** 24th April 2006 **
This page is NOT the site archive any more, please visit the new one HERE
This page will no longer be updated!


3th April 2006
Amended the 360s in the Broadband section as Fullscreen mode is no longer supported since Windows XP SP2.

15th January 2006
Added 3 new then and now presentations of former blue Bell pub, Traffic street buiding, Arboretum Boar statue to the Then and now section.
Added new guestbook page for 2006 comments.

3rd January 2006
Updated the Markeaton Park section with lots of new photos, including snow ones taken over Christmas. Will be adding more soon. See my entry into the recent world wide panorama of Markeaton Park Orangery. And also a snow covered version here.
If you are a google earth user then you may like to install the WWP extension which allows you to see all the 360 panoramic photos from the google earth application. Get the extension here.


7th november 2005
Added a new then and now presentation of Portland Arms pub to the Then and now section.


23rd October 2005
Added 1 old 1948 photo of Bemrose School to the old photos section.

15th October 2005
Added 3 old photos by James Wilson to the old photos section.

14th October 2005
Added 1 old photo by Barry Newcombe to the old photos section.
Added 18 photos of the 2005 Derby Tour of Britain to the Derbyshire Events section.

11th October 2005
I have entered a 360 degree photo of Masson Mills textile museum in the recent event held by the world Wide Panorama, If you have quicktime installed take a look at my entry HERE. The main WWP site index is HERE. If you have broadband then do check out the Full-Screen version :-
See my entry in the Energy event on the site here.

2nd October 2005
Added a new section for merchandise, For the first time you can now buy a Christmas card which features one of my photographs. It is availble to buy from the Derby Tourist Information Centre. See HERE for details.

7th September 2005
Added a new section for your own stories and memories, Send them to me and see them on-line HERE.
Added 1 old photo by Barry Newcombe to the old photos section.

30th July 2005
154 photos just added !!!..
Added 27 photos of Dovedale village to the Derbyshire Villages section.
Added 38 photos of the 2005 Derby Carnival to the Derbyshire Events section.
Added 61 photos of the Bemrose School 75th Anniversary to the Derbyshire Events section.
Added 17 photos of the 2005 Aston on Trent Well Dressings to the Derbyshire Events section.
Added 9 photos of the 2005 re-enactment of Dr Samuel Johnsons wedding to the Derbyshire Events section.
Added 1 old photo by Barry Newcombe to the old photos section.
Added 1 old photo of Bemrose School to the old photos section.

22nd July 2005
Added 18 old photos - 3 by Barry Newcombe and 15 by Mick Horobin to the old photos section.

21st July 2005
I have revamped my Milford village page and added 25 new photos to it. Milford was one of the very first Derbyshire villages that I photographed for my website, I have left the original images on the page at the bottom.
Added 37 old photos of Derby Trolley buses by Brian Dominic to the old photos section

3rd July 2005
I have moved all of the Derbyshire villages onto thier own index page, This will make the main index faster to load and also allow for expansion. The new Derbyshire Villages Index page is here.

30th June 2005
Added 5 new photos to the Mickleover page.

23rd June 2005
Added 9 new then and now presentations to the Then and now section. Goto the new ones here.

Added 45 photos of the 2005 Willington Raft race to the Derbyshire events section.
Added 10 old photos of Breadsall Railway station to the old photos section.
Added 7 old photos of Derby's West end to the old photos section.
Added 81 old photos by Neil Johnson to the old photos section, Spread over 4 pages!

6th June 2005
Added 7 new then and now presentations to the Then and now section. Goto the new ones here.
Added 3 guestbook comments.

5th June 2005
Added a guestbook comment. More then and nows coming soon!

1st June 2005
Added 2 new then and now presentations to the Then and now section. Goto them here.
New scenes include ...Chaddesden Bingo Hall, Normanton Road.

21st May 2005
Added 2 comments to the guest book.
Added 10 brand new then and now presentations to the Then and now section. Goto the first ones here. (no 79)
New scenes include ...Ashbourne Road junction with Uttoxeter Old road, Ashbourne Railway station, London Road view of the Coliseum,
Shoulder of Mutton pub in Osmaston village, Market place in Ashbourne *2, Florence Nightingale statue London Road, Osmaston Road looking towards town, Bateman Steet end view of London Road,
Cornmarket view of Bus.

8th May 2005
Added 4 new 'then and now' presentations of Etwall, Melbourne, Dale Abbey and Derby college to the Then and now section.
Added a new page for Stanton-by-bridge with 20 photos on it.
Added a new page for Quarndon with 20 photos on it.

17th April 2005
Added a new 'then and now' presentation of Borrowash, Gordon Road to the Then and now section.

15th April 2005
Added a new section Derby and Derbyshire Desktop Wallpapers, this section offers you the chance to use one og my photographs as a desktop wallpaper. currently 21 to select from.

11th April 2005
Added 11 brand new then and now presentations to the Then and now section. Goto the first ones here.
New scenes include ...Ashbourne Old Grammer School, Ilkeston Market place view, Derby Grand Theatre (Gower street view),
Ingleby view,Derby Greyhound stadium, Searl Street view of pub, Derby market place Guildhall view, Stanton by Bridge,
Cotton Lane view of Osmaston Road, Manor Hospital,Derbyshire Royal Infirmary.


2nd April 2005
Added a comment to the guest book.
For reference only : Stats show Browser share for month of March out of the 14,605 visitors -
89.8% use MSIE
4.9% use Firefox
1.1% use Mozila
1.1% use Netscape
0.3% use Opera
1.2% use Safari (MAC).
Or view the details HERE.

11th March 2005
Added 2 comments to the guest book.

7th March 2005
Added a collection of 41 photos of the gravestones in Uttoxeter new road cemetery.
Added a collection of 15 old photos of College School to the page here.

3rd March 2005
Added a collection of 34 old photos to the page here.

22nd February 2005
I have revamped the Holbrook village page and addd 20 new photos to it.

13th February 2005
I have altered the main index page so it should load faster, it no longer requires Java VM for the visitor counter.
Added 8 new photos to the Findern page.

12th February 2005
Added a page for the 2005 Ashbourne Shrovetide Fotball to the Derbyshire events page with 45 photos on it.
Added 5 comments to the guest book.

7th February 2005

Added 4 comments to the guest book.

3rd February 2005

Added a new 'Then and now' photo to the Then and now section here. Matlock

27th January 2005

My 'Then and now' collection of photos is featured in todays (Thursday 27th January) Derby Trader newspaper,
See page 16 - Trader Heritage section by Ron McKeown. If you are new to my site and would like to see the photos, please start at the main index of then and now photos by clicking HERE.

26th January 2005
Added 3 new 'Then and now' photos to the Then and now section here. Matlock Bath, Five Lamps, Cathedral view4

25th January 2005

Added 3 new 'Then and now' photos to the Then and now section here. Baseball ground, Agard Street, Duffield Road.

20th January 2005
Added 3 new 'Then and now' photos to the Then and now section here.

18th January 2005
Added 5 new 'Then and now' photos to the Then and now section here.
Added 1 comment to the guest book.

