| Hilary Mantel was born in 1952 and brought up in an unpicturesque village in Derbyshire, in the northwest of England. |
| A promoter who booked them to play in Ripley, Derbyshire, suggested he change his name to Cliff Richard. |
| Up in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, balls, often roughly hewn and traditionally of applewood, are used to topple skittles that are club shaped. |
| The Derbyshire side are slight favourites to progress to a clash in the last four at Sheffield, due to their seventh place in the league table. |
| Mervin Austin mills his own flour using French burr stones and Derbyshire peak stones. |
| The European grant will be split between the High Peak and the Derbyshire Dales and it will include the market town of Bakewell. |
