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”
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Remembering Lewis Randall Barber (1923 – 1944)
As we remember those who gave their lives in the various theatres of war, this post takes a look the only known combatant from Tapton to have lost his life during either of the two world wars. Lewis Randall Barber (1923 – 1944) is Tapton’s only known combatant to have lost his life during eitherContinue reading “Remembering Lewis Randall Barber (1923 – 1944)”
Meetings programme for 2024 published
Our chairman Doug Spencer has worked his usual magic on getting together an interesting local history group meetings programme for 2024 – which we’ve now been able to publish. You’ll find a pdf download at the bottom this page. You can also find the full programme here. It’s our usual mix of subjects – butContinue reading “Meetings programme for 2024 published”
Miscellany 4 now available to download for free
We’ve made another edition of our yearly journal – Brimington and Tapton Miscellany – available to download for free. Number 4 in our series is the volume for 2011, originally published in January 2012. It contains articles on Brimington’s doctors, First World War prisoners captured at Brimington, and the late Peter Harrison’s memories of hisContinue reading “Miscellany 4 now available to download for free”
Miscellany 15 published
Our Brimington and Tapton Miscellany 15 for 2022 was published at the end of September 2023. It contains the following items: It is of 58 pages and priced at £8 plus postage. Copies can be obtained at our meetings or by post – please contact us for more details. Look out for another announcement asContinue reading “Miscellany 15 published”
1980s open-casting at Tapton
In this blog we look at the 1980s open-casting operation in the Tapton area which happened prior to house building, the Tapton by-pass construction and the arrival of Sainbury’s supermarket. We’ll also take a brief look at the subsequent development of the sites. For few short months in 1988 residents in Tapton, with properties onContinue reading “1980s open-casting at Tapton”
Tapton heraldry mystery solved
A longstanding mystery at Tapton – just whose coat of arms appears on a 19th century detached cottage – has been solved. We revealed the answer that’s baffled interested local people for many years, at our September meeting and pick up the story in this blog. The coat of arms appears on the cottage –Continue reading “Tapton heraldry mystery solved”
More history revealed (for free)
We’re making the third volume of our yearly journal Brimington and Tapton Miscellany available to download – for free. Miscellany 3 – for 2010 – was first published in January 2011. It contains articles on: Recreation grounds in Brimington – Alan Sharp Some local sports personalities – Elizabeth Pemberton Farewell Sheepbridge and Brimington Station – PhilipContinue reading “More history revealed (for free)”
When parts of Brimington were in Tapton
In this blog we take a look at why some old maps show small areas of Tapton marked as ‘in Brimington’ – overwise known as detached parts. It’s a continuation of a look at ‘new thoughts’ on our local history, mainly courtesy of the Derbyshire Victoria County History (VCH). Brimington in Tapton – detached areasContinue reading “When parts of Brimington were in Tapton”
Was there a court at The Court House, Tapton? (No!)
Another look at new thoughts on Tapton’s history, courtesy of the Derbyshire Victoria County History (VCH). This time we briefly look at the Court House, across the railway line on Brimington Road, Tapton. Cote House – now The Court House – is a corruption. There was no courthouse here. But Cote House was already inContinue reading “Was there a court at The Court House, Tapton? (No!)”
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