13th January 2005

Added 29 brand new 'Then and now' photos to my newly revamped Derby Then and now section. I have redone all
the original presentations using a new larger show and added a load of new ones.
See the new Then and now section index on the page here.
Added 1 comment to the guest book.

1st January 2005

Added 3 comments to the guest book.


11th December 2004
Added a page for Stanton Moor with 15 photos on it, this breaks the 2000 photo mark for the site!!!!

9th December 2004
Added a page for the Bonnie Prince Charlie event Derby to the Derbyshire events page with 48 photos on it.
Added the David Potter collection of Bus photos to the Old Derby Photos Collection, 20 photos.

4th December 2004

Added a page for the Bonnie Prince Charlie event Swarkestone to the Derbyshire events page with 29 photos on it


9th November 2004
Added a comment to the guest book.
Added a page for the village of Draycott with 12 photos on it.

3rd November 2004
Added a comment to the guest book.
Added a page for the Belper Well Dressings (July04) to the Derbyshire events page with 12 photos on it

1st November 2004
Added a page for the village of Cubley/Little Cubley/Great Cubley with 6 photos on it.


30th October 2004
Added a page for the Darley Park with 40 photos on it.

29th October 2004
Added a page for the village of Shirley with 16 photos on it.

28th October 2004
Added comment to the guest book.
Added a page for the village of Horsley Woodhouse with 6 photos on it.

27th October 2004
Added a page for the village of Osmaston with 11 photos on it.
Added a page for the village of Hollington with 4 photos on it.

26th October 2004
Added a page for the village of Bradley with 3 photos on it.
Added a page for the Derby Cathedral Tower Open Day (July04) to the Derbyshire events page with 28 photos on it.
Added comment to the guest book.

25th October 2004
Added a page for the Derby Industrial museum 2004 Steam Day to the Derbyshire events page with 28 photos on it.
Added a page for the village of Hadfield otherwise known as Royston Vasey (where the league of gentlemen was filmed) with 20 photos on it.

23rd October 2004

Added a page for Melbourne Hall & Gardens with 30 photos on it.
Added a comment to the guest book.

21st October 2004
Added a page for Chatswoth House with 23 photos on it.

20th October 2004
Added a page for Kedleston Hall with 34 photos on it.
Added 2 comments to the guest book.

18th October 2004
Added a page for Wingfield Manor with 45 photos on it.
Added latest Derby ghostwalk dates.

15th October 2004
Added a page for the 2004 Elvaston Steam Rally to the Derbyshire events page with 28 photos on it.

14th October 2004
Added a page for Rowsley village with 7 photos on it.
Added comment to the guest book.
Added a page for Farnah House Farm Shire Horse open day to the Derbyshire events page with 8 photos on it.
Added a page for Viking Battle at Elvaston to the Derbyshire events page with 10 photos on it.

13th October 2004

Added a new page for the Bonnie Prince Charlie battle at Swarkestone 2003 with 23 photos on it.

12th October 2004
Added a new page for Curbar village with 11 photos on it.

11th October 2004
I have moved all the events onto their own dedicated index as there were too many on the front index.
The new Events index is HERE.
Added a Brian Clough tribute page with 9 photos on it.

5th October 2004
Added a new time-lapse video to the Broadband Enhanced section of a canal boat trip along the Upper Peak Forest
Added a new photo of the old pop cinema to this old photos collection

2nd October 2004

Added a new page for Chesterfield with 30 photos on it.

1st October 2004

Added comments to the guest book.
Added a new collection of 5 old photos


28th September 2004
Added a new collection of 7 old photos
Added 2 comments to the guest book.

27th September 2004
Added a new page for the village of Ticknall with 18 photos on it.
Added 2 comments to the guest book.

22nd September 2004

Added a link to newly launched Repton village web site on my links page.

11th September 2004

Added a new photo to the Weston on Trent page.
Added a 4 new photos (church & Swarkestone Stand) to the Swarkestone page.

7th September 2004

Added 2 comments to the guest book.
Added a page for the Tour of Britain in Derby with 18 photoss


29th August 2004
Added latest Derby ghost walk dates.
Added 2 photos of the Saxon crypt to the Repton page.
Added comments to the guest book.


19th August 2004
Added 2 comments to the guest book.

14th August 2004
Added 3 old photos of (St Andrews church, Eagle street, Market place) to the Old Photos page.
Added 2 comments to the guest book.

9th August 2004
Added a new time-lapse video of Elvaston Castle to the Broadband Enhanced section.
Added a photo of Allenton to the Old Photos page.

7th August 2004
Added comment to the guest book.
Added a new time-lapse video of a Derby garden slug to the Broadband Enhanced section

6th August 2004
Added comment to the guest book.
Added a new time-lapse video of Derby Bus Station to the Broadband Enhanced section

2nd August 2004
Added comment to the guest book.

1st August 2004
Launched the new 'Broadband Enhanced' section of DerbyPhotos, exclusively for people with broadband internet connections. If you are lucky enough to have a broadband internet connection (over 23% of the UK are) they check it out. Please ensure that you meet the hardware requirements before you enter the Broadband Enhanced section.


19th July 2004
Back on line !, My site has been off-line for the last few days while being upgraded to a new server with 500Mb of space, This will allow me to expand it considerably.
Added latest Derby Ghostwalk dates to the Derby ghostwalk page.

11th July 2004
Added new comments to guest book.
Added a page with 4 photos of Saturdays re-enactment of the wedding of Dr Samuel Johnson to the events section.

8th July 2004
This website was featured in the Derby Evening Telegraph on Saturday 3rd, See HERE.

6th July 2004
Today was 'black flaying ant day' in Derby! (A day when literally thousands of large black flying ants take to the skies)

1st July 2004
The new 'Broadband Enhanced' section of DerbyPhotos is almost ready. If you have Broadband Internet and would like to see whats possible using this technology then you will love the new section.
I have put a lot of effort into making some stunning photogenic presentations which will show off Derby even better than before.
If you are wondering what the requirements are to view the new section they will be :
a) A Broadband Internet connection (256Kbps/300Kbps/512Kbps/600Kbps/1Mbps +)
b) A screen resolution of 1024x768
c) A Microsoft Internet Explorer browser V5/6

Keep an eye out for this new section here very soon.
Sneak Preview HERE.


21st June 2004
Updated the Calke Abbey page, Replaced 3 of the photos and added another 5.

20th June 2004

Added a new page with 20 photos of the 2004 Derby Cathedral Flower Festival.


9th June 2004

Completely revamped the Links page. It was getting too large using images as links. This new slicker page is also better organised and allows for future additions.
Added comments to the guest book.


3rd June 2004

Added comments to the guest book.


21st May 2004
Added a photo of the Chestnut Tree pub to the Normanton page.

21st May 2004
Added a new photo of the church to the Breadsall Village page.
Added 5 lots of comments to the guest book.

20th May 2004

Added latest dates to the Derby Ghostwalks page.
Added instant links to the two Derby Cinemas on the index page.

19th May 2004
Added 5 new photos to the Duffield page. Total photos on site now over 1300

15th May 2004
Re-vamped the Breadsall Village page and added 12 new photos to it.

