by Robert Mee | Jul 2, 2025 | Latest News, Shipley, Society News
Our latest book, the third part of a series of “Then and Now” volumes on our area, is now available to buy. The book, which contains a mix of past and present photographs of the Shipley area along with historical information, has been written by Alyson...
by Robert Mee | Jul 2, 2025 | Latest News, Society News
Saturday 28 June 2025 the Society holding a large exhibition, “Yesterday Once More”, at the Wilmot Street Centre; over 250 people attended on a really hot day, and the feedback has been excellent. As well as more than 40 panels of photographs and...
by Robert Mee | Jun 10, 2025 | Latest News, Society News, Visits
This evening the Local History Society had a trip to Wingfield Station. The station, situated between South Wingfield and Oakerthorpe, is the oldest unaltered rural railway station in the world, and has been lovingly restored over the last few years. Around 30 members...
by Robert Mee | May 8, 2025 | Latest News, Uncategorized, War Memorials
2025 sees the 80th Anniversary of the end of the war in Europe on May 8th 1945. The war had a momentous effect on all communities, so the end of the war (at least in Europe) was a time for major celebrations, despite the enduring austerity of the time. In 2020 the...
by Robert Mee | May 6, 2025 | Latest News, Society News
It’s been several years since we held a major exhibition of local history, but come and join us on 28 June at the Wilmot Street Centre, from 10.00am till 3.00pm. As well as our own displays, we will be joined by other local groups and also a few individual...
by Robert Mee | Jan 21, 2025 | Latest News, Uncategorized
Our latest display at Heanor Library is on pubs which have disappeared – not just closed as a business, but where the building itself has gone. Many of these from the last 20 years, but some of them closed over 100 years ago. The display covers the whole of the...
