Who put the baby in the biscuit tin? Where was White’s Yard? And what became of the airport and bus station? Ann and Beverley recount fifty easily readable stories from Ilkeston’s past, many for the first time, in a review of some of the events, people and things that have shaped the Ilkeston we know today.
Price £13.50
In the summer of 1912 a young teacher, Frank Underwood, was appointed to a post in the new Bennerley County School for Boys. For the next three years Frank corresponded with a Miss B Stevens in his native Leicestershire, sending her more than 80 postcards of Ilkeston and district. This selection, with the messages he wrote on them, gives a fascinating snapshot of Ilkeston before the Great War.
Available in hardback or paperback.
Price £2.50
An affectionate look at the speech, history and folklore of Ilkeston and the Erewash Valley. Just as amusing and insightful as it was when first published in 1976.
This edition is Part 2 only (limited stock).
Price £3.50
A companion volume to A Town on Two Wheels. In the final two decades of the nineteenth century the bicycling community was served by a surprising number of inventors, retailers, repairers and manufacturers in Ilkeston.
Deals on Wheels offers a complete Who Was Who of everyone involved in the local trade in the 1880s and 1890s.
Price £9.00
— Cycling in Ilkeston 1880 - 1900 - At the start of the period covered by this book cycling was a pastime for well-off young men with a taste for speed, and bicycle clubs were a focal point of male social life. As the equipment became cheaper, bicycling activities became available to all. A Town on Two Wheels describes how this cycling revolution played out in Ilkeston and covers:
See also Deals on Wheels, the companion volume.
Price £12.00