1980s retro Derbyshire picture feature.1980s retro Derbyshire picture feature.
1980s retro Derbyshire picture feature.

Evocative photos show what life was like in Chesterfield, Ripley, Buxton and north Derbyshire back in the eighties

By Brian Eyre
Published 21st Sep 2023, 15:52 BST
Updated 21st Sep 2023, 15:53 BST
From Chesterfield to Ripley, we go back to the 1980s with some more great images taken across Chesterfield, the Peak District, North Derbyshire and Amber Valley

See if you can spot anyone you know in these photos taken from Chesterfield Library’s local studies collection, plus our own archive.

Chesterfield High Street covered in snow 1981.

1. Eighties Derbyshire

Chesterfield High Street covered in snow 1981. Photo: Derbyshire Times

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Showing the new ride planned at the American Adventure theme park, back in 1989.

2. Eighties Derbyshire

Showing the new ride planned at the American Adventure theme park, back in 1989. Photo: Derbyshire Times

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Never mind Charlie Bucket, Belper school pupils got the chance to visit a real life hocolate factory on this visit to Thorntons.

3. Eighties Derbyshire

Never mind Charlie Bucket, Belper school pupils got the chance to visit a real life hocolate factory on this visit to Thorntons. Photo: George Eyre

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Marlpool United Reformed Church stage a production of Oliver.

4. Eighties Derbyshire

Marlpool United Reformed Church stage a production of Oliver. Photo: George Eyre

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