Grilled Cheese

ExploreLog inSign up
Terms of UsePrivacy PolicyCommunity StandardsHelpGet the app

Grilled Cheese is a product of Village Compute

Version devBuilt at: 2026-10-15 19:58:26 EDT

PhotosVideosAllPeople
LatestRanked
@derbyshiredro.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 10:35 AM

Our #ArchiveOfTheWeek is also a #NewAccession we've been waiting for since 1998: a set of deeds for Toll Bar Cottage (Froggatt) & Barn Close (Curbar), complete with maps and plans. Definitely worth the wait!

Colour photograph of a plan showing plots of land coloured red by a road, and two typed documents.
@derbyshiredro.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 10:25 AM

Our #ArchiveOfTheWeek is a menu book for Hopton Hall near Wirksworth. Dinner on 17 Nov 1868 included soup, fish, chicken, mutton, veal, hare, partridge, lobster, meringues, cabinet pudding and stewed pears. Vegetables aren't mentioned...
#Victorian #FoodHist

A page of a book opened at a hand-written menu for Dinner of Nov 17th 1868: 1st Service Ox Tail soup Fish Cod & Oyster Sauce Vol ou Vent a la Milanaise Chicken fried in batter Veal Cutlets Boiled Mutton [with] Caper Sauce Roast Hare 2nd Service Roast Partridges Mayonnaise of Lobster Meringes Cabinet Pudding Stewed Pears with cream
@derbyshiredro.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 10:10 AM

Our #ArchiveOfTheWeek is the library of Frederick Strutt (1843-1909) who bequeathed his entire collection of books on local subjects, including this lovely tourist guide published by William Bemrose & Sons of Derby.

#LocalStudies #LocalHistory

Front cover of 'Bemroses’ Guide to Buxton, Castleton, High Peak, Eyam, Dovedale', illustrated with engravings showing scenery.
@derbyshiredro.bsky.socialSep 22, 2026, 10:15 AM

Lead has been mined in Derbyshire since the Romans were here. Our #ArchiveOfTheWeek, this diary from John Naylor, provides a surprisingly readable glimpse of the life of an 18th century lead miner near Bakewell.

#LeadMining #18thCentury

Photograph of John Naylor's diary for 19 Apr to 21 May 1790. The 18th century handwriting is quite familiar to the modern eye. Entries include 19 April: Margaret has Been 3 1/2 shifts this week over work; 28 April: walling for Richard Skidmore at Bleakmore at New mine; 30 April Measurd 24 Load 4 dish Eleven Lots 4 Fyths - 1 mear dish; 13 May: Ascension day No mining; 18 May: at mine by ourselves knocking
@derbyshiredro.bsky.socialSep 8, 2026, 10:05 AM

If #ModeShift month has made you reach for your bicycle, you could start a cycling diary, like our #ArchiveOfTheWeek from Ashton E. Mosley in 1884. Probably better not to fall off and break the handlebars though!

#bicycle #Victorian

Open double page of a lined copybook. The date for each entry is on the left, with the handwritten text on the right. The entry for Tuesday 15 April reads "Bicycled to Derby in the morning, had lunch at Thornhill, came back at 3.30, had a fall in Etwall smashed the handles. After tea went with Arty round the Common. Took the bicycle to R. Woodward's. Very cold, windy and showery."