We’ve looked back through our archive, as well as images from the local studies section at Chesterfield library, to bring you these pictures of local life from fifty years ago.
If you enjoyed this trip down memory lane, have a look at: 24 pictures to take you back to life in Chesterfield in the eighties
1. Burlington Street
The Corner of Burlington Street and Packer's Row, Chesterfield, 1974 Photo: R. Wilsher
2. Theatre show
The cast of a new show at Chesterfield Civic Theatre on August 12, 1975 Photo: johnston press
3. West Bars
West Bars in 1976, showing the AGD building on the right and the Post Office multi-storey car park - now home to the Drive-Thur McDonalds Photo: Chesterfield Photographic Society
4. The Royal
The old Royal Hospital, on Durrant Road, in 1978 Photo: Chesterfield Photographic Society
1 / 6