23 great nostalgic pictures taken in Chesterfield, Buxton and Amber Valley

Go back in time with these fantastic retro pictures photographers have captured on trips to Chesterfield, Bolsover, Buxton, Matlock, Ripley and towns and villages across Derbyshire

By Brian Eyre

Published 21st Mar 2024, 11:47 BST

See if you recognise anyone in these nostalgic pictures taken from our archives and Chesterfield Library’s local studies collection and Chesterfield museum.

For more photos from yesteryear, visit the retro section of our website.

Cavendish Street, Chesterfield, circa 1938-40

1. Derbyshire retro

Cavendish Street, Chesterfield, circa 1938-40 Photo: Chesterfield Library\Seaman & so

Fun runners test out the Chesterfield bypass in 1985.

2. Derbyshire retro

Fun runners test out the Chesterfield bypass in 1985. Photo: Sheffield Star

Shops on Stephenson Place, Chesterfield.

3. Retro Chesterfield

Shops on Stephenson Place, Chesterfield. Photo: Derbyshire retro

Joseph Fearn, superintendant physiotherapist and manager of Buxton Thermal Baths, 1963.

4. Derbyshire retro

Joseph Fearn, superintendant physiotherapist and manager of Buxton Thermal Baths, 1963. Photo: Star

Chesterfield Buxton Matlock Ripley