Although the postcard has a message on it that is dated 1927, the photograph is believed to have been taken about 1914. Matlock Bank was still relatively undeveloped. The Imperial Road Church is shown (though is mostly hidden behind trees from this angle), so the card is later that 1911 which is when the church was being built. However, there is no sign of building work on Causeway Lane; the cinema was to open in 1922.

When the image is enlarged a horse can be seen tethered at the bend in Church Street and a horse and cart are wending their way up Lime Tree Road. There are several people in the photograph, though they are too small to be seen in the picture here. Two figures are on the Tansley side of the Horse Shoe in Matlock Green, for example, and there's even a couple sitting behind a hedge! Look almost vertically above the 7 of the card's number. In the next field, close to the hedge, is a white dot. The white is a shirt or blouse.