• Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    ...The Gazette Newspaper 1856 onwards.

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  • Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    ...The Gazette Newspaper 1856 onwards.

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  • 1 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 2 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 3 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 4 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 5 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 6 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 7 Simple Item 138
  • 8 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 9 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 10 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 11 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 12 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 13 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 14 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 15 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 16 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 17 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 18 All aboard the ark

  • 19 Out of puff!

  • 20 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 21 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 22

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 23 New shipyard on schedule

  • 24 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 25 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 26 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 27 Cruising down the river

  • 28 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 29 For crying out loud!

  • 30

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 31 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 32 Warmington's garage ad

  • 33 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 34 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 35 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 36 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 37 Sweets derationing

  • 38 Caught in the act>
  • 39 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 40 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 41 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 42 Weare Giffard potato

  • 43 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 44 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 45 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 46 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 47 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 48 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 49 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 50 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 51 When horses score over the tractor

  • 52 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 53 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 54 New addition to Quay front

  • 55 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 56 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 57 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 58 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 59 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 60 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 61

    First prize
  • 62 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 63 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 64 Devil sent packing

  • 65 Off on a great adventure

  • 66 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 67 Torrington's new amenity

  • 68 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 69 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 70

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 71 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 72 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 73 New art gallery opened

  • 74 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 75 Waldon Triplets
  • 76 A bird of their own!

  • 77 Over the bank together>
  • 78 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 79 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 80 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 81 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 82 The Geneva marionettes

  • 83 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 84 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 85 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 86 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 87 Bridging the stream

  • 88 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 89 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 90 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 91 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 92 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 93 A man and his wheel

  • 94 Recognise this resort?

  • 95 Jumble sale fever

  • 96 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 97 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 98 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 99 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 100 Parkham plan realised

  • 101 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 102 End of the line

  • 103 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 104 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 105 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 106 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 107 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 108 Can spring be far away?

  • 109 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 110 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 111 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 112 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 113 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 114 Just over a year old

  • 115

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 116

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 117 New look in the hayfields

  • 118 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 119 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 120 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 121 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 122 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 123 Picking the pops

  • 124 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 125 Pannier Market's future?

  • 126 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 127 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 128 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 129 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 130 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 131 Revenge in style

  • 132 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 133 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 134 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 135

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 136

    Was a missionary
  • 137 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 138 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 139 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 140 New choral society's growing response

  • 141 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 142 Decontrol of meat

  • 143 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 144 Bideford regatta

  • 145 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 146 Private home for public pump

  • 147 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 148 Traditions and skills still there

  • 149 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 150 Littleham family's five generations

  • 151 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 152 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 153 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 154 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 155 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 156 From Bobby to Brian

  • 157

    Exhibition of school work
  • 158 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 159 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 160 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 161

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 162 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 163 No sale of Springfield House

  • 164 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 165 Happy Days!

  • 166 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 167

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 168 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 169 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 170 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 171 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 172

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 173

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 174 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 175 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 176 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 177 Ten year old scrambler

  • 178 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 179 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 180 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 181 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 182 New civic medallions

  • 183 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 184 Some mushroom!

  • 185 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 186 Police station view of Bideford

  • 187

    Relatives all over the world
  • 188 Six footed lamb

  • 189 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 190 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 191 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 192 The cab at the corner>
  • 193 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 194 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 195 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 196 Some 240 exhibits

  • 197 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 198 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 199 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 200 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 201 Emergency ferry services

  • 202 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 203 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 204 In their new robes and hats

  • 205 Modern living at Bideford

  • 206 Life begins at 80

  • 207 What's the time?

