On 31st January 1916 a Zeppelin flew over the East Midlands passing over Ilkeston and the Stanton Iron Works and dropping bombs on the way, including at Bennerley Viaduct. Our plaque, placed by the Society on the north wall of the former St Bartholemew’s Church in...
by Ann Featherstone and Beverley Kilby A look at some of the events, people and things that have shaped the Ilkeston we know today, written to celebrate 50 years of the Ilkeston and District Local History Society. Copies are available at just £10 (£13.50 by...
The Society’s commemorative plaque to the town’s almost forgotten son is at 61 South Street — Ogden’s the Butcher. Harry Stanley Hawley, known as Stanley, was born on South Street and became an internationally known pianist and composer. His father was a...
Ilkeston’s Co-operative Department store, 2006 (Eddie King) While the grand days of the Cooperative store have gone, we can still remember the cultural and commercial contribution that the Cooperative Society made to the town. Many families were supported from...
A second Society plaque now adorns the walls of the Sir John Warren in the Market Place commemorating the Ilkeston Bicycle Club and the town’s champion rider, Fred Fletcher. Fred was born over his father’s chemist shop at 69 Bath Street on 8 August 1869....
