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Woburn Close, ALFRETON, DE55 5HE

In Blackwell, on Primrose Hill, next door to The Cottage Kitchen and Bar, which looked to be shut down.

  The photograph shows Alfreton Road, Blackwell near its junctions with Image (beyond the zebra crossing) on the right and Primrose Hill to the left. Ahead the road continues toward its junction with the B6025 in Westhouses. For a photograph taken some 280m behind the viewpoint, click here:- Image

For further information on the memorial, please see http://www.blrag.org/News_View.aspx?articleid=103

From the former Blackwell Colliery Company, the plaque of which is part of this commemorative display "to honour and respect all those who worked at A Winning Colliery, Blackwell, 1871 to 1969."

The sign reads 'To honour and respect all those who worked at 'A' Winning Colliery, Blackwell 1871-1969

  The photograph shows the south-eastern end of Gloves Lane at its junction with Image in Blackwell. Some 175m along the lane Image On the bottom left-hand side of the photograph the road joining is Primrose Hill.

The roof shape of this rather odd looking community hall is obviously a great temptation for local young climbers!

Blackwell Primary School was designed by the County Architect to Derbyshire County Council, George H. Widdows, was completed in 1915 and first appears on the OS map of 1917. The plan is a variant of the type described by Widdows as 'Plan No. 3' in a paper he presented to the Royal Sanitary Institute on 25 February 1910 (third type). It has a central hall with an entrance block on each side, but instead of paired classrooms set splayed at the ends, there are single classrooms in line with the hall and pairs of classrooms at right angles to the rear. An extension has been built to the rear of the east classroom wing. The exterior is relatively plain except for the two entrances, which are handsomely framed by moulded piers with stone and blue brick banding. The window joinery has been comprehensively replaced with UPVC. The school is built of red brick with stone dressings and a clay tile roof. The current building is a replacement for an older school which is visible immediately to the east on the 1900 map, is marked as 'disused' on the 1917 map, and was demolished by 1938. See http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1495837 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._Widdows for more details. For alternative views of the school please see Image and Image

For further information on the school building, please see Image