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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,High Peak,Derbyshire,England,SK17 6BE,the,craft,independent,ale,ales,history,historic,heritage,Victorian,building,buildings,Buxton Brewery Tap House,Pavilion Gardens Buxton,Buxton Derbyshire,craft beer England,British brewery,outdoor drinking,beer garden England,sunny day Britain,Pavilion Building,brewery tap,pub exterior,bar exterior,outdoor seating,people drinking beer,socialising outdoors,summer weather UK,blue sky,leisure time,tourism Derbyshire,local brewery,independent brewery,Campaign for Real Ale
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJ3YPX - A busy outdoor seating area at the Buxton Brewery Tap House located within the Pavilion Building at Pavilion Gardens in Buxton, Derbyshire, England. Groups of people sit at wooden benches enjoying craft beer and real ale on a warm, sunny day, with blue skies overhead and parasols providing shade. A chalkboard sign in the foreground advertises beers from Buxton Brewery, a well-known independent brewery closely associated with the Peak District and modern British craft-beer culture.
The Pavilion Building forms part of the wider Pavilion Gardens complex, a historic Edwardian leisure and events space near the centre of Buxton, a spa town renowned for its Georgian and Victorian architecture and its role as a gateway to the Peak District National Park. The scene captures contemporary British outdoor drinking culture, combining heritage surroundings with modern hospitality and tourism. The image conveys relaxation, social interaction, and seasonal enjoyment, typical of summer afternoons in English market towns.
St John's Rd, Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, SK17 6BE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJ3YRG - Buxton Town Hall was opened in 1889 on the Market Place in Buxton, Derbyshire, England. It lies in the town's central Conservation Area overlooking The Slopes. It is a Grade-II-listed building.
The building was designed in the style of a French château (with a mansard roof crested with iron railings, Venetian windows and a clocktower with a cupola) by Manchester architect William Pollard (who also designed Buxton College's Gothic-style 'new building' in 1880). After the Market Hall (designed by Henry Currey) was destroyed by a fire in September 1885, the site was selected for the new town hall. The fire brigade with the town's new fire engine was unable to control the fire started by a paraffin lamp in one of the shops in the Market Hall. A competition was held in 1886 for the design of the new town hall. William Pollard's design won the £50 prize and James Salt's local firm was selected to build it at a tender of £8,900 (Salt also built the Entertainment Stage theatre, which is now the Pavilion Arts Centre). The chairman of the governing Local Board, Edward Milligan, laid the foundation stone in June 1887 (the year of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria). The Marquess of Hartington conducted the official opening of the town hall on 26 June 1889.
The clock on the clock tower was a gift from the Duke of Devonshire's tenants in 1889, in honour of Lord Frederick Cavendish, who was stabbed to death aged 45 in the Phoenix Park Murders in Dublin in May 1882 (shortly after arriving to take up his new post as Chief Secretary for Ireland). There is a bust of Lord Cavendish (son of the 7th Duke of Devonshire) on display inside the town hall
Current use - High Peak Borough Council, formed in 1974, presently has administrative centres at Buxton Town Hall and Glossop Town Hall. Full Council meetings are usually held in Buxton or at Chapel-en-le-Frith Town Hall
Market Place, Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK17 6EL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJMR2C - Buxton Opera House is in The Square, Buxton, Derbyshire, England. It is a 902-seat opera house that hosts the annual Buxton Festival and the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival, among others, as well as pantomime at Christmas, musicals and other entertainments year-round. Hosting live performances until 1927, the theatre then was used mostly as a cinema until 1976. In 1979, it was refurbished and reopened as a venue for live performance.
The Buxton Opera House was built in 1903 and designed by Frank Matcham, who designed the London Palladium, the London Coliseum and many other theatres throughout the UK. The first production at the theatre was Mrs Willoughby's Kiss. The Opera House ran as a successful theatre, receiving touring companies until 1927, when it was turned into a cinema. Silent films were shown until 1932 when the theatre was wired for sound and could present talkies. The Opera House also became the venue for an annual summer theatre festival from 1936 to 1942, two of them in conjunction with Lilian Baylis and her London-based Old Vic company. People who performed at the opera house include the actor Alec Guinness, the comedians Ken Dodd, Peter Kay, Harry Hill, Sarah Millican and John Bishop, the musical artists Howard Jones, Aled Jones, Leo Sayer and Razorlight, and the ballerina Anna Pavlova.
After the Second World War, the theatre continued to serve primarily as a cinema. The building was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1970. The Opera House gradually fell into disrepair.
In 1979, the building was restored, and an orchestra pit was added to the original Matcham design. Since then, the Opera House has been a full-time venue for stage productions, presenting approximately 450 performances per year
The Square, Water St, Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK17 6XN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJMR2F - This image shows the Pavilion building within Pavilion Gardens in the spa town of Buxton, Derbyshire, England. The structure features large glazed windows, decorative columns, and symmetrical detailing characteristic of late Victorian leisure architecture. In the foreground, people are seated at outdoor tables, enjoying the gardens and social atmosphere on a bright day, reinforcing the Pavilion's role as a focal point for relaxation and public life.
Buxton developed as a fashionable spa town during the nineteenth century, attracting visitors seeking the health benefits of its natural mineral waters. Pavilion Gardens were created as part of this wider civic vision, providing landscaped public gardens and leisure facilities for residents and visitors alike. The Pavilion has historically hosted refreshment rooms, social events, and entertainment, forming an integral part of the town's cultural and social infrastructure.
The image captures themes of heritage architecture, tourism, leisure, and community use of public spaces within a historic English town. It is suitable for editorial and commercial use relating to the Peak District, spa towns, Victorian architecture, public gardens, tourism, outdoor dining, and everyday life in regional England.
The Pavilion, Pavilion Gardens, St John's Road, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6BE, England, United Kingdo
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJPXH7 - Read more at https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/sculpture-of-duke-of-devonshire-officially-unveiled-at-buxton-crescent-hotel-3396129
A statue of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, standing pose holding a scroll of plans in his hand. The duke built the crescent area in Buxton but had never been celebrated for his achievement. Two local people commissioned and funded the project which took 20 years to come to fruition, due to the extensive renovations to the Crescent Hotel.
The idea for the statue has been long in the planning, with Sheila previously explaining that it first came about in the late 90s when tourists asked the couple who had built the Crescent and why there was no monument honouring the achievement.
It was commissioned and funded by Bill and Sheila more than 20 years ago but had been put on hold several times as various complications caused set backs to the major scheme to redevelop the Crescent into a five-star spa hotel.
The striking 7.5 ft bronze sculpture - weighing 285kg - shows William Cavendish in his favourite, every-day business clothes - reflecting his reputation as a ˜quiet sort of person'.
George Street, Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire, England , UK, SK17 6BH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJPXH9 - Read more at https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/sculpture-of-duke-of-devonshire-officially-unveiled-at-buxton-crescent-hotel-3396129
A statue of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, standing pose holding a scroll of plans in his hand. The duke built the crescent area in Buxton but had never been celebrated for his achievement. Two local people commissioned and funded the project which took 20 years to come to fruition, due to the extensive renovations to the Crescent Hotel.
The idea for the statue has been long in the planning, with Sheila previously explaining that it first came about in the late 90s when tourists asked the couple who had built the Crescent and why there was no monument honouring the achievement.
It was commissioned and funded by Bill and Sheila more than 20 years ago but had been put on hold several times as various complications caused set backs to the major scheme to redevelop the Crescent into a five-star spa hotel.
The striking 7.5 ft bronze sculpture - weighing 285kg - shows William Cavendish in his favourite, every-day business clothes - reflecting his reputation as a ˜quiet sort of person'.
George Street, Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire, England , UK, SK17 6BH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJPXHD - Buxton Crescent is a Grade-I-listed building in the town of Buxton, Derbyshire, England. It owes much to the Royal Crescent in Bath, but has been described by the Royal Institution of British Architects as more richly decorated and altogether more complex. It was designed by the architect John Carr of York, and built for the 5th Duke of Devonshire between 1780 and 1789. In 2020, following a multi-year restoration and redevelopment project supported by the National Heritage Memorial Fund and Derbyshire County Council, The Crescent was reopened as a 5-star spa hotel.
St Ann's Well
The Crescent faces the site of St Ann's Well, where warm spring water has flowed for thousands of years. The well is at the foot of The Slopes, a steep landscaped hillside in the centre of Buxton. Here the geological strata channel mineral water from a mile below ground, to emerge at a constant 27.5 °C (81.5 °F).
Originally detached, the Crescent is now the centrepiece of an attached range of significant Georgian architecture facing The Slopes, flanked on either side by the Grade-II-listed Buxton Baths, built by architect Henry Currey. To the west are the Natural Mineral Baths, built 1851“53
to the east are the Buxton Thermal Baths, built 1852“53. The Thermal Baths, closed in 1963 and at risk of demolition, underwent a major restoration led by conservation architects Latham & Company, with British artist Brian Clarke commissioned to contribute to the refurbishment
his scheme, designed in 1984 and completed in 1987, was for a modern stained-glass artwork to enclose the former baths, creating an atrial space for the Cavendish Arcade,
The Crescent was built for William Cavendish, the 5th Duke of Devonshire, as part of his scheme to establish Buxton as a fashionable Georgian spa town. The facade forms an arc of a circle facing south-east. It was built as a unified structure incorporating a hotel, five lodging houses, and a grand assembly room with a fine painted ceiling.
Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK17 6SE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJPXHG - Taken on 20 Aug 2023, this photograph shows Borough of Buxton cast iron embossed grid, made by John Needham & sons ltd, Stockport, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, SK17 6XN. The location is Water Street, Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, SK17 6XN. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains close-up metalwork, embossed lettering, patina, rust and wear that document everyday civic infrastructure. The cast-iron Buxton grid records the municipal detail of a spa town built around water, streets, drainage and nineteenth-century civic improvement. It can be used in editorial features, business reports, local-history writing, travel guides, public-policy explainers, educational material and SEO-led stock-photo searches needing a specific real-world image. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Borough, Borough of Buxton, town, Buxton, John Needham, embossed, cast iron, old, blocked, historic, centre, High Peak, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. The photograph should appeal to buyers looking for a grounded visual that says more than a studio icon, because it ties the subject to a real street, building, object or public setting.
Water Street, Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, SK17 6XN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJPXHJ - BUXTON BREWERY'S FIRST EVER BREW WAS MASHED-IN ON A COLD, DARK, JANUARY 1ST, 2009. THE BREWHOUSE WAS THE FAMILY GARAGE AND THE BATCH SIZE WAS ABOUT 40 LITRES.
The resulting Pale Ale was a long way off what Geoff had in mind, but nevertheless, was consumed with relish after a tantalising wait for fermentation and bottle-conditioning to run their course. Over the following months, recipes were tweaked, altered, thrown away and revived as they searched out information online and in countless books and picked the brains of generous and far more experienced brewers.
Within 12 months, with positive feedback and enthusiasm, the decision to take brewing to the next level and go ˜commercial' was made and for a while Buxton ˜cuckoo-brewed' at another local microbrewery. In January 2010, with Geoff ˜going for it' full-time, brewing on a second-hand 800 litre plant began in earnest.
Fast-forward 9 years and the team, which has steadily grown to be 11 strong is now based in a 7000 square foot modern building on Staden Lane, Buxton. Its custom designed and (British) built brewhouse produces around 3500 litres per brew, 3 times per week.
The brewery makes upwards of 30 distinct brews of all kinds and has many other special editions both planned and in its back-catalogue. Innovation and super-high quality are the prime goals, along with a nod to tradition and an almost maniacal attention to detail.
All of the beers the brewery produces are designed to delight the senses and enthral the drinker. Not all beers are created equal, some are big and strong and full of powerful hops and malts, others are lighter, and have subtle nuances of flavour and aroma. All are intended to be enjoyed as a lovingly hand made product, nurtured by a small team of dedicated beer lovers.
Old Court House, Buxton Brewery Tap House & Cellar The, George St, Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire, En
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJPXHM - BUXTON BREWERY'S FIRST EVER BREW WAS MASHED-IN ON A COLD, DARK, JANUARY 1ST, 2009. THE BREWHOUSE WAS THE FAMILY GARAGE AND THE BATCH SIZE WAS ABOUT 40 LITRES.
The resulting Pale Ale was a long way off what Geoff had in mind, but nevertheless, was consumed with relish after a tantalising wait for fermentation and bottle-conditioning to run their course. Over the following months, recipes were tweaked, altered, thrown away and revived as they searched out information online and in countless books and picked the brains of generous and far more experienced brewers.
Within 12 months, with positive feedback and enthusiasm, the decision to take brewing to the next level and go ˜commercial' was made and for a while Buxton ˜cuckoo-brewed' at another local microbrewery. In January 2010, with Geoff ˜going for it' full-time, brewing on a second-hand 800 litre plant began in earnest.
Fast-forward 9 years and the team, which has steadily grown to be 11 strong is now based in a 7000 square foot modern building on Staden Lane, Buxton. Its custom designed and (British) built brewhouse produces around 3500 litres per brew, 3 times per week.
The brewery makes upwards of 30 distinct brews of all kinds and has many other special editions both planned and in its back-catalogue. Innovation and super-high quality are the prime goals, along with a nod to tradition and an almost maniacal attention to detail.
All of the beers the brewery produces are designed to delight the senses and enthral the drinker. Not all beers are created equal, some are big and strong and full of powerful hops and malts, others are lighter, and have subtle nuances of flavour and aroma. All are intended to be enjoyed as a lovingly hand made product, nurtured by a small team of dedicated beer lovers.
Old Court House, Buxton Brewery Tap House & Cellar The, George St, Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire, En
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJPXHT - . St Anns Well, pump room , George St, Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK17 6AY. Photographed on 20 August 2023. The Pump Room is well worth a visit alone. The newly-restored, stunning late Victorian building was erected to resolve the overcrowding of the town's thermal baths and provide a place for locals and holidaymakers to 'take the waters', commune and relax. The building is dedicated to Arnemetia, the Romano-British goddess of the sacred grove, referencing Buxton's history as one of Britain's only two Roman bath towns. Aquae Arnemetiae. The background to historic well is that public fountains and wells were once practical infrastructure for drinking water as well as decorative civic features
In many towns their original utility declined after piped domestic water became universal, leaving them as monuments, landmarks or restored street furniture. Within the history of diagnostic imaging, the National Health Service, founded in 1948, created a universal healthcare system whose hospitals, ambulances, clinics and public-information campaigns became familiar features of British life
Medical technology has continually changed the appearance of those services. Current 2026 context around historic well is that public drinking-water provision has renewed relevance because refill schemes seek to reduce single-use plastic bottles, while historical fountains require maintenance if they are to remain functional rather than purely decorative. Against the 2026 backdrop for diagnostic imaging, seasonal vaccination continues to be a major public-health tool , particularly for influenza and respiratory illness among higher-risk groups
Campaign material illustrates how health services encourage uptake through everyday communication. Alternative search wording includes drinking fountain, water supply, civic infrastructure, public realm, heritage feature, water history, town landmark, refill water, public drinking water, and stone fountain.
George St, Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK17 6AY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJPXT3 - . St Anns Well, pump room , George St, Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK17 6AY. Photographed on 20 August 2023. The Pump Room is well worth a visit alone. The newly-restored, stunning late Victorian building was erected to resolve the overcrowding of the town's thermal baths and provide a place for locals and holidaymakers to 'take the waters', commune and relax. The building is dedicated to Arnemetia, the Romano-British goddess of the sacred grove, referencing Buxton's history as one of Britain's only two Roman bath towns. Aquae Arnemetiae. Looking at drinking fountain, the longer history is that stone fountains and wells often combine engineering with inscriptions, local donors or commemorative purpose
Their position in market places and crossroads reflects a period when access to clean public water was a significant civic concern. The background to MRI is that diagnostic technologies such as MRI transformed medicine by allowing detailed internal imaging without ionising radiation, while dedicated scanning centres became increasingly common within hospital estates. In 2026, drinking fountain remains relevant because water features also contribute to public realm and heritage tourism, with restoration projects balancing historical fabric, accessibility and modern water-quality standards. Current 2026 context around MRI is that the NHS remains under sustained pressure from waiting lists, workforce shortages, ageing buildings and demand for diagnostics
Images of hospitals, MRI centres and ambulances therefore connect physical infrastructure with wider debate about access and capacity. Other strongly related concepts include public fountain, historic well, water supply, civic infrastructure, street furniture, heritage feature, water history, town landmark, refill water, public drinking water, local history, urban heritage, healthcare, medical services, and diagnostic imaging.
George St, Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK17 6AY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NRH8 - . This location-specific image from Marple Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5DA in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. At the centre of the view is Gravestone in Charlesworth St John The Evangelist - Joshua Yarwood of Gamesley, departed this life 30th November 1868,aged 26 years. A broader reading of the photograph includes period detail, adaptive reuse, everyday life, heritage worship space, parish church heritage, period architecture, liturgical art, sacred architecture, changing streetscape, public realm, community identity, place-making, devotional artwork, and local character. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with accessibility, cultural heritage and how places of worship combine active faith use with heritage and tourism. The modern context includes continuing discussion of construction costs, housing pressure and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. As a dated visual record of Marple Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5DA, the frame retains street furniture and boundaries, making it especially useful if new construction subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects ecclesiastical craftsmanship, ecclesiastical art, documentary photography, heritage-led regeneration, built heritage, mixed-use redevelopment, sacred decoration, and architectural character. Details involving Gravestone, Joshua, departed, Charlesworth, and years make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around Marple Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5DA, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear.
Marple Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5DA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NRHA - . An identifiable period record of 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The principal subject is George and Dragon pub, 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ. The subject also carries associations with food-and-drink business, community identity, casual dining, local social venue, regional identity, traditional hostelry, customer-facing leisure, street-level dining, rural economy, before-and-after reference, hospitality trade, farm produce, period detail, and neighbourhood drinking venue. The wider contemporary story combines business rates, commercial rents and how branded and independent hospitality compete for changing leisure spending. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with agricultural policy, soil health and how hotter and wetter weather affects crop reliability. Small period details of public access and movement at 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ may become more significant with time, particularly following closure or conversion. A second descriptive layer includes everyday life, pub heritage, summer fieldwork, licensed trade, visual archive, night-time economy, place identity, and archival record. Elements such as Derbyshire, Charlesworth, Dragon, Glossop, and George add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The image fixes part of the area's social history as part of 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ's history.