13th May 2004
Added a photo of the Baptist church to the Smalley page.

9th May 2004
Added a new page for The Heights of Abraham at Matlock Bath with 15 photos on it.
Added a photo of South Parade to the Matlock Bath page,

4th May 2004
Added a 4 new photos to the Alport Heights page.

1st May 2004
Added a photo to the Willington page.
Added a photo of Pride Park Stadium to the Pride Park page page.
Added comments to the guest book.


30th April 2004
Added 2 new photos to the Market place page.
Added 1 new photo to the Wardwick page.

28th April 2004
Added 3 comments to the guest book.

22nd April 2004
Added comments to the guest book.
Added 5 more photos to the Les Sims page, See the page HERE.

10th April 2004
Added a new page of with 11 old photos provided by Les Sims, See the page HERE.

9th April 2004
Added comments to the guest book.
Added 2 photos to the BaseBall Ground page.

7th April 2004
Added comments to the guest book.


30th March 2004
Added comment to the guest book.
Added 2 photos to the Markeaton Park page.


27th March 2004
Added a photo of alvston Park Lake in spring to the Alvaston/Crewton Page.

20th March 2004
Added a old photo of 'pupils at Derby School 1949' to the Old Photos Page.

20th March 2004
Added comment to the guest book.

13th March 2004
Added an interactive map to the Derby Ghost Walk page.

10th March 2004
Added comments to the guest book.
Added a photo to the Elvaston Castle page.

1st March 2004
Added 3 lots of comments to the guest book.


29th February 2004
Added a page for the hamlet of Milton with 5 photos on it.

28th February 2004
Added comments to the guest book.

24th February 2004

Added a page for the 2004 Ashbourne Shrovetide Football with 16 photos on it.

23rd February 2004
Added latest dates to the Derby Ghostwalks page.

22nd February 2004
Added 2 photos of the new Magistrates Court to the Bold Lane page.

21st February 2004
Added 8 new photos to the Belper page.

20th February 2004
Added comment to the guest book.

18th February 2004
Added a photo of the former Royal Theatre to the Bold lane page.
Added two photos to the Old photos page, One of King street in Duffield and one of Brailsford Garage on Bold Lane.
Added comments to the guest book.

14th February 2004
Added two new photos to the Colyear street page of Duckworth Square, Total photos on-line now is 1200.
Added two new photos to the Rowditch page of the former Alexandra and Rowleys mills.
Added two new photos to the Alvaston page of the Lake.

8th February 2004
Added a collection of 16 old photos & Postcard scenes by former Derby Resident Frank Grimshaw. See HERE.


31st January 2004
Wednesday this week saw traffic chaos due to lots of snow, It only lasted for a couple of days.
Added a new photo of the old Friargate railway warehouse.
Added comments to the guest book.

25th January 2004
Added a new page detailing the web statistics for 2003. What a year it was !
Over 3.2 Million photos viewed (including thumbnails), The most popular search phrase of the year was "Tutbury Castle".
Added 4 new photos to the Dave Upton collection of old photos this set of four were taken from the top of the Cathedral in the 50's.

23rd January 2004
I have received many requests over the years for a Baseball ground page, so hope you like my B.B.G. Tribute page with 16 photos. Added 2 comments to the guest book one of which is from an ex-rams player !

18th January 2004
Added 2 new photos to "The Silk Mill - Derby's Museum of Industry and History". See here.
Added a collection of 15 old photos by former Derby Resident Dave Upton. See HERE.

13th January 2004
Added comments to the guest book.
Added link to Belper Research website on the Local Links page.
Derbyphotos Broadband enhanced section arrving soon!

9th January 2004
The Derby section of the e-card system is now ready to use.

5th January 2004
Added 2 comments to the guest book.

4th January 2004
Added 2 comments to the guest book.




30th December 2003
Added comments to the guest book.
Tested all links on my links page, removed dead ones, which were - one of the Tibshelf sites, Aston on trent, West end was the best end site,
Today it snowed in Derby (first time this winter)

18th December 2003
Added 2 more photos to the Christmas e-card system, See here.

15th December 2003
The Christmas e-card system is ready to use, See here.
Coming soon - A Broadband enhanced section of my site !. I now have 500Mb of web space so will be launching a section which will make good use of Broadband internet. Including Ultra High resolution 360 degree VR photos and video based "then and now" movies. Keep a look out for this section coming soon to www.derbyphotos.co.uk

5th December 2003
Added a photo of the newly opened Coyote Wild bar to the Night photos page.

2nd December 2003
Now have my own logo style for my site as well as a splash screen.

30th November 2003
Updated Ghostwalk dates.

14th November 2003
Added a new page with 12 photos of Todays visit by her majesty the Queen to open the new Derby Cathedral Centre.


6th October 2003
Added comments to the guest book.

2nd October 2003
Added comments to the guest book.
My total Derbyshire image collection is now over 18300, pity I can't put them all on this site!


26th September 2003
Added comments to the guest book.
Added a summer photo of Bubble inn to the Stenson page.

23rd September 2003
Added a new page for Mickleover with 7 photos on it.

19th September 2003
Added five lots of comments to the guest book.
Updated the reference page with lots of books.

3rd September 2003
Added four lots of comments to the guest book.
Added a summer photo of Stenson Tea rooms to the Stenson page.


19th August 2003
Added a Polls Page, PLEASE use the page and vote. Feedback helps me make the site better for people!

10th August 2003
Added comments to the guest book.
For the last few days Derby has been extreamly hot (over 32C) so it's been too hot to be using the computer, when the temperature drops down I will hopefully be able to update this site.


28th July 2003
Added latest dates for the Derby ghost walks.

24th July 2003

Added comments to the guest book.
My new high quality 360° photo gallery is coming soon !
If anyone out there can help by answering any of the questions on my message board it would really help me out.

15th July 2003
Added a photo of the Navigation clock warehouse to the Shardlow page.

11th July 2003
Added comments to the guest book.


24th June 2003
Moved a photo from the Calke Abbey page to the Leicestershire page as it was incorectly identified as Calke Abbey, when it was in fact Staunton Harold Hall. Also added a new photo of the Hall taken recently.

20th June 2003
Added a new page for the village of Smalley with 7 photos on it.

16th June 2003
Added a photo of the Gloucestershire Regiment training at Markeaton park to the old photos page.
Added 3 photos to the Nottinghamshire page.

14th June 2003
Added comments to the guest book.
Smalley page comming soon!

6th June 2003
Added a photo of Nottingham road view in Borrowash to the old photos page.

3rd June 2003
Added new comments to the guest book.


30th May 2003
Added a brand new message board which allows you to post messages quickly. So if you are an ex-pat or have something to say use this new page to do it.
Added new comments to the guest book.

17th May 2003
Added 5 lots of comments to the guest book.

11th May 2003
Added a a link for a long eaton website to the Derbyhsire links page.
Added 3 lots of comments to the guest book.

8th May 2003
Added a new Then and now photo of Bridge inn pub, Chester Green to the Interactive Then & Now page.

