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You are welcome to attend Spital Cemetery Remembrance Service and Opening of the Gateway Path on Monday 4th December 2019 at Spital Cemetery (Bottom Entrance), Hady Hill, Chesterfield, S40 0DZ      On this gateway path we are thinking about life after the wars when peace returned. We will remember the mothers and wives of service personnel buried in Spital Cemetery from WW1 and WW2, who in peace bore their loss but rebuilt their lives. We also remember the many … Read More

The Balloon ascent from Queen’s Park on 2nd August 1905. Eustace was one of the first Britons to fly with the Wright brothers, and Shorts later produced Wright aircraft in the UK. Member of the family later established the firm of Short Brothers in Belfast where the Stirling Bomber and Sunderland Flying Boat were manufactured. (from the History and Guide: Chesterfield by Geoff Sadler) UP IN A BALLOON IN DERBYSHIRE Experiences of a Chesterfield Amateur. Interesting Interview with the Aeronauts. … Read More