Peak In The Past

The footwear we all take for granted played a significant role in the social history of Eyam and Stoney Middleton. Read all about the 1918 strike that lasted for more than two years in our #LocalStudies book ‘ The Air of Freedom’, by Steve Bond and Philip Taylor. #EYAProtest

On #PhotoFriday we visit Chapel en le Frith in 1881. This photo is believed to have been taken at a cricket ground off Ashbourne Lane. The ground may have been quite informal, but some effort has been put into the decoration on their ‘pavilion’. #HBAHTeamSpirit

A sole suffragette on the High St, Glossop, campaigns for the right for women to vote in around 1912. #InternationalWomensDay #WomensHistoryMonth. Credit #GlossopHeritageTrust

A fascinating read about the life of a Peak District author who should be better known

On #RandomActsOfKindnessDay we go to Hathersage in 1935, where three young boys are giving each other a helping hand (and shoulders) to climb a section of Burbage Rocks. #PhotoFriday #EYALove #HBAHLove

93 year old Jean Dixon was our special guest this year who set off the season by pushing the big green button to launch the cable cars. Jean first visited the Heights in 1937 when she was just 8 years old!

This is the spectacular gorge of Cavedale, with Peveril Castle high on the hill, from where it has watched over these crags since the 11th Century. To see it in the snow was so special, the sky washed in pinks as the sun rose and those old stones shining in the morning light.

Walking the lanes of the #peakdistrict village of Hartington in the quiet morning is like wandering into a storybook. The houses are shuttered and peaceful, the ducks sleep by the duckpond, and the only sound comes from the bells of the 13th Century church high on the hilltop.

On #PhotoFriday we travel to a snowy day in Buxton in 1965. This is Mr Mosley with Tom the horse, who is delivering the milk from Morten’s dairy. At least in that weather the milk will be nice and cold! #HBAH1960s

Our latest short film ‘The Mystery of Ashford-in-the-Water’s Hidden Grave’ (a tale of mystery, shipwreck and sunken treasure!) is now freely available to view: youtu.be/kJLTgXRFH00 #PeakDistrict #History #MadeInDerbyshire @vpdd

Our amazing volunteer rangers have been out in the #Staffordshire #PeakDistrict recently clearing out heritage troughs! 🙌 These great features are not only part of our local history, but they can still be made use of by passing horses and dogs! 🐴🐶 #PeakDistrictProud

Our landscapes connect us to our history; they are the source of our character as a people, as well as our health, our safety, and our prosperity. #tinsletales #peakdistrict #nature #peaklanders #darkpeak #highpeak #derbyshire

This Christmas gift list was found in a 1939 diary from the Longsdon family of little Longstone. Gifts include stilton, knitted gloves, cake and a bookcase! (The handwriting is a bit tricky - see if you can expand on our transcription!) @ARAScot #Presents #12DaysofArchives

Our #ArchiveOfTheWeek is a series of postcards of the plague village Eyam, produced by Frith’s (D1168/Z3). On 1 Nov 1666 Abraham Morten was the last of 260 villagers to die from the outbreak. Plague had arrived 14 months earlier from London, on a flea riddled bale of cloth. 1/2

We held a well attended Armistice Service - over 40 people present - thank you everyone @UKUnitarians @GreatHucklowSch @derbyshirelife @promderby2 @PeakAdvertiser @PeakDistrictNT @PeakInThePast @VisitTideswell @LukePovey_

We don't often tweet about quarry archives but our #ArchiveOfTheWeek, Twyfords quarries in Birchover and Stanton in Peak, reminds us that though quarries may not be very pretty, their stone makes beautiful historic buildings. calmview.derbyshire.gov.uk/CalmView/TreeB…

Thanks Glossop Heritage Trust and @GlossopCC for the excellent blue plaque ceremony yesterday to honour trailblazing cricketer Charles Ollivierre. A privilege to be involved and meet Ollivierre’s gt gt grandson Randolph! 3rd pic courtesy of @dgriffinpix #Derbyshire #cricket

Just back from a special day @GlossopCC where former @DerbyshireCCC cricketer Charles Ollivierre was honoured with the unveiling of a blue plaque by his great great grandson Randolph Benn. Ollivierre was the first black cricketer to play county cricket @PeakInThePast

Thanks to @DannySenior for letting us know that this Saturday 8th October at 2pm @GlossopCC are unveiling a blue plaque to commemorate the life of Charles Augustus Ollivierre - the first black West Indian to play county cricket in England: peakinthepast.co.uk/blog/caribbean…

What's going on here then? 👀 If you're watching BBC1 from 6:30 tonight, you may just find out 📺