7th May 2003
Added a new Then and now photo of North Parade, Darley Abbey to the Interactive Then & Now page.
Added a new page for King's Newton with 5 photos on it.

6th May 2003
Added a new Then and now photo (123 year gap) of 2 Camden Street to the Interactive Then & Now page.
Added comments to the guest book.

2nd May 2003
Added a new Then and now photo of the Corn market view to the Interactive Then & Now page.

1st May 2003
Added comments to the guest book.


30th April 2003
Today at 12:04 the 100,000th visitor came to www.derbyphotos.co.uk !
This is the total number of people who have looked at the main index page, the actual number of "web hits" is somewhat higher than this. On average this is over 16,000 per day. This month there were 420,729 web hits and a total of 267,835 photos were viewed on my site.

28th April 2003
Added comments to guestbook.
This website is featured in the current issue of South Derbyshire Heritage News (April 2003/Issue 13).
Added a new page with 15 interactive Then & Now photos to the new Then & Now page.

21st April 2003
Replaced the photo of the Guru Arjan Dev Gurdwara Temple, Normaton with a better one taken recently.
Added a photo of the Tea rooms to the Stenson page.
Added a photo of the Daffoldils and Garden city tavern pub to the Little Chester page.
Added 2 photos to the Markeaton Park page.

19th April 2003
Added comments to guestbook.

17th April 2003
Added two new links to the links page. Railblue and Egginton.

12th April 2003
Added comments to guestbook.
My new interactive Then and now page will be launched soon.

4th April 2003
Added comments to guestbook.
My Derby Canal Guide is about 87% complete.


28th March 2003
Added comments to guestbook
Added latest dates to Derby ghost walks page

27th March 2003
Added tonights mention in the Derby Trader newspaper to my Reviews page.
Added comments to guestbook

25th March 2003
Added a old photo of Borrowash Train Station to the old photos page.

22nd March 2003
Added 4 photos to the Night photos page.

12th March 2003
The Guest book has now been split into 3 pages as it was too long. 2001 2002 2003

8th March 2003
Added comments to guestbook.
Added 3 photos top the Midland road page.

6th March 2003
Despite planning to visit the Ashbourne football match this year, The rain put stop to my plans
, So no photos this year I'm afraid!
Added a spring day photo of Marketplace to the Marketplace page.
Added a spring day photo of Sadlergate/Irongate to the Irongate page.
Added 4 photos to the Old photos page, the old photos page is getting a bit large!


26th Februay 2003
Revamped the main index page to make it a lot shorter.
Added Location Maps.
Added a new page for Findern with 4 photos on it.
Added 3 photos to the bottom of the old photos page.

14th Februay 2003
Added comments to the guest book.
I have replaced the contact page with a much better one which does not use the default e-mail client, This will work on ALL systems.

10th Februay 2003
Added a new page for Allenton with 10 photos on it.
Added news of the Paranormal show to the Derby Ghost Walks page.

9th Februay 2003
Added a photo of the former Dioceasan school to the Friar gate page.
Added a photo of the former Foresters Arms, Borrowash to the old photos page.

6th Februay 2003
Added a photo of Cromford pond to the Old photos page.
This site has won a community "Excellence Web Site Award", see bottom of the main index page.


28th January 2003
Added KLF reference to the Famous Derby page.

18th January 2003
Added a new feature - Derbyshire Jigsaw, See if you can solve it.
Added the Derbyshire Life magazine feature to the reviews page.
Added an Ilkeston site to the Derbyshire links page.
Added new comments to the guest book.

10th January 2003
Added a Virtual tour photo of Repton Village to the VR page.

2nd January 2003
Added new comments to the guest book.

1st January 2003

Added the first photo of 2003, one of the weir at Derby river gardens showing the Derwent after many days of rain.
Added new comments to the guest book.




30th December 2002
Reverted the main index page to the non-Christmas version.

22nd December 2002
My website is featured in Issue 92 of The Derby Drinker magazine (available in 375 Derbyshire pubs).
Added new comments to the guest book.

21st December 2002
My Derby Christmas e-card page was recommended by the Mirror newspaper today in Carol Vorderman's section, She wrote "And, if Derby doesn't appeal, think again. The place looks spectacular at www.derbyphotos.co.uk/pd/christmas.htm
"

20th December 2002
Added comments to the guest book.

14th December 2002
The e-card systems is up and running again. So if you would like to send a festive card try it out.
Added 3 new Christmas e-cards.

12th December 2002
This site is featured on page 38 of this fortnights Computer-active magazine (Issue 126) in a in-depth article on "How and why to get a web page".

10th December 2002
Added 4 new Christmas photos to the Derby xmas e-card system. Use this to send you e-mail greeting cards.
There are 13 Christmas tunes to accompany them.

9th December 2002
Added new comments to the guest book.
Added latest Derby Ghost walk dates.

1st December 2002
There is a detailed three page feature about me and this web site in this months Derbyshire Life magazine.
(December 2002 Vol.67 No.12) It is priced at £1.95, Let me know what you think of the article.


29th November 2002
Added a new page for Windley with 4 photos on it.

27th November 2002
Added a photo of Varsity pub to the night-time photos page.
Added 2 photos to the Alvaston & Crewton page.

26th November 2002
Added comments to the guest book.
Added a photo of the Monkey Puzzle tree to the Alvaston page.

23rd November 2002
I have moved the Christmas e-cards to their own dedicated page, So I can add some new ones over the next few weeks. I have also added 13 new Christmas tunes for use with them.

20th November 2002
Added comments to the guest book.
My site was mentioned in last nights Derby Evening Telegraph, In Jim Brennan's column.
My site was also mentioned in the Derby Evening telegraph Derbyshire Canal publication "Hidden Beauties", With reference to the new Derby Canal Guide which I am currently building.

18th November 2002
Altered the Alport page to "Alport Heights" as the village of Alport is near Bakewell.
Updated the overlib java program to v3.51 (The thing that creates the pop-up info boxes)

16th November 2002
I have added a photo to the Ghostwalks page taken in Friargate Gaol, which shows clear evidence of a ghost in the condemned cell. Check it out !!
Click HERE to see it NOW.

14th November 2002
In the last 5 days my 1983 photo of Littleover school 3rd year has been getting a lot of attention as people are letting me know the names of the people in the photo. If you attended Littleover school and were in the 3rd year in 1983 then please do take a look at the photo to see if you know anyone. Select the SMALL VERSION photo as this shows the names as you hover over the pupils.
Please click HERE to visit the page.

11th November 2002
Added a photo of Green Lane to the Green Lane section.
Added comments to the guest book.

8th November 2002
For the next two months I will be concentrating on building a major new section on my website devoted to the
restoration of the former Derby Canal. This new section The "Derby and Sandiacre Canal Guide" will feature
interactive mapping, Canal route guide, lots of photographs both old and new, Derby Canal memories,
Restoration information, membership details. I am hoping to launch The Derby Canal Guide before Christmas.
So watch this space.

