This is Derby

Summary

A tour of Derby town centre produced for a schools project by Norman Fitchett with children from Pear Tree Junior School in Derby.

Year:

1966

Duration:

0:18:55

Film type:

Colour / Silent

Genre:

Amateur Film

Master format:

8mm

Description

The film opens with a view of the River Derwent and Exeter Bridge with the Silk Mill and Derby Power Station visible and a brief shot of the Boy and Goose Statue. Next there are shots of stalls at Morledge Market and a policeman directing busy traffic. There are shots of Cockpit Hill and the Castle and Falcon Pub. This is followed by views of busy street scenes and shops including Woolworths and H. Samuels.

Then we see views of the Old Silk Mill Gates. The children are seen setting off on their tour of Derby from outside the museum where they look at the statue of Michael Thomas Bass statue. We then see the outside of the library and museum, St Werburgh's Church, a sign for St Mary's Gate, County Hall, Derby Cathedral, The Olde Dolphin Inn, Markeaton Park, the ring road, Derby and District Colleges of Art and Technology buildings, new houses and flats including Rivermead House on Bath Street, Well Street, St Peter's Schools building, Breadsall Hill Top County Junior School sign and building, a match at the cricket ground and at Derby County football ground (Baseball Ground).

We continue with views of Castlefields Shopping Centre (Main Centre) including the Boy and Ram statue, which is followed by the bus station and then livestock on sale at the cattle market. Next we see Friar Gate followed by views of the Council House and houses being demolished nearby which cuts to new flats including Willow House in Huntingdon Green.

Then there are shots of St Albans Catholic Church, the Pennine Hotel, Mecca Casino, and neon signs including the Eagle Bar, Laurie House Multi Storey Car Park and Top Rank bingo. Next we see various factory buildings including: Royal Crown Derby, Aiton Pipes, Ley's Castings, Ewart Ltd, Rolls Royce Ltd, Qualcast, F.W. Hampshire Co Ltd, International Combustion Ltd, British Railways Carriage and Wagon Works, Fletcher and Stewart Ltd, and the British Railways Technical Centre on London Road.

We then see the group of children again who are looking up at a statue of Jeddediah Strutt on the Boots store on St Peter's Street and then exploring alongside the River Derwent, shots of a plaque at Herbert Spencer's birth place and the Crown Derby factory. Finally we see the children at the war memorial, shots outside Ope and Taylor Ltd Chemists, the children measuring the height of the marker for the 1932 floods and shots outside the Old Bell Hotel.


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