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This post-war advertisement must have been amongst the last before Smedley's ceased to trade as a hydropathic establishment, bringing to an end over a hundred years of trading in Matlock. The building remains, of course, but became County Hall. In 1950 it was still providing treatments for the sick ("Invalids") but also catered for those wishing to holiday in the area. It is interesting that, over fifty years later, hydropathic treatments are still available and health farms have taken over from hydropathic establishments. |
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Reproduced from "The Derbyshire Countryside", The County Magazine, Vol.18 No.3 July - September, 1950 (Summer Number - One Shilling), pub. St. Michael's Church House, Queen Street, Derby, p. viii. With very grateful thanks to Jane Steer |
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Elsewhere on this website: 1. Mid 19th century images from John Smedley's "Practical Hydropathy":
2. From both "Practical Hydropathy" and Mrs. Smedley's "Ladies Manual":
3. Other pages of interest:  Advertisement
in Hall's "Days in Derbyshire" (1863)Advertisement
for Smedley's Hydropathic Establishment, 1869"There
Was Red Tape at Smedley's Hydro Then"Water Cures
(covers what became of the hydros)Bank Road and
the TramAbout
Matlock BankSee Smedley's
Hydropathic Establishment Enumeration Book in the 1891 censusAnd
in the 1901 census |
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