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The Dewdrop Inn, Ilkeston Junction. Photo: Thomas Leleux.
It was built in 1884 and was formerly known as the Middleton Hotel. Its claim to fame is that Sir Barnes Wallis – inventor of the bouncing bomb used in the ‘Dambusters’ raid – slept here during the last war. A brass plaque in the lobby tells of this.
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