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Ripley News

Family is dismayed by driver sentence

Saturday, July 04, 2009

THE family of a hit-and-run victim who saw the driver jailed said: "No sentence is long enough to justify his untimely death."

Soldier Stephen Brough was standing on the road outside his home in Ilkeston when he was hit by a car driven by Colin Brown.

The...

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Are potential champions thwarted by second-rate service here?

Are potential champions thwarted by   second-rate service here?

Saturday, July 04, 2009

IT SEEMS most tennis champs first set foot on court young. If so, pupils in Derby are off to a good start. Each week, dozens from Dale Primary,...

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WHERE TO PLAY THE GAME

Saturday, July 04, 2009

TENNIS can be played at venues across Derbyshire including in parks, health clubs, tennis clubs and schools. Here are some of the places with...

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Academy bowled over by mum's gift to cricketers

HOW'S THAT?  Shirley Warne with Eddie Ikin, Greg Massingham, Tom Knight, Matt Higginbottom, Ben Slater and Chris Durham and the machine.

Friday, July 03, 2009

THE mother of a keen sportsman who died of a rare brain condition has donated a bowling machine in his memory. Chris Warne, of Ripley, died in...

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Are you ready to consider a career caring for the elderly and disabled?

PLEA:     Nancy Pountain, left, and Emma Holloway, of charity Derbyshire Coalition for Inclusive Living.

Friday, July 03, 2009

A DERBYSHIRE charity is calling for people to consider a career caring for the elderly and disabled. Staff at Derbyshire Coalition for Inclusive...

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Thieves sneak in and take money

Friday, July 03, 2009

OPPORTUNIST thieves snatched cash from a house in Ripley while the residents were in the back garden. The thieves got into the house in Greaves...

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'Cross will show that they are always in our hearts and our minds'

remembered:  The Elizabeth cross and soldiers Thomas Wright and Ben Ford

Thursday, July 02, 2009

FAMILIES of Derbyshire soldiers killed in action have expressed their delight at the news they are to receive a new medal in recognition of their...

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It's a great place for good ideas – and that's a fact

It's a great place for good ideas –   and that's a fact

Thursday, July 02, 2009

FROM the humble teasmaid to the bouncing bomb, Derbyshire has many claims to fame – and they all now feature in a book. A former head...

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Dancers on tour from Osnabrück

Thursday, July 02, 2009

A CARNIVAL dance group is among those coming to Derby as part of a tour party from the city's German twin city of Osnabrück. The Grün-Weisse-Gard...

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Pupils look after park vegetables

Thursday, July 02, 2009

CHILDREN from an infant school are learning how to grow vegetables in Crossley Park, Ripley. Amber Valley Borough Council has allowed the pupils...

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POPULATION: 19,636.

Ripley Town Council: Town Hall, Market Place, Ripley, DE5 3BT Telephone & Fax: 01773 570022


Amber Valley Borough Council: Town Hall, Market Place, Ripley DE5 3BT (01773) 570222, out of hours (emergencies only) (01773) 841414. Opening times: 9am-5pm Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm Wed.


Ripley Medical Centre: Derby Road, Ripley, tel 0844 499 4468 (24 hour/emergency).


History: The industrial town of Ripley was mentioned in the Domesday Book as Ripelie.

Coal and iron have been mined in the area for centuries. But one man, Benjamin Outram, really made a difference to the prosperity of the town.

Outram was one of the men responsible for engineering the Cromford Canal in 1793. Its junction at Ripley linked the town to the rest of the network.

Outram also founded the Butterley Company ironworks, bringing jobs to the area..

Butterley Hall was built in the 18th century and was home to Benjamin Outram for a number of years. It was also head quarters of the Butterley Company and is now the head quarters of Derbyshire Police Force.


Famous names:

Aviator Barnes Wallis (1887-1979), whose most famous invention was the Bouncing Bomb developed for the Dambuster Raid of 1943, was born in Ripley, the son of a local doctor. One of the town’s parks is named after him, and there is a blue plaque outside the house where he was born.













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