From Well Dressings and traditional village festivals to camping in the countryside and a reservoir with little water due to drought – some things feel very familar.
This collection also shows factory workers, miners and memories of the 1966 World Cup.
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5. Chesterfield
A Chesterfield Borough Police telephone operator tests a gasmask with built in earpiece and microphone in April 1939. The telephone service was considered one of the most important links in the coordination of ARP operations and needed to remain operational during air raids. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Photo: Fox Photos
6. Ambergate
The signalman at Ambergate, where a triangular junction joining London, Manchester and Chesterfield kept him busy in May 1936. (Photo by E. Dean/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) Photo: E. Dean
7. Miners
A group of coal miners leaving the mine in Derbyshire on 1 February 1912: (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) Photo: Topical Press Agency
8. Belper
Mr and Mrs Charles Bromley of Belper at home with part of their collection of 109 grandfather clocks in 1955. (Photo by Ken Harding/BIPs/Getty Images) Photo: Ken Harding