A quiet North Parade.

On the right of the photograph is the arched entrance of the George Hotel; the name is written in white paint around the arch, something not seen on earlier images. Above it hangs a sign announcing that "Home Brewed Fine Ales" were available on the premises and another sign, on the right side of the arch, reads "Lunches Plus Garage". The wheel of a bicycle is just visible in the entrance way to the garage.

The three women in the foreground are wearing clothes from around the 1920s or so. Behind them is the rather splendid glass covered awning that used to be outside what was Boden's shop and the sign reads "Harry Boden Confectionery"^[1].

Harry Boden married Winifred Donegani at St. Giles in 1907 and the couple ran their confectionery and grocery business on North Parade until the early 1960s. They had a big meat slicing machine in a room immediately behind the shop and there was, apparently, a big room at the back that the Matlock Bath W.I. used for basket making, etc in the 1950s^[2].