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Residents were given the chance to try a new sport
Burton Mail
|June 18, 2025
CROWDS turned out in force on a hot July evening in 1979 to try their hand at a new sport in South Derbyshire.
The event at South Derbyshire District Council's leisure centre in Swadlincote was dubbed the 'come and try it' evening and was sponsored by the Burton Mail.
This story is from the June 18, 2025 edition of Burton Mail.
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