Derby (England) City Places to Visit
Derby is a city in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire.
Old cine film footage of snow in Allenton and Osmaston, Derby filmed in 1965.
Here is some very rare cine film of the Allenton and Osmaston areas of Derby in snow filmed in January 1965 by then local resident Dave Upton.
I would like to thank Dave Upton for allowing me to share this footage with the world.
PLEASE leave comments and memories if you enjoyed this footage. I don't know about you but I could watch this type of old local footage all day.
The driving footage was filmed from an Austin 10 van
Information about the locations in this video:
0:12 Here we see a shot of Osmaston Road (I think)
0:25 The Mitre Island (Where the Spider bridge is located today)
0:35 Closer view of the Mitre Island
0:42 Nice shot of the Mitre Hotel (built in 1930). You can also see Allenton Market in the background to the left of the pub.
0:47 Driving along Osmaston Road from the Mitre Island.
1:04 On the left is a post box and red phone box, The post box is still there today and the red phone box has been replaced with a modern glass one.
On the right is the turning for Ascot Drive.
1:07 On the left is a Trolley Bus picking up passengers.
1:47 On the left is Abingdon Street.
1:56 On the left is Cotton Lane.
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Where to Pick Your Own Strawberries near Derby. A Time-Lapse drive to Scaddows Farm, Ticknall.
Do you like the taste of freshly picked English Strawberries with cream?
There is nothing quite like the taste and its cheaper than buying them from the supermarket.
Even if you have no interest in Strawberries I'm sure you will enjoy my nice summer drive through some English villages on the way.
Here in my video I have recorded a time-lapse car journey from Derby to Scaddows Farm near Ticknall in Derbyshire.
As you will see its not too far from Derby City to this pick your own fruit farm and well worth the drive.
As well as Strawberries they also have blackcurrents, Raspberries, Redcurrents and Gooseberries, also locally produced fruit and veg etc available in their farm shop.
The PYO Season is June to late July.
and its open 7 days a week from 9.30am to 7.30pm.
Driving Details:
The car journey starts on Osmaston Road (A514) in Derby and ends at Scaddows Farm, Ticknall, Derbyshire.
The ENTIRE journey from start to end is on the A514 road so very easy to drive.
It starts in The Osmaston area of Derby then through Allenton, Shelton Lock, Chellaston, Swarkestone, Stanton by Bridge and Ticknall.
This trip is 9.3 Miles and takes about 17 minutes if there is no traffic.
When you arrive at the farm entrance you need to turn left and follow the track along and down to the parking area.
Here you can get your plastic punnet or basket with a handle (you pay for the basket when you weigh in your Strawberries).
Speaking personally from experience I find that the best quality Strawberries are found furthest away from the entrance to the field as
most people are lazy and just walk to the nearest plants but of course those plants tend to have been picked the most of all.
Also you can find some good crops of berries near weeds and Thistles as people don't like picking near them.
Because you are picking the fruit yourself it means you can select the best of the crop, no point in picking fruit thats not quite ripe or
fruit that has started to go mushy. Remove as much of the stalk as possible and don't leave discarded fruit in the walking areas as it ends up
all over your shoes!
If you don't want to pick your own Strawberries then you can also buy punnets of Strawberries in the farm shop but seems a bit silly going all that way only to get some picked by someone else.
Costs:
As of July 3rd 2011
We picked 7lb 15oz of fruit and it cost £7.10 (including price for two baskets).
Music :
Mighty by Olaf used under creative commons license
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Driving Route Map :
Detailed map of Scaddows Farm:
Time-Lapse details :
The driving video is made from 1115 photographs (at 2272x1704 pixels) taken using a modified Canon Ixus 430 camera. Sequenced using Sony Vegas 10 Pro. Video rendered in 1080p (519Mb uploaded video file).
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P.S. How to you like your Strawberries?
Kings Newton and Melbourne - Derbyshire by car
Andy's Driving videos around Derbyshire, UK :
Are you an ex-pat of Derbyshire, feeling homesick? Or perhaps you just want a clear way of giving someone directions to a location in Derbyshire or just want to show people your village. Well in this video and the many others I have made, you will be able to take a virtual drive around the streets as though you were in the driving seat. I use a dash-mounted camera, Traffic lights and heavy traffic have been edited out.
This is a journey through the Derbyshire village of Kings Newton and the town of Melbourne.
Key points on journey :
00:00 Starting on Station Road (with Donnington Park behind me)
00:03 Right into Main Street
00:24 Kings Newton Cross on right.
00:38 The Hardinge Arms pub on left -
00:46 The Packhorse Inn pub on round-a-bout
01:03 Left onto Derby Road (B587)
01:15 Left into Melbourne village
01:37 Budgens supermarket on right
02:09 Left into Church Street
02:27 The Blue Bell inn pub on left -
02:33 Blackwell Lane (to Wilson)
02:52 U-turn and back into Melbourne
03:12 Right into Castle Street
03:45 Left onto Station Road
03:48 Chapel Street
04:01 Left onto Derby Road
04:04 Left down Potter Street
04:23 mini carpark on Castle Street
04:43 Right onto Church Street
05:06 Left onto High Street
05:26 Ashby Road out of Melbourne village.
05:40 Melbourne Arms pub on right -
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For more information and Photographs on Kings Newton, visit my Kings Newton Village page:
For more information and Photographs on Melbourne, visit my Melbourne Town page:
For other Derbyshire Villages see my Village section :
For photographs of Derbyshire visit my photographic website :
This is one of many Derbyshire Villages by car videos I have made, check out the others if you like this one.
