Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Derby City may refer to: Derby, a city in Derbyshire, England; Derby City, British Columbia, ... This page was last edited on 12 October 2024, at 21:37 (UTC).
The Derby Built-up Area (BUA) or Derby Urban Area is an area including Derby and adjoining built-up districts of Derbyshire, including Borrowash and Duffield. The Office for National Statistics defines an urban area as one which is built upon, with nearby areas linked if within 200 metres.
On 24 June 1967 a Vietcong (VC) mortar attack on Camp Rainier disabled 29 UH-1 helicopters of the 188th Assault Helicopter Company. [4] On 4 July 1968 the base was subjected to a heavy People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) rocket and mortar attack followed by probes on the base perimeter resulting in 5 U.S. and 16 PAVN killed.
The town of Derby had been an ancient borough, with borough charters dating back to 1154. [4] It was reformed to become a municipal borough in 1836 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, governed by a corporate body called "the mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Derby", generally known as the corporation or town council.
Faithful, an American comedy short directed by D. W. Griffith; Faithful, a British musical drama directed by Paul L. Stein; Faithful, an American crime comedy directed by Paul Mazursky
Derby City Council elections are held every four years to elect members of Derby City Council, the local authority for the unitary authority of Derby in Derbyshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 51 councillors have been elected from 18 wards . [ 1 ]
After Derby was awarded city status on 7 June 1977, [6] the Queen presented a "charter scroll" or "letters patent" to the mayor on the steps of the Council House on 28 July 1977. [ 7 ] An extensive refurbishment of the building, to a design by Corstorphine and Wright, and undertaken by Royal BAM Group [ 8 ] at a cost of £34 million, [ 9 ] was ...
1972 - Derby County are Football League Champions for the 1971-72 season; 1974 – Derby Industrial Museum opens. 1975 Derby Playhouse opens. Eagle Centre shopping centre in business. Derby County are League Champions again; 1977 - Derby is awarded City status as part of the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II [19] 1981 - Social unrest. [20] [21]