Market Place
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The proposed Derby Hotel, which was to become the notorious hole in the ground, this derelict site remained like this from 1989 to remarkably 1996. A fine Victorian building was pulled down in the process to make way for the hotel which never materialised, it is now the Sir Peter Hilton Memorial Garden.

Some old reminders of the proposed Derby Hotel in the Market Place, these were taken during 1990 and 1991, and were originally shot on 35mm slide film

These pictures were taken from the Assembly rooms

The huge crane that was erected for the building work, that never materialised

On the left looking across the market Place to the development and on the right the big hole!

Inside pictures of the big hole