Picture the Past is a website which makes available online, images from the libraries and museums of Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.
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27 Apr 2018
Renishaw Hall near Eckington - the ancestral home of the Sitwell Family. A great place to visit is #derbyshire this weekend. bit.ly/2r3smhn . View more historical photos at #picturethepast bit.ly/2r2Ia3D #oldphoto #dailyphoto
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20 Apr 2018
The sun is shining and the weekend is here – what better way to celebrate than day trip on a good old fashioned steam train - 4468 'Mallard' hauling the 'Peter Allen Pullman' special train. #picturethepast #Trainspotting #train picturethepast.org.uk/image-…
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9 Apr 2018
Great to see the Long Stairs in Nottingham's Lace Market being restored to their former glory. Check out some great historical photos of this landmark. #Nottingham #lacemarket picturethepast.org.uk/image-… x.com/MikeSassi/status/98289…
8 Apr 2018
Fascinating stuff. 1,000-year-old walkway that’s been closed for more than 100 years, is uncovered and opened. #Nottingham
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19 Mar 2018
Wonders of the Peak - Bring a piece of Derbyshire home with unique gifts and homeware inspired by historic photos of the #PeakDistrict #buxton get 20% off your first order with code PTPMARCH
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15 Mar 2018
Dear followers of PTP, we are currently undergoing a transition period, however a new and improved website is being developed so please keep an eye out for that being launched soon. Many thanks to everyone who has supported Picture the Past over the last 15 years!
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12 Mar 2018
Magpie Mine in #Sheldon #Derbyshire #PeakDistrict taken in 1976. Reported to be over 300 years old, it is a scheduled ancient monument and is the most complete example of a #lead #mine in Derbyshire goo.gl/VQvfGg
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10 Mar 2018
A group of workers, young and old, at the #Hartington #Pit in #Staveley #Derbyshire taken in the 1920s - the pit was owned by the Staveley #Coal and Iron Company goo.gl/RHW7nw
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8 Mar 2018
#Chesterfield #Mayor Violet Markham 1927 for #InternationalWomensDay - writer, social reformer public administrator, described in her obituary as having held 'probably the most important administrative post up to that time that had been held by a woman' goo.gl/8cxLXn
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6 Mar 2018
Interior view of William Kiddier's brush making works on South Parade in #Nottingham - #photo taken in 1902 goo.gl/T63rFp
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4 Mar 2018
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2 Mar 2018
Mounted #police outside the police station on Beetwell Street in #Chesterfield (preparing for a Friday night?) - #photo taken c1914 goo.gl/oKCpoF
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1 Mar 2018
#ThrowbackThursday #photo of the #Midland #Railway #Station on Corporation Street in #Chesterfield with visible damage after #rioting following a railway #strike in August 1911 #TBT goo.gl/7f5dY1
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28 Feb 2018
#Edwardian #photo of Stephenson Place (then known as Knifesmithgate) taken from Holywell Street in #Chesterfield c1905 goo.gl/J7GrRr
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27 Feb 2018
1912 #photo of people getting #coal during the #Miners #Strike of that year in #Brockwell #Chesterfield goo.gl/W8ES4a
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26 Feb 2018
The #Shambles and Royal Oak #PublicHouse in #Chesterfield #Derbyshire c1910. The Royal Oak is said to be the oldest building in the town, and the street was named 'shambles' after the 'fleshamols' on which butchers laid out their meat for sale goo.gl/BvAJy9
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24 Feb 2018
1913 #photo of a group of #coal #miners listening to a man with an accordion at #Brinsley #Colliery #Nottinghamshire #Notts goo.gl/Pw1fbB
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Picture the Past retweeted
22 Feb 2018
When Gedling Colliery closed in 1991 Sam Taylor recorded the pit & its railway line in photos, knowing they'd soon be gone. Some are on
@Picture_Past at ow.ly/ToVz30irlbi). Join us on 2 March to see Sam's full collection of photos, and talk to the man himself @NG4online
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22 Feb 2018
1915 #photo of a #charabanc motor bus #accident on #Baslow Bridge #Derbyshire #PeakDistrict for #ThrowbackThursday #TBT goo.gl/12eq7A
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21 Feb 2018
A Royal Visit to the Market Place in #Derby on the 21st May 1891 by David Payne for #WatercolourWednesday goo.gl/cwp4FG
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20 Feb 2018
A Mothers Union #daytrip #outing to #DaleAbbey #Derbyshire c1910 - #photo taken outside Dale Abbey #Church goo.gl/YGui6D
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