It’s an opportunity to show your better half how much you love them – whether it be popping the question, treating them to flowers and a candlelit dinner or giving them a beautifully wrapped present.
We have found a few surprises among the Valentine’s photos hidden in our archives.
People living in Derbyshire have used the special day to get married, highlight a life-saving campaign and protest against a Government minister’s visit.
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People living in Derbyshire have used the special day to get married, highlight a life-saving campaign and protest against a Government minister’s visit.
5. Lovely time
Three-year-olds Niave Crate and Phoebe Crooks with Emma George and Alison Martin from St John's Playgroup, Ilkeston, at a Valentine's event in the church hall in 2006. Photo: Brian Eyre
6. Valentine's poetry
Sharon Bosworth, Dave Wood (poet) and Kurt Bosworth at a Valentine's poetry workshop in Ilkeston in 2007. Photo: Lindsay Colbourne
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Do these photos conjure up lovely Valentine's Day memories for you? Photo: JPIMedia
8. Wrong date
Roy Hutchings, of Wolfe Close, Walton, Chesterfield with his 2008 calendar which lists St Valentine's Day on February 12. The calendar also put Ash Wednesday on a Monday and Shrove Tuesday on a Sunday! Photo: Mike Waistell