Topics of Local Interest

Topics of Local Interest. 

 At our meetings there are always several items of local history which arise and our members generally have some background information of relevance.  We wish to report this and make it available as part of our heritage.  Some recent topics have included :-

•  Littleover WWII Installations   Littleover does not having a traditional connection with the military, but it did have a number of military installations spring up during WWII.  Chris Drury, a local author, has listed and described the sites of those and civilian installations to the best of his recollections and from what he has been told.  .........More

• The "Hitler" wall in Bretton Avenue     The stone wall has a letter "H" every five blocks on three main course  ..........More 

• Dobson and Rosson Cartridge Factory.     In the 1890s the firm had premises in Littleover (now a suburb of Derby) where they loaded cartridges. This may also have been a shooting ground.   ..........More  

• Flying from Littleover    Have light aircraft taken off from Littleover?  Well there has been many aircraft that have flown over Littleover having taken off from nearby.  In the 1920’s and 30’s Derby was searching for a site for an airstrip or air field close too or in the Borough of Derby including a site near Littleover.  ..............More

• Wartime Water Storage Tanks   These were installed at various locations to provide emergency water and there are many tales from locals about the Pike in one   ..........More

• Clemsons Park  On 10th June 2020 it was the 50th Anniversary of the opening of Clemson's Park.     .............More

• Littleover Farm Dairy   During research into the farms of Littleover a farm named Wright’s Farm on Burton Road was found but its location in the Parish of Littleover could not be found. .............More

• Elms Golf Course and Houses    .The boundaries of the course lay with the borough boundary to the east, roughly the line of the current Manor Road, Uttoxeter Road to the north, Chain Lane to the west and the rear gardens of the houses in Littleover village along Burton Road. In the middle of the common, and hence the course, lay Rosson & Co cartridge filling works of 1892 (later a private house) where this dangerous process was undertaken in isolation from the marketplace gunsmiths.   ................More

• Littleover Inns and Public Houses    Inns and public houses have been around this country since Roman times.  Whilst Littleover cannot claim to have any of that age, there are some that go back for more than two centuries and certainly for longer.  The inns and public houses, following, are those that are known or have been found in newspaper articles or advertisements.    ....................More

• Streets named after local "personalities" such as Eastwood or Brayfield  A list of names has been compiled based on the Streets in 1939 before the great expansion of Littleover in post war years      ................More

We need people with local knowledge to help with the following topics.  If you have any information please give us a call or join us at our meetings for a chat.

• Gardeners feeding the Children in local schools during wartime ........   in progress

• The stocks and tree at the triangle ........   in progress