If you have any fond memories of any of the locations featured please leave comments including time-code
Derby streets by Car pt 2, A trip around the City of Derby. May 2007
Andy's Driving videos around Derby, Derbyshire, UK :
Are you an ex-pat of Derby, feeling homesick? Or perhaps you just want a clear way of giving someone directions to a location in Derby or just want to show people your Derby Street. Well in this video and the many others I have made, you will be able to take a virtual drive around the city of Derby's streets as though you were in the driving seat. I use a dash-mounted camera, Traffic lights and heavy traffic have been edited out.
Derby Streets featured in this collection..
Starting in the Rose Hill area of Derby.
00:00 Grange Street
00:08 Grayling Street
00:18 Reginald Street
00:37 Rose Hill Street
00:42 Arboretum Park on the right side.
01:26 Normaton Road
01:55 Hartington Street
02:22 Charnwood Street
02:36 Mill Hill Lane
02:42 Mount Street
02:52 Burton Road, Bell & Castle pub
03:04 Little City car park.
03:07 Mill Hill Lane
03:28 St Chads Road
04:18 Overdale Road
04:23 Up Whitaker Road.
04:31 Back Down Whitaker Road
04:39 Carlton Road
04:54 Grafton street
05:00 Arlington Road
05:10 Horwood Avenue
05:31 Burton Road, towards town centre
05:40 Farley Road.
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If you have any fond memories of any of the locations featured please leave comments including time-code.
This is the second video in this series...
Part one here :
For more info on the City of Derby, please visit my Derby photographic website :
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Derby streets by Car pt 12, Mackworth Estate and Village
Andy's Driving videos around Derby, Derbyshire, UK :
Are you an ex-pat of Derby, feeling homesick? Or perhaps you just want a clear way of giving someone directions to a location in Derby or just want to show people your Derby Street. Well in this video and the many others I have made, you will be able to take a virtual drive around the city of Derby's streets as though you were in the driving seat. I use a dash-mounted camera, Traffic lights and heavy traffic have been edited out.
Derby Streets featured in this collection..
Starting in Mackworth Estate, Derby...
00:00 Turning right from Ashbourne Road (A52) onto Prince Charles Avenue
00:19 Shopping parade
00:31 Mornington Crescent
00:43 Streatham Road
01:01 Highgate Green, view of Kingsway pub
01:04 Brackensdale Avenue
01:19 Greenwich Drive South
01:51 Peckham Gardens.
01:58 Greenwich Drive South
02:12 Brackensdale Avenue *1
02:36 Highgate Green
02:38 Humbleton Drive - shops
02:43 Laburnum Grove *1
02:58 Greenland Avenue *1
03:05 Lilac Avenue *1
03:16 Humbleton Drive *1
03:24 Highgate Green
03:25 Knightsbridge
03:36 Left onto Prince Charles Avenue, all the way around to the end
04:07 Henley Green
04:11 Edgware Road
04:18 Edgware Road Shops
04:23 Henley Green
04:24 Bull and Bush pub
04:28 Prince Charles Avenue all the way around.
05:38 Lombard Street
05:44 Mayfair Crescent
05:52 Dulwich Road
05:59 Moorgate
06:02 Radbourne Lane
06:18 Ashbourne Road (A52)
Mackworth Village:
06:22 Church Lane, Mackworth Village
06:32 Lower Road
07:04 Mackworth Castle on the right
07:24 Jarveys Lane
07:35 Ashbourne Road (A52 South) back to Mackworth.
*1 = These four streets are the oldest in Mackworth. Humbleton Drive used to go to Humbleton Farm. On my 1946 map only these four roads existed on the entire Estate!
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There are 4 Mackworth street videos in my collection, have you seen them all?
If you have any fond memories of any of the locations featured please leave comments including time-code.
This is the twelth video in this series. Why not start with the original video and watch them all one by one...
For more info on the City of Derby, please visit my Derby photographic website :
Derbyshire by car in HD - Milford,Belper,Shottlegate,Blackbrook & Hazelwood in July 2009 time-lapse
This was recorded on Sunday 5th July 2009 about 2pm, perhaps you may see yourself.
*** This video is not real-time, it is time-lapse ***
The real driving time covered is 12 mins 47 secs.
Journey through Milford, Belper, Blackbrook, Shottlegate, Hazelwood.
This video continues here :
Points of Interest :
0:00 Starting on Derby Road (A6) heading into Milford, Derbyshire.
0:13 The Strutt Arms pub on the right.
0:21 Over the river Derwent
0:24 The King William pub ahead.
0:42 Milford Stores on the left (opened in June 2009).
1:50 The town of Belper.
1:57 Go left here for Morrisons
2:04 Chapel Street (A6)
2:18 King Street on the right.
2:19 Bridge Street (A6)
2:24 Derwent Street
2:29 Turn into mini car park. Goto Georges to get fish and chips then start drive again....
2:33 Derwent Street
2:35 Left onto Bridge Street (A6)
2:50 Bridge Foot
3:01 Bridge Hill
3:12 Ashbourne Road
3:30 Blackbrook, Derbyshire
3:33 Mistake on title, SHOULD have said Blackbrook but I forgot to change the text that I pasted in !
3:55 Shottlegate, Derbyshire
4:00 Over Lane
4:22 Hazelwood, Derbyshire
4:42 Right into village hall car park, next to St John the Evangelist church.
If you want to see more details then please click on the HD button so it turns red, then click the fullscreen icon. (you will need a fast pc and fast broadband connection to cope with it!).
This is one of many Derbyshire Villages by car videos I have made, check out the others if you like this one.
If you have any fond memories of any of the locations featured please leave comments including time-code
Music Credits :
A Midsummer Nights Dream by DoKashiteru.
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