Adeline’s articles and the Columbine family history

Adeline contributed several articles for publication in the Ilkeston Advertiser. They are reproduced here in the chronological order of their publication.

  • The articles

    Memories of old Ilkeston

    Ilkeston schooling

    Some recollections of bygone Ilkeston

    A pen picture of South Street in the late fifties

    The birth of  a street

    A tribute to an old acquaintance

  • 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

  • The Columbine family history

    This has been rearranged (March 9th 2020) and some primary evidence of the family has been added.

    1    The Columbine parents and grandparents

    2     Adeline Wells

    3    The Columbine children

    4    The Columbine family in 1912

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