An online survey has now been launched to gather residents' views on the future of the building and it raises questions about the overall theatre provision in Derby.
Derby Hippodrome Restoration Trust is a building preservation trust that operates in Derby with the purpose of preserving buildings of particular beauty, historical, architectural or constructional interest in or around Derby, in particular the building known as the Hippodrome Theatre, Derby.
Derby Hippodrome was built in 1914 as a purpose built 2,300 seat theatre for the city. Over the ensuing years it has played a key part in Derby’s entertainment and cultural provision, being a variety theatre, cinema, and in more recent years a bingo hall. When the building closed in 2007 it was purchased by a London developer and has been standing empty since that time.
The building suffered extensive damage when the owner attempted to repair the roof of the auditorium in March 2008, demolishing the auditorium roof and part of one main wall as well as a substantial part of the stage house. Further damage has subsequently occurred to the interior of the building through two fires.
There was also another fire on November 26th 2011 which casued even more damage. Read HERE.
Latham Architects and PHT Consultants have been engaged by the DHRT to compile an independent “Options Appraisal” report to help decide the future of this building. Consultation is an important part of this work and we would like to hear your views.
We would be grateful therefore if you could spare a few moments to complete the questionnaire survey by clicking on the link below :
The future of Derby Hippodrome Theatre. <-- Click the link to fill in the survey.
The above survey is conducted on the SurveyMonkey website.
Please note your survey responses should be received no later than 25th January 2012
Thanks
Andy
Saturday, 7 January 2012
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Police Interceptors Series 5 - Derbyshire Police Force. Starting soon on Channel 5.
Police Interceptors Series five starts January 2012.
UPDATE : Rather confusingly they seem to mixed in this new Derbyshire series as part of series 4!
Series 4 - Episode 9 is in fact the first Derbyshire episode. Broadcast on Jan 16th, you can watch it HERE.
I really enjoy watching these fly on the wall documentaries following the Police, previously they have filmed forces in Essex and South Yorkshire but in this new series they are following local police from the Derbyshire Force ! So we should see some footage of Derby in this series.
The series will be broadcast over eight weeks from mid January and will feature high-speed police chases on motorways, A-roads and side streets across Derbyshire.
The Derbyshire series started on 16th January 2012. The remaining episodes will be tranmitted at 8pm on
Jan 23rd
Jan 30th
Feb 6th
Feb 13th
Feb 20th
Feb 27th
March 5th
The Policeman being filmed for this new series include PC Adam Shipley and PC Gary Wilson, who specialise in driving the unit's unmarked high-performance cars.
They are slowly releasing Police Interceptors on DVD
but as is often the case they seem to be taking their time doing this with only Series one out on DVD so far :
Don't worry if you miss an episode of the new series of police interceptors as I'm sure they will be available on the Ch5 on demand service. View some of the older episodes of Police Interceptors on Channel 5OD.
A Photograph of an ANPR Vauxhall Vectra as seen on Police Interceptors.
Photograph by KC2192.
Mitsubishi Evo as seen on Police Interceptors.
Photograph by Chris999.
Sometimes on Road Wars (Sky 1) they show footage from the Midlands area but this is the first time that a whole series of Police Interceptors has been dedicated to our area so should be good viewing.
P.S. All hail Spongebob
Cheers
Andy
www.derbyphotos.co.uk
UPDATE : Rather confusingly they seem to mixed in this new Derbyshire series as part of series 4!
Series 4 - Episode 9 is in fact the first Derbyshire episode. Broadcast on Jan 16th, you can watch it HERE.
I really enjoy watching these fly on the wall documentaries following the Police, previously they have filmed forces in Essex and South Yorkshire but in this new series they are following local police from the Derbyshire Force ! So we should see some footage of Derby in this series.
The series will be broadcast over eight weeks from mid January and will feature high-speed police chases on motorways, A-roads and side streets across Derbyshire.