6th November 2002
Added a photo of the toll house to the Alvaston page.
Added a photo of the Dolphin pub to the Queen street page.
Added a photo of Derby Cathedral to the Iron gate page.
Today the 50,000th visitor looked at the site at 17.30

2nd November 2002
Added 2 photos to the Cromford page.
Updated FAQ, tested site with Netscape V7 and it is fine.
Removed the Mystery photo page, will add questions to the quiz instead.
Moved the special events list above the Villages section on the main menu.


27th October 2002
Added a scan from Waterways World magazine to the Reviews page.
Last night A severe storm hit Derby, today driving around I have seen several large trees that have been up-rooted and numerous fences that have blown down. This was one of the worst gales to hit in many years!

26th October 2002
Added 3 photos to the Elvaston Castle page.
Added IE fav icons to all section of the site, if you bookmark a page in IE5> then it will now have it's own icon.

25th October 2002
Added Virtual tour photo of Markeaton park to the VR page.

20th October 2002
Added a photo of Teapot Alley, Borrowash to the Old Photos page.
Added 5 photos of Matlock Bath Aquarium & Petrifying well to the Matlock Bath page.

12th October 2002
Added a new page for Swadlincote with 12 photos on it.

7th October 2002
Added 3 more entries to the guest book.

5th October 2002
Added comments to the guest book.
Added 2 Virtual tour photos of Elvaston Castle to the VR page.

1st October 2002
Improved the Search page so that the cursor gets placed into the search field automatically on loading page.
Added comments to the guest book.


28th September 2002
A major milestone reached today - Added the ONE THOUSANDTH PHOTO to the site, Who would have thought that my site would ever contain so many photographs, not me!
The photo is a virtual photo taken in Darley park. See the Virtual immersive photos page.

27th September 2002
Won the 2002-2003
Golden web award, Presented by The International Association of Web Masters and Designers.
Added a photo of Zanzibar nightclub, Friar gate bridge, Markeaton Brook walk and Cheapside to the Night Photos page.
This brings the grand total of photos on the site to 999 !

24th September 2002
Added a new page for Newton Solney with 9 photos on it.

23rd September 2002
Updated the When,Why and How page.
In the early hours of this morning England was hit by an Earthquake, which was felt in Derby. It was more powerful than the one that hit Derby in October last year!

21st September 2002
Added a new section for Virtual Derbyshire Tours - Virtual reality tours using immersive interactive panoramic photographs of Derbyshire locations. This is as good as being there!
Currently featuring Stenson Marina and Newton Solney.

20th September 2002
Addded latest Derby ghost walk dates.

17th September 2002
Added 3 new photos of the former Normaton Barracks to the Old Photos page.
Split the Panoramic photos page into two seperate page. Small versions page and large versions page.

14th September 2002
Added a 360 panoramic photo of Pickfords House garden to the Panoramic photos page.

12th September 2002
Added 3 more photos to the Old Derby photos page - Regent street, Nelson street and the old cattle market bridge.
Added new comments to the guest book.

11th September 2002
Added a new page for Ockbrook with 7 photos on it.
Added a photo of progressive buildings to the Babington lane page.
Added a better photo of the
'Derby Lock-Out Mural' to the Industrial museum page and removed the one from the Queen street page.

10th September 2002
Added 2 photos to the Old photos page. (Noble street & Mount street)

8th September 2002
Added historical info next to the former Derby Hippodrome building on the Green lane page and another photo of it.

6th September 2002
Added a new page for Borrowash with 10 photos on it.
Added 2 more photos to the Derby e-card system. Now has a total of 53 cards to choose from.

On Wednesday 4th September I went on a walk through Derby's West end and Friar gate with local historian Maxwell Craven, This walk was organised by the Derby Heritage Society, I would highly recommend the walk to anyone wishing to learn more about the history of Derby. I only wish I had taken a notepad to jot down some of the things he mentioned!

2nd September 2002
Added a new page with 7 photographs from last nights Darley Park concert & Fireworks display.

1st September 2002
Added 4 more postcards to the Derby & Derbyshire e-card page.
Also added 4 more songs to the music choice available.
Fixed the Heage windmill photo page (wrong large photo showing for thumbnail selected)


25th August 2002
Added animated ghosts to the Derby ghost walk page.

24th August 2002
Added a new page for Egginton with 3 photos on it.

21st August 2002
The Derby postcard system is up and running again, Try sending a card to yourself to proove it works. The cards seem to take between 10 seconds and 2 hours to get delivered.

18th August 2002
Added a new page for Doveridge with 3 photos on it.

17th August 2002
Replaced the photo of the Jacobian building which has now opened as 'the Haus' on the Wardwick with a better one taken last weekend.
Added a photo of the sodabar to the Friar gate page.

16th August 2002
Moved the guestbook to its' own site area (inkeeping with the rest of the site).
Added a page detailing how to link to the Derby website.

11th August 2002
Added a search facility which allows you to find what you are looking for on www.derbyphotos.co.uk.
Disabled the e-card system for a while as it seems to have died, not sure why yet. It will return soon.

8th August 2002
Added latest Derby Ghost walk dates.
Added 9 new postcards to the Derby e-card page.

7th August 2002
Added an e-card (postcard) section. This allows you to send an electronic greeting card by e-mail with a photo of Derby(shire) and your own personal message. A great way to say hello from Derby!
Added a link to a buxon site on the Derby links page.
Added more details next to Swarkestone Pavillion image.
Added 11 more songs to the e-card system. Please remember that midi music can sound dreadfull if played on a cheap soundcard, if you have a good wavetable model then they are quite good.

6th August 2002
Added 4 new photos to the Cromford page.

1st August 2002
Added a new page for Elvaston Steam rally with 10 photos on it.
Added a link to a Glossop site on the links page.
Added new comments to the guest book.
Today, the Queen visited Derby as part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations, unfortunately I did not manage to get a ticket but apparently it was a good day despite the dreadful weather.


27th July 2002
Added new comments to guest book.
Added two new photos to the Old Derby photos page, Corporation hotel and Derwent hotel.
Added a new page for Alport with 3 photos on it.

26th July 2002
Added a new page for Leawood pumphouse in the special area, with 7 photos on it.

24th July 2002
Added a large panoramic photo of Alport Heights, Alport, Derbyshire to the Panoramic photos page.
Added a county map on the main index page, showing Derbyshire's location in England.
Added a new link to the Derby Links Page. There is a now a dedicated website for Derby's Arboretum park.
It has loads of information on the Arboretum, Englands first ever public park. I would highly recommend this new site, It's well worth a visit!

21st July 2002
Fixed the broken link on the Little chester page to the old photos page.
Revamped the text on the main index page.

14th July 2002
Added 3 photos - Friar gate bridge,
St Werburgh's church, Carlton Casino to the Friar gate page.

13th July 2002
Added new comments to the guest book.
Added more answers to the F.A.Q. page
Launch of the new front index page. I hope you like this version. I will be improving it over the next week.
The original one was getting a bit too long.

6th July 2002
Added new comments to the guest book.
Replaced the photo of the Bonnie Prince charlie statue with a better one.
Replaced the photo of the Florence Nightingale statue with a better one.

