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2:31pm Thursday 11th March 2010

Does anyone know who these people are, or what the cup might have been for? It was found by Julian Harford and his wife Stephanie while they were having a Spring clean of their home in Dial Close, Seend. It has a Wiltshire Newspapers stamp on the back and was quite possibly a village organisation. If you recognise the men, contact Diana Deal at ddeal@gazetteandherald.co.uk

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Singing the same song

8:28am Thursday 11th March 2010

Just 100 years ago, a small group of girls stepped forward at a Boy Scouts rally and asked founder Robert Baden-Powell for “something for the girls”.

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Heyday of the indies

8:48am Thursday 4th March 2010

With new businesses moving into some of the empty shops in Malmesbury High Street, widow Maureen Pike recalls growing up in the heart of the town.

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8:44am Thursday 4th March 2010

This picture of Honeystreet Devizes Football team is undated, but looks like it could have been taken around 1910.

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Your memories

1:24pm Thursday 25th February 2010

This photograph of a tractor and trailer at Marlborough carnival around 1950 was sent in by Mike Bird. He is shown sitting on the tractor mudguard – not allowed these days, he writes. His father Percy is driving the tractor, which was owned by Marlborough Borough Council. The nurses on the float were from Marlborough Children’s Convalescent Hospital. If you have any memories to share, contact Diana Deal at ddeal@gazetteandherald.co.uk or at 14 Market Place, Devizes SN10 1HT.

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Mother's war heroes

12:35pm Thursday 25th February 2010

Great grandmother Peggy Nash is among those workers who did life-changing work during the war, but had very little recognition for what they did.

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Your memories

1:46pm Thursday 18th February 2010

Sleeveless jumpers for boys and hair ribbons for girls were the fashion when this photograph was taken at Preshute School at Manton during the early-mid 1900s. Can you name anyone on the photograph, the pupils or the teachers standing either side at the back? Contact Diana Deal at ddeal@gazetteandherald.co.uk or at 14 Market Place, Devizes SN10 1HT.

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Playing the fool is fun

1:43pm Thursday 18th February 2010

In this age of round-the-clock TV, video games and other home entertainment, it is heartening that the village pantomime is still alive and very much kicking.

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1:47pm Thursday 11th February 2010

This rare photograph of Marlborough High Street in the Second World War belongs to retired fireman George Johnson.

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Oh what a pantomine

1:45pm Thursday 11th February 2010

Box Pantomime Group, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, was born out of the village’s two Women’s Institutes.

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