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I was born in Sheffield, raised in these parts but spent time in NE Derbyshire....I have always used "duck" whether here or across the border. I think two world wars with MASSIVE military service and much more regional travel has helped mix our local expressions...One from Kent I adopted was...."It's like plaiting fog trying to reason with you"...and that was very true as far as the lady in question was concerned!!😄

I worked just around the corner, so found it very convenient, plus there were most often no queues to worry about.

Gleadless Common in October 1971 and January 2008 The main changes are on the left although it doesn't look it as the house and telegraph pole are both clearly the same. However the old farm (out of view) has been done up, the school fields have been barriered and beyond a whole new small estate of houses has been developed.

The train in the second picture is further forward than in the first pic. Also the wagons were not attached to the engine and look as if they are on the opposite track going in the other direction. You can also see the engine driver in the first and not in the second so it suggets that the second pic was taken after the first. Finally, and this is real geek time, the shadow from the beacon on the crossing is almost identical so the pics must have been taken within minutes if not a few seconds.

OK RichardB, here's a then and now which is not far off a then and 40 minutes before then Top picture is the Peace Gardens, Saturday 6 December 2008 at about 8:40 am Bottom picture is Peace Gardens, Saturday 6 December 2008 at about 9:20 am I assume the bloke in the Town Hall who gets paid for switching the New Goodwin Fountain on and off each day (to save water?) starts work at 9 o'clock on Saturday and puts it on especially for those getting married in the Town Hall on Saturday morning to have their wedding photos taken in front of it.