Derby Evening Telegraph

Seeking Info On the Pow Ships

MY uncle, Harry Albert Wilderspin, was a PoW in Hong Kong before being moved to a camp in Japan where he died, aged just 26, on March 4, 1943. I do not know if he was on the Japanese ship that sunk after being torpedoed by the US in October 1942.

Where has Special Date Plaque Gone?

RECENT correspondence regarding Derby Loco Works and, in particular, the newly refurbished Roundhouse prompted Jim Ballington to wonder what has happened to a special date plaque. Mr Ballington, of Aston-on-Trent, explained: "Since the restoration work by Derby College of the Roundhouse building I have noticed that an 1841 date plaque, which was on the clock tower, has gone missing.

Normanton-by-Derby Was Annexed for New Housing ; Former City Councillor John Godfrey, Who Now Lives in Rishworth, Yorkshire, Shares Some Observations About the History of Normanton- by-Derby, an Area Annexed by Derby County Borough in the Late 1920s to Satisfy Its Insatiable Appetite for Housing.

SOME folk call it New Normanton but New Normanton is the area around Normanton Road and Rosehill Street where terraced and palisaded houses were built in the late 1800s and early 20th century. Others call it Old Normanton.

This Was Derbyshire

On This Day In...

1969 1969 JACK BODELL LOCAL: About 200 men in the No 6 toolroom at Rolls-Royce, Derby, were working to rule over a pay dispute. The men, in the company's largest toolroom, in Nightingale Road, were not co-operating with management or using their own tools. SPORT: Derbyshire boxing champion Jack Bodell was to top the bill at a big fight night at Nottingham. His British heavyweight title fight against Carl Gizzi was the main bout of the event.

A Voyage of Rediscovery ; New-Look Disco Is Faster, Cleaner and More Economical

MAKING a gallon of diesel last 30 miles won't impress many company car drivers but Land Rover is rightly proud that its latest Discovery will do just that, writes Ian Donaldson. Here is a car that can comfortably carry seven people at a hushed motorway cruise or halfway up a mountain, with road replaced by splashing stream.

A Kwik Mot Reminder

MANY motorists struggle to remember their car's MoT expiry date, reveals a new survey by Kwik-Fit. And the company's research suggests that one-in-four motorists have driven a car without an MoT.

Qubo Treks Into the Uk

A RUGGED new version of the versatile Fiat Qubo will be on sale in the UK later this month, following its international debut at the Frankfurt show. The Qubo Trekking, seen right, not only looks tougher than the regular car but is also a car for harsher environments thanks to the addition of Traction+, a system which utilises an electronic differential lock to the front wheels to improve handling and control in mud, snow and other low-grip conditions.

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An Onerous, Awesome Responsibility ; Comment

READERS might form the view that it's "have a go at the health service day" as they digest some of our main stories today. That is certainly never the intention of this newspaper - but what the reports do underline, as if we were not aware of it already, is the awesome responsibility which health service workers carry in every moment of their working lives.

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Royal Mail Invests Pounds 5m to Sort Out Its Offices

ROYAL Mail is investing Pounds 5m on new machines at its Derby sorting office. The announcement was made during a meeting between the firm and Derby City Council to discuss concerns over the transfer of work from Derby to Nottingham.

Multiple Injuries

A 27-YEAR-OLD man was taken to hospital with multiple injuries after his car collided with a lamp post and garden wall. Paramedics were called to the incident in Brackens Lane, Allenton, yesterday at 12.30am. The man was taken to the Royal Derby Hospital.

Meet the Hot Tips That Came in From the Cold

IF IT hadn't been for the cold Newcastle air and a lack of heating, then White Belt Yellow Tag would have never have come into being. For mer Yourcodenameis:Milo guitarist Justin Lockey was the frozen musician who literally stumbled into the warm and found a musical soul mate in Craig Philbin.

I Can Criticise but Not Use My Vote ; Letters & Opinion

IN his reply (September 25) to my letter about democracy published previously in the opinion page (September 21) Michael Holmes implies that I am stupid and a "whinger". I am disappointed that he finds it necessary to resort to personal comments.

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Condolences to Hard Worker Raj ; Letters & Opinion

IN recent times the Derby Telegraph awarded Mr Raj Bali a special recognition for his efforts over many years to bring together people of different religious persuasions. I followed this up with a short letter pointing out that Raj Bali spent many hours doing valuable voluntary work for the community in Derby, in spite of having to care for his very sick wife. He was president of the Hindu temple.

We Need a New Bunch in Charge ; Letters & Opinion

HOW refreshing to read Harold Richardson's letter (Fight back using our ballot boxes", Letters, September 28). I too have thought about the precious vote that belongs to me alone.

Conservative Tax Idea Out of Step ; Letters & Opinion

THE Conservative Party's enthusiasm in proposing concessionary tax rates for marriage is not shared by everyone, and indicates an unhealthy Tory obsession with the traditional family model, totally out of step with modern Britain with its huge and increasing single population. Family members are always random, usually disparate and often quarrelsome individuals with nothing in common bar the same surname. To give them privileged tax status is unbelievably ridiculous and questions whether the ...