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‘I feel like a rock star myself!’: the couple who own a piece of Oasis music history

When Tim Collis and Ryan Phelps bought an old station building in Derbyshire, they had no idea it had been on the cover of a No 1 hit

But when Tim Collis wanted to move back to his native Derbyshire with his husband, Ryan Phelps, and bought the station house, the couple had no idea they were also buying a piece of Britpop lore – the building featured on the cover of Oasis’s first UK No 1 hit. While in the past their one-bedroom holiday let has been most popular with hikers, cyclists, couples looking for a quiet weekend away, and rail enthusiasts, since Oasis re-formed they have had a flurry of interest from music fans. They include Collis’s friend Robyn Kimbaly, who stayed there when she got married this summer and recreated the Oasis cover image in her wedding dress.

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