When you're repackaging a collection and suddenly come across a note written by Lord Palmerston in Downing Street…

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This was today's menu at Chesterfield House Hydro in Matlock in 1915. How does kidney soup, steak and pigeon pie, roast mutton, potatoes, cauliflower, sultana pudding, milk pudding, junket, stewed pears, jelly and cheese sound?
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On #PhotoFriday we visit the late 1890s. Here is County Analyst John White in his very impressive laboratory.

#EYAScience #LocalAndCommunityHistoryMonth

‘Keeping Chronicles’ in our #LocalStudies collection explores the importance of preserving written memorabilia – diaries, letters, even old cook books. What have you got hidden away which would interest future generations?
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Have you ever wondered what equipment is needed to keep a school science department going? These Apparatus and Equipment books from the physics department at Lady Manners in Bakewell cover the period 1946 to 1974 and give a great overview!
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Looking for help researching family or local history? Join us here for our FREE ‘Introduction to Online Resources for Derbyshire History’, Tuesday 14 May 10.30-11.30. See what you can access with the click of a mouse. Visit our blog to book a place: recordoffice.wordpress.com/2024/04/09/new…

In 1817 Edward Broadhead was convicted 'for pretending to have skill and crafty science'. The entry in the Calendar of Prisoners doesn't go into more detail, but he was most likely a fraudulent fortuneteller of some kind.

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Showing what can be done when a community works together, the research by Tibshelf Local History and Civic Society pieced together the story of how miners became medics on the battlefields. Their hard work resulted in this fascinating booklet. #LocalAndCommunityHistoryMonth

#OnThisDay in 1886 a Grand Evening Concert was held at the National School, Matlock Town. It featured 'The Mountain Ladies', a cantata for treble voices written by F.R. Havergal in 1874.
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Were your ancestors police officers… or criminals? Our #ArchiveOfTheWeek is Chesterfield Borough Police (D3376). The archive is now fully catalogued and ready to explore for #LocalHistoryMonth ! See it here: ow.ly/8jlP50RvH5O))

Inspired by #LocalHistoryMonth but don’t know where to start? We have original documents relating to Derbyshire, and an extensive local studies collection. Visit our blog to access all the guides, and subscribe to be updated when new ones are published: recordoffice.wordpress.com/research-guide…

We’re holding 5 free ‘Introduction’ sessions at the Record Office in the coming months, on a range of topics to help with researching family and local history. The first one is on 14 May and covers key online resources for researching Derbyshire's history: recordoffice.wordpress.com/2024/04/09/new…

In the 1960s you couldn’t get much more famous than The Beatles. Here they are performing in Buxton in 1963. Such was their fame there’s even a police sergeant trying to control the crowd of 2500 fans.

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A new accession - in fact a whole new collection - came in last week, records from Grindleford Parish Council. Mainly minutes, but also information on rights of way and the Village Plan from 2004.

Does poverty still exist in the countryside and do those who come in to live there have an interest in its future? Rebecca Smith explores the impact on the lives of the working class in her book ‘Rural’, now in #LocalStudies .

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Our #ArchiveOfTheWeek is D1035, photos taken by F W Walker, a Buxton hotel manager. He was witness to the demolition of both the historic Ashopton Inn and Derwent Hall, prior to the filling of Ladybower Reservoir in 1943. Here are some of the images he captured.

Today marks the start of #LocalAndCommunityHistoryMonth , when every year people are encouraged to find out about the history around them. Our #LocalStudies collection is a good place to begin with books, newspapers, photographs and more.

#Archive30 asks #WhyArchives - here are some of the reasons we do what we do…

So not strictly a singular item but without doubt maps are one of our most #PopularItem as requested by our visitors. Maps are an amazing source of information, and in some cases works of art. See our Guide to Historic Maps to find out what we have: recordoffice.wordpress.com/2020/05/01/his…

#OnThisDay in the late 19th century a Grand Concert was held at the Assembly Room, Matlock Bridge, in aid of the Matlock Cricket Club.

Darley Dale Cricket Club Matlock and Cromford Meadows CC