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Lockoford Colliery’s role in the invention of the steam gauge

This blog, regrettably our first for sometime, looks at the role George Stephenson’s Lockoford Colliery had in promoting an important safety invention – the steam pressure gauge. Strange coincidence It’s strange on how different pieces of information can sometimes come together under the most diverse of coincidences. This particular ‘discovery’ occurred when I attended anContinue reading “Lockoford Colliery’s role in the invention of the steam gauge”

The Miners Arms, Brimington Common – a short history

In this blog we take a brief look at the history of the now closed Miners Arms public house. Introduction The Miners Arms on Manor Road, Brimington Common is the third local public house to close (in the Christmas 2022 period) in the last few years. To this we can add the recent closure ofContinue reading “The Miners Arms, Brimington Common – a short history”

Brimington in wartime features in latest Miscellany available to download

We’ve made another of our yearly journals – Brimington and Tapton Miscellany – available to download. Find out what’s in it and how to obtain your free copy in this blog. What volume is available? Volume five of our yearly journal was for 2012 and was originally published in January 2013. What does it contain?Continue reading “Brimington in wartime features in latest Miscellany available to download”

FW Broom and Broom Gardens

In this post we take a short look at FW Broom and his connection with Broom Gardens which sit just behind the war memorial gates opposite the top of Cotterhill Lane, Brimington. Broom was Clerk to Chesterfield Rural District Council and this small development was named after him. Making connections Very often local history isContinue reading “FW Broom and Broom Gardens”

 ‘A wretched and miserable case’ – baby farming in Brimington

In this post we take a look at an 1890s ‘baby farming’ incident in Brimington. From Andy Miles (and our thanks to him for sharing it with us), it takes a look at an incident reported in contemporary newspapers. The article, slightly edited here and with additional illustrations, was originally published in the Hasland Magazine.Continue reading ” ‘A wretched and miserable case’ – baby farming in Brimington”

End of an era as Robinsons Caravans closes

It is undoubtedly the end of an era when a local employer dating back into the 1960s closes. This is the case with Robinsons Caravans, who have been at their Ringwood Road, Brimington site since 1989. In this post we take a brief look at the company who have been part of the caravan andContinue reading “End of an era as Robinsons Caravans closes”

The Sheffield flood and its Brimington connection

In this blog we’ll look at the Brimington and Chesterfield connection with the great Sheffield flood which occurred one hundred and sixty years ago on 11 March 1864. Sheffield suffered what became known as the ‘Great Inundation’ – when the nearly completed Dale Dyke Damn reservoir, around a mile from Bradfield, burst its banks. TheContinue reading “The Sheffield flood and its Brimington connection”

Brimington and Tapton in 1983

For our first post of 2024 we’ll take a very selective look back forty years to some local events in 1983. And yes – it really is 40 years ago! Coaching changes – Ringwood Coaches and Chumbley’s Two local giants of the coaching business retired in 1983. The boss of Ringwood Coaches retired in NovemberContinue reading “Brimington and Tapton in 1983”

The plague in Brimington – 3

This is part three of a series of blogs looking at the plague in Brimington, which was present in the community from late 1603 to early 1604 In parts one and two we have looked at the almost certainly incorrect tradition that plague victims were buried in a field – Cabbin Close at the bottomContinue reading “The plague in Brimington – 3”