South Derbyshire Water Board Photos of people who worked at Severn Trent Water now mostly retired

A meeting - possibly SDWB

Thought to be a meeting of people from South Derbyshire Water Board, but could it be an Association Water Works Officers Meeting. Cecil Woodward is centre back…

Water Main laying.

No date but we have a tractor backacter which possible predates JCB. If this is a water main it is either Cast iron, spun Iron or Pitch Fibre. Low land…

John Stanley at Ilkeston Depot

John Stanley in the Drawing Office, South Derbyshire Water Board, Furnace Road, Ilkeston.

South Derbyshire Water Board visit to Stanton Ironworks

BACK ROW: (dk - from Stanton) dk, John Simpson, Bob Pownell?(from Ripley Depot), Jeff Cooper.
FRONT ROW: Alan Sutton, Mick Lowe, Richard Barker, dk (I think…

South Derbyshire Water Board - Board Members on a visit to Stanton Ironworks

BACK ROW: 2nd from left, Mick Coxon, 2nd from right Ken Woodhall.
MIDDLE ROW: 1st from right Gerry Edwards.
FRONT ROW: 2nd from right, Norman Fisher Town Clerk…

Alan Sutton's Stag Night.

Pete Carlin (best Man - but didn't work at SDWB), Paul Wain, Alan Sutton, Graham Millward, Mick Lowe. NB Chap between Pete and Paul is not part of this group.…

Outside Raynesway Offices c. 1970

Mike Hope, Mick Coxon, Ian Clark and Howard Pemberton standing outside entrance to the South Derbyshire Water Board at Raynesway.

Mains Diversion for West Hallam Opencast Site

Cess Woodward (right) standing looking at the pipe with Arthur Broadhead. Note that the pipes are flanged and therefore don't require thrust blocks at the…

Mains Diversion for West Hallam Opencast Site

12" Mains diversion for Opencast Coal workings at West Hallam I think - near to Straws Bridge. I have a feeling that the open cast workings got too close and…