  • 208 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 209 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 210 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 211 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 212 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 213 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 214 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 215 School's link with cargo ship

  • 216 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 217 New life for Hartland organ

  • 218 First ship in 8 years

  • 219 Twenty-one yachts

  • 220 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 221 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 222 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 223 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 224 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 225 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 226 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 227

    Building works
  • 228 Torrington in 1967

  • 229 They are parted pro-tem

  • 230 Bideford computer stars

  • 231 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 232 Clovelly custom

  • 233 Centenary of Gazette

  • 234 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 235

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 236 Last train from Torrington

  • 237 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 238 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 239 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 240 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 241

    New gateway
  • 242 Variety in summer weather

  • 243 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 244 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 245 Picking the pops

  • 246 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 247 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 248 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 249 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 250 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 251 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 252 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 253 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 254 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 255 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 256 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 257 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 258 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 259 Blanchards ad.>
  • 260 Riverside mystery

  • 261 Northam's almshouse

  • 262 He beat the floods

  • 263 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 264 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 265 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 266 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 267 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 268 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 269 Clovelly nightmare

  • 270

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 271 North Devon Driving School

  • 272 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 273 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 274 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 275 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 276 New Lundy stamps

  • 277 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 278 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 279 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 280 Torrington children build igloo
  • 281 Mobile missionary

  • 282 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 283 It really was the 'last time'

  • 284 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 285 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 286 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 287 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 288 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 289 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 290 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 291 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 292 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 293

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 294 Capers on the cobbles

  • 295 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 296 Hartland Dancers
  • 297

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 298 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 299 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 300 113 years at Instow

  • 301 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 302 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 303 Bideford loses training ship

  • 304 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 305 No laughing matter

  • 306 Service with a smile

  • 307 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 308 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 309 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 310

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 311 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 312

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 313 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 314 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 315 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 316 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 317 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 318 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 319 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 320

    Married in 1908
  • 321

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 322 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 323

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 324 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 325 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 326 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 327 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 328 Artisans' Club

  • 329

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 330 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 331 Loads of black and white

  • 332 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 333 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 334

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 335 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 336 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 337 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 338 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 339 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 340 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 341 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 342 Hartland's invitation

  • 343 Hartland postman retires

  • 344 Peter poses for TV film

  • 345 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 346 Appledore's largest

  • 347 New Post Office

  • 348 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 349 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 350 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 351 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 352 Northam footballers of the future

  • 353 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 354 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 355

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 356 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 357 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 358 Filming at Hartland

  • 359 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 360 All for the love of a lady!

  • 361 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 362 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 363 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 364 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 365 School crossing patrol begins

  • 366 Ships at Bideford

  • 367 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 368 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 369 Finished in 1876

  • 370

    Bidefordians
  • 371 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 372 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 373 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 374 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 375 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 376 So this is the mainland!

  • 377 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 378 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 379 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 380 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 381 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 382 Sight of a lifetime

  • 383 Burnard family reunion

  • 384 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 385 By pony and trap to market

  • 386 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 387 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 388 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 389 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 390 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 391 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 392

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 393 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 394

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 395 Puppet characters introduced

  • 396 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 397 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 398 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 399 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 400 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 401 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 402 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 403 A story to tell!

  • 404 The art of the thatcher

  • 405 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 406 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 407 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 408 Penny for the guy

  • 409

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 410 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 411 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 412 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 413 Circus comes to town

  • 414 A roof-top view - where?

  • 415 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 416 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 417

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 418 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 419 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 420 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 421 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 422 Repair work on Long Bridge
3.5.1957 Robins win Hansen Cup

Robins Win The Hansen Cup

May 3rd, 1957

Bideford AFC pictured with the Hansen Cup after they had defeated Bude 2-1 in the final

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and suddenly it's spring

Cadds Down Farm

1 March 1974

Joined by Trixie, the pony

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  • Seafield House - the "Spooky House" of Westward Ho!

    The house on the cliff edge known locally as ‘Spooky House’ or even ‘Haunted House’ , was built about 1885.

    The road was especially built to enable access to the house and was initially known as Seafield Road; later it became Merley Road.

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  • Christmas Eve at the Front

    An interesting letter has just been received by Mrs Packer, of Broadclyst, from her husband, Corpl Packer of A Company, 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment, who is serving with the Expeditionary Force in Northern France. In the course of a letter he describes a remarkable incident which occurred on Christmas Eve between the British and German trenches.

