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A dead spider in his Woodbines …

Saved on 14/05/2008

IT was an incident at the start of the 1958 summer term that cemented Arthur Auger’s reputation. The jolly, round-faced lad with the broad Cambridgeshire drawl joined us at Bemrose School from Wisbech Grammar School and seemed to adapt quickly to urban living. Until that day, 50 years ago, when he committed...

A dead spider in his Woodbines …

Old Folks Homes

Saved on 13/05/2008

Lucy’s column for May 13, 2008Agelo..1Many years ago, my friend Granny Annie Colville and I made a pact that when we were knocking on a bit, and our better halves had shuffled off to that beer-and-skittles Utopia in the sky, we’d move in together.Not only that, we also had our "carers" lined up – her...

Old Folks Homes

He's not really a duke …

Saved on 07/05/2008

THERE we were, three old pals wandering around Lichfield Cathedral on one of our cultural visits, when we ran into a dozen police officers and their sniffer dog. They were conducting some kind of security sweep in that ancient place of worship, apparently in readiness for the visit of a VIP.“Anti-terrorist...

He's not really a duke …

Jeff Tillett

Saved on 06/05/2008

Lucy’s column for May 6.Politically, we were poles apart. But we shared a sense of the ridiculous, and in the early 70s, Jeff Tillett and I forged an unlikely friendship.I say "unlikely" because he was, on the surface, erudite, intelligent, cultured, a gentleman and a scholar, where I was, compared with...

Jeff Tillett

Election day memories.....

Saved on 01/05/2008

I’VE still got the Dinky toy, tucked away in its original box. A yellow dumper truck, battered and scratched, the result of several childhood years spent playing with it in the back yard of our house in Gerard Street. It’s wrapped in the original paper, too, and you can just make out the faded message,...

Election day memories.....

My hellish threesome for eternity

Saved on 30/04/2008

IF hell meant spending eternity in a small room with three people, who would they be?This was the starting point for one of those pub conversations that are handy for filling the long gaps between slurping beer since the smoking ban was introduced.The sight of Newcastle United – or rather, manager Kevin...

My hellish threesome for eternity

Cataract surgery

Saved on 29/04/2008

Lucy’s column for April 29Not only was I a fat little kid, born weighing eleven pounds, but was lumbered with the kind of moniker, Lucy Seymour, which cried out for cat-calling of the Loose-Elastic, See-More-Knickers, variety.I also wore specs from the age of five, so Speccy-Four-Eyes was never far from...

Cataract surgery

My Rams fan shame...

Saved on 29/04/2008

The Arsenal game on Monday night was sadly marred by what can only be described as racist chanting. I am usally proud to be a Rams fans. Everyone has commented on our supporters' loyalty in this most dire of seasons.But the tendency, almost through boredom, to wind up star Premiership players in the...

My Rams fan shame...

Sir Alan Sugar and Me

Saved on 29/04/2008

SIR Alan Sugar’s down to earth attitude of mind would mean we would get on just fine. I am sure of that.Nevertheless, in the unlikely event of me ever getting onto BBC’s hit show The Apprentice I would be sacked in the first week.That’s because I failed to get a degree in back stabbing, a Masters in...

Sir Alan Sugar and Me

I'm an internet dunce

Saved on 29/04/2008

I’VE just discovered – not that it should be any surprise – that I am an online dunce with an internet age of seven.This shocking revelation was made to me after I tackled a questionnaire on website www.myinternetage.com.Launched by communications company Orange, it gauges your internet experience to...

I'm an internet dunce

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