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Stories

Hoping to meet the daughters of childhood friend

Thursday, September 09, 2010

IN July last year, Bygones published the story of Sandie Eyre, who was trying to contact an old Derby childhood friend.

Mrs Eyre, who now lives in Canada, was born to Lillian and George Birks on March 15, 1946, at the family home, 100 Gerard Street.

The person...

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Curious rocking horse just one pleasure from stable childhood

David has drawn from memory a sketch of his old rocking horse, which was his favourite childhood toy.

Thursday, September 09, 2010

MY favourite toy when I was small was my rocking horse. It was a curious horse in that it did not have rockers in the traditional sense but had,...

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Seeking photos of Cox vehicles

Thursday, September 09, 2010

I AM appealing to Bygones' widespread and very knowledgeable readership. Gathering material for a local history project, I am seeking photographs of...

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That's Harold in Barry's picture of TA musicians

Harold Simpson was in the band of the 5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters.

Wednesday, September 08, 2010

A RECENT appeal for information from Barry Helliwell about a photograph showing a band which featured his late father-in-law, Don Lowe, has prompted a...

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Stop moaning about Dovedale revamp, it's been done before

Pupils from Derby's Parkfields Cedars School in 1926 take a ride on the donkeys which used to be a popular tourist attraction in Dovedale.

Wednesday, September 08, 2010

THOSE who are complaining about the improvements to the Dovedale stepping stones appear not to realise that it is not the first time it has been done....

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Bryan was 'Ted'!

Wednesday, September 08, 2010

I WONDER whether the David McIntosh who wrote about his years with Derby Mercury Cycling Club is the same person with whom I worked at Conder...

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The MacDonalds are the final link

Wednesday, September 08, 2010

I AM trying to find anyone related to a Betty M Tryner, of Shardlow, who married Horatio MacDonald in 1939, in Ilkeston. I believe they had a son,...

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Life was never dull during my 26 years at RB Macmillan printers

The letterpress machine room at the Spot Press division on Parcel Terrace.

Tuesday, September 07, 2010

I WOULD like to say how interesting recent stories have been about RB Macmillan's. The articles and letters have brought back many memories of great...

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Who remembers the Old Centaurs at the institute?

Tuesday, September 07, 2010

WITH reference to a recent article about the theatre and concert hall at the Railway Institute being restored to its former glories, I remember going...

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