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Firemen stand proudly with their 1926 fire engine.

1:43pm Thursday 4th February 2010

Judging from its MR registration, the engine comes from Wiltshire and is believed to be from Marlborough. If you have any memories to share, contact Diana Deal at ddeal@gazetteandherald.co.uk or at 14 Market Place, Devizes SN10 1HT.

Skipping is scuppered

Enid and Olice Chivers in the garden of their home in St Johns Street, Devizes around 1928 (from Devizes Voices, chalford Oral History Series, compiled by David buxton)

1:35pm Thursday 4th February 2010

Looking back at schooldays, many mothers remember hours spent skipping or playing hopscotch in the old school yard.

Your memories ... of school plays

Terry Lake, centre, with Marion Davies, Ken Surman and Michael Reading in A Christmas Carol at Southbroom School in the 1950s

2:35pm Thursday 28th January 2010

Terry Lake, spurred on by letter writer Robert Hayter, came in with this picture of a 1950s Soutbroom School production of A Christmas Carol.

Nostalgia - Gallons of memories

May White, 86

2:29pm Thursday 28th January 2010

Time has almost stood still for garage owner May White, 86, and her son Bernard, 65.

Your memories

Crabtree Farm near Highworth

1:17pm Thursday 21st January 2010

This picture of Crabtree Farm near Highworth has ended up in our office. The names Flo Webb, Grandad Kinch and Great Aunt Rebecca are written on the frame. If you would like it, contact Diana Deal at ddeal@gazetteandherald.co.uk or at 14 Market Place, Devizes SN10 1HT.

Memories of a POW

Memories of a POW

12:37pm Thursday 21st January 2010

The Second World War from a British perspective is well documented but Devizes people will soon have a chance to see what it was like from a German squaddie’s point of view.

Your memories ... of cricketing

Players are, standing from left, Gareth Mullett, Andrew Goodfield, Neville Combe, Benny Came, John Kirkaldy, Paul Stobbart, Adrian Taylor, Gerald Roberts. Seated from left are Don Haines, captain David Whyte and Tom Breach.

12:17pm Thursday 14th January 2010

Cricketer Andy Goodfield sent in this 1982 picture of Devizes Cricket Club - Saturday 2nd XI – 1982 Season.

Life on the waterways

Alfred Redman, Charles Park and Sam Guley of Magg’s factory in Melksham make ropes from cocoa fibres for use on the canal

12:12pm Thursday 14th January 2010

Despite the Wilts and Berks canal being derelict for nearly a century, memories of the beautiful waterway live on in stories passed down the generations.

Your memories ... of long-gone railway stations

A ganger watches as a train stops in the snow at West Lavington Station in 1958. Peter Earley, who sent in the picture, says how convenient the station would be nowadays

10:01am Thursday 7th January 2010

Former trainspotter Peter Earley of Blounts Court, Potterne, sent in this picture of a train collecting passengers in the snow at West Lavington Railway Station in 1958.

Suffrage to snooker

Militant suffragette and mother-of-five Emily Pankhurst (1858-1928) was the cause of much heated discussion at Devizes Literary and Scientific Institution – a place now much more likely to host discussions on domino, cribbage and pool tactic

9:56am Thursday 7th January 2010

The story of one of Devizes’ longest-running clubs is told in Devizes Literary and Scientific Institution – A History, which was published just before Christmas.

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