We searched our archive, along with photos from Chesterfield Library’s local studies collection, to bring you these evocative images, depicting what life was like in Chesterfield and Derbyshire in the 1970s.
1. Chesterfield and Derbyshire in the 1970s
Bakewell Fatstock Show 1974 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
2. Chesterfield and Derbyshire in the 1970s
Staveley WRVS members who attended the annual Derbyshire WRVS rally at Bolsover Castle May 24th, 1979 Photo: ©Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
3. Chesterfield and Derbyshire in the 1970s
A view behnd the curtain at the Civic Theatre in Chesterfield, in 1978 Photo: johnston press
4. Chesterfield and Derbyshire in the 1970s
Winners of the Winster Pancake Race for Ladies - left to right Pauline Fox (1st), Carolyn Boam (3rd) and Ann Marsden (2nd), 10th Feb 1970 Photo: Nancy Fielder