1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NRJG - . The ex-Grey Mare pub with ghost sign, 2 Glossop road, Charlesworth, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ. Photographed on 17 September 2022. The Grey Mare was situated at 2 Glossop Road. This pub has now been converted to residential use. In historical terms, public houses form a distinctive part of British social history, combining licensed drinking, hospitality and community life
Older pubs can reveal changing fashions in brewing, tied houses, coaching routes, urban development and leisure, while modern bars show how the licensed trade continues to adapt. As background, public wording is part of the visual landscape
Direction signs, warning notices, painted advertisements and engraved plaques show how authorities and businesses communicated before digital screens and app-based information became widespread. Historically, historic objects and places gain meaning through survival
Materials, craftsmanship, inscriptions and later alterations can reveal how a building, machine or everyday item was made, used and valued, while preservation decisions show which parts of the past communities choose to retain. During 2026, pub survival is a live issue, with government support including a 15% business-rates relief for eligible pubs and live-music venues in England during 2026/27, alongside wider debate about closures, property costs and the value of pubs as community assets. Against the 2026 backdrop, digital wayfinding is widespread, but physical signage remains essential for safety, accessibility and identity
Historic notices and ghost signs are also increasingly appreciated as part of the character of streets and buildings. Against the 2026 backdrop, pub survival is a live issue, with government support including a 15% business-rates relief for eligible pubs and live-music venues in England during 2026/27, alongside wider debate about closures, property costs and the value of pubs as community assets.
2 Glossop road, Charlesworth, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NRJJ - . The ex-Grey Mare pub with ghost sign, 2 Glossop road, Charlesworth, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ. Photographed on 17 September 2022. The Grey Mare was situated at 2 Glossop Road. This pub has now been converted to residential use. Historically, british pubs evolved from inns, taverns and alehouses into licensed social institutions that have long served as meeting places, drinking houses, music venues and landmarks within town and village life
Their architecture, signs, interiors and evolving names often preserve layers of local commercial and social history. In the longer view, street signs, shop fascias, notices and inscriptions combine practical communication with graphic design
Typefaces, colours and wording can identify an era, organisation or local custom, making close photographs valuable for social, transport and commercial history. The wider historical story is that earlier buildings and artefacts provide tangible evidence that written records cannot fully replace
Their wear, construction, signage and setting help researchers understand local history, design, industry and social life across different periods. In 2026, in England the sector remains under pressure from operating costs and business rates, although eligible pubs and live-music venues receive a 15% business-rates relief/27
That makes historical and contemporary pub photographs particularly relevant to coverage of hospitality, community assets and evolving town centres. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that much public information has moved onto smartphones and digital displays, making older fixed signs and printed notices increasingly useful as evidence of how people once navigated places, bought services and followed rules. Relevant synonyms and subject phrases include public house, licensed premises, hostelry, bar trade, real ale, cask ale, beer culture, local pub, historic pub, nightlife, licensed trade, town-centre leisure, and lettering.
2 Glossop road, Charlesworth, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P041 - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the ˜gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the ˜electric side'.
Bradwell terrace, Gamesley, Glossop, England, UK, SK13 6HU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P042 - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the ˜gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the ˜electric side'.
Winster Mews, Gamesley, Glossop, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P043 - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the ˜gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the ˜electric side'.
Winster Mews, Gamesley, Glossop, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,estate,overspill,electric,Finnigan,SK13,Glossop,High Peak,Derbyshire,UK,Manchester overspill estates,Social,Housing,socialhousing,council,up,closed,derelict,estate pub,pub,bar,Holts,Holt,lost,pubs,Winster Mews,Gamesley,north west,unloved,old,NW,northwest,abandoned
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P045 - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the ˜gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the ˜electric side'.
Winster Mews, Gamesley, Glossop, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P053 - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the ˜gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the ˜electric side'.
Youlgreave Crescent, Gamesley, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 0AG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,estate,overspill,SK13,Glossop,High Peak,Derbyshire,UK,Manchester overspill estates,Social,Housing,socialhousing,council,GAFA,SK13 0BN,allotments,gardens,gardening,plot,plots,grow,grown,growing,flowers,vegetables,shed,sheds,entrance,grows,agriculture,plants,planting,hut,huts
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P059 - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the ˜gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the ˜electric side'.
Gamesley Estate, Melandra Castle Road, Gamesley, High Peak,England, UK, SK13 0BN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,estate,overspill,SK13,Glossop,High Peak,Derbyshire,UK,Manchester overspill estates,Social,Housing,socialhousing,council,GAFA,SK13 0BN,allotments,gardens,gardening,plot,plots,grow,grown,growing,flowers,vegetables,shed,sheds,houses,grows,agriculture,plants,planting,hut,huts
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P05D - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the ˜gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the ˜electric side'.
Gamesley Estate, Melandra Castle Road, Gamesley, High Peak,England, UK, SK13 0BN
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,estate,overspill,SK13,Glossop,High Peak,Derbyshire,UK,Manchester overspill estates,Social,Housing,socialhousing,council,GAFA,SK13 0BN,allotments,gardens,gardening,plot,plots,grow,grown,growing,flowers,vegetables,shed,sheds,houses,grows,agriculture,plants,planting,hut,huts
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P05G - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the ˜gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the ˜electric side'.
Gamesley Estate, Melandra Castle Road, Gamesley, High Peak,England, UK, SK13 0BN
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,estate,overspill,SK13,Glossop,High Peak,Derbyshire,UK,Manchester overspill estates,Social,Housing,socialhousing,council,GAFA,SK13 0BN,allotments,gardens,gardening,plot,plots,grow,grown,growing,flowers,vegetables,shed,sheds,Joes allotment,plot 13,grows,agriculture,plants,planting
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P05P - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the ˜gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the ˜electric side'.
Gamesley Estate, Melandra Castle Road, Gamesley, High Peak,England, UK, SK13 0BN
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,estate,overspill,SK13,Glossop,High Peak,Derbyshire,UK,Manchester overspill estates,Social,Housing,socialhousing,council,GAFA,SK13 0BN,allotments,gardens,gardening,plot,plots,grow,grown,growing,flowers,vegetables,shed,sheds,Joes allotment,plot 13,grows,agriculture,plants,planting
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P05X - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the ˜gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the ˜electric side'.
Gamesley Estate, Melandra Castle Road, Gamesley, High Peak,England, UK, SK13 0BN
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,estate,overspill,SK13,Glossop,High Peak,Derbyshire,UK,Manchester overspill estates,Social,Housing,socialhousing,council,GAFA,SK13 0BN,allotments,gardens,gardening,plot,plots,grow,grown,growing,flowers,vegetables,shed,sheds,Liv and Ants,Liv,Ants,grows,agriculture,plants,planting
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P060 - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the ˜gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the ˜electric side'.
Gamesley Estate, Melandra Castle Road, Gamesley, High Peak,England, UK, SK13 0BN
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,estate,overspill,SK13,Glossop,High Peak,Derbyshire,UK,Manchester overspill estates,Social,Housing,socialhousing,council,GAFA,SK13 0BN,allotments,gardens,gardening,plot,plots,grow,grown,growing,flowers,vegetables,shed,sheds,Bee,Bees,keeping,hive,caution,ahead,at work
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P062 - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the ˜gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the ˜electric side'.
Gamesley Estate, Melandra Castle Road, Gamesley, High Peak,England, UK, SK13 0BN
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,estate,overspill,SK13,Glossop,High Peak,Derbyshire,UK,Manchester overspill estates,Social,Housing,socialhousing,council,GAFA,SK13 0BN,allotments,gardens,gardening,plot,plots,grow,grown,growing,flowers,vegetables,shed,sheds,Bee,Bees,keeping,hive,caution,ahead,at work
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P063 - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the ˜gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the ˜electric side'.
Gamesley Estate, Melandra Castle Road, Gamesley, High Peak,England, UK, SK13 0BN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,overspill,SK13,Glossop,Derbyshire,UK,Manchester overspill estates,Social,Housing,socialhousing,council,GAFA,SK13 0BN,allotments,gardens,gardening,plot,plots,grow,grown,growing,flowers,vegetables,shed,sheds,grows,agriculture,plants,planting,hut,huts,vegetable,flower,bed
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P06K - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the ˜gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the ˜electric side'.
Gamesley Estate, Melandra Castle Road, Gamesley, High Peak,England, UK, SK13 0BN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P06M - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the ˜gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the ˜electric side'.
Gamesley Estate, Melandra Castle Road, Gamesley, High Peak,England, UK, SK13 0BN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P06N - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the ˜gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the ˜electric side'.
Gamesley Estate, Melandra Castle Road, Gamesley, High Peak,England, UK, SK13 0BN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,estate,overspill,electric,Finnigan,SK13,Glossop,High Peak,Derbyshire,UK,Manchester overspill estates,Social,Housing,socialhousing,council,sheds,natural,vegetables,flowers,bug hotels,diversity,insect,insects,wood,debris,brick,gap,gaps,crawlies,crawly,home,frame,space,spaces
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P06T - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the ˜gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the ˜electric side'.
Gamesley Estate, Melandra Castle Road, Gamesley, High Peak,England, UK, SK13 0BN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,estate,overspill,electric,Finnigan,SK13,Glossop,High Peak,Derbyshire,UK,Manchester overspill estates,Social,Housing,socialhousing,council,sheds,natural,vegetables,flowers,bug hotels,diversity,insect,insects,wood,debris,brick,gap,gaps,crawlies,crawly,home,frame,space,spaces
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P06W - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the ˜gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the ˜electric side'.
Gamesley Estate, Melandra Castle Road, Gamesley, High Peak,England, UK, SK13 0BN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,overspill,SK13,Glossop,Derbyshire,UK,Manchester overspill estates,Social,Housing,socialhousing,council,GAFA,SK13 0BN,allotments,gardens,gardening,plot,plots,grow,grown,growing,flowers,vegetables,shed,sheds,grows,agriculture,plants,planting,hut,huts,vegetable,flower,bed
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P06Y - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the ˜gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the ˜electric side'.
