International Links
Belper is twinned with Pawtucket, Rhode Island after Samuel Slater - an apprentice of Jedediah Strutt - went there and founded the American cotton spinning industry.
Belper made international news in 2001 after rejecting a gift of a large fibreglass Mr. Potato Head model from Pawtucket, as some residents considered it "hideous".
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