Wally Web Whippet Sniffs Around

Find out more about the Water Cure in Matlock.

The following are just suggestions- pick and choose.

To link to a website:-
Click on the icon if cursor changes to a hand
and/or
on the hyperlink if more than one website

 

Background If you live in Derbyshire you really should explore this ever expanding site. Perhaps you should start at the Matlock Index page which will give you just some idea of what is hidden in the depths.
Task Just explore!
How? The Andrews Pages
Matlock and Matlock Bath,
Derbyshire - The Complete Web Site for Matlock and Matlock Bath Genealogy & Local History

 

Background In the Victorian times the coming of the railways meant that towns developed rapidly.
Task What two major factors caused Matlock to extend from a village in to a town?
How?

Cressbrook Peak District Information Site
Click on 'Matlock', read the introduction, then on 'town'

The Andrews Pages - Matlock Bath Station House & the last Station Master

Peakland Heritage - railway
Explore the menu to the left.

 

Background This shows an advert for the Midland Railway, 1869 - Weekend Fares. It is on The Andrews Pages
Task Convert the cost of £.s.d. fares to our decimal coinage
How?

Print off the advert:

  • right click on it
  • save as ( save to suitable folder)
  • open in a word processing document by going to
    • insert >picture >from file>locate image
  • copy the address of the web page on to the page to acknowledge the source

The 's' stands for 'shillings.
There were 20 shillings in a pound, so a shilling is the same as __ pence?

The 'd' stands for 'pennies'.
There were 12 pennies in a shilling so 6 pennies was half a shilling.

 

Background When you identified the original advert scrap you were taken to a page on The Andrews Pages. Below the advert is a detailed description of SMEDLEY's from "Black's Guide to Derbyshire" (1888), A & C Black, Edinburgh
Task

Either print off or copy and paste this description in to a word processing document.
Then open up the second web site which will display a map of the area of your printed description.

  • Underline on the map all the places mentioned in the description that you can find .
  • Click on the small 'Aerial photo' symbol to see an aerial view
  • Click on 'Map overlay' and allow the map overlay to load.
  • Note the name of a particular street. You can see its name above. Why would it have that name?
  • Look at a very clever aerial view of Matlock in 1840. Read how it was achieved.

This should help you to visualise the description.
How?

Andrews Pages

MultiMap of Matlock Bank

Wirksworth Aerial view of Matlock 1840 (!)

 

Background John Smedley was a vital part of Matlock's history in introducing the Water Cure. Several sites provide information about him.
Task Research him , then prepare a talk he might have given as an old man about his life. Provide pictures to illustrate.
How?

Wirksworth Site
Original material from "History, Topography and Directory of Derbyshire", by T. Bulmer and Co, 1895, p.417,

Peakland Heritage Site- Smedley

Make sure you go on to page 2

Peakland Heritage Site - Smedley's Hydro

Peakland Heritage Site -Smedley's Folly

The Andrews Pages - the Hydros and Hydropathy

 

Background Florence Nightingale's home was at Lea Hurst, Derbyshire.
Task Find out more about her through any of the 'Wally Whippet Sniffs Around' activities.
How? Florence Nightingale - Find Out More!

 

Background Here are biographies of many people who have lived in the Matlock area from 'The Andrews Pages'
Task Here you will find information about the Nightingale family who lived in the area since 1771. Add any new information you find to your existing information about Florence Nightingale.
How?

The Andrews Pages- Matlock - brief lives.

 

Background Find out just a little about the Peakland Heritage site and how this enormous site is structured. In the process, discover a new aspect about Florence Nightingale.
Task

Copy and paste the advice Florence Nightingale gave about suitable bedding.

Now provide an appropriate illustration to accompany it.

Make sure you interpret her instructions exactly - right down to the 'chamber utensil'!!!
How? Follow this web search to reach the information.

 

Background The Peakland Heritage site provides much information about The Water Cure
Task Use the search button to unearth fresh material.
How?

Type 'water cure' in to the search button on the left.

  • Find out how long it took for Matlock to turn from a village in to a town and how and why this happened.
  • Find some illustrations of people taking the water cure to add to your collection.

 

Background The Peakland Heritage Site
Task Try out their local history quiz.
How? The Peakland Heritage Site - Quiz

 

Background What happened to some of the old hydros?
Task

You are taking the Water Cure at Matlock Bath Hydro and you are so relaxed in the large thermal pool that you begin to daydream. Somehow you transport yourself about 150 forward to the 21st Century. No longer are you taking a cure but you are surrounded by people staring at you and all that is around you. What is the scene?

Write the story!
How?

DerbyshireUK net web site
Scroll down to below the Fishpond Hotel

DerbyPhotos
Concentrate on the second lot of photos