A winter scene of the farm on Sheffield Road by E. Hector Kyme. Hector Kyme was a teacher of woodwork at Dronfield Grammar School. He was also an excellent photographer and produced some fine black and white photographs of Dronfield in the 1950's to 1970's.
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A black and white photograph showing Toll Bar Cottage and the Coach and Horses Inn, on Sheffield Road. A horse and cart can be seen standing outside the Inn. The recreation ground, behind the Inn, was already established and used by football teams. It is currently (2021) the home ground of Sheffield F.C. who bought it in 2001. Sheffield F.C. is generally accepted as the oldest football club in the world, having been established in 1857. The photograph was taken in the early 20th century and shows the rural and undeveloped nature of this part of Dronfield at that time. The Inn was purchased from the Trustees of Cecil Settled Estates in 1946 by the Scarsdale Brewery Company (later to become part of Whitbread PLC). On the extreme right is Taylor's garage.
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House on Sheffield Road just before the junction with Stubley Hollow. The lady is Mrs Eva Annie Shirt (nee Waller) and the young girl in the middle is Lily Shirt who was born in 1895. The girl on the right is thought to be a housemaid. The 1901 census lists the family at 62 Sheffield Road, however the 1911 Census records this house as 94 Sheffield Road.
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A photograph showing a group of people walking through floodwaters at the junction of Wreakes Lane and Sheffield Road in Dronfield. This area was particularly vulnerable to flooding until the culvert for the River Drone was widened. The exact date of the image is unknown but is most likely 1958, a year which saw particularly bad flooding.
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