The Derbyshire series started on 16th January 2012. The remaining episodes will be tranmitted at 8pm on
Jan 23rd
Jan 30th
Feb 6th
Feb 13th
Feb 20th
Feb 27th
March 5th
The Policeman being filmed for this new series include PC Adam Shipley and PC Gary Wilson, who specialise in driving the unit's unmarked high-performance cars.
They are slowly releasing Police Interceptors on DVD
but as is often the case they seem to be taking their time doing this with only Series one out on DVD so far :
Don't worry if you miss an episode of the new series of police interceptors as I'm sure they will be available on the Ch5 on demand service. View some of the older episodes of Police Interceptors on Channel 5OD.
A Photograph of an ANPR Vauxhall Vectra as seen on Police Interceptors.
Photograph by KC2192.
Mitsubishi Evo as seen on Police Interceptors.
Photograph by Chris999.
Sometimes on Road Wars (Sky 1) they show footage from the Midlands area but this is the first time that a whole series of Police Interceptors has been dedicated to our area so should be good viewing.
P.S. All hail Spongebob
Cheers
Andy
www.derbyphotos.co.uk
Sunday, 1 January 2012
Happy 2012 from Derby. Hope you have a great year ahead.
Happy 2012 to everyone out there !
This is the very first blog post of 2012, I wonder if this is the first one from the UK at 1 minute past midnight on January 1st 2012. I'm not really in front of the computer right now, I used the "Post Scheduled at" option in Blogger and actually wrote this a few days before !
If the weather is good then at 00:00 01/01/12 I may well be next to Breedon on the Hill Church watching the amazing "new year" fireworks from across the county. If you have never been up next to this Church on new years ever you are in for a treat. You get a great view of thousands of fireworks going off all at once.
If you are new to my blog and website then take some time to look around. As well as this blog I have a photographic website and videos...
My YouTube video channel "comedyhunter" has been online since July 2006 and has quite a following of 645 subscribers so far. I have 230 videos on my channel, most of them are local videos of Derby and Derbyshire and they have had 2,362,917 views so far !! I finally became a YouTube partner in May 2011.
I started this blog in July 2009 and this has had over 43,966 visitors so far which is not too bad for a blog about Derby and Derbyshire as well as lots of random stuff.
According to SmarterStats my www.derbyphotos.co.uk website had 5,377,764 hits in the last 12 months with 752,028 page views so nice to see its still popular even though I don't seem to get enough time to update things much.
In 2011 I created two interactive route maps which are clearly extremely popular.
The first one is a map of the former Friar Gate Railway Line which has been viewed 5,371 times.
The GNR Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension route or Derby Friar Gate Line as its often referred to locally was a "back line"that opened in 1878 and ran from Nottingham through Derby (over Friar Gate Bridge) and to Egginton where it joined the North Staffordshire Railway. This line closed in 1964.
Friar Gate Railway Line Map.
On my map I have traced the entire original route of the Friar Gate Line from its junction at Egginton all the way to Nottingham. Along the way I have marked on the locations of the all the GNR railway stations that served the Friar Gate line.
The second map I made was of the former Derby Canal.
The Derby Canal Route Map.
This has been viewed 4,149 times.
Wishing you all a Happy new year.
According to SmarterStats my www.derbyphotos.co.uk website had 5,377,764 hits in the last 12 months with 752,028 page views so nice to see its still popular even though I don't seem to get enough time to update things much.
In 2011 I created two interactive route maps which are clearly extremely popular.
The first one is a map of the former Friar Gate Railway Line which has been viewed 5,371 times.
The GNR Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension route or Derby Friar Gate Line as its often referred to locally was a "back line"that opened in 1878 and ran from Nottingham through Derby (over Friar Gate Bridge) and to Egginton where it joined the North Staffordshire Railway. This line closed in 1964.
Friar Gate Railway Line Map.
On my map I have traced the entire original route of the Friar Gate Line from its junction at Egginton all the way to Nottingham. Along the way I have marked on the locations of the all the GNR railway stations that served the Friar Gate line.
The second map I made was of the former Derby Canal.
The Derby Canal Route Map.
This has been viewed 4,149 times.
Wishing you all a Happy new year.
Andy
www.derbyphotos.co.uk
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