Sawley Junction Station (now Long Eaton Station) was opened by the Midland Railway in 1888. The Midland Railway became part of the London, Midland & Scottish (LMS) Railway in 1923. The LMS was nationalised in 1948 and became part of British Railways (known as British Rail from 1965).
This is the back cover of the April 1958 edition of British Railways – London Midland Region Magazine.
There was once a windmill in New Sawley. The site is between Birchwood Ave and Hawthorne Ave, near the bends on the […]
For many years the wooden Riverside Café stood at Trent Lock, at the end of the footpath that runs from the back […]
In 1873, Sawley had plenty of shops, but those who needed to travel, and didn’t have their own horse, would have relied […]
Here are some advertisements from the 1730s and 1750 found in the Derby Mercury newspaper. Whilst its not (yet) possible to work […]
