crich area community news
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Now and then
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These two photographs are of the same view of Archway House in the Market Place.
The dormer windows were put in during the 1930s.
At one time this was a coaching inn called the White Swan.
Old photo from the George Smith collection courtesy of Stan Smith.
These two photographs are of the same view looking up Bullbridge
Hill. The car belonged to George Smith who took the old photograph.
Old photo from the George Smith collection courtesy of Stan Smith.
The pony and trap is outside Lynam’s
butchers shop. The house next door is the ‘Poplars’ where they used to
live. The house on the opposite side of the road was the Croaysdill’s
house who were boot and shoe repairers.
Old picture courtesy of Valerie Jones (nee Lynam), Retford
These two photographs of the same view of Crich Cross have been taken about 100 years apart.
Old photo of Crich courtesy of Rosemary Bowers
The cross stands on the site of an earlier monument, listed as ancient in 1857 and described by local poet Ann Perry as an old blackened wooden cross.
The present cross dates from 1871 and was designed and carved by a local man Isaac Petts. There is a memorial to him in Crich church yard.
These two photographs are of the same view of Crich Stand taken
many years apart. The tower in the first photograph was standing
between 1851 and 1922. The Hurt family of Alderwasley provided £210
to have it built after an earlier one, also built by the family in
1785, had fallen into ruins. The present Sherwood Foresters Memorial
Towers was opened on 6th August 1923.
These two photographs are of the same view of the old troughs in
the market place.
Nostalgia corner
back to topThis old photograph of a working party was taken outside the church. Some of the names are known but not all. Date?
Back row: Miss Wiltons, Mrs Gover, Mr Piggins, Rev Simmons with wife and daughter
Middle Row: Mrs Coleman, Mrs Piggins, Mrs Perry, Mrs Holmes, Mrs Mercer
Front Row: Mrs Piggin, Mrs Hayes, Mrs Holtham, Mrs England
Any further information?
Ladies of the Baptist Church from yesteryear! Are any of them your ancestors?
Photo Ruth Haslam
Ruby Gould of Chase View sent in this photograph of Alderwasley School taken in 1939. Some of you may have relatives here.
L-R Boys: Wilfred Watson, Frank Bunting, George Cooper, Geoffrey Walker, Reggie Cook, Lawrence Wheeldon, Charlie Redfern, John Gould,
L-R Girls: Jean Watson, Eileen Petts, Mavis Bunting, Dorothy Dickens, May Taylor, Joan Watson, Margaret Rowland, Maisie Damms, Dorothy Mosley, Betty Cooper,
L-R Girls: Joyce Kinder, Hillary Fisher, Thirza Gould, Edith Flint, Gladys Kinder, Betty Ryde, Kathleen Dickens, Dorothy Rowland,
L-R Boys: Bob Rimmes, George Rowland, Harry Allsopp, Eric Mosley, Ken Bunting, Victor Damms, Frank Cooper. Teachers: Miss Tomlinson & Miss Hutley
The photograph is of Crich Junior School taken 1951-52.
Many of the worthies shown here can still be seen in and around the area.
L to R from the back:
Barbara Worth, Winifred Yates, Ann Turner, Beryl Bown, Ann Gregory, Christine Yates, Elizabeth Hetherington, Alice Walker, Miss Fawcett Peggy Broughton, Janet Lynam, Janet Haslam, Norma Cheetham, Jean Wragg, Jill Macarthur, Janet Daniels, Margaret Greenhall, Peter Barratt, David Heappey, Michael Hallam, Keith Stocks, Patrick Cooke, Granville Martin, Tony ?, David Smith
Crich
cricket team of yesteryear.
Percy Smith (Central), Sam Taylor (left front), Bill Horsepool (2nd left middle row)
Does anyone know the date of this photograph? Can anyone name the other players?
Photo courtesy Ruth Haslam
These photographs were taken in November 1982 to celebrate the centenary of the NatWest Bank which closed in 1990. Read the full story.
Photographs by Len Hibbitt, courtesy of Rene Hibbitt.
Interesting Website
The website is called Geograph British Isles, and is devoted to photographing the entire British Isles for a future photographic archive. This is being done via Ordnance Survey (who sponsor the site), dividing the country into conventional 1 kilometre grid squares. Each square is given a unique OS grid reference, and the site can be searched by grid references for photos of particular places, or indeed by place name. This is being achieved by members who so far have managed to photograph over half of Britain in the two years since the project started.