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Page last updated at 15:06 GMT, Thursday, 3 December 2009

Joe Davis, pictured playing in a 1954 edition of the BBC's Sportsview

Snooker legend's Derbyshire roots

Few outside the snooker world know his name, but the original the first Davis in snooker was perhaps its finest ever player.

Lord Hattersley's Derbyshire life

The former politician and Spitting Image favourite reflects on his idyllic life in North Derbyshire.

Joining the Spondon History Trail

Photos from the first half of Spondon Historical Society's tour of historic buildings in the village.

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Smith's Worldwide Clocks

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Is Peter Taylor a forgotten hero?

Nightingale's Derbyshire roots

Robert Lindsay's Stanton

Four decades of Radio Link

Tess stars as TV's Miss Sunshine

Soldier recalls narrow escape

Flying over the East Midlands' M1

Hot dogs: A Derby creation?

Come Dancing in Derby

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