Club Celebrates 50 Golden Years Since 'Dry' Derby Gained Its First Converts to the Delights of Underwater Diving
Derby Evening Telegraph › March 24, 2009
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Half-a-century ago, Londoner Mike Taylor forsook the bright lights of the capital and moved to Derby to pursue a career in aircraft engine design at Rolls-Royce.
He brought with him his pounds40 aqualung, his motorcycle, which he used on his seaside diving trips to Brighton - and a burning ambition to see "dry" old Derby established as a sub-aqua centre.See the full content of this document
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Club Celebrates 50 Golden Years Since 'Dry' Derby Gained Its First Converts to the Delights of Underwater Diving
Mike moved into a house in London Road, Derby, and into a desk alongside Derbeian Derick Perry and immediately began converting him to the delights of "skin diving".
"I was no great swimmer," Derick rec...See the full content of this document
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