Since moving my Derby section from my own personal website to www.derbyphotos.co.uk I decided to expand the UK TV Adverts page, but nothing quite prepaired me for just how popular it was going to become. Over 23000 visitors to the page, of which 19000 have visited in just the last four weeks!. If you've not seen it, you may want to see HERE.


29th June 2002
Added an FAQ page which should answer any questions you have about this site.
Added a new time-lapse movie to the Time-lapse page of Repton to Rowditch in less than 30 seconds.

26th June 2002
Added new comments to the guest book.
Added new links to the Derby links page.

25th June 2002
Added a new page for Weston-on-Trent with 5 photos on it.

24th June 2002
Added a new page for Aston-on-Trent with 5 photos on it.
Added 4 photos to the Old Derby photos page of Derby river gardens themed flower beds & Normanton Rec.

23rd June 2002
Added 6 new photos to the Elvaston Castle section, Taken during a Castle open day.
added a new page for Aston-on-Trent with 5 photos on it.

18th June 2002
Added several more links to the links page.
Created a new page for Heage Windmill with 3 photos on it.

30th May 2002
Added instructions on how to use the Forums to the Derby Forums page.
Updated the Ghost walks page with the latest dates.
This site is now rated with the ICRA.
Link to the Etwall website added to the Links page.
Created a new page for the 2002 Etwall Well Dressings with 8 photos on it.
Added a new Then & now photo of St Mathews Church Darley Abbey. Thanks to Rob Haywood for the image.

24th May 2002
Added the Derby Photos Screensaver featuring 20 quality images. Hope you like it !
Added several more links to the links page.

21st May 2002
Added a new photo of Calke Abbey to the Calke Abbey page.
Added Rolls Royce and Albert Looms to the Famous page.
Added a link to a great Cromford website on the Derby links page.

18th May 2002
Fixed visitor counter bug on Ghostwalks page.
Fixed missing background image on Twyford page.
All pages on the old Absolutelyandy/derby site now auto re-direct to this new Derby site.
Created a new page for Church Wilne with 2 photos on it.
Added a link to bemrose.org on the Rowditch page.
Changed Question 15 in the Derby Quiz to allow for recent changes.

15th May 2002 (19:00 B.S.T.) - The launch of the new official Derby photo site!
• Due to the overwhelming sucess of the Derby 'section' of my website, I have launched this new dedicated Derby site. The address of which is much simpler for people to remeber !
• The total visitors to the original Derby site at the time of transfer was 17300
What used to be on www.absolutelyandy.com/derby is now on www.derbyphotos.co.uk
• The site may not look that different to the end user, but I had a lot of work to do in making the site easy to maintain in the future, this is what took the time, I will add the new Elvaston Castle photos in the next few weeks.
• All thumbnail photo links tested and found to be working.
• Added a new feature - Derby Forums. This allows YOU to share your views on all things Derby, Recommend places to visit, Share your experiences of Derby Ghost Walks. Locate Derby Ex-pats etc etc etc....
• Designed a logo for the site (the old site could not have one due to the long web address)
• Seperated the Matlock/Belper/Cromford page into seperate pages.
• Seperated the Darley Abbey/Little Chester page into seperate pages.
• Seperated the Alvaston/Wilmorton/Midland Road/Pride Park page into seperate pages.
• Seperated the Normanton/Sinfin/Arboretum/Sunnyhill page into seperate pages.
• Seperated the Stenson/Foremark/Staunton Harold page into seperate pages.
• Moved all the thumbnails from the main front page to their own new sections (at last!)
• Added mapping websites to the References page.
• Created a new page about the replacement of Stenson bottom lock gates. With lots of Canal related information.
• Added a link to the Etwall website on the Derby links page.
• Added a link to the Hartshorne website on the Derby links page.
• Added several new Derby books to the References page.
• Created a new page showing some of the Best photos to be found on this site.
• Added many new comments to the Guest Book.
• Created a new page with a Derby Photos Screensaver on it. The screensaver is almost ready but not quite!
• Created a new page for Who & What is Derby famous for.
• Created a new page for The best photos featured on the site

• Created a new page for Barrow-on-Trent with 6 photos on it.
• Created a new page for Twyford with 3 photos on it.
• Created a new page for Ingleby with 6 photos on it.
• Replaced the photo of Allestree Hall & ornamental Pond with a better one.
• Added a photo of the new southgate shopping area on Normaton road to the Normaton page.
• Added a photo of the Noahs Ark pub to the Morledge page.
• Added historical information next to all photos of churches on all pages.
• Added a new photo of the Fountain in front of the council house on the Morledge page.
• Added a photo of the detail on the Bakewell gates to the Silk Mill page.
• Fixed the Netscape window bug, Photo viewing window would not work in Netscape 6.2. All now photos fixed.


13th March 2002
Please note that I will not be updating this site for a few weeks as I am preparing for the launch of my new Derby photos site on www.derbyphotos.co.uk The exisiting derby site (which you are looking at now) will be moved to the new site along with lots of new stuff.
I have lots of new photos to add, so I will save them for the new site when it is ready.

10th March 2002
Add
ed info next to the tall building (North Lane) on the Milford page.

8th March 2002
Added historical info next to Elvaston Castle, St Helens House, Shire Hall.
Created a new page for Milford and moved the photos from the Holbrook/Makeney/Milford page to it and added 6 new ones to it. Added lots of historical info to the page.
Added 5 new photos of Willington and Sharlow floods to the Weather page.
Added 3 new photos to the Shardlow page.
Added 3 new photos to the Night photos page.
Split the Elvaston castle/Markeaton park/Calke Abbey page into 3 seperate pages.

6th March 2002
Changed the style sheet definitions on all pages so that when you hover over a link it is more obvious.
i.e. Now it toggles to a black background with white text when you hover the mouse over any link.
Added realtime date/clock to the index page.
Changed the Then and Now photo viewers so they use the maximum window area (allows better viewing)

5th March 2002
Implemented the new viewing method on all remaining pages. The new display method is a much better way to view my photos because when you click on a thumbnail it now opens a full size window with a black background and the photo is contained in a white frame. This means you no longer see your busy desktop, just the photo.
The "photo viewer" window will automatically close its self after 1 minute or you can click on the photo to close it.
Please let me know if there are any photos which no longer work now I have changed it.

Added map locations to the Little Chester section.

4th March 2002
Changed the main index page so it looks better in Netscape 6.2.1 (table alignment problems)

2nd March 2002
Created a new page for Chaddesden with 7 photos on it.
Added new comments to the Guest Book.
Implemented the new viewing method on the Allestree page.
Implemented the new viewing method on the Night Photos page.

1st March 2002
Added more info next to bubble inn photo on the Stenson page.

When I started this Derby website 8 months ago, I had no idea it was going to become so large and be
as popular as it has. Due to this fact it deserves to have it's own dedicated Derby url. So I have bought www.derbyphotos.co.uk . I will be moving it to this new site in the following weeks.
Watch this space for updates.


27th February 2002
Increased the photo 'auto close' time to 1 minute (to allow for very slow internet connections) on the Shrovetide football page.
Implemented the new viewing method on the Old Photos page.
Implemented the new viewing method on the Shardlow page.

