This pretty postcard of Matlock Bath shows a riverside scene that disappeared over forty years ago. Where the buildings furthest away from the cameraman once stood is now the broad sweep of the pavement and railings of the widened road through the village. Having said that, the buildings themselves changed during their lifetime anyway. For example, the red brick building became smaller as the left hand end became part of the property next door.

The webmistress has been told that children used to fish for minnows from the balconies overhanging the river. The balconies belonged to the Devonshire Hotel, later the Devonshire Café, and the adjacent shops that fronted onto the main road.

The oarsman is was a local man.