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Article: Short Breaks: Derby.(Travel Destinations)

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Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
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July 19, 2003
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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.

Tourists in Derby? Ten years ago, the thought was a joke in a city mainly famous for Rolls-Royce and Brian Clough.

But today, Derby is one of the 15 ...

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