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An Unforgettable English and History Teacher at Spondon House School. Article written by Bryan Smith about his teacher…
Before WWI, marked graves were rare and little was recorded officially. Sir Fabian Ware believed this should change.…
Thomas Ashby Barron was born in Borrowash, Derbyshire, on 3 September 1872. Due to ill health he resigned his…
Description of startup and processes.
Extract from Derby & District Motor Bus Proprietors and their services prior to 1930, by John Heath, Paddock…
List of buses serving Celanese in the 1950s.
Description of working at Celanese.
Article by Mick Horobin, former long time resident of Spondon, who spent many happy hours spotting at Spondon Station…
History and photographs of the Holmes family of 30 Coxon Street.
Neil Johnson's writes about his father's job as a joiner and cabinet maker in and around Derby,
Neil Johnson's article about Spondon Station.
Neil Johnson writes about growing up in Cherry Tree Hill in the 1950s and 1960s.
Article by Peter Lloyd about Spondon Bowls Club.
The History of Spondon Bowls Club, written by Peter Lloyd in 2020.
Bromford Bridge/Spondon Railway Accident victims 13 January 1913.
Roy Battelle's memories of growing up in Spondon in the 1940s and 1950s.
During the First World War, Spondon House school building was used as a Red Cross Hospital, from 22 November 1914…
In 2005-2006 members of the Village Improvement Committee, a sub-committee of Spondon Community Association transformed…
Programme of Peace Celebrations in Spondon 19 July 1919.
From Parish Council minutes.
Winchester House School was started by a Classics master, GW Bryant, in St Leonards-on-Sea, near Hastings, in 1876…
Article by Maxwell Craven from Country Images, August 2016
Biography of Dr Thomas Ashby Barron DSO TD of Spondon.
For the period ending 1 April 1950Accounts, Special Accounts, List of Beneficiaries of Dole Charities: Samuel Alcock's…
Eugene Jeno Kenedy 1906-1988.  Research undertaken by Derek Hathaway at The National Archives at Kew.
On 4 December 1745 Charles Edward Stuart, “Bonnie Prince Charlie” and his Scottish Army arrived in Derby. Earlier that…
 Newspaper article about Jack Astle's eldest daughter Emma. There are many names of Spondon people and some …
Article about Jack Astle, master builder, by Lizzie's great granddaughter, Sue Sharpe.
When you come to the Chaddesden/Spondon end of Raynesway, you will see Acorn Way in front of you and what appears to be…