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Market Place fountain

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:46:29 GMT

Work to construct a fountain in Belper Market Place is underway here in this picture dating from circa 1881. Image courtesy of the Wood Collection and picturethepast.org

King Street - an abridged history

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:46:21 GMT

We travel back in time more than 150 years for this week’s yesteryear picture of King Street, Belper.

Blooming great party

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:43:48 GMT

A garden party for the disabled, held in the grounds of Central Methodist Church, Belper is in full flow here circa 1970. In foreground Mrs Belfield is being presented with flowers. Picture courtesy of Mr Goff and picturethepast.org

Whooper swans drop in

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:01:35 GMT

Reader Melvin Harvey took this photograph of no less than 81 whooper swans at Mapperley Reservoir in Shipley Country Park earlier this year.

Gala queen collects cash

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:12:57 GMT

The gala queen in this pictured featured in our Ron Haslam Memory Lane picture too, but who was she?

Party for pensioners

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:12:48 GMT

Youngsters from Ripley’s Mill Hill School have put on a party for OAPs from the area.

Ripley-born ‘bouncing bomb’ inventor played vital role

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:36:39 GMT

This week The Ripley & Heanor News joins the country in commemorating the 70th anniversary of the celebrated Dambusters raid, one of the most daring operations carried out by the RAF during World War II.

VIDEO: Trip down Memory Lane

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:19:34 GMT

Here are some of the latest pictures of times gone by in the area.

Duffield’s own war horses

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:25:20 GMT

As war broke out on the Western Front, horses were commandeered from farms, liveries, hunt stables and private ownership to serve on the front line.

Homes bid refused as protest sounds

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:57:24 GMT

Klaxons, wailing swanee whistles, drums and chants of protest were heard as Amber Valley council’s planning board refused a bid to build 79 houses in Codnor.

Pinxton play vandals

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:07:15 GMT

Police are appealing for information after a swing was damaged at a play area in Pinxton.

Choir sings for George’s 100th

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:55:28 GMT

Singers from Codnor Methodist Church sang hymns and songs to celebrate the 100th birthday of an Leabrooks man.

Somercotes plant fayre

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:09:55 GMT

Somercotes Salvation Army Corps are holding their annual plant fayre on Saturday May 18 from 10am to 2pm at their headquarters on Sleetmoor Lane.

Food and drink festival

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:05:35 GMT

Celebrity chefs will be cooking up some tasty recipes at Derbyshire’s biggest annual food and drink celebration this weekend.

Cafe break-in

Mon, 13 May 2013 10:23:47 GMT

Peckish thieves helped themselves to cheese and chocolate cake at a Langley Mill cafe.

Shipley wind turbine fails

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:41:53 GMT

Derbyshire County Council has expressed its ‘disappointment’ at the short-lived performance of a wind turbine at Shipley Country Park which had to be switched off.

Chamber backs speech

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:15:39 GMT

The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Chamber of Commerce has welcomed the renewed focus on economic growth in the Queen’s speech at the state opening of Parliament.

Therapy open day

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:53:22 GMT

A new complementary therapy centre in Amber Valley Derbyshire is having an open day on Saturday, May 18, from 11am to 3pm.

TBG takes over Acorn training

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:55:59 GMT

A growing adult and youth learning organisation has strengthened its presence in the East Midlands with the acquisition of a Ripley firm.

Recycling centre can cut landfill tax bills

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:03:43 GMT

A new £3.2 million recycling centre has opened in Somercotes.