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'How can starvation strike in such a town as Derby?'

Saturday, March 06, 2010

IN 1838, local businessman Herbert Mountford Holmes offered to help out with the running of St Peter's Sunday school following the resignation of its superintendent.

His account of his association with the school makes fascinating reading and sheds light on the...

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Charity night mystery solved

Charity night mystery solved

Friday, March 05, 2010

LAST month, we asked if any of our readers recognised three well-known Derby women pictured together at a mystery event in the 1980s. As usual, our...

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THIS WAS DERBYSHIRE

THIS WAS DERBYSHIRE

Friday, March 05, 2010

BYGONES would love to be able to return these two fascinating photographs to their owner. The only information we have is that they were taken in the...

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Cooling off with Cleo at the Plaza

Friday, March 05, 2010

THE recent death of Sir John Dankworth brought back memories of my years in Derby. I recall seeing Johnny Dankworth and his orchestra and his wife...

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Joanna's photographic bid for Homelands memories

learning:  Joanna Bradshaw, nee Dyer, is second from the right, on the front row, in this picture of prefects taken in 1966.

Thursday, March 04, 2010

I ATTENDED Firs Estate School in the 1950s before passing my 11-plus exam and going to Homelands Grammar School from 1959 until 1966. I have sent in...

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Argile family plea

Thursday, March 04, 2010

I WONDER if any of your readers have any memories of the Argile family, who lived in Codnor and ran buses in the area. My father's name was Joseph...

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Umpire in picture was shop steward

NAMED:  John Hendricks recognised umpire Ken Bell, left, in a cricket team photo.

Thursday, March 04, 2010

IN the Bygones section, of February 18, you featured a photograph of a Rolls-Royce cricket team with several unidentified players. I recognised the...

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Undefined Headline

Undefined Headline

Thursday, March 04, 2010

IN the early 1970s, there was only one division of the Derby Parks Junior League that played on a Sunday morning. This league had been the natural...

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I was at party to celebrate Edward VII becoming king

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

I WAS born on January 19, 1899, in Norman Street, in the new Normanton area of Derby, where I spent my childhood years. My earliest memory was of...

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Told off for trolley bus bell mischief

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

READING the article about trolley buses reminded me of my childhood in Derby. I travelled on trolley buses a lot in the 1940s and 50s. In my early...

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