On the left is the junction of Queen Street, Iron Gate, Cathedral Road and Full Street, you'll notice St Michaels Church and waste ground beyond which was the NCP car park, also Bridgegate BMW garage can be seen beyond that. Below shows Cathedral Road, with the former Shell Service Station, and the former Queen Street teaching pool and note there is no Joseph Wright Sixth form centre yet, as these pictures were taken in 1988 & 1989

St Michaels Church again taken a few years later, you'll now see the new office blocks that were built on the NCP car park

Below is the former Smith's of Derby clockmakers premises, who have recently moved to Alfreton Road

Smith's of Derby started with John Whitehurst 1st in 1735. The first John Smith was apprenticed to the last of the Whitehursts, namely John III, but he left to become a millwright. His wife Maria dealt with customers and cleaned domestic clocks and watches during the day while John repaired and reassembled them in the evening. In the 1860’s they rented and later bought the property of 27 Queen Street from members of the Whitehurst family.

The Company soon began producing hand wound tower clocks for churches, town halls and private houses throughout the World. These products were, and still are, highly regarded for quality. Of particular note was the building and installation of the great clock of St Paul’s Cathedral in London in 1893. This clock has been maintained by the company continuously ever since and is now one of  4,500 clocks maintained throughout the British Isles.

At the top of Queen Street stands St Mary's RC Church, and the old Kennings Garage is shown on the right, which is now a themed American restaurant, opposite the Restaurant is a double glazing showroom, next down are the  Penny Farthing Gates, which belong to the cathedral road electrical sub station