A series of snow scenes in the area around Matlock Bath station.
If these pictures were taken during the winter of 1962-3, which is probable, it was one of the coldest winters on record and the coldest since 1740. The winter was also known as the Big Freeze of 1963.

The top photograph shows the Station Bridge that was built in 1849, the Midland Hotel and the beginning of North Parade. The shop on the corner at the bottom of Holme Road - with the sun awning out - was Fairbanks, a ladies' dress shop. They also had shops in Green Lane and Market Street in Derby.

The station against the backdrop of the hill up to Starkholmes and Riber.
Behind the station, in the Bath Fields, are some farm buildings. This was a caravan park in the 1970s.
Matlock Bath station was just one of the many listed for closure in 1963 under Dr. Beeching's plans for restructuring the railways and cutting out the uneconomic routes^[1].
The waiting room on the down platform and the signal box had not yet been removed as the station continued to operate for a few years after this. It closed in 1967 but re-opened in the spring of 1972^[2].

Station Approach. The main station building was designed to look like a Swiss chalet.

The view from the Stationbridge, opposite the Midland Hotel.
In January 1963 there were reports of the Derwent being frozen for long stretches between Matlock and Matlock Bath.
Pupils at Ernest Bailey's commented that "it is now certain that January 1963 will go down in the records as one of the coldest, if not the coldest, January or the century^[3]".
In early February the local paper reported that the snow and big freeze had lasted for almost six weeks^[4].

See Famous British Winters (an external link)