Gamesley Estate, Melandra Castle Road, Gamesley, High Peak,England, UK, SK13 0BN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,SK13,The George Hotel,the,34,High Peak,Derbyshire,UK,SK13 7QU,pub,bar,sign,outside,exterior,hotels,pubs,bars,signs,pub sign,closed,old,history,historic,George,heritage,lost,unused,not,open,signage,stone,building,architecture
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1RDEJ - The George Hotel was orginal built in 1836. In 1845 obtained its first alehouse license to cater for passengers from the newly then built raiway station. In 1855 it was called the Station Inn and Railway Hotel. In 1990 the hotel was bought by George and Jean Wharmby who renamed it to The George Hotel. The George Hotel is just a minute s walk from Glossop Rail Station, The George Hotel provides rooms with private en suite bathrooms and full English breakfasts on the edge of The Peak District. The George s rooms provide TVs, free Wi-Fi, and en suite private bathrooms. Tea and coffee facilities are also available, and some rooms offer views of the town and surrounding hills. A split-level restaurant is available to guests, featuring a varied menu including traditional British cuisine, vegetarian options, and continental dishes. Guests can also enjoy full English breakfasts in the restaurant.
34 Norfolk Street, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 7QU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,High Peak,Derbyshire,UK,SK23 0BA,village,town,embossed,rust,rusty,rusted,rusting,cast,iron,metal,steel,road,stamped,history,historic,centre,sewerage,water,supply,drain,words,letter,letters,printed,roads,streets,grids,villages
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1RDEM - Chapel-en-le-Frith (/ˌtʃæpəl ˌɒn lə ˈfrɪθ/) is a town and civil parish in the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England.
It has been dubbed the Capital of the Peak, in reference to the Peak District, historically the upperland areas between the Saxon lands (below the River Trent) and the Vikings lands (which came as far south as Dore, Sheffield).
The town was established by the Normans in the 12th century, originally as a hunting lodge within the Forest of High Peak. This led to the French-derived name Chapel-en-le-Frith (chapel in the forest). (It appears in an English form in a Latin record as 'Chapell in the ffryth', in 1401.) The population at the 2011 census was 8,635
Although most of the area is outside the National Park boundary, the town is in the western part of the Peak District. To the north and south lie the Dark Peak highlands, which are made up of millstone grit and are heather-covered moorlands, rugged and bleak. These include Chinley Churn and South Head with, a little further off, Kinder Scout, which looms above the whole area. To the east is the gentler and more pastoral White Peak, consisting largely of limestone grasslands, nevertheless with spectacular bluffs and the occasional gorge. Combs Moss, a gritstone 'edge', dominates the valley in which Chapel lies from the south and Eccles Pike rises sharply above the town to its west and provides a commanding 360° viewpoint.
Chapel-en-le-frith, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK23 0BA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,sandstone,Howard Town Mills,Glossop,High Peak,Derbyshire,UK,SK13,industry,manufacturing,rubber,manufacture,2002,St Albans Rubber,derelict,closed,factory,site,old,history,historic,hazardous,materials,mill,mills,warehouse,warehouses,factories,decay,stone,millstone,grit,relic,relics,high street,high streets
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1RDEX - Volcrepe Ltd was a large former rubber producing factory in Glossop, Derbyshire. Formed in 1931 and based in the 200-years old Woods Mill, it began manufacturing rubber soles for footwear. Later on, it began producing specialist equipment to the Ministry of Defence including gas masks for horses and the Home Guard as well as radio equipment as part of the war effort between 1939-1945. In the 1950s the company was still producing footwear soling, but with the market becoming more and more competitive it started concentrating its efforts into cellular rubbers which it had earlier pioneered. It went on to produce produced rubbers for the aviation industry, oil, automobile, domestic and communications industries.
Woods Mill was at the eastern end of what was originally the larger Howard town Mill complex built by John Wood in the 19th Century. In its day it was one of the largest integrated cotton mills in England. Volcrepe was split over in two sections with the aptly named Milltown road dividing it. The only connecting point was a small walkway over Mill Street emblazoned with the company's logo. To the east of Milltown were the extensive single storey drying shed. The factory closed down in 2002 when Volcrepe merged with another company, St Albans Rubber and has been empty.
In October 2015 High Peak Borough Council were split in a decision of five votes to five as to whether the site should be demolished and redeveloped. However, the councillor with the deciding vote decreed the mill should in fact be demolished. Now all of the site to the west of Milltown has gone leaving a smaller three-storey mill to east of Milltown and some of the perimeter buildings, including former weaving sheds and administrative buildings, around the former drying sheds still standing.
Mill Street, Milltown, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8PX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,sandstone,Howard Town Mills,Glossop,High Peak,Derbyshire,UK,SK13,industry,manufacturing,rubber,manufacture,2002,St Albans Rubber,derelict,closed,factory,site,old,history,historic,hazardous,materials,mill,mills,warehouse,warehouses,factories,decay,stone,millstone,grit,relic,relics
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1RDF1 - Volcrepe Ltd was a large former rubber producing factory in Glossop, Derbyshire. Formed in 1931 and based in the 200-years old Woods Mill, it began manufacturing rubber soles for footwear. Later on, it began producing specialist equipment to the Ministry of Defence including gas masks for horses and the Home Guard as well as radio equipment as part of the war effort between 1939-1945. In the 1950s the company was still producing footwear soling, but with the market becoming more and more competitive it started concentrating its efforts into cellular rubbers which it had earlier pioneered. It went on to produce produced rubbers for the aviation industry, oil, automobile, domestic and communications industries.
Woods Mill was at the eastern end of what was originally the larger Howard town Mill complex built by John Wood in the 19th Century. In its day it was one of the largest integrated cotton mills in England. Volcrepe was split over in two sections with the aptly named Milltown road dividing it. The only connecting point was a small walkway over Mill Street emblazoned with the company's logo. To the east of Milltown were the extensive single storey drying shed. The factory closed down in 2002 when Volcrepe merged with another company, St Albans Rubber and has been empty.
In October 2015 High Peak Borough Council were split in a decision of five votes to five as to whether the site should be demolished and redeveloped. However, the councillor with the deciding vote decreed the mill should in fact be demolished. Now all of the site to the west of Milltown has gone leaving a smaller three-storey mill to east of Milltown and some of the perimeter buildings, including former weaving sheds and administrative buildings, around the former drying sheds still standing.
Mill Street, Milltown, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8PX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,local,community,High Peak,Derbyshire,UK,SK13 8PX,SK13,POW,in,Marston Thompson & Evershed,saddler,John Booth,George Robert Clayton,Openshaw Brewery,brewhouse,brewpub,beerhouse,Bass,Prince of Wales Partnership,the,Millstone grit,sandstone,history,historic,Marston,traditional,boozer,bar,pubs,bars,Old Glossop,beer garden,grey,sign
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1RDF4 - Built in 1852 by William Kelsall a saddler of Old Glossop the first mention of a beerhouse is an advert in a Glossop Record local paper in June 1863 which stated that Decima Hall was selling up at the Spinners Arms, Milltown and leaving the country.
John Booth took up the offer and moved down from the Drover's Arms in 1864. In the 1871 Census he was also described as a grocer with the pub now called the Prince of Wales, having possibly changed in 1864 when John Booth moved in following the marriage of the Prince of Wales. In a Morris Commercial Directory for 1878 John was also a wholesale agent for George Robert Clayton a brewer of Salford. In 1880 he unsuccessfully applied for an alehouse licence but remained licensee until 1892. He had bought the pub from William Kelsall in 1877 and sold it to Openshaw Brewery in 1903 who took out a new 999year lease in 1921.
It remained a beerhouse until 1960 when a Full Licence was obtained, as with other Openshaw pubs it eventually became a Bass house. It was sold by Bass in 1982 to the Prince of Wales Partnership one of whose members Arthur Banks took out the licence followed a month later by David Hughes. It was bought by Marston Thompson & Evershed in 1984 who in 1986 gave it a complete refurbishment with the provision of dining room and function room upstairs for 40 people.
Mill Street, Milltown, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8PX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1RDF6 - Salford archaeology within the Centre for Applied Archaeology at the University of Salford, was commissioned by Glossop Land Ltd to carry out a programme of archaeological works in advance of the development of the Woods Mill complex, Glossop, Derbyshire. The proposed works included the demolition of a cotton mill that was part of the 19th century Howard Town Mills Complex and the redevelopment of the site for residential, retail and office use.
The site was occupied from 1803 by a water-powered cotton mill, which was destroyed by fire in 1842. The mill was subsequently purchased for use by John Wood, who redeveloped the site as the Howard Town Mills. The complex was slowly expanded eastwards until, at its height, it was employing 8000 people and was the largest integrated cotton spinning and weaving complex in Derbyshire. After John Wood died in 1854, the mill entered a slow decline until it was sold off in 1919. Although the western half continued in use as a cotton mill, the eastern half was taken over by Volcrepe Rubber in 1932, who continued to operate on the site until 2002.
This archive contains the results of the archaeological investigations undertaken by Salford Archaeology within the Woods Mill complex. This includes a level III building survey of the Narrow Spinning Mill and a report of the survey and excavation results, amalgamated into a single narrative that presents the archaeological evidence for the development of this important mill complex.
Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8PX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1WB73 - . Made at 3 Arundel St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 7AB in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The image documents Victorian red lamp, at the Friendship Inn, 3 Arundel St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 7AB, corner pub. The locality and subject together evoke place identity, cereal crop, rural economy, local history, arable farming, licensed trade, regional identity, agricultural landscape, changing land use, everyday life, traditional hostelry, local character, historical comparison, and crop production. Today's relevance is strengthened by changing drinking habits, hospitality costs and the continuing question of the pressure on customer-facing businesses in a high-cost economy. From a 2025-onward perspective, agricultural policy and climate change are closely linked to this subject, alongside the pressure on farmers from energy, fertiliser and machinery costs. The archival value lies partly in recording commercial use and occupation around 3 Arundel St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 7AB before closure or conversion alters the character of the place. The location also brings in grain harvest, social history, period detail, contemporary social history, pub heritage, British agriculture, barley cultivation, and street-level dining. References to Arundel, corner, Glossop, Victorian, and Derbyshire give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at 3 Arundel St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 7AB helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The period view preserves a local visual benchmark within the wider story of 3 Arundel St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 7AB.
3 Arundel St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 7AB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1WB75 - . This scene at 3, Arundel street, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 7AB in 2022 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The principal subject is Red lamp at the Friendship Inn, 3, Arundel street, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 7AB. The frame also records themes of visual archive, everyday life, hospitality trade, historic townscape, licensed hospitality, customer-facing leisure, before-and-after reference, historical comparison, documentary photography, traditional hostelry, period architecture, local social venue, archival record, and regional identity. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with public-realm investment, housing pressure and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. The modern context includes continuing discussion of changing drinking habits, commercial rents and the survival of local venues as social meeting places. The image fixes commercial use and occupation within 3, Arundel street, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 7AB at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against different community use. The photograph additionally reflects place identity, street-level dining, changing land use, food-and-drink business, community identity, architectural character, licensed trade, and period detail. The combination of Friendship, Glossop, Arundel, and Derbyshire anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at 3, Arundel street, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 7AB helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. It also preserves a local visual benchmark for future local research. The photograph keeps a point of historical comparison before later change alters the scene.
3, Arundel street, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 7AB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1WB76 - . This dated editorial view of Arundel Street, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 7AB in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The photograph centres on Low Railway Bridge viaduct, Arundel Street, Glossop/Hadfield rail line to Manchester Piccadilly, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 7AB. The wider scene also brings together local stock-photo/gotonysmith-Character.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>character, period detail, town-centre renewal, community identity, built heritage, documentary photography, civic architecture, commercial redevelopment, before-and-after reference, public-realm investment, changing land use, urban fabric, rail infrastructure, and contemporary social history. The wider contemporary story combines heritage conservation, regional connectivity and the importance of preserving signal boxes and rolling stock as industrial heritage. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with housing pressure, heritage conservation and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. Small period details of public access and movement at Arundel Street, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 7AB may become more significant with time, particularly following replacement signage. The location also brings in changing streetscape, urban regeneration, local history, historic rolling stock, architectural character, adaptive reuse, freight wagon, and visual archive. Details involving Hadfield, Bridge, Railway, Arundel, and Manchester make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within Arundel Street, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 7AB, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The image fixes evidence of earlier appearance for later comparison. It also preserves period character within the wider story of Arundel Street, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 7AB.
Arundel Street, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 7AB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1WB78 - More at https://glossopheritage.co.uk/ghtarchive/oldlibglos/
Rechabites and Temperance
The Temperance Hall was built in 1850 by the Rechabite Club at a cost of £800.
The Independent Order of Rechabites was a friendly society that had been set up in Manchester in the 1830s. They were named after the Rechabites of the Old Testament. Most friendly societies met in pubs. The societies had been created to help working people with things such as health insurance and death benefits, as there was no welfare state. The Rechabites had been created by a group of Manchester Methodists to provide friendly societies with alternative meeting places to pubs. They were concerned encouraging men into pubs was harming their health and moral welfare.
During the early 19th Century the population of Glossop had rapidly increased with the growth of the cotton mills. The area around Arundel Street, Edward Street and Bernard Street, had been constructed around the 1840s and was densely populated with back to back houses. A number of pubs and beer sellers had opened nearby including The Fleece, the Bush Inn and The Lamb Inn.
In May 1879 Liberals decided to purchase the Temperance Hall and convert it into club rooms at the cost of £1,500. They showed remarkable signs of activity after moving into their new property.
The Liberals extended the hall to include the building along Railway Street down to the Lamb Inn on the corner of Surrey Street. They called the new hall St James Hall. It covered the whole of the top floor and included a billiard room and a club room that served alcohol. This caused a rift between the members as many of them belonged to the Temperance body. This carried on for some time and caused damage to the reputation of the Liberal Association. In 1898 a meeting was held in Victoria Hall and the two sides finally put aside their differences in a grand hand shaking and reunion.
Edward St / Railway Street , Glossop, High Peak, Derbys, England, UK, SK13
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1WB79 - Freemasonry in Derbyshire was first established as early as 1732, about 15 years after the formation of the first Grand Lodge and around 86 years after the first ever recorded Lodge in England.
The earliest Lodges were often named after the building where the meetings took place, which not surprisingly would have been an Inn or Tavern. Alternatively, from place or family names. The latter being the case here in Glossop. Initially taking its name from the family of the Duke of Devonshire and recently changed to Glossopdale Lodge following a restructure in 2017.
Over time, Lodges were formed and Lodges were disbanded. The oldest surviving Lodge in Derbyshire is Tyrian Lodge â„– 253, being established in 1785. The Province of Derbyshire was designated, largely observing the County boundary, in 1789. As the number of subscribing members grew, new (daughter) Lodges opened, including our Lodge in Glossop in 1853. We are the fourth oldest surviving Lodge in Derbyshire. If you are tracing your family history and would like to know if any were freemasons in our Lodge, we would love to help you.
The Lodge originally met at the Globe Inn, High Street West, moving in 1857 to the Norfolk Arms.
18 Henry Street, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8BW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1WB7A - More at https://glossopheritage.co.uk/ghtarchive/warmem01/
Glossop Borough Council had set up a War Memorial Commitee to decide on what memorials should be erected around the Borough. The design that was decided on was a stepped stone base with bronze plaques inscribed with the names of those who lost their lives. On top of the stone base is a winged figure of Victory holding a laurel wreath. She is standing with one foot on the globe and another on the neck of a snake, representing evil. The bronze statue has been attributed to Vernon March, who also made the National War Monument in Ottowa, Ontario, Canada.
Dedication, 26 March 1922
The War Memorials at Glossop and Hadfield are identical. They were both dedicated on the same day, Sunday 26th March 1922. On the day of the dedication miniature evergreens had been planted around the base.
A procession of the Mayor (S. Bamforth), Lord Howard, Lord Doverdale (Edward Partington), the War Memorial Committee and other officials made their way from the Town Hall to Norfolk Square at 2.30pm. Lord Howard had been asked to unveil the War Memorial. He gave a short speech stating:
that he felt much honoured in having been asked to unveil that monument, which all of them had subscribed to, to enable it to be raised in that square.
The Rev. W. M. Martin-Ellis, Vicar of Whitfield, then performed the dedication of the Memorial. Four buglers then played The Last Post . This was followed by the male voice choir singing Sullivan's Homeland and the buglers then played The Reveille . The ceremony ended with the singing of the National Anthem.
Wreaths were then laid by the Mayor, Mr C. Haughton (who had lost three sons in the War) deposited on behalf of ex-servicemen. There were also wreaths from Mrs Partington (the ex-Mayor), the police, Mr Dickinson (headmaster of Glossop Grammar School) and many other organisations.
The Mayor, Lord Howard, Lord Doverdale and Council Officials along with the Glossop Old Band then left
Norfolk Square, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8BP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1WB7B - More at https://glossopheritage.co.uk/ghtarchive/warmem01/
Glossop Borough Council had set up a War Memorial Commitee to decide on what memorials should be erected around the Borough. The design that was decided on was a stepped stone base with bronze plaques inscribed with the names of those who lost their lives. On top of the stone base is a winged figure of Victory holding a laurel wreath. She is standing with one foot on the globe and another on the neck of a snake, representing evil. The bronze statue has been attributed to Vernon March, who also made the National War Monument in Ottowa, Ontario, Canada.
Dedication, 26 March 1922
The War Memorials at Glossop and Hadfield are identical. They were both dedicated on the same day, Sunday 26th March 1922. On the day of the dedication miniature evergreens had been planted around the base.
A procession of the Mayor (S. Bamforth), Lord Howard, Lord Doverdale (Edward Partington), the War Memorial Committee and other officials made their way from the Town Hall to Norfolk Square at 2.30pm. Lord Howard had been asked to unveil the War Memorial. He gave a short speech stating:
that he felt much honoured in having been asked to unveil that monument, which all of them had subscribed to, to enable it to be raised in that square.
The Rev. W. M. Martin-Ellis, Vicar of Whitfield, then performed the dedication of the Memorial. Four buglers then played The Last Post . This was followed by the male voice choir singing Sullivan's Homeland and the buglers then played The Reveille . The ceremony ended with the singing of the National Anthem.
Wreaths were then laid by the Mayor, Mr C. Haughton (who had lost three sons in the War) deposited on behalf of ex-servicemen. There were also wreaths from Mrs Partington (the ex-Mayor), the police, Mr Dickinson (headmaster of Glossop Grammar School) and many other organisations.
The Mayor, Lord Howard, Lord Doverdale and Council Officials along with the Glossop Old Band then left
Norfolk Square, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8BP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1WB7K - More at https://glossopheritage.co.uk/ghtarchive/warmem01/
Glossop Borough Council had set up a War Memorial Commitee to decide on what memorials should be erected around the Borough. The design that was decided on was a stepped stone base with bronze plaques inscribed with the names of those who lost their lives. On top of the stone base is a winged figure of Victory holding a laurel wreath. She is standing with one foot on the globe and another on the neck of a snake, representing evil. The bronze statue has been attributed to Vernon March, who also made the National War Monument in Ottowa, Ontario, Canada.
