Culture: A Change of Pace at the 'Crossroads of History' ; Jeremy Gates Spends the Weekend in the Transformed and Vibrant City of Derby
Birmingham Post › May 19, 2004
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The friendly porter eyed the tip suspiciously as he showed us to the room where the Victorian shower -a huge hole in the wall which gushed like a fire hose -was possibly designed by an apprentice of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
'I'll give it the boys', he said, with a smile. Either our contribution was beneath serious consideration, or the tourist boom in Derby is catching on faster than we thought.See the full content of this document
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Culture: A Change of Pace at the 'Crossroads of History' ; Jeremy Gates Spends the Weekend in the Transformed and Vibrant City of Derby
Tourists in Derby? Ten years ago, the thought was a joke in a city mainly famous for Rolls-Royce engines and soccer manager Brian Clough.
But today, it is one of the 15 'vibrant cities' with a new website for visitors and the promise of 'red hot summer-in-the-city packages from just pounds 20 per person per night...See the full content of this document
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