ByGone Derbyshire
Local history in the making
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Welcome to the Derby Evening Telegraph’s new online nostalgia section, bygonederbyshire.co.uk. The site is packed full of fascinating articles about our county’s heritage and the people who have made it so great. Each day it will be updated with material created by Telegraph writers but one of the best things about bygonederbyshire.co.uk is that you can help it become the definitive archive of life in the county by adding your own stories and pictures or commenting on those contributed by others. The site builds on the success of its predecessor youandyesterday.co.uk. We hope that you’ll agree that bygonederbyshire.co.uk is bigger, brighter, better and even easier to use. So go on, add your memories and contribute to local history in the making, by going to the "create an article" section below, or see our quick guide for more information. And don’t forget to buy the Telegraph each Monday for its eight-page Bygones pullout and every night for the very best that Derbyshire has to offer … past and present.
Keeping Your Memories AliveBygone Derbyshire lets you write about what you remember of growing up and living in Derbyshire in the 20th century and to publish those memories instantly with the help of today's technology. Sign-up for free here to add stories and pictures in the editing box at the foot of this page. For more help see our quick guide. Red words say... Nobody has written that article yet! If you see a word in red click on it to write about that topic. Maroon words say... Someone has beaten you to it! You can still add information to the article. Be an editor... Choose images from the picture gallery to illustrate your stories on this site. Not everyone has time to write an article in one go. Sometimes you may want to start a story and then come back later and finish it. Find out here how you can do that. Derbyshire then and now
This bygone image of the Brunswick Inn, Railway Terrace, Derby, appears to have been taken in the late 1960s, early 1970s, if the car is anything to go by. Has there been any change to this view in the intervening years? See this and other changing local scenes in Derbyshire then and now. Derbyshire then and now is also featured in the Telegraph each Saturday.
Special pagesDerbyshire's literary heritage. Find out how the county has been featured in literature and on film. Derbyshire in art. See how some of the county's people and places have been represented on canvas. Derbyshire pubs. Tales of Derbyshire pubs past and present. If your favourite local is not on the list, why not write about it? Derbyshire's England footballers. All the players born in the county who have worn the Three Lions on their shirt. Any Answers? The place to go if you have a question about a local history matter - or maybe an answer to a question someone else has asked here. Take me to a random article. If you just want to browse an article, then follow the link and see where it takes you.
Read All About ItAs well as articles and pictures submitted by users, Bygone Derbyshire also contains a selection of stories and photographs from the Derby Evening Telegraph Bygones section, its former monthly nostalgia publication YesterdayToday, its daily columns featuring material from the 1960s, 70s and 80s and the Picture the Past website.
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Latest Pictures
Every boy should have a Mog for a friend, according to former Derbeian Peter Taylor – Mog being his best friend when he was growing up in Old Normanton in the 1930s. Read his fascinating story here |
In April 1969 Derby County fans were celebrating their team's promotion to the First Division. Read all about those heady days under Clough and Taylor from the players who were there here |
Read Nicola Rippon's look back at the events which made the news in Derbyshire in 1985, including a Derby woman's Beirut kidnap ordeal and the visit by Princess Diana to the Derby College of Further Education at Normanton here |
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