Dedication, 26 March 1922
The War Memorials at Glossop and Hadfield are identical. They were both dedicated on the same day, Sunday 26th March 1922. On the day of the dedication miniature evergreens had been planted around the base.
A procession of the Mayor (S. Bamforth), Lord Howard, Lord Doverdale (Edward Partington), the War Memorial Committee and other officials made their way from the Town Hall to Norfolk Square at 2.30pm. Lord Howard had been asked to unveil the War Memorial. He gave a short speech stating:
that he felt much honoured in having been asked to unveil that monument, which all of them had subscribed to, to enable it to be raised in that square.
The Rev. W. M. Martin-Ellis, Vicar of Whitfield, then performed the dedication of the Memorial. Four buglers then played The Last Post . This was followed by the male voice choir singing Sullivan's Homeland and the buglers then played The Reveille . The ceremony ended with the singing of the National Anthem.
Wreaths were then laid by the Mayor, Mr C. Haughton (who had lost three sons in the War) deposited on behalf of ex-servicemen. There were also wreaths from Mrs Partington (the ex-Mayor), the police, Mr Dickinson (headmaster of Glossop Grammar School) and many other organisations.
The Mayor, Lord Howard, Lord Doverdale and Council Officials along with the Glossop Old Band then left
Norfolk Square, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8BP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1WB7R - The Crystal Ballroom, operating as the function room for the former Glossop Conservative Club, has been an integral part of Glossop's community since 1909, regularly accommodating local clubs, musicians, dance schools, performances and parties.
Situated in the heart of Glossop this striking Grade ll listed building notably represents British heritage with it's Welsh slate roof, English millstone grit exterior and imposing body, congratulating late Edwardian architecture.
Previously, in 1838, The Railway Inn pub was built on the same site although this was later demolished in 1909 to make way for the Conservative Club. In 2017 a blue plaque was installed on the front wall to commemorate Glossop's most prominent historian and archaeologist, Robert Hamnett, who lived at The Railway Inn and went on to become the first steward of the Conservative Club upon it's opening.
Over the decades The Crystal Ballroom has served Glossop well and following an extensive and sympathetic restoration we are delighted to be re-opening the venue to the public once again.
22 Norfolk St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbys, England, UK, SK13 8BS
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1WB7W - Glossop railway station serves the Peak District town of Glossop in Derbyshire, England. Glossop is the third busiest railway station in the county of Derbyshire after Derby and Chesterfield.
The station is 15 miles (24 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly, and is the terminus of the Glossop line. Together with nearby Derbyshire stations at Hadfield and Dinting, Glossop is considered to be part of the Greater Manchester rail network as it lies only a short distance over the county boundary and the line goes no further into Derbyshire. For that reason the station signs at Glossop feature the Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) logo, and the station features on the TfGM rail network map. However, Greater Manchester concessionary fares do not apply to passengers travelling from Glossop, Dinting or Hadfield
Henry Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk built the spur line from Dinting Viaduct to Howard Town over his own land at his own expense. He then sold it to the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway for £15,244 10s 10d (equivalent to £1,600,000 in 2021). The station was opened on 9 June 1845 to goods traffic
the formal opening was on 30 June 1845 “ it was attended by some of the SA&MR Directors, and passenger traffic began immediately afterward. The station buildings were constructed to the designs of John Grey Weightman and opened in 1847
Originally built with two platforms, the station was reduced to one operational platform in the 1970s when the branch was singled. When the voltage changed from 1500 V DC to 25 kV AC on 7 December 1984, the AC trains continued to use the old platform before the single line was transferred from one side of the island to the other. Trains arriving from Manchester Piccadilly reverse to proceed to Hadfield, and vice versa. The other platform face and redundant station buildings were incorporated into an extension for the next door Co-op supermarket and car park, now owned by The Co-operative Group.
Norfolk Street, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 7AQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1WB7X - Glossop railway station serves the Peak District town of Glossop in Derbyshire, England. Glossop is the third busiest railway station in the county of Derbyshire after Derby and Chesterfield.
The station is 15 miles (24 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly, and is the terminus of the Glossop line. Together with nearby Derbyshire stations at Hadfield and Dinting, Glossop is considered to be part of the Greater Manchester rail network as it lies only a short distance over the county boundary and the line goes no further into Derbyshire. For that reason the station signs at Glossop feature the Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) logo, and the station features on the TfGM rail network map. However, Greater Manchester concessionary fares do not apply to passengers travelling from Glossop, Dinting or Hadfield
Henry Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk built the spur line from Dinting Viaduct to Howard Town over his own land at his own expense. He then sold it to the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway for £15,244 10s 10d (equivalent to £1,600,000 in 2021). The station was opened on 9 June 1845 to goods traffic
the formal opening was on 30 June 1845 “ it was attended by some of the SA&MR Directors, and passenger traffic began immediately afterward. The station buildings were constructed to the designs of John Grey Weightman and opened in 1847
Originally built with two platforms, the station was reduced to one operational platform in the 1970s when the branch was singled. When the voltage changed from 1500 V DC to 25 kV AC on 7 December 1984, the AC trains continued to use the old platform before the single line was transferred from one side of the island to the other. Trains arriving from Manchester Piccadilly reverse to proceed to Hadfield, and vice versa. The other platform face and redundant station buildings were incorporated into an extension for the next door Co-op supermarket and car park, now owned by The Co-operative Group.
Norfolk Street, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 7AQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1WB7Y - Glossop railway station serves the Peak District town of Glossop in Derbyshire, England. Glossop is the third busiest railway station in the county of Derbyshire after Derby and Chesterfield.
The station is 15 miles (24 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly, and is the terminus of the Glossop line. Together with nearby Derbyshire stations at Hadfield and Dinting, Glossop is considered to be part of the Greater Manchester rail network as it lies only a short distance over the county boundary and the line goes no further into Derbyshire. For that reason the station signs at Glossop feature the Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) logo, and the station features on the TfGM rail network map. However, Greater Manchester concessionary fares do not apply to passengers travelling from Glossop, Dinting or Hadfield
Henry Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk built the spur line from Dinting Viaduct to Howard Town over his own land at his own expense. He then sold it to the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway for £15,244 10s 10d (equivalent to £1,600,000 in 2021). The station was opened on 9 June 1845 to goods traffic
the formal opening was on 30 June 1845 “ it was attended by some of the SA&MR Directors, and passenger traffic began immediately afterward. The station buildings were constructed to the designs of John Grey Weightman and opened in 1847
Originally built with two platforms, the station was reduced to one operational platform in the 1970s when the branch was singled. When the voltage changed from 1500 V DC to 25 kV AC on 7 December 1984, the AC trains continued to use the old platform before the single line was transferred from one side of the island to the other. Trains arriving from Manchester Piccadilly reverse to proceed to Hadfield, and vice versa. The other platform face and redundant station buildings were incorporated into an extension for the next door Co-op supermarket and car park, now owned by The Co-operative Group.
Norfolk Street, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 7AQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1Y7RG - . A grounded documentary photograph made at 34 High St West, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8BH in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The principal subject is The Corner Cupboard pub- Victoria Inn Gartsides Ales, 34 High St West, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8BH. Further facets of the scene include built heritage, regional identity, public realm, casual dining, local character, customer-facing leisure, town-centre renewal, neighbourhood drinking venue, visual archive, urban regeneration, community identity, everyday life, period architecture, and public-realm investment. The modern context includes continuing discussion of commercial rents, pub closures and the pressure on customer-facing businesses in a high-cost economy. For current editorial use, adaptive reuse and construction costs provide additional context, especially through how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. The archival value lies partly in recording street furniture and boundaries around 34 High St West, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8BH before later reinterpretation alters the character of the place. The subject also sits alongside architectural character, local social venue, mixed-use redevelopment, urban fabric, archival record, hospitality trade, historical comparison, and licensed trade. References to Derbyshire, Gartsides, Victoria, Glossop, and Corner give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of 34 High St West, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8BH may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The photograph keeps a local visual benchmark within the wider story of 34 High St West, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8BH.
34 High St West, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8BH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1Y7Y7 - . This location-specific image from High Street West, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8AP in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. At the centre of the view is Glossop Market and Town Hall civic building, closed for refurbishment and redevelopment. 6 Market St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK. Another layer of the photograph includes changing streetscape, consumer retail, mixed-use town centre, commercial streetscape, contemporary social history, social history, place-making, archival record, historic townscape, before-and-after reference, community identity, commercial frontage, place identity, and public-realm investment. For current editorial use, commercial viability and town-centre regeneration provide additional context, especially through how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres. Current relevance extends to consumer spending and business rates, particularly through how mixed retail, leisure and residential uses are reshaping high streets. Small period details of lettering, decoration and surface detail at High Street West, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8AP may become more significant with time, particularly following different community use. The wider setting retains connections with commercial redevelopment, town-centre renewal, independent trading, local history, customer footfall, urban fabric, public realm, and visual archive. The combination of Market, redevelopment, Glossop, building, and refurbishment anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at High Street West, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8AP helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object.
