Following the visit of HRH Princess Anne to the War Memorial Village, last month, to mark its 70th Anniversary, yesterday, was a day of celebration in the village and ending with a […]
70 years celebration of Derby’s War Memorial Village
Celebration at the Hindu Temple connecting Uttarakhand in North India to Derby – UK to UK
Uttarakhand is a region in the north east of India bordering Nepal, Tibet and the Himalayan mountains. The population is 10 million most of whom are Hindus speaking the Hindi language. Whilst […]
Derby Caribbean Carnival 2019
Princess Anne joins 70th Anniversary celebrations of the War Memorial Village in Derby
In 1952 Mr Williams. “crippled in a Mosquito crash”, during World War 2, was one of the first 20 people to be housed in the newly built War Memorial Village in Derby. […]
Ruth Barnett : Key note speaker at Derby’s Holocaust Memorial Day event 28th January 2019
Ruth Barnett will be giving the keynote speech at this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day event at QUAD on 28th January 7:30pm. This will possibly be the last chance to hear, first-hand, from […]
Significant numbers attend Remembrance Day Service in Market Place.
Remembrance services at Nottingham Road Cemetery (Chaddesden)
The Derbyshire Submariners led the services at the Cemetery, today, with their homage to ERA John Brooks (D/269639) and Signalman Charles A Buttle (D/J9244). Both men lost their lives in action during […]
Derby Feste returns ; Fun, dance, acrobatics…and lots of colour
Rolls-Royce war dead remembered, for the future, as OSCAR says farewell
Last year, on the 75th Anniversary of the bombing of the Rolls-Royce factory in Osmaston, a memorial was unveiled to remember the 23 people that lost their lives 75 years ago : […]
Homelessness and the disappearance of pubs explored in new Art exhibition.
Issues around Homelessness and the disappearance of pubs are the subjects of Artcore’s “Re-Imagining the City exhibition which opened last Thursday. 2 young artists, Jess Price, a recent graduate from the University […]
Holocaust Memorial Day in Derby, 2018
In Derby, Holocaust Memorial Day is remembered through a number of events during the week. The focal point is at the QUAD which, this year was on Thursday 25th. The programme covers […]
Remembrance Day – Derby Market Place 2017
Derbyshire Pride 2017 – marks 50 years since partial decriminalisation of homosexuality
The day started with a parade from St Peter’s Church to Curzon Street where there will be a full day of events. The acts include XFactor’s Freddy Parker, Cleo Higgins from the Voice, […]
75 years ago : Memorial unveiled to commemorate 23 people killed during bombing raid on Rolls-Royce
75 years ago, 23 people aged from 2 to 62 were killed in a bombing raid on the Rolls-Royce plant on Nightingale Road. Largely forgotten to the people of Derby, a memorial […]
Furthest from the Sea Festival – Music, Dance….and Pirates!
A cornucopia of music, dance, theatrical acts, fairground attractions, and pirates…..lots of pirates!…. in the Market Place today. A festival of fun for the family put on by local arts and events […]
Jamie: Derby Poet – making the ‘Best of a Bad Situation’
How different would Jamie’s life have been, had his surname not been Thrasivoulou? Born to very young parents, in 1984, in Alvaston, when money was very tight, in a household that was […]
Successful Christmas Lights switch on shows spirit of community
Lisa Higginbottom of Brilliant Communities, and Matt McGuiness of Furthest From the Sea had a bright idea a few weeks ago. In the face of the Council cancelling the very popular, annual, […]
Derby Feste 2016 ; The weird and the wonderful
The annual street festival was back in Derby with a collection of some very strange, weird, astounding , and wonderful acts. It never disappoints!
Silk Mill March, Rally and People’s Festival 2016 – Remembering the “lock out”
In 1833 the employees of the Silk Mill were famously united in opposition to the forced pay-cuts to the workers of the Mill. The industrial unrest, which was one of the earliest […]
“Yes to Life” for Cancer on a “Road Less Travelled”
Inspired by the loss of his father to cancer, Simon Jones (aka Praxis), produced an album, “A Road Less Travelled”, of music, spoken word, and hip-hop, from some of the finest talent […]
