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    A Derby Boy

    By Anton Rippon

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    A biographical account of growing up in Derby in the 1940s and '50s from local author and columnist Anton Rippon.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe History Press
    Release dateOct 21, 2011
    ISBN9780752471846
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    A Derby Boy
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    Anton Rippon

    ANTON RIPPON is an award-winning newspaper columnist, journalist and author of over 30 books including Gas Masks for Goalposts: Football in Britain During the Second World War; Hitler’s Olympics: The Story of the 1936 Nazi Games; and Gunther Plüschow: Airmen, Escaper and Explorer. Rippon was named Newspaper Columnist of the Year in the 2017 Midlands Media Awards.

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