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Stories

Did you know any of the lads, and lasses, from RB MacMillan?

Veronica's father Bill Dodd being presented with joinery saws on his retirement from RB MacMillans.

Saturday, July 31, 2010

MEMORIES of her late father, Bill Dodd, were brought back to reader Veronica Hutchby when she spotted our feature on the Golden Jubilee of RB MacMillan.

She would love to hear from any readers who remember her dad.

"We lived in one of RB MacMillan's houses in...

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Oriental? No, jug is British-made

Saturday, July 31, 2010

I WAS pleased to unearth a jug recently which, on first inspection, appeared Oriental. The jug, with its chrysanthemum pattern in iron red and blue...

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Journey home took three days in year when I biked 7,000 miles

Members of Derby Mercury Road and Rambling Club during an outing in 1947. Left, from left: David McIntosh, Roy Gregory, Bob Jones, Len Hazelhurst, Ken Broadhurst, Melly Garner and unknown. Right, David is standing, far right.

Friday, July 30, 2010

IN the late 1940s, when people had little spending money for entertainment and motor vehicles were very much the province of the wealthy, walking and...

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1970

Fred Swarbrook took three wickets in an 18-ball spell.

Friday, July 30, 2010

LOCAL: About 50 East Midland Gas Board fitters in Derby went on unofficial strike over transport allowance claims. Talks were under way to get the...

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Family quest on village hostelry

Friday, July 30, 2010

I AM currently doing some research on behalf of a friend on a family from Derbyshire called Knighton. As part of this research, I am particularly...

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Gents' outfitters recalled but was it Townsend's?

Friday, July 30, 2010

A RECENT appeal for information from Sue Farthing, of Oakwood, about the names of shops in the Babington Lane area of Derby from her childhood years...

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Hey, that's me! I was at Amber Valley camp and a Bretby patient

Ruth Collyer spotted herself, left, with girls at Amber Valley Camp.

Thursday, July 29, 2010

TWO stories which recently featured in Bygones struck a chord with one of our readers. Ruth Collyer, née Wright, of Melbourne, wrote in with her...

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Butcher, grocer, hairdresser and many more, all in the one street

Arthur Ashworth, a baker in Stockbrook Street, and, right, Monk Street, showing Kirkman's.

Thursday, July 29, 2010

MY father, Stan Kirkman, would go to the wholesale market early each morning and on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays would go off collecting scrap,...

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Names recalled

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

IN response to a recent letter by Sue Farthing, I worked at Brindleys, Babington Lane, Derby, from 1950 to 1966. The corner shop she referred to I...

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It all began with horse and cart deliveries and a shop at home

David's Aunt Lily, left, with his parents Stan and Edna Kirkman inside the Monk Street shop.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

I READ with interest the articles by Brenda Green and Mary Hurt regarding Little Stockbrook Street and Kirkman's greengrocer's shop. Both Brenda and...

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