Ilkeston - Now & Then, Then & Now
w/e 14 May 2023
All of this week's pictures were taken with a Nikon D3300 or older
Kodak cameras
People who have moved away
from Ilkeston in the past or only visited some years ago may
not be aware of some of the recent changes that have taken place
in the town. These images below show just a few of them.
At one time of day you could get anything from a button to a
blanket on Ilkeston's Saturday market but the council's decision
to stop erecting market stalls contributed to some difficult
trading conditions which has seen a drastic reduction in the
number of traders who now stand each week. This was the market
in May 2023.
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This view from a similar position was taken in 2008.
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Back in 1999 the Co-Operative Society was still operating from
multiple adjacent and interconnected buildings on Market Street
and South Street.
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Now the upper storeys have been converted into residential accommodation
and there are several different independent traders in the ground
floor units.
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Although the Co-Op store has gone, Morrisons Supermarket and
petrol station has opened on a site off Nottingham Road.
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The site was previously occupied by the South East Derbyshire
College of Further Education (seen here in the background), the
Ilkeston Glass Company and a pair of semi detached houses. As
far as I know the houses built on the site of the Kensington
Mission Chapel were never actually occupied and they stood empty
for several years. This photo was taken in 2013.
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Another place that stood empty and became derelict was The Concorde
Pub on Green Lane. It was past its prime when this photo was
taken in 2007.
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Now the site has been redeveloped with these three new houses
facing Green Lane and the remainder of the site behind developed
with another 11 semi and detached houses into a cul-de-sac named
Concorde Close.
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Another development off Pelham Avenue near the bottom of Bath
Street has also seen the creation of another dozen or so domestic
properties plus a couple of commercial units facing Bath Street.
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Like the Concorde development, the Pelham Avenue site occupies
one where a pub was situated, in this case The Poplar Inn. This
is how The Poplar looked in 2005.
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