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Image Reference No. : DP-TAN-BATEMN-86
Details : This view shows London Road looking towards town as viewed from the end of Bateman Street. The tram lines in emerging from the bottom of photo A are from Bateman Street.
The road on the left is Barlow street. There were several streets on the left filled with terraced houses such as Clifton Street, Bloomfield Street and High Street, these were all cleared in the 60's. The church on the right side of London road is the former St Andrews Church, built as a "railway church" between 1864-66, It was designed by George Gilbert Scott. The expansion of the railways and its employees necessitated it and the Midland Railway contributed greatly to the building fund. There was also St Andrews school to the right of it which was built in 1869. The church was demolished in 1970 and replaced with St Andrews house. In the centre of both photos you can see the pinacles of Holy Trinity church above the tree tops. In photo B, the clear area on the right was petrol station up until mid 2004. The Royal Mail Sorting office on Midland Road can be see to the right of St Andrews house in Photo B.
Just behind me is land which in November 2006 saw the building of a state-of-the-art control centre for the East Midlands' rail network. The centre, controls all signalling operations throughout the East Midlands, opened in 2008.
Photo A taken : 1911
Photo B taken : 17th May 2005
Time elapsed : 94 years
Exact Map Location : click HERE.
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Image Reference No. : DP-TAN-CORNBUS-87
Details : This view shows Derby's Cornmarket looking towards Victoria Street. In photo A you can see a Derby Trolleybus, a 65 seat Roe-bodied Sunbeam F4A built in 1960.
On the left side of photo A, the well known building with the clocks on it was replaced with the glass fronted Royal Bank of Scotland building in the 70's (I think).
Photo A taken : 16th July 1967
Photo B taken : 18th May 2005
Time elapsed : 38 years
Exact Map Location : click HERE.
I would like to thank David Potter for providing Photo A, See his other photos on my page here.
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Image Reference No. : DP-TAN-ASHBOR2-88
Details : This view shows Ashbourne Market Place looking down from the bend of the road. The memorial cross erected in 1871 to Francis Wright is present in both photos.
Photo A taken : 1960's (postcard)
Photo B taken : 13th May 2005
Time elapsed : 45 years
Exact Map Location : click HERE.
I would like to thank kath marvill for providing Photo A
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Image Reference No. : DP-TAN-NORMRD-89
Details : This view shows a Trolly bus is near the top of Normanton Road where it meets Charnwood street. Behind the second bus was the Trocadero Bingo Hall, formerly the Alexandra Electric Theatre which opened 1913, closed in 1953 and re-opened as the Trocadero. Today the site is occupied by 'Trocadero Court' apartments. On the corner of Melbourne Street in both photos is a pub which in 1967 was called the Melbourne Arms, This was renamed The City Inn in 2002. (The pub has also been called Hurleys 1996 to 2002). To the right of Photo A was the original TC Harrisons. The road here is now a one way road which is why it looks different on the right side.
Photo A taken : September 1967
Photo B taken : 27th May 2005
Time elapsed : 38 years
Exact Map Location : click HERE.
I would like to thank Graham Walker for providing Photo A, See his other photos on my page here.
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Image Reference No. : DP-TAN-CHADDBIN-90
Details : This view shows the view from the end of Meadow Lane in Chaddesden looking towards Chaddesden Bingo Hall on Nottingham Road. The Cascade Bingo Hall was originally built as The Gloria Cinema and opened 21st November 1938. The cinema closed in December 1982 and opened as a Bingo Hall. The site was cleared around 2002 and a ALDI supermarket built on it.
I see someone has stolen the Meadow lane sign with one of its support posts and also the Cycle sign has moved around the lamp post !
Photo A taken : 1995
Photo B taken : 20th May 2005
Time elapsed : 10 years
Exact Map Location : click HERE.
I would like to thank Neil Johnson for providing Photo A