Here is Matlock Bank, with part of Dale Road in the foreground, left, and some of the houses in Olde Derwent Avenue. Probably dating from about 1914, the picture shows the Hall Leys as a recreational area but Causeway Lane has not been developed.

"The Urban District Council in 1903-4 opened up the Pictor Promenade and other river walks and constructed an asphalt promenade, a quarter of a mile long, on the Hall Lees, near the bridge. In 1907 the Bakewell road, near Crown square, was widened and in 1908 a provisional agreement was entered into for the acquisition of 7¾ acres of land, known as "Hall Lees", adjacent to the river promenade, which have been laid out as recreation grounds. In the same year, three shelters were erected at interesting spots in the neighbourhood by Councillor J. W. Wildgoose for the use of the public"^[1].

On the centre left of the postcard are a few houses on Imperial Road, with Wolley Road and Malpas Road also visible. Some houses on Edge Road, close to Bank Road, can be seen. Smedley Street goes across the hillside with Smedley's Hydro clearly dominant on the Bank. Above it is the refurbished Rockside.

From Lime Grove Walk, behind the garden of "The Firs", is New Street. This shot makes Rutland Street seem an extension of New Street.

References (coloured links are to transcripts and information elsewhere on this web site):

^[1] Kelly's Directory, 1912