• Home
    Page
  • Somercotes
    History
  • Industry &
    Business
  • Sport &
    Leisure
  • The
    War Years
  • Pubs &
    Taverns
  • Education &
    Religion
  • Miscellaneous
    Information
  • Photo
    Gallery
Photo Gallery
  • Photo Gallery Home
  • Photos By Location
  • Photos By Category
  • Photo Search
  • Full Photo List
  • Contribute Photos








Photo Gallery

We have an extensive collection of photographs covering Somercotes and the surrounding area ranging up to the current day.

You can either choose from one of the random photos below or you can filter by location or category. If you know what you are looking for then try our search facility.

If you just want to browse through our entire collection then click here or if you have some photos we can use on the site then visit our contributions section.

Here is a random selection from our collection, to see a different random selection just click here



Aertex workers in temporary site at Alfreton Town Hall while waiting for the new factory to be finished at Somercotes circa 1948
Aertex Factory, Somercotes (SLHS WHS 012)
Click To View

Miners during the 1921 Coal Strike at Hollyhurst Terrace (Dog Kennels) Riddings digging for Coal.
Riddings Dog Kennels (SLHS RSV 036)
Click To View

Somercotes Coral Society presentation Of
Somercotes Choral Society (SLHS SP 106)
Click To View



The Red Bridge crossing over the main Alfreton line, no longer painted red 2018.
Red Bridge (SLHS SVT 062)
Click To View

William Dawes and family members in the Blacksmiths shop on Mansfield Street, Somercotes.
Somercotes Businesses (SLHS SBS 091)
Click To View

A brief history of the Rose & Crown at Lower Somercotes.
The Rose & Crown Inn (SLHS RCP 013)
Click To View



Riddings ARP in World War II were based at the Ironworks in Pye Bridge, pictured June 1941.
Stanton Company Ironworks (SLHS IWP 053)
Click To View

Somercotes Hospital Day Parade on Sleetmoor Lane in the 1930's.
Hospital Day Parade (SE 025)
Click To View

Somercotes Junior School in 1970 Photograph by the late Jim Marsh
Somercotes Junior School (SLHS SSA 040)
Click To View



Surveying at Cotes Park Colliery date not known.
Somercotes Cotes Park Colliery (SLHS CPC 047)
Click To View

Cotes Park Colliery Pit Top men returning from shift underground 1925
Somercotes Cotes Park Colliery (SLHS CPC 006)
Click To View

Swimwear parade by employees of Everlastic at the opening of Alfreton Lido on 15th May 1964.
Everlastic Factory Somercotes (SLHS ELS 002)
Click To View



Web Site By OurSite.Info
© Somercotes History Society 2025
Validate: XHTML | CSS