High Street West, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8AP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1Y80C - Glossop Labour Club is an independent socialist club. It is not affiliated to any political party, but is home to people who share a progressive outlook on life. It is one of the oldest Socialist/Labour Clubs in the country. If you enjoy a friendly atmosphere, where you will be unlikely to encounter bigotry or prejudice, if you are a woman who likes the freedom of going out alone, if you are young or old (or in between), Glossop Labour Club is just what you are looking for. Whether you want real ale, draught lager, cider or Guinness, alcohol-free beer. wine or a selection of spirits (including a range of single malts - all at very reasonable prices, or if you prefer soft drinks, tea and coffee, we can offer what you most enjoy.
We are generally open from 8-11 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays. On other nights we may be open if there is an event or other activity. Check the bar rota on the Members page to make sure.
Accessibility: The ground floor of the Club is wheelchair accessible, and there is a ramp down into the garden. We have a wheelchair accessible toilet, and a stairlift to the upstairs rooms.
STOP PRESS: The club is providing a Warm Space as coordinated by HPBC each Sunday. See here for further details.
Toilet twinning. The Club is working with other groups to get Glossop recognised as a 'toilet-twinned town'. What's this about? Visit our Toilet twinning page to find out more.
11-13 Chapel St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8AT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1Y80K - . This location-specific image from George St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8AY in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The frame specifically shows NHS Tameside and Glossop, Primary Care Centre, foundation trust, George Street, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8AY. The frame also records themes of local character, historical comparison, town-centre renewal, historic townscape, place identity, commercial redevelopment, mixed-use redevelopment, period detail, civic architecture, urban regeneration, changing land use, public realm, visual archive, and everyday life. From a 2025-onward perspective, public-realm investment and construction costs are closely linked to this subject, alongside the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. The image fixes street furniture and boundaries within George St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8AY at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against later reinterpretation. The wider setting retains connections with adaptive reuse, local history, built heritage, changing streetscape, social history, urban fabric, community identity, and documentary photography. References to Primary, foundation, Derbyshire, Tameside, and trust give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For George St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8AY, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. A further contemporary connection is public-realm investment and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space without losing the local specificity of George St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8AY.
George St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8AY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1Y841 - . An identifiable period record of 66-68 High Street West, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8BH in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The scene records Joe Barber plumber Merchant, established 1957, 66-68 High Street West, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8BH. Further facets of the scene include before-and-after reference, place identity, contemporary social history, period detail, local history, commercial frontage, documentary photography, town-centre economy, independent trading, regional identity, high-street commerce, archival record, visual archive, and bricks-and-mortar retail. Today's relevance is strengthened by store closures, consumer spending and the continuing question of the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names. As a dated visual record of 66-68 High Street West, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8BH, the frame retains local activity and public use, making it especially useful if new construction subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include local character, historical comparison, customer footfall, commercial streetscape, street-level business, everyday life, retail property, and shopfront economy. The combination of plumber, Barber, Merchant, established, and Derbyshire anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within 66-68 High Street West, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8BH, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Its period value extends to store closures and the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names as part of the longer story of 66-68 High Street West, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8BH. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2K1Y841.
66-68 High Street West, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8BH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1Y847 - . Recorded at Arundel Street, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 7AB in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The principal subject is Glossop Gas Company offices, now commercial premises. Est 1845, in Arundel Street, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 7AB. The broader subject matter reaches into before-and-after reference, civic architecture, heritage-led regeneration, local history, public-realm investment, historic townscape, mixed-use redevelopment, town-centre renewal, place-making, commercial redevelopment, local character, urban fabric, adaptive reuse, and period detail. The modern context includes continuing discussion of construction costs, commercial viability and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. Future viewers can use this scene from Arundel Street, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 7AB to compare transport arrangements and footfall with whatever follows after refurbishment. Further associations within the scene are everyday life, social history, regional identity, historical comparison, community identity, changing land use, period architecture, and contemporary social history. Elements such as Glossop, Derbyshire, commercial, premises, and offices add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within Arundel Street, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 7AB, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The setting also helps illustrate construction costs and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition within the specific setting of Arundel Street, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 7AB.
Arundel Street, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 7AB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Love Heart,love,heart,hearts,sitting,on,a,of,Swizzels Matlow,Swizzels,Matlow,New Mills,Derbyshire,England,UK,Barbie,loves,lover. Lovers,New Milfs,town,love me,lovers,sugar,sweet,treat,treats,definition,dictionary,dictionaries,romantic,romance,Valentine,Valentines Day
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XN9C - . This location-specific image from New Mills, Derbyshire, England, UK in 2018 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The scene records Love Heart, sitting on a dictionary definition of 'Love'. The subject also carries associations with specialist retailer, place identity, local history, everyday life, public realm, high-street commerce, customer footfall, local enterprise, changing streetscape, commercial frontage, social history, small business, contemporary social history, and period detail. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with online shopping, independent business and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy. Small period details of period objects and surrounding context at New Mills, Derbyshire, England, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following changing commercial priorities. The surrounding story also includes bricks-and-mortar retail, independent retail, local character, retail property, town-centre trading, visual archive, documentary photography, and archival record. The combination of Heart, dictionary, sitting, definition, and 'Love' anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within New Mills, Derbyshire, England, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Its period value extends to online shopping and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy without losing the local specificity of New Mills, Derbyshire, England, UK. The location additionally provides evidence of independent business and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy in a form that can be compared with future views of New Mills, Derbyshire, England, UK. It also preserves a local visual benchmark as a date-specific reference.
New Mills, Derbyshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DBHR53 - North Staffordshire oatcake shop where the mixture is cooked on a traditional baxton iron griddle, then filled with bacon, cheese, mushroom, tomatoes etc and a splash of sauce.
A North Staffordshire oatcake is a type of pancake made from oatmeal, flour and yeast. It is cooked on a griddle or 'baxton'. The oatcake is a local speciality in the North Staffordshire area of England. They are normally referred to as Staffordshire oatcakes or possibly Potteries oatcakes by non-locals, because they were made in this area. In and around Staffordshire and Cheshire they are often simply known as oatcakes.
Derbyshire oatcakes are similar to Staffordshire oatcakes, but while following a similar (or even the same) recipe are generally larger in diameter, and thicker. For example the same recipe will make four Derbyshire or twelve Staffordshire style oatcakes.
It was once common throughout the Potteries for oatcakes to be sold directly from the window of a house to customers on the street. The last producer in this style closed on the 25th of March 2012
however, there are many small commercial premises who sell oatcakes. Larger commercial enterprises exist that sell oatcakes to supermarkets and other large distribution chains.
Oatcakes can be a form of fast food. Catering outlets in the area usually offer oatcakes with fillings such as cheese, tomato, onion, bacon, sausage, and egg.
They can also be eaten with sweet fillings such as golden syrup, jam or banana, but this is less common and frowned upon by traditionalists. They are traditionally re-heated by steaming between two plates over a saucepan of water or nowadays by microwave, though some may prefer frying in butter or grilling.
King Street Oatcakes. 113 King Street, Fenton, Stoke on trent, ST4 3NA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DBHR5R - North Staffordshire oatcake shop where the mixture is cooked on a traditional baxton iron griddle, then filled with bacon, cheese, mushroom, tomatoes etc and a splash of sauce.
A North Staffordshire oatcake is a type of pancake made from oatmeal, flour and yeast. It is cooked on a griddle or 'baxton'. The oatcake is a local speciality in the North Staffordshire area of England. They are normally referred to as Staffordshire oatcakes or possibly Potteries oatcakes by non-locals, because they were made in this area. In and around Staffordshire and Cheshire they are often simply known as oatcakes.
Derbyshire oatcakes are similar to Staffordshire oatcakes, but while following a similar (or even the same) recipe are generally larger in diameter, and thicker. For example the same recipe will make four Derbyshire or twelve Staffordshire style oatcakes.
It was once common throughout the Potteries for oatcakes to be sold directly from the window of a house to customers on the street. The last producer in this style closed on the 25th of March 2012
however, there are many small commercial premises who sell oatcakes. Larger commercial enterprises exist that sell oatcakes to supermarkets and other large distribution chains.
Oatcakes can be a form of fast food. Catering outlets in the area usually offer oatcakes with fillings such as cheese, tomato, onion, bacon, sausage, and egg.
They can also be eaten with sweet fillings such as golden syrup, jam or banana, but this is less common and frowned upon by traditionalists. They are traditionally re-heated by steaming between two plates over a saucepan of water or nowadays by microwave, though some may prefer frying in butter or grilling.
King Street Oatcakes. 113 King Street, Fenton, Stoke on trent, ST4 3NA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DBHR6A - North Staffordshire oatcake shop where the mixture is cooked on a traditional baxton iron griddle, then filled with bacon, cheese, mushroom, tomatoes etc and a splash of sauce.
A North Staffordshire oatcake is a type of pancake made from oatmeal, flour and yeast. It is cooked on a griddle or 'baxton'. The oatcake is a local speciality in the North Staffordshire area of England. They are normally referred to as Staffordshire oatcakes or possibly Potteries oatcakes by non-locals, because they were made in this area. In and around Staffordshire and Cheshire they are often simply known as oatcakes.
Derbyshire oatcakes are similar to Staffordshire oatcakes, but while following a similar (or even the same) recipe are generally larger in diameter, and thicker. For example the same recipe will make four Derbyshire or twelve Staffordshire style oatcakes.
It was once common throughout the Potteries for oatcakes to be sold directly from the window of a house to customers on the street. The last producer in this style closed on the 25th of March 2012
however, there are many small commercial premises who sell oatcakes. Larger commercial enterprises exist that sell oatcakes to supermarkets and other large distribution chains.
Oatcakes can be a form of fast food. Catering outlets in the area usually offer oatcakes with fillings such as cheese, tomato, onion, bacon, sausage, and egg.
