Derby Evening Telegraph

On This Day In... 1960

LOCAL: Members of South-East Derbyshire Rural Council discussed how they would fight Derby Town Council proposals to take a number of parishes into Derby Borough. Particularly outspoken at the meeting was Councillor A. Matthews, who represented Chellaston. SPORT: Former Derby County full-back Roy Patrick was named in the Nottingham Forest XI to play a Derby and District Senior League XI in a charity game in Derby.

Murder Mystery in City Finally Solved

BYGONES has finally got to the bottom of a mystery surrounding the location and date of a murder in Derby. Back in March, Vicky Spencer wrote asking readers about the history of the house at 342 Uttoxeter New Road.

Rosehill Fc Players Are Named

ONCE again Bygones readers have come up trumps, supplying names for a mystery football photograph. The picture, which was sent in by Terry Fletcher, of Belper, shows the 1950-51 Rosehill Football Club team.

Boys Take to Life in the Country During Ymca Farm Training ; an Archive Picture Featuring the Ymca's British Boys for British Farms Campaign Brought Back Many Happy Memories for a Number of Men Who Signed Up to the Scheme. Jane Goddard Reports.

IT was seen as a means of introducing "townies" to the way of life in the countryside and help provide employment both during and after the Second World War. Run nationally by the YMCA, the British Boys for British Farms scheme had training centres across the country.

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Jazz Legend Played Sax and Clarinet

WITH reference to the letter sent to Bygones by John Powles and the photograph said to be of Johnny Dankworth. I don't think this can be correct, as the person in the photograph appears to be playing a double bass.

School Was First to Teach Immigrants

Banks Must Put Their Money Where Their Mouth Is ; Soapbox Banks' Claims to Be Helping Businesses Are Not Borne Out Roger Sharp

IN reply to the banker's article "A business failing is of no benefit, banks want them to exit the recession" (Derby Telegraph, April 13), I have this to say: Banks failing to deliver fairly is no benefit to business. The financial watchdog was not on guard as the investment bankers got greedy and outright reckless and when the recession inevitably took hold many companies were hit hard through no fault of their own.

Here's My Moan: People Who Have Nothing Better to Do Than Moan! ; in My View It Appears to Be Our National Pastime, Having a Good Grumble, but One Derby Fan Went Too Far

JILL GALLONE THERE'S something big happening today. Can't quite remember what it is but I know it will give lots of people plenty to moan about. Win, lose, hung, drawn or quartered, the country will wake up to a new dawn tomorrow. Or will it? We may have a new Government, a new Prime Minister and a fresh batch of MPs but some things never change when it comes to the absurdities of our nation.

Noticeboard

Centre's open day ASHBOURNE, Sunday: A free open day giving pet owners advice on keeping their animals healthy will be held at Ashbourne Animal Welfare, in Wyaston Road, from 11am to 4pm. Tours of the centre will also be available. For details, call the centre on 01335 300494. Council meeting ELVASTON, Monday: Meeting of Elvaston Parish Council at the village hall, off Main Road, from 7.30pm.

Dudsbury Stars As First Round Honours Go to Coopers Arms ; Bridge Inn Are Beaten in a Blustery Challenge Match Showdown

IT'S advantage Coopers Arms after the first round of their Challenge Match against Bridge Inn AC. The match, which was fished in blustery conditions on Coopers Lake, saw 10 anglers compete.

Good Catches Are On Offer at Foremark

ANGLERS at Foremark are being rewarded with good numbers of fish from the South Derbyshire venue. Sport is good both from the boat and the bank, particularly around Sunblessed Bay, Hut Point, Vernon's Point (bank) and Cascade, Gorse Bay and Heron Point (boat).

Randall Storms to Victory

PRIDE of Derby Junior Sam Randall stormed to victory in the first Rycroft Fisheries Monday night open match of the season. The three-hour match was split between the Moat and Clover Lakes, with Randall (pictured), who used paste down the edges, catching his 62lb 4oz net on the Moat.

Willis and Family Take Red Card ; Homing

DAVE Willis and Family got the first pigeon back to Derby when the Burton & South Derbyshire Federation travelled to Blandford. The pigeons were liberated at 8am on Saturday, in a westerly wind, needing to travel 145 miles to Derby.

Your Stars

IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY While everybody is influenced by the retrograde cycle of the planet of communication, Mercury, the fact it's in reverse movement on your birthday and, even more importantly, is positioned in your sign strongly accents such matters. This has to do both with what you think and what you say. Most of all, it's about examining minor errors, since often they'll be the key to resolving problems as frustrating as they are persistent. ARIES March 20 -- April 19 0901 470 014...

Blaze of Beauty Awaits Its Audience ; Garden Lovers Will Be in Their Element This Month As Some of the Finest Plots in Derbyshire Are Set to Open for Visitors. Among Them Is 10 Chestnut Way, Repton. Sue Robinson Takes a Look.

GARDENING is about looking to the future, not the past, Robert Little pronounces as he surveys the garden at his Repton home. He and wife Pauline are preparing the grounds around their Chestnut Way home to open to the public to raise money for the National Gardens Scheme (NGS).

Alert On Doorstep Cons

POLICE are warning people to be on their guard against callers pretending to be from the water board, electricity board or a double glazing firm. Conmen are also posing as police officers to try to trick their way into the homes of the elderly and vulnerable.

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Swadlincote New Boy Jason Is On a Roll As They Make Winning Start ; Quinn Impresses On Debut As Catholics Defeat Both Winshill and Littleover

NEWCOMER Jason Quinn led Swadlincote Catholics to an almost perfect start to the new season. His 21-7 victory came in the victory at Winshill, which followed hot on the heels of their success at Littleover.

County's Defeat

DERBYSHIRE lost their first Endsleigh Insurance Senior Inter- County game of the season. They lost their match against South Yorkshire by nine shots, winning the home leg by 24 shots but losing the away fixture by 33.