Hilary's Local History Site

Hi, I’m Hilary. Welcome to my Web site.

Want to share interesting stories of a village in South Derbyshire during the past 100 years?

Then discover what Eric and Phyllis recall about their childhood in Newhall.

Learn about Lenny Blankley, the fishmonger who was often too drunk to sell his fish, but never slow to help starving families.

Text alone cannot convey a dialect: see and hear the South Derbyshire dialect, almost extinct now the village has a cosmopolitan mix of inhabitants...

What happened when a bomb dropped on the village during World War Two? How did the people live during this time?

Share Graham Sellors’ memories about his schooldays in the area, and why he worked on the Radio Derby program Sounds Like Swad.

Jan Rogers produced Radio Derby’s contribution to the BBC Millennium project The Century Speaks. See why she wanted to work on the history of the British working man.

A last word from Jeffrey Parrans.

Let a man have the last word! You must be joking! A few words about Dad.

Let’s save some of the colourful history of the area before it’s too late. Our villages are dying before our eyes. Their history will be lost forever if we don’t do something about it. With your help we can keep a little piece of England alive for future generations.