Timothy Beard the "Night Soil Man". The photograph from c1900 shows him with is cart in front of the shop which at the time was the Co-op stores. The second picture was taken in Old Road where he stabled his horse and kept his cart. #FurnessVale#Derbyshire
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Historic Whaley Bridge. A traditional style postcard featuring colourised images. Available now from Footsteps, Market Street. Just £1 each. #WhaleyBridge#Derbyshire
The undertaker's funeral, Cutting from The Chronicle of November 1889. We believe the archway next to 118 Buxton Road was Mr Robert's workshop #Derbsyhire#FurnessVale
@FazPatel_MBE Digital books are excellent because a whole library takes up so little space. They can never replace printed books for reference purposes.
L M S 4P Class 4-4-0 1090 ready to depart from Chinley. Photograph colourised from a black and white original in Keith Holford's archive. #Derbyshire#Chinley
Lyme Park, Chinley shortly after building. A scene that has very much changed. Digitally colourised photograph from Keith Holford's Archive. #Derbyshire#Chinley
Kiln Cafe at Furness Vale Brickworks. The cubs took over a brick kiln when they entered a competition for the most unusual cafe location. Photo courtesy of Val Goddard #Derbyshire#FurnessVale
Furness then and now. A few changes in this view. The School has new windows and has lost its bell tower. A new house has appeared, 35 Buxton Road, and some mature trees have grown.
The bell was sometimes a target for mischievous children who would tug on the rope ! #FurnessVale
National Library of Scotland has just published a series of 6inch scale maps. Here is an extract covering Furness Vale, surveyed in 1871. https://t.co/LEzAgbf1FD #Derbyshire#FurnessVale