Memory Lane - Bus Station
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The bus station was designed by Mr Charles Aslin, the Borough architect of Derby from 1929 to 1945. He redeveloped the central area of Derby to include a Bus Station, Open Market, River Gardens, Civic Courts, Swimming pool and a new Council House. It was opened on the 2nd October 1933. The bus station was highly praised and is acknowledged to be the initial design for a drive in/out bus station that operated in the style of a railway station. Built of concrete using cantilever construction, this became the style that others were to follow. The arc platforms are visible behind the main frontage, which still contains the marble pillars, mezzanine floors, art deco rails, oak doors and windows, plus the upstairs cafe where the Beatles had breakfast, when they appeared at the Gaumont, now Zanzibars, before they made it big.