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Derbyshire Women World War I

On the Cromford Front

Sarah PearsonUpdated on 6th September 202327th August 20234 min read

In her thinly-disguised fictional village based upon Cromford in Derbyshire, Emma Pearson documented the changes that the First World War brought to the close-knit communities of the Derwent valley

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Derbyshire Flight World War II

Gliding thrills in the 1930s

Sarah PearsonUpdated on 6th September 202325th January 20175 min read

In June 1931 a show at Ilam in Derbyshire attracted thousands of visitors to watch the daring glides of the German flying aces Krause and Magersuppe. What happened to the men who participated in this show?

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