NOTES ON OLD HELPER AND OLD BELPER BOOKS. 2 1 



tions of a few moments' leisure, are of a devotional character. 

 A hymn " composed on the occasion of the coronation of Queen 

 Victoria" is a deeply religious expression of the author's hopes 

 and wishes for the Queen's future. 



A printer named Vickers lived in Bridge Street in the year 

 1832. He was a Wesleyan, and in only a small way of business. 

 Another printer named Riley lived in the neighbourhood of 

 Church Street about the year 1840. He was responsible for 

 the issue of a poem by Mr. Thomas Crofts, on the occasion of 

 the first dressing of the Manor Well in Belper. In Queen 

 Street at the same period a Mr. Moss resided. He had a 

 small connection, chiefly for posters and circulars, and was said, 

 like Mr. Rosewarne, to have come from Wirksworth. 



On September nth, 1854, a second newspaper saw the light 

 in Belper, under the conductorship of Mr. John Kiddy, who 

 resided at the shop in Bridge Street, lately occupied by Mr. 

 Talbot. The new venture was called " The Belper Journal and 

 General Advertiser for Belper, Ripley, Dufifield, Milford, Wirks- 

 worth, etc." The inside of the journal, consisting of general 

 news and information, was printed by Messrs. Cassell, of London. 

 These pages were adorned with illustrations of contemporary 

 events. The first page of the publication was printed in Belper, 

 and signs are not wanting in even the limited space given to 

 local news of very careful editing. The paper was issued 

 monthly, and the first number contained an interesting poem 

 from the pen of Mr. Thomas Crofts, an old and respected 

 inhabitant of Belper. 



In No. 2 of the Belper Journal, dated October, 1854, is a 

 careful report (quite equal to any work in this direction to-day) 

 of a lecture upon " Human Character," delivered in Belper by 

 Dr. Spencer T. Hall, the author of several interesting Derbyshire 

 books. 



In No. 4, the building of a large chimney at Messrs. Strutt's is 

 recorded, and also the fact that the chimney contains half a 

 •million bricks. 



In No. 5 is mentioned a most successful and interesting lecture 



