This is a recording of the memories of 3 nonagenarian Ladies who were born and raised in Spondon.
They reflect on life in their early childhood, places they knew and played and a way of life long since gone.
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Geographical
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Streets
- Anglers Lane
- Acorn Way
- Arundel Drive
- Arnhem Terrace
- Avondale Road
- Badger Close
- Bankfield Drive
- Beeches Avenue
- Borrowash bypass
- Borrowfield Road
- Borrowash Road
- Brockley
- Brunswood Close
- Cambridge Street
- Chaffinch Close
- Chapel Lane
- Chapel Street
- Cherry Tree Hill
- Church Hill
- Church Street
- Coxon Street
- Croft Close
- Dale Road
- Derby Road
- Drury Avenue
- Gladstone Road
- Gravel Pit Lane
- Edmund Road
- Hall Dyke
- Hamilton Road
- Hill Close
- Huntley Avenue
- Kirkleys Avenue
- Locko Road
- Lodge Lane
- Lousie Greaves Lane
- Marl Pit Close
- Megaloughton Lane
- Merchant Avenue
- Milldale Road
- Mill Row
- Moor End
- Moor Street
- Moult Avenue
- Nottingham Road
- Oxford Street
- Park Road
- Pheasant Fields Road
- Poplar Avenue
- Potter Street
- Reader Street
- Royal Hill Road
- Sancroft Road
- Sandringham Drive
- Sants Row
- Sitwell Street
- Station Road
- Stoney Lane
- Sunningdale Avenue
- Vancouver Avenue
- West Road
- Willowcroft Road
- Locations
- Views
- Maps
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Streets
- Schools
- Transport
- Buildings
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People
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Families
- Antill
- Astle
- Aston
- Aukland
- Bailey
- Barber
- Barnes
- Barr
- Barron
- Battelle
- Biggins
- Booker
- Bostock
- Brighouse
- Brinsley
- Cade
- Carrington
- Clark
- Cope
- Coxon
- Davis
- Dixon
- Douglass
- Dunnicliff
- Elson
- Fowler
- Franks
- Gardiner
- Gascoigne
- Glover
- Green
- Grundy
- Hastings
- Hatton
- Hill
- Holbrook
- Holmes
- Hooley
- Kenedy
- King
- Land
- Lather
- Lewty
- Lilly
- Littlewood
- Lowe
- Maddocks
- Martin
- Mather
- Meakin
- Monton
- Osborne
- Osbiston
- Piggin
- Porter
- Priestland
- Ranby
- Seale
- Sims
- Sinfoil/Shaw
- Slater
- Stanton
- Stevens
- Stone
- Stubbs
- Thompson
- Three from Oz
- Topham
- Walker-Smith
- Ward
- Watts
- Werburgh
- Wheatley
- White
- Whiteman
- Wilmot
- Winfield
- Woodhead
- Wright
- Woolley
- Various
- Groups
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Sports Teams
- British Celanese Intermediate under 18s Team
- British Celanese Lawn Tennis Club
- British Celanese Weaving Team (Open Age)
- Charity Match
- Derby Community Football League
- Fishing
- Soller Cup
- Spondon Athletic Football Club
- Spondon Bowls Club
- Spondon Church Boys Football Club
- Spondon Cricket Club
- Spondon Ladies Football Team
- Spondon Power Station
- Spondon Rangers
- Spondon Rovers Football Club
- Spondon Rovers Juniors Football Club
- Spondon St Werburgh's Church Bible Class Football Team
- Stanley Excelsior F C
- Vicars
- Workplaces
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Families
- Artefacts
- Events
Audio Interviews
New to the SHS website, we've been in conversation with some senior Spondon residents, who share their memories and anecdotes of living life in Spondon across the decades.
Captured in audio, the conversations include some unique and precious memories of life in days gone by and the history of the village - creating a wonderful picture of Spondon in the past.
If you know of someone who has lived in Spondon for most/all of their life and who you think would be interested in sharing their own stories, please do get in touch with us via information@spondonhistory.org.uk.
