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    Just a reminder that the Ticknall Preservation and Historical Society April talk will be on Tuesday 30 April at 2.00 pm in Ticknall Village Hall, DE73 7JX. It will be presented by Dot Morson  –  Historical view of the Outer Hebrides with references to herring fishing, Iron Age Brochs and of course Callanish Standing Stones,…

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    Julia and Elaine know how to entertain an audience as Ticknall Garden Club discovered when they attended their March meeting. They are a couple of larger-than-life personalities who have developed a loyal following on Radio Derby and their podcasts under the striking title of The Potty Plotters. They challenged the audience to answer questions in…

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    Thomas was born in Ticknall in 1825 to John and Elizabeth Dunnicliffe.[1] (Elizabeth was part of the vast Banton family of Ticknall; this wouldn’t be the only connection Thomas has with the Bantons.) The Dunnicliffes go back, as far as I can tell, to Thomas’s grandfather Samuel who was born in Ticknall in 1754. Thomas’s…

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