David G Johnson's photos

A bit of Ye' Olde' World' photo treatment to a long established store,..local to us,. is 'French's the Ironmongers' in the North Derbyshire town of 'Eckington' - under the same family ownership for many generations..and selling a countless number of items including your required gallons / litres of paraffin via a tap from a tank. The gap to the left is known as 'Pilkingtons' yard' which along with other 'yards' is named from early Eckington families..

Not quite the 'Great wall of China'.. but here's a most delightful country path leading out from the area of the village of 'Foolow' in Derbyshire.

A 'mono' treatment from 2018,..''Magpie Mine'' is a preserved disused lead mine near the village of Sheldon in Derbyshire, the free to walk about area of five lead mines [but all shafts are sealed],. is a protected Monument. Derbyshire has a history of industrial lead mining going back to Roman times and lead mining at this site goes back to at least the 17th century. Magpie Mine is recorded back to 1740, after over 200 years of operation, which closed in 1958 and was the last working lead mine in Derbyshire.

A corner of the delightful old village of 'Bradwell' in Derbyshire,.. no diversions were considered here, as the crystal clear stream which runs through the village,. makes its way unhindered beneath a property. Incidentally,. the road seen in the view is named.,. 'Soft water lane' Incidentally 2,. 'Peter Owen Jones' the well known Sheffield artist - and my art teacher - was born here.

Here is the Ladybower dam filled and with water gushing down the East overflow.. ['pip'] shows the 'Derwent dam' on the same day,.. surprisingly with low water - probably held low for maintenance work,. but filling fast.

The 'Derwent dam' wall and towers where 'The dambusters' 617 squadron did practice low flying runs prior to the raids during May 1943. maintenance work may be going on here as the water level is surprisingly low,. . . ['pip'],. shows the Ladybower dam.

On foot to get some further pictures ,.a tunnel of trees runs along the A 6135 towards local Renishaw and is blocked by further abandoned cars.. and the footpath too by waist deep water.

On the horizon is the 'A 6135' Sheffield to Renishaw road .. middle of picture is normally a grazing field,.and the Renishaw golf course,. but not today !,. beneath this bridge is 'Spinkhill lane' containing several abandoned vehicles.

The woodland trails which circle the 'Hardwick ponds' - at nearby Hardwick hall. Showing the other side of the pond on the same day,... from previous ''Bench'' picture

Experimenting with A'I' images created by (www.bing.com/images/create) as posted by 'Kayleigh' here on Ipernity...

A single hunk of a log bench - overlooking the row of ponds - at 'Hardwick hall' park.

A lone sheep forages beneath the simplest of fences,. where part buried poles lean against the rough stone wall and a line of barbed wire is stretched across the top to form an effective barrier. The peaks to the left is a well known walk known as 'The ridge' ,. from 'Lose hill' the route meets 'Back Tor' and on to 'Mam Tor' far left,. all of which have superb views of the Castleton and Hope valleys.

The lesser seen side of the world renowned crooked spire of, .ST. MARY AND ALL SAINTS Church - Chesterfield - built in the late 13th century in local stone and unremarkable except for its crooked tower. The 228-foot-high spire leans, spectacularly, nine feet from centre. The theory is that the distortion was caused by the lead covering heating up in the sun during the day causing the lead there to expand faster than that on the north side thus imposing a twisting movement

A familiar sight for many generations of hikers,. a photo from almost 4 years ago,. 'Stanage Pole' is a landmark close to Stanage Edge,. it marks the border between Derbyshire and South Yorkshire and can be seen for several miles around. When we see the pole,.we know the way home. A well trod hiking route used by all ages throughout the year. A pole has stood on the site since at least 1550, and is a way marker on a medieval packhorse road known as the 'Long Causeway' which can be seen in centre..

The Earl’s ,. Rover 75 Purchased by the 4th Earl of Lichfield of 'Shugborough hall' and was driven by chauffeur George Rose [ pictured.] When the Earl died, the car passed to his wife the Countess of Lichfield, who used the car until the early 1980s. She then donated it to the National trust complete with its own number plate., Connections here to the 5th Earl of Lichfield who was better known as 'Patrick Lichfield' photographer.. to the Queen and Charles and Diana's wedding., 1981 The distinctive registration plate if offered for sale today would sell for tens of thousands of pounds.,a combination of one letter and one number,.possibly hundreds of thousands.