Our March 2024 newsletter is now available. Just click on the download button below to access it. Our newsletters are sent out to members a few days before we publish them on this website. So why not join us and get the news first! In this newsletter you can find out about Chesterfield’s various police […]
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1974’s massive local government change
In this post we take a look at a largely and perhaps surprisingly unmarked event – the great changes to local government across England and Wales which occurred on 1 April 1974. We’ll focus particularly on the Chesterfield area. The pattern of local government Until April 1974 the pattern of local government in England had […]
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April newsletter available
Our April newsletter is now available. You can download it from the button at the bottom of this post. Featured are the 1960s Chesterfield Courthouse and some more about the early 1900s bus service started by CP Markham (as a follow-on from out last newsletter). A particular high-light is the start of a short series […]