35 great retro photos show the way we used to live in Chesterfield, the Peaks and Amber Valley

Take a trip back in time with these great pictures which photographers have captured on trips to Chesterfield, Buxton, Matlock, Ripley and towns and villages across Derbyshire

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.

13. Retro Chesterfield

Retro Chesterfield - Chesterfield Town Hall, 1959. Photo: Star

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14. Retro Derbyshire

Two new boats arrive at Speedwell Cavern, April 1968. Photo: Sheffield Star

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15. Derbyshire retro

The Queen is presented to blind superintendant physiotherapist Mr Sedgwick by Robert Robinson, chair of the regional health authority, during her visit to officially open Chesterfield Royal Hospital, in 1985. Photo: Sheffield Star

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16. Retro Derbyshire

Bamford Mill, seen in 1971 Photo: Sheffield Star

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