Pictorial memories of Charles' 1981 visit to Derby

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Many Derby folk still remember Prince Charles' last visit to Derby as a "bachelor boy" in February 1981, a few months before his marriage to Lady Diana Spencer. The trip included visits to the Madeley Centre, Hardwick School, Normanton, and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Shaftesbury Cresent. Here is our pictorial record of the event.

More information about the visit can be found by visiting the following pages:

Charles's last Derby trip as a bachelor boy

Prince Charles steppes out in Cossack style

Doing The Bumps with Prince Charles


Charles plays table football with Elaine McKellar at a drop-in coffee bar on Pear Tree Road, Derby Sharon Rhule dancing the Bumps with Charles at the Madeley Centre


Charles joins in with a West Indian dance group at the Madeley Centre, Derby Charles inspects what’s cooking at Hardwick School, Normanton


Charles joins in with some cossack-style dancing under the instruction of the Hoverla Ukrainian Dance Ensemble Prince Charles talks to members of the Hoverla Ukrainian Dance Ensemble in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Shaftesbury Crescent, Derby




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