A nostalgic look at Stanton Ironworks, Hallam Fields, New Stanton and Stanton Gate in photographs. Reprinted 2023.
The Second World War on the Home Front
Originally published in 1996 and containing first hand accounts and many photographs, this book is reprinted and expanded with new information and images to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of WW2 in 2025.
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Ilkeston MPs by Beverley Kilby
From the papers: Ilkeston Advertiser: 28 January, 1910: Monday’s Polling — Wretched Day of Snow and Rain by Esther Collington
Children of 1891 — Report by Beverley Kilby
The Rutland Cricket Ground by Sheila Mason
Obituary: Don Webster
Chilwell National Filling Factory — A Canary Girls follow up by Dave Johnson
The Story of John Scargill (1588 – 1662) — Report by Alan Edwards
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From West Hallam to Canada . . . and a Titanic victim!
The Canary Girls of Chilwell by Gary Henshaw
Ilkeston from the papers: Ilkeston Advertiser: Friday, January 14, 1910: The Sudbury Memorial
Are you local? by Gary Henshaw
Sir Barnes Neville Wallis by Danny Corns
Marks and Spencer by Alan Edwards
R101 by Danny Corns
Train-spotting — A boys’ story by Paul Miller
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West Hallam visit by Gary Henshaw
Stanton Wartime Films by Danny Corns
An Unexpected Visit by the Lord of the Manor by Mike Jobling
The Fastest Barber in Town? Joe Wright of Ilkeston, 1861-1942 by Grant Shaw
The Smith Murder by Malcolm Burrows