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24/03/2006
The very first screening and public showings of 'Samuel Slater - Hero or Traitor?' were held in Belper on 27 January at Herbert Strutt School with support from Amber Valley Borough Council.
The film is the p...
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24/03/2006
Thanks to funding from the Derby and Derbyshire Economic Partnership, the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Arts Council England, arts projects have played a key role in bringing the history of the World Heritage...
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24/03/2006
This Spring primary and junior schools in Derbyshire will be receiving a special delivery from the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site.
Copies of the recently published Education Directory will be given...
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24/03/2006
This year, Belper's River Gardens celebrate their centenary, and a host of special events are planned for throughout the year.
A new group has been formed to co-ordinate the celebrations, which will kick off on Easter Monday – the day of th...
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23/03/2006
A new hourly TransPeak timetable between Nottingham (Broadmarsh), Derby, Belper, Matlock, Bakewell and Buxton going through to Manchester every two hours started on 23rd October 2005.
The new improved TransP...
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23/03/2006
Sir Richard Arkwright’s Masson Mills have added an extremely rare Arkwright Spanish “Countermarked Token” coin to the unique collection of authentic artefacts in the Masson Mills Working Textile Museum. The S...
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23/03/2006
Work is nearly complete for the installation of five new interpretation boards at the southern end of the World Heritage Site. Three boards at Darley Abbey and two at Chester Green are presently in production.
Funding for the boards has come ...
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23/03/2006
Interested in books? The new bargain bookstore at Cromford Mill needs a volunteer to help with the running of the shop one day a week. No experience is necessary but a love of books is a must. Call Ros on 01629 823256 for details.
During May ...
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23/03/2006
Improvements co-ordinated by the Derwent Valley Rural Transport Partnership during the last two years have seen over £200,000 spent on the dramatic improvements to Belper station, including new shelters, CCT...
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23/03/2006
The updated 2006 Ambergate leaflet is now available! The leaflet, now in its fifth printing, includes the latest bus and train times for travel to and within the Derwent Valley and encourages both families a...
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23/03/2006
The introduction of ‘the sixes’, follows a major investment by trentbarton to the Derwent Valley bus network with. The initiative includes:
Brand new low floor buses
Modern new look for ‘the sixes...
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23/03/2006
The updated 2006 Ambergate leaflet is now available! The leaflet, now in its fifth printing, includes the latest bus and train times for travel to and within the Derwent Valley and encourages both families and ser...
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23/03/2006
Improvements co-ordinated by the Derwent Valley Rural Transport Partnership during the last two years have seen over £200,000 spent on the dramatic improvements to Belper station, including new shelters, CCT...
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23/03/2006
Interested in books? The new bargain bookstore at Cromford Mill needs a volunteer to help with the running of the shop one day a week. No experience is necessary but a love of books is a must. Call Ros on 01629 823256 ...
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23/03/2006
Sir Richard Arkwright’s Masson Mills have added an extremely rare Arkwright Spanish “Countermarked Token” coin to the unique collection of authentic artefacts in the Masson Mills Working Textile Museum....
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23/03/2006
A new hourly TransPeak timetable between Nottingham (Broadmarsh), Derby, Belper, Matlock, Bakewell and Buxton going through to Manchester every two hours started on 23rd October 2005.
The new improved TransP...
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23/03/2006
IN BELPER, Strutt’s North Mill (home of the Derwent Valley Visitor Centre) has been part of a pilot scheme run by EMMLAC (East Midlands Museums, Libraries and Archives Council) to tailor what they offer mor...
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23/03/2006
REPAIRS to the cast iron fire escape at the back of the Silk Mill in Derby are soon to be completed. The work to restore the pre-1910 fire escape was given the go-ahead following a substantial grant from Eng...
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23/03/2006
Several improvements to stations on the Derwent Valley Line have been co-ordinated by the Derwent Valley Rural Transport Partnership thanks to funding from Derbyshire County Council. These include at Matlock ...
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23/03/2006
THE Arkwright Society has been reunited with a clock face stolen from them during a bungled robbery in February 2003.
The clock, believed to have been made for Richard Arkwright by J Jeffreys of Cromford, ...
