The carved capital, of what appears to be a column rather than a cross, is supposedly of John of England, during his reign West Derby would have been an important castle.

Lightyear entered the studio in April 2003 to begin work on the highly anticipated second album – oddly entitled Chris Gentlemens Hairdresser and Railway Book Shop ( named after the establishment in Derby where band member Neil Draycott in particular – who is bald – supposedly has his hair cut ) – with top UK producer Dave Chang ( Capdown, 4ft Fingers, Consumed, earthtone9 ).

Alex Ferguson once remarked that he had sold Jones too cheaply to Derby.

When linked with Derby, Brian Clough famously remarked " We're not signing Colin Todd, we can't afford him ".

Lord Palmerston's government collapsed in 1858 amid public fallout over the Orsini affair and Derby took office at the head of a purely ' Conservative ' administration.

With Gladstone's refusal Derby and Disraeli looked elsewhere and settled on Disraeli's old friend Edward Bulwer-Lytton, who became Secretary of State for the Colonies ; Derby's son Lord Stanley, succeeded Ellenborough at the Board of Control.

While awaiting their food at The Brown Derby, a Hollywood restaurant, Lucy ( Lucille Ball ) and Ethel ( Vivian Vance ) argue over whether a certain portrait on a nearby wall is Shelley Winters or Judy Holliday.

The first win came a few days later at Derby County's Baseball Ground, by a score line of 1 – 0.

At Derby in 1650 he was imprisoned for blasphemy ; a judge mocked Fox's exhortation to " tremble at the word of the Lord ", calling him and his followers " Quakers ".

Arguably the first was John Lombe's water-powered silk mill at Derby, operational by 1721.

Studies conducted in 2010 at the University of Derby by Karim Vahed, Darren Parker and James Gilbert found that the Tuberous Bushcricket ( Platycleis affinis ) has the largest testes in proportion to body mass of any animal recorded.

The attendance at the Kentucky Derby ranks first in North America and usually surpasses the attendance of all other stakes races including the Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes and the Breeders ' Cup.

The Kentucky Derby was first run at, the same distance as the Epsom Derby.

No horse since Apollo in 1882 has won the Derby without having raced at age two.

Thoroughbred owners began sending their successful Derby horses to compete a few weeks later in the Preakness Stakes at the Pimlico Race Course, in Baltimore, Maryland, followed by the Belmont Stakes in Elmont, New York.

The fastest time ever run in the Derby ( at its present distance ) was set in 1973 at 1 minute 59 2 / 5 seconds when Secretariat broke the record set by Northern Dancer in 1964.

Also, burgoo, a thick stew of beef, chicken, pork and vegetables, is a popular Kentucky dish served at the Derby.

Most significantly, Erasmus Darwin moved to Derby in 1781, but although he complained of being " cut off from the milk of science ", he continued to attend Lunar Society meetings at least until 1788.

Birch has paintings at Penlee House and in the collection of Derby Art Gallery.

* Solomon Northup, David Wilson, Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, Auburn, N. Y .: Derby and Miller, 1853, at Documenting the American South, University of North Carolina.

During the All-Star festivities at Yankee Stadium, Hamilton crushed a first round home run record in the 2008 Home Run Derby with 28.

* June 4 – Emily Davison, a British suffragette, runs out in front of the King's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby.

* December 19 The Jacobite army led by Bonnie Prince Charlie ; on retreat from Derby, was defeated by the Duke of Cumberland at the Battle of Clifton Moor near Penrith, Cumberland.

Roman spout in shape of a duck's head, found at Derby racecourse and now at Derby Museum and Art Gallery.

This time Lord Derby ( as he had become ) took office, and to general surprise appointed Disraeli Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Disraeli's efforts over the past two years had dispelled, for the time being, any doubts about him succeeding Derby as leader of the Conservative Party and therefore Prime Minister.

The 2004 Derby marked the first time that jockeys, as a result of a court order, were allowed to wear corporate advertising logos on their clothing.

* 1952 – The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time on the CBS network.

As time went by, Warner became more tolerant of Mizner and helped invest in Mizner's Brown Derby restaurant.

As a result of Shoemaker's decision, Bill Hartack became Northern Dancer's permanent jockey and guided him to victories in the Blue Grass and the Kentucky Derby, winning the Derby over a fast finishing Hill Rise in a record time that stood until it was broken by Secretariat in 1973.

The winning time of 2: 34. 68 was the fastest Epsom Derby since 1936.

Nijinsky was given a rating of 138 by Timeform, the second highest for a winner of the Epsom Derby up to that time.

At this time, it is thought Shakespeare may already have been writing for Lord Strange's Men, the company of Ferdinando Stanley, Lord Strange later 5th Earl of the Derby.

( The Conservative Lord Derby was prime minister of the United Kingdom at the time.

But the Derby title was the one she preferred to be known by, and it is the one by which she is described on her funeral monument, which is surely one of the finest of its time anywhere in England.

The city was also at one time the headquarters of the former Derby Oil Company, which was purchased by Coastal Corporation in 1988.

His Streatlam stud never had more than ten breeding mares at one time, but produced no fewer than four Derby winners in twenty years.

Unfortunately he was committed for the next few days, but at a board meeting of the railway in Derby, it is said he appeared to be spending much of his time doodling on a sheet of blotting paper.

Alhmund's death was regarded as a martyrdom, and his cult subsequently developed at Derby, in Mercian territory, perhaps implying Mercian involvement in Northumbrian politics at the time.

Two months later, in January 1595, Barnfield published his second volume, Cynthia, with certain Sonnets, and the legend of Cassandra, and this time signed the preface, which was dedicated, in terms which imply close personal relations, to William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby.

He was also Ambassador to France, and during this time followed his father's lead by donating the Lord Derby Cup, given each year to the winners of the French rugby league knockout competition.

* England-the League Championship – Derby County took the title for the second time in four seasons, finishing two points clear of Liverpool and Ipswich Town.

Evidence of this is very apparent in several episodes, where plotlines had MacMurray's character on a business trip ( e. g. " Small Adventure ") or spending much of his time at the office ( e. g. " Soap Box Derby ").

The former Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway was left with the traffic to Birmingham and Bristol, at that time still an important seaport.

By that time, the North Midland Railway and Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway had been formed with the intention of meeting at Derby.