26th February 2002
Trying out a new photo viewing method on the Ashbourne Shrovetide football page, Fully Compatible with IE6 & NS6.2.

24th February 2002
Added new comments to the Guest book.

22nd February 2002
Replaced the photo of the bubble Inn pub on the Stenson page with a better one I took today.
Also map locations added to the photos.
Moved the Friargate link into the City Centre area section.
Created a new page for Allestree with 8 photos on it.

19th February 2002
Slight changes to most pages to make them look better at 800x600.
Changed the jpeg compression factor on ALL 797 thumb images to 75% (from 40%), this makes pages load faster without any obvious reduction in quality of the thumb images. Also reduces the space taken by all the thumbs from 2.8Mb to a just 1.8Mb.

18th February 2002
Added new comments to the guest book.

17th February 2002
Created a page for Crich with 3 photos on it.

16th February 2002
Created a new page for St Peters Street area photos and moved 8 from the main index page to it
Created a new page for Colyear & Becket Street area photos and moved 3 from the main index page to it.
Created a new page for Albion Street area photos and moved 4 from the main index page to it

15th February 2002
Created a new page for Ashbourne and moved the 2 photos from the peak district page to it.

Improved main index page by doing the following :
a) Changed main Derby page so that it looks better at 800x600 resolution, All Tables are now "fixed width" instead of autosize. Gives better control over text flow at different resolutions.
b) Created a new page for Reference information and moved the info from the main index page to it.
c) Created a new page for Queen street area photos and moved 5 from the main index page to it.
d) Created a new page for Bold Lane area photos and moved 7 from the main index page to it.
e) Created a new page for The Spot area photos and moved 4 photos from the main index page to it.

14th February 2002
Added info about Wednesdays game to the Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide football game 2002
Added new comments to the Guest book.
Added a photo of the Normanton Park themed flower bed taken in 1961 to my Old photos page.

13th February 2002
Added a new page with Photos of Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide football game 2002, Tuesdays game with 14 photos on it.

11th February 2002
Changed the link for the Stenson Bubble Inn (due to the old url now hosting a Radar jamming site !!!)

9th February 2002
Added new comments to the guest Book.

3rd February 2002
Today at 14:30GMT the 10,000'th visitor looked at my site!!!.
Are you that person that used google to seach for Sinfin at 14:30?
Who would have thought that my website would get that many visitors in just 7 months, not me.

2nd February 2002
Added detail next to Boar's head mill on the Darley section.
Added history of Derby school next above the Derby Heritage Centre photos.
Thanks to Mike Thornton at Derby Local studies Library for the above information.


31st January 2002
Added new comments to Guest book.
Fixed error on Willington bridge photo, now shows correctly.

30th January 2002
Added a photo of Willington bridge and it's history to the Willington page.
Added 3 photos of Willington floods to the Weather page.
Added a new section - Site Reviews.

26th January 2002
Added new comments to Guest book.
Added animated flying ghosts to the Ghost walks page.

24th January 2002
Added new comments to Guest book.
My Derby site is featured in Todays Derby Trader newspaper by Ron McKeown in his excellent Derby Heritage column, Many thanks to Ron for doing this!.

23rd January 2002
Added another photo of the Reindeer Inn pub to the old Derby page.


Added a photo of Foremark reservoir in snow to the Foremark section.
Added a photo of Swarkestone Bridge in snow to the Swarkestone page.




30th December 2001
Last night about 9pm it snowed in Derby city and by the morning there was about one inch of snow.
Added 2 photos of Rykneld Rec in snow to the California photo section.
Added a photo of Bemrose School to the California photo section.

23rd December 2001
Added an old photo of the Fish & Poultry market to the old photos page.
Added comments to the Guest Book.

16th December 2001
Added 2 new photo swaps to the Then and Now photographs page.
Added 1 photo to the Old Photos page.

15th December 2001
Created a new page for Then and Now photographs with 2 images swaps on it.

8th December 2001
Replaced the photo of the Repton thatched cottages with a better one taken recently.
Added 8 new photos to the Repton page.
Added comments to guest book.

7th December 2001
Updated the Ghost walks page with the latest dates.

4th December 2001
Created a new page for the Bonnie Prince Charlie parade with 12 photos on it.

1st December 2001
Added 2 photos of the Xmas lights switch on to the Xmas 2001 page.
My site is now listed by the Leekonline website.
Added new comments to the guest book


19th November 2001
Added 3 new photos to the Xmas Lights 2001 page.

18th November 2001
Created a new page for Repton and moved the photos from the Stenson page to it.
Added 3 new photos to the Staunton Harold section.
Added a panoramic photo of Staunton Harold reservoir to the panoramic page.

17th November 2001
Added comments to the guest book.
Created a new page for Shelton Lock with 5 photos on it (one from 1900).

14th November 2001
Added 6 new photos to the Christmas Lights 2001 page.
Created a new page for Ashford in the Water with 6 photos on it.
Added extra information next to the photo of Swarkestone Pavilion.

12th November 2001
Updated the Statistics page with data from the last two months of web logs.
Now includes all searches from 12-06-2001 to 07-11-2001, Sorted Alphanumerically.
Some strange things that people look for!
Added comments to the Guest book.
For the first time, Start to get hits from altavista.com search engine.
For the first time, Start to get hits from search.netscape.com search engine.

11th November 2001
Moved the Ghost walks link to the Special areas section.
Created a new page for Monsal with 11 photos on it.

9th November 2001
Added photo of old boarding school and old buildings on Ashbourne road to the Friar gate section.
Created a new section for Christmas in Derby 2001 with 11 photos on it. More to come soon!
Created a new page for Swarkestone and moved the 2 photos from the Stenson page to it and added 6 new ones.
Total photos in my collection now reached 700 !

6th November 2001
Created a new page for Melbourne with 16 photographs on it.

2nd November 2001
Split the photo knowledge quiz questions into groups of 5 questions because the quiz page was too long.
Added 40 brand new questions to the Quiz pages, In groups of 5 questions at a time.


30th October 2001
Start getting hits from the BBC, My Derby Ghost Walks page gets listed on the BBC's website HERE !!!!!

30th October 2001
Create a new page for Little Eaton with 10 photos on it.
Create a new page for Breadsall and with 2 photos on it.
For the first time, start to get hits from search.msn.com search engine.

28th October 2001
Added 1 photo of Darley Abbey weir after heavy rain the Darley Abbey section.
Added 1 photo of canal to Willington page.
* Today at 16:26 there was an earth quake in Derby (yes really!), the biggest one since 1750.
I thought my house had collapsed when it hit.

27th October 2001
Added 1 photo of canal boat to the Stenson section.
Create a new section for Time-lapse videos and add canal boat at Stenson movie to it.

26th October 2001
Added 1 photo to the Iron Gate section.
Added photo of Albion street and one of the Albion street clock to the main page.
Added photo of the famous army stores to the main page.
Added photo of Royal standard pub and Nat West bank to main page.
Added 2 photos of Derby Heritage Centre to main page.
Added photo of the old royal Oak pub building to the Market place page.
Added photo of Silk Mill building & Derby Cathedral to the Industrial Museum page.
Added 4 photos to the West End section.
Added comments to the Guest book.
* Today it rained so much that Sundays Markeaton Park bonfire & Fireworks display has been cancelled, Loads of roads were flooded across Derby.

