Tibshelf Photographs

Places: The 'Bottom End'

St. Thomas's Row, looking east from the rear of the Colliery Club.	St. Thomas's Row, looking west towards the rear of the Colliery Club, photographed in 1987 before the arrival of the new housing estate.	Sunny Bank, miners housing near the 'bottom pit'. This area is also now demolished and the land is part of a new housing estate.	Elm Tree Cottages, at the end of Sunny Bank and adjacent to the 'bottom pit', are the only surviving premises from this phase of miners housing. This view, taken in 1987 from near the Tibshelf & Newton Station, shows their rear aspect.
The delapidated Colliery Club in 1987.	Originally the Colliery School, these buildings on Alfreton Road have had many uses. In 1987 they housed a knitwear factory.	Amongst the more benevolent acts of the Babbington Coal Company was the provision of a recreation area (the 'Cricket Field') adjacent to the St. Thomas's Row housing. Viewed in 1987 from Tibshelf & Newton Station.	The Pavilion was a central feature of the 'Cricket Field'. Shown here in the 1930's it was sadly demolished in the 1990's.
Rock House Corner viewed from Spa Croft.	Tibshelf's only surviving thatched cottage, Rose Cottage, as seen c.1910.	This view of lower High Street c.1910 is taken from the position of the children in the Rose Cottage picture.	Taken c.1910 from further up High Street, just outside the Methodist Church, looking towards the Bridge. Ashmore Farm is the second of the buildings on the right.
About 100 yards further up High Street this 1930's view over the Bridge towards the Church, shows Croft's Chemist/Grocery on the right. Demolished in the early 1980's this wonderful old shop is now wasteland.	A c.1950 aerial view of High Street just below the Wheatsheaf	This wonderful 17th Century house sits opposite where Croft's used to be and the adjacent gennel is a permanent reminder of old ploughing patterns, being cast in an 's' shape. The rear of this house may well contain an earlier medieval cruck structure and is possibly the oldest house in the village still standing.	This view of the Wheatsheaf shows a parade going on (not too sure what, but it looks a little solemn).
The Wheatsheaf today.	Looking at the 'bottom end' from the 'top end'. The bridge over the Great Central Line has divided the village for over 100 years. Sadly this is a poor reproduction of a 1965 photograph	A fine view of the bridge and High Street from an aircraft flying over what is now the West View estate in about 1950 (just before the estate was built). The slag heap off to the left is a remnant of the 'top pit'..	Okay, I'm not too certain where this is but I think it's near Rose Cottage! Is that Town Farm House?

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