Description | captioned and dated Including: Demolition of mill, canal side, off Hopwell Lane, c1910; Toll house and bridge, Wilne Mills, c1922 (with Mr Travers and his children); Cottage on South Street, c1930; Fritchley's butchers shop, Draycott Square [early 20th cent]; Reg Summerhayes in the garden of 8 Wilne Road, Draycott, 1939; Wilne Road and Market Street, Draycott [1965, 1970]; Cottage, Derwent Street, Draycott, 1972 (cottage vacated 1970, demolished 1972); Brick-lined well, Wilne Road, Draycott, 1970 (found on site of cottages, demolished Jul 1970); Demolition of outbuildings, formerly blacksmith's forge, Sawley Road, Draycott, c1971; Cottages at corner of Hopwell Road and Victoria Road, Draycott, Dec 1970; View of Methodist Chapel, Lodge Street, Draycott, 1971; Sawley Grange Farm, 1971; Cottage and crew yard (demolished 1971); Cow shed near Wilne Church, 1972; Market Street and Wilne Road, Draycott, 1972; New flood bank against Derwent, Draycott, 1972; Draycott Mills and new housing at corner of Milner Road and Market Street, Mar 1973; Possible site of mill, Wilne, Apr 1973; Coronation Cottages, Wilne, Apr 1973; Wilne Church, 1973; Housing development opposite Draycott Street, c1976; Commencement of development of The Green, Draycott, Feb 1978; Commencement of demolition of Draycott Co-op, Draycott Square, Aug 1978; George Sherwin's funeral, Draycott, 20 Jul 1978; Winter scenes, Draycott, 1978/9; Draycott Carnival, 1979; Rendering house at junction of South Street and Market Street, Draycott, Mar 1985; Re-rendering of the Victoria, revealing nature of original building, 1986; Aubrey Wood of Cedars Farm, baling straw for the last time on his rented field next to Sawley Road, Aug 1986; Demolition of Lilley's factory, Borrowash, Feb/Mar 1987; Last day of Dick Morgan's butcher's shop before his retirement, 26 Sep 1987; Construction of M1 bridge, Sawley, nd
Also includes miscellaneous, old views (undated) of Draycott and Wilne, including Station Road; Wilne Church; Jardine's factory, Draycott; Council Schools, Draycott; Wilne Mills; the old bridge, Wilne; Topham's, Draycott; the Lace Mill, Station Road, Draycott; Derby Road, Draycott; former National School, Draycott Square; Victoria Road, Draycott; floods at Wilne. |