"Bordering the river on the eastern side are some attractive public gardens known as the Hall Lees, one of the pleasantest of outdoor lounges.The wide smooth lawns are bordered with well chosen herbaceous plants and flowering shrubs. There are many seats and a pavilion for shelter in wet weather. A band plays here in summer, and for a small sum tennis, bowls, croquet, skittles and fishing can be enjoyed"^[1].

Matlock's Brass Band was founded in the mid nineteenth century. The Lion Foundry of Kirkintilloch made the bandstand for the town. This photograph, of a small crowd listening to a Scottish band, dates from early in the 20th century. Trees and shrubs surround the bandstand these days^[2]; it is still used for band concerts.

There is no football club behind the pavilion although the ground would then have been used by Matlock's Cricket Club. Football was played on the Hall Leys, on the grassy area to the left of the bandstand.