Raise your spirits with these nine retro photos of pub customers and bar workers from Chesterfield and beyond

By Gay Bolton

Published 24th Feb 2023, 15:59 BST

Where would we be without our pubs that provide a friendly place to meet friends and support community events?

We raise a glass to licensees and pub customers who have given Derbyshire plenty of cheer down the years.

Who do you recognise in our photos from the past?

Roger Butler, owner of Chandlers bar and secretary of Pub Watch, with bar staff Gemma Jones, Matt James and Andrew Meakin and Steve Helps, manager at Chesterfield Fire Station in 2006.

1. Safety first

Roger Butler, owner of Chandlers bar and secretary of Pub Watch, with bar staff Gemma Jones, Matt James and Andrew Meakin and Steve Helps, manager at Chesterfield Fire Station in 2006. Photo: Marisa Cashill

Stage hypnotist and ex-footballer Pat Heard running the Friar Tuck pub at Calow in 2OOO.

2. Career move

Stage hypnotist and ex-footballer Pat Heard running the Friar Tuck pub at Calow in 2OOO. Photo: National World

Pub teams competing in the Ripley barrel race. Do you which pub team dressed as nuns and when this photo was taken?

3. Competitive habit

Pub teams competing in the Ripley barrel race. Do you which pub team dressed as nuns and when this photo was taken? Photo: Johnston Press

Jayne Bennett, pub landlady at the Elm Tree, Staveley, with Kevin Bell during a charity night for the Leonard Cheshire Centre in 2006.

4. Good spirits

Jayne Bennett, pub landlady at the Elm Tree, Staveley, with Kevin Bell during a charity night for the Leonard Cheshire Centre in 2006. Photo: National World

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