by Editor | Mar 15, 2025 | News, Social Histories
From the Ilkeston Pioneer of 6 September 1912 A man who gave the name of ‘Ben Warren’ the ex-Derby County footballer, but who turned out to be the notorious George William Atkin, alias ‘Fatty Atkin’, a native of Ilkeston, was found wandering in a nude condition in...
by Editor | Mar 15, 2025 | News, Ilkeston’s Industries
The Stantonian, (Magazine of Stanton Ironworks) Vol 22, No.6, April 1961 “In our last issue readers were given a brief account of the floods caused when the Nutbrook stream overflowed its banks on Sunday December 4th last year. The floods were caused by exceptionally...
by Editor | Jun 7, 2024 | Local Histories
by Beverley Kilby Widening the Nutbrook Canal Bridge, 1950’s – looking towards Spondon, St Norbert Drive / Godfrey Drive junction in middle distance. Originally an agricultural parish and village, Kirk Hallam is now known for its large housing estates on...
by Editor | Jun 3, 2024 | Social Histories
by Grant Shaw The sometimes-overlooked Hallam Fields War Memorial is in the grounds of the former Stanton Institute (“The ‘Stute”) and is a replica of the original which was stolen some years ago. The names on it are all First World War casualties, but my recent...
by Editor | Apr 6, 2024 | News
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