Adeline contributed several articles for publication in the Ilkeston Advertiser. They are reproduced here in the chronological order of their publication.
The articles
Ilkeston and its inhabitants in the fifties of the last century
A series of 17 letters. Each one appears separately on the site.
Letter 1 Ilkeston’s water supply, housing, lighting, main buildings
Letter 2 The lace industry
Letter 3 Carriers, Tathams, Hallam and Hawkins; places of worship
Letter 4 Places of worship, schools
Letter 5 Tradespeople on the east side of Bath Street
Letter 6 Tradespeople on the west side of Bath Street and in the Market Place
Letter 7 Tradespeople in the Market Place and East Street
Letter 8 Tradespeople in South Street
Letter 9 Tradespeople in South Street
Letter 10 Tradespeople in South Street
Letter 11 Tradespeople in Stanton Road and White Lion Square
Letter 12 Ilkeston’s inns
Letter 13 Ilkeston’s inns
Letter 14 Doctors, clergy, inhabitants of Bath Street, east side
Letter 15 Inhabitants of Bath Street, Chapel Street, New Street
Letter 16 Inhabitants of East Street, Burr Lane, Albion Place, New Street, Market Place, South Street
Letter 17 Inhabitants of Derby Road, Stanton Road, White Lion Square, Park Road, Market Street and Nottingham Road