25th October 2001
Added 2 new photos to the Little Chester section.

24th October 2001
The main menu page is too large, So I have now created seperate pages for the photos taken in the City Centre and moved the photos from the main page to them. Because these are now on new pages of their own I can add more photos to them now. Just a few left on the main page now to sort out when I can think of areas for them.

Added the following photos today :

1 photo of Inside the old mill building near Markeaton Brook walk

1 photo of Union two building on main page.
1 photo of houses on Bold Lane being demolished on main page.
1 photo of Melbourne house, now a restaurant on main page
Added 4 photos on main page of Higgs, Corner building, Quaker house,Radio Derby.
2 photos added to the Sadler Gate section.
Created a new page for Derby Market Hall with 7 photos on it.

Created a new page for The Eagle Shopping Centre with 3 photos on it.

23rd October 2001
Created a new dedicated page for Willington and moved original photos from the Stenson page to it, as well as adding 7 New photos to it.
Added a Willington website to my Derby Links page.

19th October 2001
Added 4 photos to my photographs taken at night page.
Created a new section for Willington with 1 photograph on it.

16th October 2001
Added new comments to the Guest book
Updated the Derby Ghost walk page with latest dates

14th October 2001
Added 3 scanned photos to the Mackworth section.

13th October 2001
Added a photo of the Loudon Monument to the Ashby-de-la-Zouch section.
Created a new section for Mackworth with 8 photographs on it.
Added a panoramic photo taken from the top of cock pitt car park to the Panoramic photo page.

11th October 2001
Added a photo of the Orangery gardens at Markeaton Park to the Markeaton Park section.

6th October 2001
Added a panoramic photo of the interior of Derby Cathedral and one of the view from the top to
the Panoramic photo page.
Created a new section for Derby Cathedral ,moved the existing photographs from the main page to it and added 10 new photos to it.

5th October 2001
Created a new section for Staunton Harold with 4 photographs on it.

4th October 2001
Added various bits of history to many photos.
Altered the Comments page so that the cursor appears automaticaly in the Name field when you view the page.

2nd October 2001
Added a photo of the old Bell hotel to my photographs taken at night page.
Added a panoramic photo of the old graveyard to the Panoramic photo page.


30th September 2001
Added more guest book entries to the guest book page
Added a section on the Moira Furnace with 2 photos to the Leicestershire page

29th September 2001
Added more guest book entries to the guest book page
Added 2 photos to my photographs taken at night page.
Added 2 more panoramic photos at Elvaston Castle to the Panoramic photo page.

28th September 2001
Added 6 new photos to the Littleover page.
Added a 360° panoramic photo of Elvaston Castle gardens to the Panoramic photo page.

27th September 2001
Created a new page for Viewing my guest book entries,with e-mails that I have received since July 1st

26th September 2001
Created a new page for Matlock Bath Illuminations with 10 photographs on it.

25th September 2001
Added a comments page, So that all e-mails arrive in a standard format.
Added Duffield Community Association link to the links page.

24th September 2001
Added 2 photos to my photographs taken at night page.

22nd September 2001
Created a new page for Duffield with 13 photographs on it.

21st September 2001
Added 4 photos to my photographs taken at night page.

20th September 2001
Added 5 photos to my photographs taken at night page.
My main Derby site and cock pitt island photo pages now listed on the Derby Bus Station Action Group website, Thanks to Christopher Bentley for this.
Added BSAG site to my Derby Links page.
For the first time, Start to get hits from alltheweb.com search engine.

19th September 2001
Now the daylight hours are reduced I have created a new page with photographs taken at night, Will add to this over the coming months.
Added 1 photo of the water feature/Irongate in Derby.
Added 1 photo of the War memorial with flowers due to the New york WTC attack.
Added 1 photo of the fountain in front of the council house.
Changed the photo of the back of Derby Cathedral (industrial museum section) with a newer one (better quality)
Added 1 photo of
Joseph Wright tomb stone in Iron gate section.
Added 1 photo of Boden Pleasaunce gates in the Derby city section.
Added 1 photo of Pickford House Museum to Friargate section.
Added 1 photo of the detail on the top of the Art school on Green Lane, derby.
Added 1 photo of Shire Hall,St Mary's gate, Derby.
Added 4 photos to the Shardlow page.
Added 1 photo to the Spondon page of the old co-op building.
Added 2 extra sub questions to the Derby photo Quiz (Q28 and Q38)

18th September 2001
Added historical info to Breedon hill church, Asby de la zouch, Holbrook, Midland road page, Added more info to my Site statistics page. Added more search engine lines.
For the first time, start to get hits from yahoo.com search engine.

17th September 2001
Created a new page which details the kind of things people are looking for on my web site and also shows the details that are logged by a web server when you visit a website. Makes interesting reading!


16th September 2001
Changed the photo of Repton school for a new better one, taken today.
Changed the photo of St Wystan's church for a new better one, taken today.
Added closer view of the Repton monument and 2 photos of Brook Farm Tea Rooms.
Added the old court house and Boot inn pub to the Repton page.
Added history to the Repton section.
Added a photo taken in the Strand Arcade Derby.
Added a photo of the fish market entrance in the corn market, Derby.

15th September 2001
Created this site archive page, this makes it quicker for people to find what has changed.
Added extra history to several pages.
Added a photo of the Derby & Derbyshire banking building to the main page.

14th September 2001
Created a new section for Shardlow with 14 photographs on it.
Added a panormaic photo of Shardlow to my panoramic page.

13th September 2001
Created a dedicated Derby links page and moved them from my main page to it.
Added some extra detail to the Derby bus station history.
Added lots more history detail to the Belper section of the Matlock page.

12th September 2001
Created a new page featuring old photographs of Derby.

3rd September 2001
Added a new section with panoramic photographs on it.

2nd September 2001
Updated the Derby Ghost Walks page with the latest walk dates.
Added 3 photos of interior of St Marys bridge chapel to the Little Chester section.

30th August 2001
My Derby photos site is listed in the Derby Evening Telegraphs Ex-pats section of their website.

26th August 2001
Created a Link to Me page for people that want to add a link to my site on their site.

25th August 2001
Moved the Asbourne and Peak photos from main page to their own page.

24th August 2001
Created a Buxton section with 24 photographs on it.
Added 4 scanned photos at Whitepost farm to the Nottinghamshire section.

16th August 2001
Added a new section with severe weather photographs on it.

13th August 2001
Modified the Derby quiz so that the answer window auto closes after 10 seconds.

12th August 2001
Added a Derby photo quiz with 40 questions to my site.

10th August 2001
Added photos of Normanton Park to the Normanton page.

4th August 2001
Created an Info page which details how the site came about.

1st August 2001
Created a section for Spondon.

29th July 2001
Added a section for Brindley mill and Moorlands park farm on the Staffordshire page.
Added 4 photos to the Leek section of the Staffordshire page.

2nd July 2001
Created a Wirksworth page with 11 photographs on it.
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