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  • Title: Wedding: COOPER - DAVIS [October 24, 1974]

    Type: Image

    Date Published: October 24, 1974 - page 8

    Description: Black and white photograph of Mr. Christopher Cooper and Miss. Carolyn Ann Davis who married at Longhope Parish Church.

  • Title: Glewstone: Malmo Place, House Fire [October 24, 1974]

    Type: Image

    Date Published: October 24, 1974 - page 5

    Description: Black and white photograph showing a house seriously damaged by a fire. The picture caption is " No. 8 Malmo Place on the morning after the fire". The accompanying article is headed " MAN IN COURT AFTER COUNCIL HOUSE FIRE". A man living at the property was remanded in custody.

  • Title: Ross Rotary Club: Ladies Night [October 24, 1974]

    Type: Image

    Date Published: October 24,1974 - page 5

    Description: Black and white photograph showing three couples dressed in formal evening wear. Two of the men are wearing chains of office. The accompanying article is headed "SYMBOLIC KNIFE FOR ROTARY PRESIDENT". The occasion is the Rotary Club's Ladies Night function held at the Chase Hotel. During the proceedings, the club's president, Mr. Tom Jenkins, was presented with a sheath knife from a former president of the Odel Club in Norway, Mr. Helge Stron. From left to right, the three men are named as: Mr. Tom Jenkins (president) Mr. Trevor Lane (president of the Inner Wheel) Mr. Ted Whitehouse (district governor) The ladies are referred to under their husband's names.

  • Title: TLlanwarne Agricultural Improvement Society: Ploughing Match, October 24 1974

    Type: Image

    Date Published: October 24 1974 - Front page

    Description: Black and white ground shot photograph of furrows being created by a plough mounted on a tractor. The tractor driver is looking over his shoulder. There is no accompanying article but the photograph has been used to highlight the start of the British National Championship Ploughing Match being held at Fawley Court.

  • Title: Golden Wedding: Mr. and Mrs. BROOKES [October 31, 1974]

    Type: Image

    Date Published: October 31, 1974 - page 4

    Description: Black and white photograph of Jim and Olivine Brookes on the occasion of their Golden Wedding Anniversary.

  • Title: Market Place: "Great Plough Festival Week" [October 31, 1974]

    Type: Image

    Date Published: October 31, 1974 - page 5

    Description: Black and white photograph showing four men dressed in full hunting attire mounted on horses in front of the Market House. There is also a pack of hounds with their handlers and a crowd of people gathered around. The two huntsmen at the front are the joint Masters of the South Herefordshire Hunt, Mr. Harold Thompson and Mr. Gordon Williams. Their appearance was part of the "Great Plough Festival Week".

  • Title: Wedding: BEAUMONT - HIGGINS, November 7 1974

    Type: Image

    Date Published: November 7, 1974 - page 4

    Description: Black and white photograph of Mr. Frederick John Beaumont and Miss. Mary Doreen Higgins who married at Walford Parish Church.

  • Title: Wedding: CHINN - WALMSLEY [November 7, 1974]

    Type: Image

    Date Published: November 7, 1974 - page 4

    Description: Black and white photograph of Mr. William John Chinn and Miss. Gay Tresilla Walmsley who married at the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Ryall, Stamford, Lincolnshire.

  • Title: Wedding: DAVIES - COSTELLO [November 7, 1974]

    Type: Image

    Date Published: November 7, 1974 - page 3

    Description: Black and white photograph of Mr R. Davies and Miss Linda Costello who married at Upton Bishop Church.

  • Title: Wedding: SMITH - GIBBONS [November 7, 1974]

    Type: Image

    Date Published: November 7, 1974 - page 3

    Description: Black and white photograph of Mr. Dick Smith and Miss. Sandra Gibbons who married at Ross.

  • Title: Wedding: JONES - TAYLOR [November 7, 1974]

    Type: Image

    Date Published: November 7, 1974 - page 4

    Description: Black and white photograph of Mr. William Jones and Miss. Shelley Elizabeth Taylor who married at Ross Parish Church.

  • Title: Hereford Constituency MP: Mr. Colin Shepherd, November 7 1974

    Type: Image

    Date Published: November 7, 1974 - page 3

    Description: Black and white photograph showing three Army officers and a civilian in a wooded setting. The civilian is the Member of Parliament for Hereford, Mr. Colin Shepherd, who was visiting the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) whilst they were on exercise in the Midlands. The Army Officer in the middle is the honorary colonel of the regiment, Colonel E. D. Smeeden. The other two officers are Lt-Colonel Bown and Major Carter.

