Talk:Duffield

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I was always told there was a difference in 'social standing' and even a difference in the pronunciation of the village name, betweeen those in Duffield proper (west side of Derwent) and those on Duffield Bank (east side) ??? True or False?Linuxlad

Well no. The people on Duffield Bank were preceived as pretty remote. As I mentioned in the article, the management built houses up King Street and later Hazlewood Road, while the workers lived in the villages and the council houses in Holloway Road. There was very little middle class until the Wimpey estates were built. Hence the dichotomy. There were two bus stops on the A6, (the Trent number 2 to Belper), one in the centre and one just north of the castle. Hence the bus conductors (remember them?) nicknamed them 'Dooffield' and 'Daffield'.

There was also a scurrilous rumour that Duffield people had webbed feet from the frequent flooding.

Chevin 14:54, 2 August 2005 (UTC)