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Town Walk 2025 - Part 06 - Union Road to South Street
w/e 23 November 2024
All of this week's pictures were
taken with a Nikon D3300 camera
This part equates to an alternative route between
Stages 08 to 11 of the original Town Walk from 2003.
After the short diversion to the cemetery we return up Stanton
Road towards the town centre but turn off before reaching the
former Fire Station into Union Road. A right turn at the end
of Union Road takes us into Belper Street.
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below.
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Belper Street of course is the home of Cluny Lace Co Ltd and
back on the original Town Walk in 2003 we went through the arched
entrance and were guided to a tour of the factory (see Stages
08 and 09). This was the Needle
Factory where Mr. Herbert Tatham, whose headstone we saw in Stanton
Road Cemetery, was a partner in Victorian times. The large building
opposite Cluny Lace was also formerly a factory labelled on old
maps at various times as producing lace, hosiery and lingerie
but it is now occupied by several businesses.
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below.
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In 2003 there were two pubs on the corners of Belper Street and
Derby Road. Now the Miners Arms has been converted to residential
accommodation.
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Arms" below.
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On the other corner though the Three Horse Shoes is still a pub
although it is now closed having lost its licence to trade after
a disturbance in May 2024.
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Shoes" below.
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Still one of Ilkeston's iconic buildings, Toll Bar House at no.
1 Derby Road was taken over by Erewash Borough Council after
being vacated by East Midlands Electricity in 1986, Now it is
a Business Centre and houses several different companies. It's
a long time since I worked in this building with my work station
situated on the top floor by the first window to the left of
the central section - but that's another story ....
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House" below.
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In the original Town Walk I included several images, sourced
with permission from Picture The Past, showing old views of the
area. One such image showed the "Ye Olde Toll Bar"
on the corner of Derby Road and South Street. I also included
a more recent photo when the corner was occupied by public toilets
but along with the toll bar and associated cottages, they too
have now been demolished.
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Corner" below.
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I also included a scanned photo taken from the top floor
of my workplace which showed the Health Centre. This is the Health
Centre as seen from ground level.
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from this week's selection vote for "Health Centre"
below.
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From the same position of the Health Centre photo, this is the
view across the island at the end of Chalons Way towards Park
Road and Nottingham Road. It is still called White Lion Square
even though the White Lion pub and other shops and houses were
demolished long ago to facilitate the building of the island.
There's a picture taken before the demolition on the Local History
Society's Facebook page here and much more
about the area around the Square on Dave Johnson's excellent
Old Ilkeston website beginning here.
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Square" below.
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Moving on up South Street, the former Baptist Chapel next
to the Health Centre still bears the date 1784 but has had a
fresh coat of paint over the former sky blue colour and also
a name change. In 2003 it was Jimmy Dean's but as a "Live
music venue" it is now called The Latch Lifter. The pub
to the left of the Latch Lifer was called The Prince of Wales
in 2003 but also changed its name to The Poacher after a major
refurbishment in 2006. That didn't last long though and it has
now returned to its former name.
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below.
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Across South Street from The Prince of Wales the uninspiring
features and architecturally mismatched building of the Job Centre
jar with the surrounding buildings (in my humble opinion) and
are a sad substitute for the 1845 Wesleyan Methodist Chapel that
once stood here. Once again there is much more including pictures
of the chapel on Dave Johnson's website here.
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We've now reached a point midway along South Street and our route
will eventually take us along Gladstone Street to the right.
But first in Part 07, we'll turn left into West Street and continue
via Albert Street and Queen Street returning to this point in
the opposite direction.
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