When we started our local history group we wanted to have regular meetings with guest speakers, but also leave something of a legacy for the future. So we decided to try and publish a yearly journal. Our Brimington and Tapton Miscellany is the result. Since it was first published in the autumn of 2008 it’sContinue reading “A bit of history for free”
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Our disappearing telephone boxes
What’s happened to our telephone boxes? They’ve all gone. But has anyone really missed them? One thing that has dramatically changed in the last 30 years or so is our ability to communicate with each other. The use of the mobile telephone, with its access to the internet, has revolutionised the way we buy thingsContinue reading “Our disappearing telephone boxes”
Traditions of Christmas and New Year past remembered
For our final post of 2021, we take a brief look at the Christmas and new year tradition formerly practised in Brimington and indeed Derbyshire – the Derby Tup. We’ll also take a brief look at so-called ‘mummers’ plays’. The Derby Tup Thanks to the late Peter Harrison we were able to record his memoriesContinue reading “Traditions of Christmas and New Year past remembered”
Lime ash flooring at The Farm, High Street, Brimington
You’ve probably never heard of lime-ash flooring, but if you’ve ever been to Hardwick Hall you will definitely have walked on it. In this blog we take a look at this type of flooring, once employed fairly extensively, using 24 and 24a High Street (formerly known as The Farm) as an example. Lime ash flooringContinue reading “Lime ash flooring at The Farm, High Street, Brimington”
Latest Brimington and Tapton Miscellany journal is now available
After much delay we have just published the thirteenth edition of our yearly Brimington and Tapton Miscellany. It’s now our 13th edition. Articles include the following: I’m from hereabouts: a short family history – Anne Goss ‘A shocking and fatal accident’: the Unwin family at Brimington Hall – Barbara Rich St Mary’s mission church, BrimingtonContinue reading “Latest Brimington and Tapton Miscellany journal is now available”
Trinity Church Jubilee Brochure available to download
We have been able to make available a jubilee history of the former Trinity Methodist Church at Brimington (1896-1946) in our downloads section and at the bottom of this page. This building will be very familiar to those who attend our meetings. For it’s actually the building where we meet, but it was once aContinue reading “Trinity Church Jubilee Brochure available to download”
Road sign points to local government’s past in Brimington
The road sign, on display in the Brimington Community Centre entrance foyer, shown in our photograph, was saved by the parish council in 1990. In this blog we’ll take a look at its significance – as it’s a reminder of Brimington’s past local government arrangements. The sign’s significance On the sign you’ll see, in redContinue reading “Road sign points to local government’s past in Brimington”
Another sad story from the 1918-1919 Spanish Flu pandemic
We have already told the sad story behind Godfrey’s shop – 1 Queen Street – and how the Spanish Flu affected that family. In this blog we look at another formerly well-known Brimington family – the Phipps – and how they were tragically visited by the same flu. On 23 November 1918 the Derbyshire CourierContinue reading “Another sad story from the 1918-1919 Spanish Flu pandemic”
Our disappearing fields: end of an era – beginning of a new one?
It wasn’t so long ago that we posted about GE Brown’s bus, coach and garage business, which was, at one time, based at his Chesterfield Road site. Now his former premises are being demolished, for use as the entrance to a controversial housing development. The multi-faceted Brown (watch and cycle repairs, motor mechanic, bus andContinue reading “Our disappearing fields: end of an era – beginning of a new one?”
The Victoria Hotel – a lost Brimington hostelry – part 1
There’s a few lost hostelries in Brimington. This blog takes a very brief look at them but focuses particularly on the Victoria Hotel, New Brimington – the subject of some recent Facebook posts and an article in our Brimington & Tapton Miscellany publication. Lost local public and beer houses The Bugle Horn, was situated onContinue reading “The Victoria Hotel – a lost Brimington hostelry – part 1”
Brimington and Tapton Local History Group 