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  • Torrington May Fair Queen and Her Attendants

    Names from left to right:Joan Ricketts; Joan Newcombe; Jean Wernhem; Margaret Sweet; Enid Ovenden; Rona Elsworthy; Doris Short; (back row);
    Eileen Short; Miss Margery Bennett (Queen); Joyce Downman; David Fiddian (Page); Peggie Sussex;

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1911 Coronation Medal

Coronation Medal Presented on June 22nd 1911   Learn More

The Hoops Inn

The Hoops Inn close to Peppercombe Beach

The Quay at Appledore

Appledore Quay where Taw and Torridge Rivers meet 

 
Wynne Olley

Crowning Glory

12 October 1962

Their finest achievement to date...

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Shipyard goes into liquidation 1963

Liquidator appointed

4 January 1963

Difficulty in retaining labour...

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Primo J Avery is given wedding gift from Rose Salterne Lodge

Primo J Avery is given wedding gift from Rose Salterne Lodge 1903

1903 Primo Avery gets wedding gift

Sir John Pedler, on behalf of his fellow members of the Rose Salterne Lodge of Buffaloes, on Thursday evening at the Joiners Arms Inn, presented Primo J Avery with a beautiful eight-day timepiece on the occasion of his marriage.

Kt Pedler KOM raised to the 4th degree

Kt Pedler KOM raised to the 4th degree

1903 Pedler

On Thursday evening, the 'Rose Saltern' Lodge RAOB, Bideford, raised Kt Pedler, KOM, to the 4th Degree. The Barnstaple, Torrington and Northam Lodges were represented. Primo W B Johns, SP, invested Kt Pedler with the Degree of ROH, a beautiful gold 'jewel' being presented. The 4th Degree, the highest obtainable in the Order, has only on very rare occasions been presented to those outside the Central Grand Lodges.

Buffalo dinner in Bideford 1923

To celebrate the anniversary of Ye Kingsley Lodge, no 4329, RAOB, a dinner was held at The Ship Tavern Hotel, The Quay, Bideford on Wednesday last.

Buffalo dinner at Bideford 1923

Primo E H Bryan was in the chair, supported by Primos T C Trengrove (Ye Barum Lodge), R Palmer, T Cleverdon, J H Palmer, and B Blanco. There were about 50 Brothers present. Dinner was served at 8pm by the hostess (Mrs Snell) and, judging by the happiness and smiles of all present, it was evident that the ‘good things’ were very appetising. After several toasts had been submitted a concert was given and the following items rendered: March, ‘Stars and Stripes’, Bro. F T Squires, City Min,; mandoline solo, Bro. A Heal; song, ‘Hail Caledonia’ Bro. W H Parsley; song ‘An old-fashioned Town’, Bro. G F Strudwick; monologue, ‘Pardoned Soldier’, Bro. H Leslie; comic song ‘Legal Separation’, Bro. J Avery; comic song ‘Oh, What a Day’, Bro. A Lewis; comic song ‘The Body in the Bag’, Bro. J Hearn (Jimmy was in fine fettle and his encore was song ‘O-Hio’); song ‘Friend of Mine’, Primo R Palmer; song ‘Standing at the corner of the street’, Bro. F Glover; song ‘Shipmate o’ Mine’, Bro. C Waldon; mandoline solo Bro. A Heal (accompanied by Primo T C Trengrove (encored0; song ‘Christmas Eve in London’, Bro. H F Barnes; pianoforte solo ‘The Belle of New York’, Primo T C Trengrove; comic song ‘The Tiddler’, Bro E Bond; song ‘Pat O’Hare’, Bro. J Wickett; song ‘The Labour Leader’, Bro F J Littlejohns; song ‘When you’re all dressed up’, Primo R Palmer; auto-harp solo Bro. A Heal; duet ‘Sweet and Low’, Bros J Hearn and W H Parsley; song ‘The Sheik of Araby’, Bro. G F Strudwick. Bro. F T Squires, City Min., was the accompanist, and before the close musical honours were accorded Primo T C Trengrove. After a few interesting talks on Buffaloism by Primos T Cleverdon and E H Bryan, the National Anthem was sung, and thus ended the first anniversary of the Lodge, which from every Brothers point of view was an excellent one and hopes were expressed that at the second anniversary the membership would be doubled. Great praise is due to the Host (Primo J H Palmer) and hostess (Mrs Snell) for the excellent way the dinner and arrangements for the concert were carried out.

 

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