spacesailor Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 The 15 th earl of , hang on , its named by the Viking clan . Before the English had ' earls'. Before " Robin hood " it was the ' ferry ' over the Derwent river . With ' maid Marian's ' nunnery. And , Derby when those Roman invaders put the " Roman North road " upthe centre of England . spacesailor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 More importantly, Derby was where Rolls Royce built 2,422 Bentleys between 1933 and 1940. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted October 5 Share Posted October 5 I lived outside of their '' Sinfin " factory. Even worked there for a while . Before that I worked for a concrete Contractor, pouring ( bubbley ) aerated concrete as a ' sound deadener ', over the jet testing facility . It work well , as the ' whine ' was tamed . spacesailor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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