Blog #Buxton

Following on from previous posts on Canadian soldiers who passed through Buxton, David Roberts considers Black-Canadian soldiers who passed through the Canadian Discharge Depot in Buxton

Having been forced to leave out the story of Canadian Dentists from Maple Leaves in Buxton, David Roberts turns to the story of Canadian Dental Officers and men who served in Buxton during Word War One.

Some twenty thousand Canadians passed through Buxton during the first world War, one of these Oliver Martin became the most senior Indigenous officers in the Canadian Army

Following on from his new book "Maple Leaves in Buxton" , David Roberts looks at a few of the stories of Canadians in Buxton that he had to leave out. This is the story of Sapper John Boucher, Canada's oldest soldier who passed through the Canadian Discharge Depot in Buxton

A survey of the life and works of the architect Henry Currey in Buxton, Eastbourne and London

David Roberts reviews Julian Cohen's new book " surely not in Buxton!"

With the recently announced closure of the National Westminster Bank in Buxton, David Roberts takes a look at the ups and downs of Buxton's Banks

A short history of the Froth sites at Harpur Hill, near Buxton including the Frith artillery range; RAF Maintenance Unit 28 and Safety in Mines Research.

On Remembrance Day, David Roberts looks at the sacrifices made by the Old Boys of Holm Leigh Preparatory School in Buxton