A ticket to Ilkeston’s Vauxhall Gardens Long time Society member and local literary legend John Titford (one half of the team which brought you ‘Ey up Mi Duck’) was lucky enough to spot this item for sale recently – a paper ticket for tea at Ilkeston’s own...
William Clements (1824-1909), Extracted from the Ilkeston Pioneer, 30 April 1909 “The small remaining band of Crimean veterans was further depleted on Saturday by the death in Ilkeston of Mr William Clements, of Brussells Terrace, who passed away at the age of...
Sir Balthazar Walter Foster PC FRCP was born to Balthazar Foster and his wife Marian on 17th July 1840. In 1847 the family moved to Foster Senior’s native Ireland, and Foster was educated at Drogheda Grammar School. In 1857 he attended Trinity College, Dublin, where...
(a longer read) by Danny Corns Many years ago, former Society Chairman David Harrison told me of a connection between the Short Brothers of aeronautical and flying boat fame and No. 3 Low’s Lane, Stanton. The Society discussed the placing of a blue plaque on 3 Low’s...
(A longer read) The complicated life of George Newman George Newman was born in Northamptonshire in September 1834. His father John was a gamekeeper and his mother a dressmaker. The 1851 census finds George aged 16 described as an Agricultural Labourer. He has five...
