We have delved into our archives, along with images from Chesterfield Library’s local studies collection, to bring you these great images from forty years ago.MORE RETRO: 20 great photos show what life was like in Derbyshire in the nineties
![The long gallery at Hardwick Hal inl 1984.](https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmJlM2FmYTk2LWFiYmUtNDRjYy05NWYyLWJkZGVjMjAzZDAyZjplN2JhMzJhMS1mMmMyLTRkNDctODc4Yi1kZjBmYzcxNzM0MjM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![Prince Charles and Princess Diana being welcomed by The Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire in 1981](https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjg5NWQxYzgyLWViZWQtNDY5OS1hOTI0LWQ0N2I1M2ZkNTY0YTo0OWNmMWY2MC1mNjU0LTQ4YjctOGQ0Mi02ZTc0MWI3ZjllYzM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
22. Royal visit
Prince Charles and Princess Diana being welcomed by The Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire in 1981 Photo: Derbyshire Times
![John Pertee as Worzel Gummidge at Heanor Victorian market, in May 1984.](https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmRiNDgzMDZjLWQ0YzctNDllMC1iMmQ3LTc2YjdjN2Y5ZDg3YjozM2M4ZjJkMy0zMjY3LTQwYzEtODcwZC04NjFkNWNkZDAxMGQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
23. Worzel Gummidge
John Pertee as Worzel Gummidge at Heanor Victorian market, in May 1984. Photo: Derbyshire Times
![Cowboys at the American Adventure theme park in 1987.](https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjhiZDEyMzU4LTk2Y2ItNGQ4NC04NTc2LTg4YmRlZjJhM2YyZDo1YjJmZTdkNC03YmZkLTRiNjUtYTFmZi05ZDY3ZDFmZjczMzM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
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