canal Towpath , Whatstandwell
DP-OLDNJC026 Cromford Canal bathed in wintry sunlight
DP-OLDNJC027 Derby, Five Arches rail bridge in Snow – Late 1990’s
DP-OLDNJC028 Bell Lane, Smalley – early 1980’s
DP-OLDNJC029 Buxton Carnival – late 1970’s
DP-OLDNJC030 Monochrome view of building facing Ashbourne market place.
DP-OLDNJC031 to 033 Ashbourne at Yuletide – mid 1980’s – mid-evening and hardly a soul in sight.

All of the views 034 to 039 were taken at Castle Donington Power Station :
DP-OLDNJC034 Saddle tank steam loco at Castle Donington Power station – this venue was one of the last in the UK where steam loco’s worked on a daily basis. The man standing next to the loco is Jack Clifford who lived on Cole Lane in Ockbrook and was employed by J.S.Clifford, Builder and Contractor of Derby Road, Borrowash.

DP-OLDNJC035 Steam at Castle Donington – loco no 2
DP-OLDNJC036 steam at Castle Donington – close up view if saddle tank
DP-OLDNJC037 Long view alongside wagons of loco shunting – Castle Donington
DP-OLDNJC038 Working hard – Castle Donington steam shunting loco moves a rake of coal wagons
DP-OLDNJC039 Interior view of Castle Donington Power Station.

DP-OLDNJC040 Spondon Station late 1970’s. A Derby bound express from London approaches behind a Peak class Diesel loco.



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This page is just one of a set of four pages featuring old photos, use the links below to view the other three.
Photo collection 2



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