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Allestree & Quarndon Living Large with Big Halls and Bigger Histories

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Win Tickets to the The Good Food Show

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A Century In The Making – The Grand Unveiling of the Restored ‘Bluebird’ Tram at Crich Tramway Village”

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PREDATORS OFTHE OKAVANGO DELTA…Botswana

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By Steve Orme Glass-blowing is a dying craft that is expected to disappear in the next ten years. But one Derbyshire company is leading the way in ensuring that the unique artistry will continue well into the future. Lumsdale Glass is a traditional glass-blowing studio in the delightful Lumsdale Valley, just above Matlock. Jonathan Abbott […]

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Allestree & Quarndon Living Large with Big Halls and Bigger Histories

November 27, 2024 VickyP

by Tom Bell For those familiar with the grand Amber Valley constituency, you will know all about the rolling terrain that presents stunning walks for the novice, weekend rambler, or the experienced, polished-boots-and-waterproof-trousered hiker. But, something very interesting lies within two particularly delightful places, just a mere five-minute drive from each other. Standing on either […]

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Win Tickets to the The Good Food Show

October 28, 2024 VickyP

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A Century In The Making – The Grand Unveiling of the Restored ‘Bluebird’ Tram at Crich Tramway Village”

October 2, 2024 VickyP

There was quite a hush as the doors to the conservation shed were slid open at an event for special guests and Tramway Museum Society (TMS) members on Friday 13th September 2024 at Crich Tramway Village. Ten years of hard work was about to be revealed. It’s amazing how nostalgia sparks such interest in a […]

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PREDATORS OFTHE OKAVANGO DELTA…Botswana

June 26, 2024 VickyP

With Martins World Travel My last month’s article concentrated on the rich animal and bird life of this unique area of Africa. Now it’s time to divulge the incredible predators we viewed on the same trip, very close up and personal, with excellent guides to ensure our safety. Guides at our remote lodges and camps […]

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Derbyshire Villages – Rodsley

June 25, 2024 VickyP

by Maxwell & Carole Craven Having basked in the remoteness and sequestered lanes of Harehill and Muselane, we were much tempted to stay in that wonderfully pastoral and semi-wooded landscape that lies well west of Derby but close to the south western edge of the county. Hence, last August, we ventured between Shirley and Yeaveley […]

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The Wreck of Flying Fortress ‘Over Exposed’

June 25, 2024 VickyP

by Brian Spencer Pennine Way walkers almost at the southern end of their epic trek from Edale to Kirk Yetholm look on the crossing of Bleaklow as almost the end of the first day’s section of the ‘Way’. Grateful to enjoy a spell of comparatively easy walking on a path made from flagstones, the […]

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Win Tickets to the Festival of Food & Drink at Thoresby Park.

June 5, 2024 VickyP

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The Historic Core of Derby

May 1, 2024 VickyP

by Maxwell Craven People often quite reasonably assume that Derby’s Market Place was the original historic core of the borough, but appearances can be deceptive. When King Edward the Elder founded the city as a defended settlement c. 928, the actual core was the area between the Cathedral and old St. Alkmund’s (now part of […]

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Derbyshire Makers

May 1, 2024 VickyP

Ashton & Coleman Furniture Matlock’s latest retail shop, Ashton & Coleman Furniture, may be new to Matlock but they have been busy building the foundations of their business for almost 10 years. Starting the business partnership in late 2014 combining two separate joinery businesses run by Simon Ashton and Peter Coleman. Settling on Ashton & […]