We searched our archive, along with photos from Chesterfield Library’s local studies collection, to bring you these evocative images, depicting what life was like in Chesterfield and Derbyshire in the 1970s.
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1. Chesterfield and Derbyshire in the 1970s
Bakewell Fatstock Show 1974 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
2. Chesterfield and Derbyshire in the 1970s
Staveley WRVS members who attended the annual Derbyshire WRVS rally at Bolsover Castle May 24th, 1979 Photo: ©Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
3. Chesterfield and Derbyshire in the 1970s
A view behnd the curtain at the Civic Theatre in Chesterfield, in 1978 Photo: johnston press
4. Chesterfield and Derbyshire in the 1970s
Winners of the Winster Pancake Race for Ladies - left to right Pauline Fox (1st), Carolyn Boam (3rd) and Ann Marsden (2nd), 10th Feb 1970 Photo: Nancy Fielder