I found this vintage postcard, c.1911, in the batch of 200 or so I received earlier this month. This grand looking building is in Matlock, Derbyshire. Those of you who were quick enough to read my original post on this will realise that, in my haste, I actually wrote about another Smedley's Hydro (in Stockport). Fortunately I spotted the erro quite soon after posting. This one was built in 1853, and eventually closed in 1950 when it became the head quarters of the Derbyshire County Council.
Smedley's Hydro, Matlock, Derbyshire, published by Valentine, c.1911
As usual 100's more vintage postcards can be found on my web site
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Oh wow a stack of new cards to sort through how thrilling !
Thank you for sharing another fantastic postcard with us today .
Enjoy the rest of your weekend .
Until Next Time
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Enjoy finding other treasures in that stack! This one is a keeper! Happy PFF!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know what a hydro was so I looked it up and found out that it was a hydrotherapy complex.
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley%27s_Hydro
Do you have any postcards relating to weaving?
ReplyDeleteAs an American I was going to ask what a hydro was, but postcardy answered it for me.
ReplyDeleteHappy PFF, and thanks for sharing.
Thanks to Postcardy - I was just about to look Hydro up too. Very nice card!
ReplyDeleteI lived long enough near the Dunblane Hydro and never really wondered why it was called that, nor even that there might be others around.
ReplyDeleteTo me, Hidro (in Romanian) was the jargon for a bus station near the Hidromecanica factory, in my hometown - Brasov, Transilvania, Romania. :)
ReplyDeleteNice card, full of details!