  • Title: Nigel Aubrey: Leading Aircraftman, RAF [November 7, 1974]

    Type: Image

    Date Published: November 7, 1974 - page 5

    Description: Black and white photograph showing a close up shot of a young man in RAF uniform by the side of a domed cylindrical shaped piece of equipment with small rockets attached. The RAF serviceman is Leading Aircraftman Nigel Aubrey who was serving with No. 58 Squadron stationed at Laarbruch in, what was then called, West Germany. The piece of equipment is an air defence missile launcher called "Rapier" Prior to joining the RAF, Nigel lived in Ross-on-Wye.

  • Title: The Royal Hotel: Bomb Hoax [November 7, 1974]

    Type: Image

    Date Published: November 7 1974 - Front page

    Description: Black and white photograph showing a town road cordoned off with a "Road Closed" sign and cones. At the bottom of the road people are milling around and and in the distance at the top of road a policemen can be seen looking down another road. On the left-hand side of the road mounted high on the wall of a building is a sign saying "Mitchells & Butler". RELATED STORIES Ross Gazette photograph collections: 1984 February St. Mary's Street: "The Hole in the Wall"

  • Title: Jack Bennett: Cheltenham Racecourse Manager [November 14, 1974]

    Type: Image

    Date Published: November 14, 1974 - page 4

    Description: Black and white photograph showing a smartly dressed man leaning on a pruned hedge in front of a racecourse stand. The accompanying article is headed " MANAGER OF CHELTENHAM RACECOURSE" The man is Jack Bennett who had been appointed Cheltenham racecourse manager. Mr Bennett lived at Broad Oak and was captain of Ross Cricket Team.

  • Title: Wedding: TURNER - JONES [November 14, 1974]

    Type: Image

    Date Published: November 14, 1974 - page 8

    Description: Black and white photograph of Mr. Albert Turner and Miss. Susan Jones who married at Thame, Oxfordshire.

  • Title: TAVR Centre: Visit by the General Officer Commanding [November 14, 1974]

    Type: Image

    Date Published: November 14, 1974 - page 5

    Description: Black and white photograph showing four men dressed in Army uniforms sharing a joke. A serviceman right of centre is standing to attention. The occasion is a visit by the General Officer Commanding West Midlands District to 'D' Company of the Light Infantry and Mercian Volunteers at the TAVR (Territorial Army Volunteer Reserve) Centre in Alton Road. From left to right the officers and NCO are named as: Major General R. W. T. Britton M.C. (General Officer Commanding West Midlands District) Major C. Hall (Company Commander) Colour-Sergeant J. Darbyshire (permanent staff instructor) Lt. Colonel Tony Griffiths (Battalion Commander) A couple of weeks later (December 5, front page) an article headed "Leaving Mercia" announced the Ross Company were to leave the Light Infantry and Mercian Volunteers and become part of 6th Battalion The Light Infantry Volunteers.

  • Title: Wedding: NUTTER - GUNN [November 14, 1974]

    Type: Image

    Date Published: November 14, 1974 - page 5

    Description: Black and white photograph of Mr. Robert Nutter and Miss. Mary Gunn who married at St. Andrew's Church, Churcham, Gloucestershire.

  • Title: Ross Licensed Victuallers Association: Bulmers Cider Factory Tour [November 21, 1974]

    Type: Image

    Date Published: November 21, 1974 - page 5

    Description: Black and white photograph of a group of men and women stood on a stairway leading up to a railway carriage.

  • Title: Market Place: Demolition of "Raynors" [November 14, 1974]

    Type: Image

    Date Published: November 14, 1974 - Front page

    Description: Black and white photograph showing workmen clearing rubble from a demolished building. In the centre is a man operating a caterpillar tractor. Not far away are market stalls doing business. The only safety barrier between the work site and the public appears to be a flimsy piece of rope. The building being demolished was formerly a ladies fashion and fabric shop called "Raynors" which had closed down in July 1971. The site was redeveloped into "Boots the Chemist". RELATED ITEMS IN THE ROSS GAZETTE ARCHIVE PROJECT Ross Gazette Archive Project Photographs Market House, Ross-on-Wye, 1960s Postcard showing, on the right of the Market House, "Raynors" occupying four shop fronts.

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