Photo Galleries - Spondon in the 1920s-1940s

The Homestead overlooks the beginning of the building of houses on Willowcroft Road. Photograph taken around: 1922/3

A 1920s view down Church Street to St Werburgh's.

Workers enjoy a drink in the Station Inn which was sited next to, and replaced with, the Moon Hotel in 1929. The Inn had…

Photograph taken around: early 1930s

View up Sitwell Street towards the White Swan pub at the end of the road. To the right of the foreground is the…

Early 1920s view from the bottom of Willowcroft Road.

1920s/30s view of Moor Street shows a bicycle propped up outside the old village post office.

Hundreds of British Celanese workers stream over the canal bridge on Station Road and passed (or, more likely, into!) the…

Former residence of the Spondon Doctor, this home sat on the hill across from St Werburgh's - now the site of four…

This photo from 1929 shows a 14-year-old Dick Lane delivering milk, bread and other groceries around Spondon.

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1920s view of the Derby Road crossroads with Lodge Lane and Station Road. The old thatched Spondon Lodge is on the right…

A wider view of the colour works plant showing the size of the plant. Part of the sewage works can also be seen in the…

The colour works plant spanned a huge area of land in Spondon around the Megaloughton Road area now occupied by Asda and…

View down Chapel Street from the end of Chapel Lane. On the left is the original village Methodist Chapel, now the site…

Another view of Chapel Street showing the Methodist Chapel in more detail.

Viewed from the corner of the junction with Willowcroft Road.

Bob Sims also ran a taxi and delivery service around Spondon. Again, this photo is from the 1940s and kindly supplied by…

This photo from the 1940s shows Bob Sims stood outside his Spondon shop at 91 Sitwell Street. Back then, the building was…