They can also be eaten with sweet fillings such as golden syrup, jam or banana, but this is less common and frowned upon by traditionalists. They are traditionally re-heated by steaming between two plates over a saucepan of water or nowadays by microwave, though some may prefer frying in butter or grilling.
King Street Oatcakes. 113 King Street, Fenton, Stoke on trent, ST4 3NA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DBHR74 - North Staffordshire oatcake shop where the mixture is cooked on a traditional baxton iron griddle, then filled with bacon, cheese, mushroom, tomatoes etc and a splash of sauce.
A North Staffordshire oatcake is a type of pancake made from oatmeal, flour and yeast. It is cooked on a griddle or 'baxton'. The oatcake is a local speciality in the North Staffordshire area of England. They are normally referred to as Staffordshire oatcakes or possibly Potteries oatcakes by non-locals, because they were made in this area. In and around Staffordshire and Cheshire they are often simply known as oatcakes.
Derbyshire oatcakes are similar to Staffordshire oatcakes, but while following a similar (or even the same) recipe are generally larger in diameter, and thicker. For example the same recipe will make four Derbyshire or twelve Staffordshire style oatcakes.
It was once common throughout the Potteries for oatcakes to be sold directly from the window of a house to customers on the street. The last producer in this style closed on the 25th of March 2012
however, there are many small commercial premises who sell oatcakes. Larger commercial enterprises exist that sell oatcakes to supermarkets and other large distribution chains.
Oatcakes can be a form of fast food. Catering outlets in the area usually offer oatcakes with fillings such as cheese, tomato, onion, bacon, sausage, and egg.
They can also be eaten with sweet fillings such as golden syrup, jam or banana, but this is less common and frowned upon by traditionalists. They are traditionally re-heated by steaming between two plates over a saucepan of water or nowadays by microwave, though some may prefer frying in butter or grilling.
King Street Oatcakes. 113 King Street, Fenton, Stoke on trent, ST4 3NA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DBHR8D - North Staffordshire oatcake shop where the mixture is cooked on a traditional baxton iron griddle, then filled with bacon, cheese, mushroom, tomatoes etc and a splash of sauce.
A North Staffordshire oatcake is a type of pancake made from oatmeal, flour and yeast. It is cooked on a griddle or 'baxton'. The oatcake is a local speciality in the North Staffordshire area of England. They are normally referred to as Staffordshire oatcakes or possibly Potteries oatcakes by non-locals, because they were made in this area. In and around Staffordshire and Cheshire they are often simply known as oatcakes.
Derbyshire oatcakes are similar to Staffordshire oatcakes, but while following a similar (or even the same) recipe are generally larger in diameter, and thicker. For example the same recipe will make four Derbyshire or twelve Staffordshire style oatcakes.
It was once common throughout the Potteries for oatcakes to be sold directly from the window of a house to customers on the street. The last producer in this style closed on the 25th of March 2012
however, there are many small commercial premises who sell oatcakes. Larger commercial enterprises exist that sell oatcakes to supermarkets and other large distribution chains.
Oatcakes can be a form of fast food. Catering outlets in the area usually offer oatcakes with fillings such as cheese, tomato, onion, bacon, sausage, and egg.
They can also be eaten with sweet fillings such as golden syrup, jam or banana, but this is less common and frowned upon by traditionalists. They are traditionally re-heated by steaming between two plates over a saucepan of water or nowadays by microwave, though some may prefer frying in butter or grilling.
King Street Oatcakes. 113 King Street, Fenton, Stoke on trent, ST4 3NA
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Keywords: Roberts Bakery and The Little Treats Co,based,in,Northich,and,Aldreds,The,located,in,Ilkeston,Derbyshire,dusk,night,shot,bluehour,blue,hour,bakers,manufacturers,manufacturer,foodservice,markets,market,Rocky,Road,bites,bakery,products,including,sliced,bread,bread rolls,gotonysmith bakery products including sliced bread,bread rolls,gingerbread and chocolate clusters quality CW9 7RQ CW97RQ,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HDC0 - . The Cheshire based Frank Roberts bakery factory at Rudheath, Northwich, England , UK at dusk - bread makers. Its a family business. Photographed on 12 February 2010. The recorded location is Rudheath, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK CW9 7RQ. The wider historical story is that everyday food and drink sit within wider histories of farming, manufacturing, retail and hospitality
Ingredients and brands that appear ordinary at one moment can later become useful markers of changing diets, packaging, provenance and food fashion. From a heritage perspective, markets and high-street businesses combine commercial history with everyday social life
Their changing occupiers, branding and uses document local economies, consumer culture, town-centre regeneration and the long shift from traditional retailing towards mixed shopping, food and leisure destinations. The wider historical story is that industrial buildings and machinery preserve the material history of manufacturing Britain: steam power, engineering, mining, textiles, ceramics and mass production transformed both the economy and the physical character of towns
Surviving equipment is now studied as industrial archaeology and often conserved within museums or regenerated sites. In the present 2026 context, current food coverage frequently combines lifestyle with questions of price, health, sourcing and environmental impact
Older packaging and products also offer useful evidence of how branding, portioning and consumer expectations have changed. As of 2026, town-centre resilience remains a major policy issue in England, with government programmes aimed at high streets and community ownership of valued local assets
Changing retail patterns, vacancies and the growth of food-led destinations make older shop and market photographs valuable for comparison. Other useful descriptive phrases include food culture, food photography, home cooking, local produce, consumer food, food retail, and nutrition.
Rudheath, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK CW9 7RQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1Y7RP - Vivienne Westwood 1941- Fashion Designer
Vivienne Westwood was born Vivienne Swire in the Peak District village of Tintwistle, Glossop, Derbyshire in 1941. Still a teenager, the family moved to Harrow, a suburb of northwest London, where her parents took over the running of a post office. At 21, she married Derek Westwood, a toolmaker, but the marriage did not last. After the break-up, Vivienne fled to her Aunt Ethel's caravan in North Wales, with her son Ben.
Her career in fashion did not take off until she met Malcolm McLaren, later known as the manager of punk band the Sex Pistols, who was studying alongside her brother at Harrow Technical College. Friendship came first, followed by love, and, in 1974, a second child, Joe, now the purveyor of saucy scanties, was born.
It was London which gave Vivienne the boost her creativity needed. After a stint selling her own jewellery in Portobello Market, she and Malcolm opened the infamous Sex boutique at the bottom end of the Kings Road where her provocative designs were sold. Then came punk. Vivienne's clothes were perfect for the youth trend: bondage trousers, slashed shirts and provocative God Save The Queen T-shirts. The monarch may not have loved it, but London was intoxicated.
After a couple more shops, Westwood moves to Italy in 1984 where a deal with Giorgio Armani announced. 1989 November: Westwood's name appears in a list of the world's top six designers in John Fairchild's book Chic Savages (1989), along with Armani, Lagerfield, Saint Laurent, Lacroix and Ungaro.
Between 1989-1991 she is appointed Professor of Fashion at Vienna Academy of Applied Arts and in 1990 the first complete menswear collection, Cut and Slash (S/S 1991) was shown in conjuntion with Pitti Uomo in Florence.
In 1992, she married Andreas Kronthaler, a fashion student a quarter of a century younger than her, whom she met when she was tutoring fashion at Vienna University of Applied Arts.
During the 1990's she opens shops in London
Chapel St, Glossop, High Peak,Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8AT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1Y80R - Exterior of Glossop Primary Care Centre on George Street, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, photographed in bright summer sunshine beneath a blue sky, with mature trees partly shading the modern brick and glass NHS building and its Tameside and Glossop signage. The community healthcare facility provides a local NHS presence in the town and is listed by Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust at George Street, Glossop, SK13 8AY, around 0.3 miles from Glossop railway station. The centre forms part of the network of community services serving Glossop and the wider High Peak area, providing an accessible setting for primary, outpatient and community healthcare closer to patients' homes. The image also records a period of significant organisational change in the local NHS. From 1 April 2026, Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust and Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aligned governance arrangements through a Joint Board, while remaining legally separate foundation trusts, as they develop a joint organisational strategy intended to improve healthcare services across their communities. The Trust has also highlighted increased use of digital technology and artificial intelligence. In June 2026 it reported deployment of an AI model designed to identify patients at higher risk of returning to A&E within a month, allowing multidisciplinary teams to consider earlier community-based intervention and potentially reduce avoidable emergency department attendance. Other current developments include digital appointment letters, expanded use of the NHS App and joint working with Stockport. This exterior view therefore illustrates both a neighbourhood NHS healthcare facility in Glossop and the wider shift towards integrated, community-based and digitally supported care across Tameside, Glossop and neighbouring Stockport.
George St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8AY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P047 - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the ˜gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the ˜electric side'.
Winster Mews, Gamesley, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 0LU
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Keywords: instruction,manual,book,guide,142/0,142/1,old,historic,BR,British,Rail,Great,Britain,UK,United,Kingdom,Railway,rail,transport,class,142,train,Pacer,diesel,multiple-unit,passenger,multiple,unit,units,DMMU Trains,DMMU trains,Working Instructions,GoTonySmith,BREL,in,Derbyshire,141,instruction,instructions,pacer train
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DCTC - The British Rail Class 142 is a class of Pacer diesel multiple-unit passenger trains used in the United Kingdom. 96 units were built by BREL in Derby between 1985 and 1987. They were a development of the earlier Class 141 which were introduced in 1984.
They were initially built for use on rural branch lines. However, as of April 2015 they are mainly used on busy commuter routes in the major cities in the north of England, with some also in use on local services around Cardiff. Until 2009, they also operated in Devon, by First Great Western.
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