Images include Deborah Cavendish feeding the chickens at Chatsworth House and Alice Boardman – the only passenger using Great Longstone railway station in 1962.
Not for the squeamish are photos of British circus performer Eddie Sinclair performing his act of endurance which included a masked woman hammering a six-inch nail into his tongue!
And did you know why one of the biggest rock bands in the world visited Derbyshire in the summer of 1968?
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9. 1966 World Cup
The West German training at Ashbourne, during the 1966 World Cup in England, 12th July 1966. From left to right, Uwe Seeler, goalkeeper Hans Tilkowski, Helmut Haller and Heinz Schnellinger. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Photo: Central Press
10. Buxton
A view of the Quadrant shopping street in Buxton, with the thermal baths on the left and the Palace Hotel in the background (centre), 1961. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Photo: Fox Photos
11. Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, portrait at Swarkestone Pavlion, Derbyshire, 1968. Swarkestone locals were bemused and excited to discover the Rolling Stones in the local pub. The band had been driven up from London in limos to shoot the cover of their seventh album, Beggars Banquet. (Photo by Mark and Colleen Hayward/Getty Images) Photo: Mark and Colleen Hayward
12. Matlock
Matlock, circa 1955. (Photo by Brindley/Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Photo: Fox Photos