by Editor | Jul 1, 2026 | News, Curiosities
By Jeff Wynch William Fletcher came to Ilkeston from his home town of Southwell to set up as a chemist on Bath Street in 1868. Under the Pharmacy Act of that year, the terms Chemist and Druggist could only be legally used by those who had passed a basic Pharmaceutical...
by Editor | Jul 1, 2026 | Local Histories
Extracted from the Ilkeston Pioneer newspaper 10th March 1922 “Time works continuous changes, and the old order of things give place to the new. The modest and unpretentious building in the Market-place, Ilkeston, which has hitherto served to house the ever-growing...
by Editor | Feb 9, 2026 | Local Histories
Mapperley has a long history and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. A Chapel was established here in about 1230 by Hugh de Strelley by arrangement with the Abbot of Dale as patron and Rector and was sanctioned by Alexander Staveney, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield...
by Editor | Mar 15, 2025 | Ilkeston’s Industries
The Stantonian, (Magazine of Stanton Ironworks) Vol 22, No.6, April 1961 “In our last issue readers were given a brief account of the floods caused when the Nutbrook stream overflowed its banks on Sunday December 4th last year. The floods were caused by exceptionally...
by Editor | Jun 7, 2024 | Local Histories
by Beverley Kilby Widening the Nutbrook Canal Bridge, 1950’s – looking towards Spondon, St Norbert Drive / Godfrey Drive junction in middle distance. Originally an agricultural parish and village, Kirk Hallam is now known for its large housing estates on...
