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  • Title: Bill Harris with horse Katie

    Type: Image

    Date Published: Unknown

    Description: Black and white photograph of Bill Harris with horse Katie

  • Title: Ross Hospital Carnival 1928: Decorated Premises Prize Winner, June 7 1928

    Type: Image

    Date Published: June 7 1928; page 7

    Description: Black and white photograph showing a small girl dressed in a red cross nurses' uniform and a small boy sat in a toy red cross ambulance. On their left is a simulated accident involving a toy car and a doll's pram on its side. They are on a step outside a shop front which is festooned with flags and tied-up bunches of foliage hanging upside down. In the window is a diorama of a hospital scene using dolls. The caption is "DECORATED PREMISES - FIRST PRIZE, Mr. T. E. Farmer's Red Cross Hospital" Mr. Thomas Edward Farmer's entry in the Kelly's Directory for Herefordshire 1934 is "Farmer T. E. & Sons, painters and house decorators, Copse Cross street & 43 New street". In an advertisement that appeared in the Ross Gazette his shop address is given as 8 Copse Cross street. This is where the photograph was taken. Today the property is a private dwelling.

  • Title: First Ross Action bus, Peggy Luker, Mary Dew and Rosemary Rigby present

    Type: Image

    Date Published: Unknown

    Description: Black and white photograph of First Ross Action bus, Peggy Luker, Mary Dew and Rosemary Rigby present

  • Title: St. John Ambulance (March 2, 1939)

    Type: Image

    Date Published: March 2, 1939 - page 6

    Description: Black and white photograph showing the St John Ambulance Brigade marching through the High Street. The heading is "St John Ambulance Brigade" and the caption reads "Ross Division en route to the Dedication of New Headquarters on Feb. 19th". The associated article appeared in the previous weeks issue February 23, 1939 (page 3) under the heading "NEW AMBULANCE STATION - ROSS NEW AMBULANCE STATION DEDICATION AND OPENING". The Brigade marched through town from Cantilupe Road to Edde Cross Street.

  • Title: Kempley: Forty Brothers Bakery [May 26, 1988]

    Type: Image

    Date Published: May 26, 1988 - page 4

    Description: Black and white photograph showing three men wearing white aprons. The man in the middle is holding a loaf of bread with mitts intimating it is fresh out of the oven. The article is headed "Family Bakery Closes After 82 Years" The man holding the loaf of bread is Garnet Forty. He is flanked on the left by his son, John Gibson-Forty, and on the right by his brother, Herbert (known as "Mick").

  • Title: Rural craftsmen, date unknown

    Type: Image

    Date Published: Unknown

    Description: Black and white photograph of rural craftsmen, date unknown

  • Title: Drill Hall, Hill Street 1935: Celebration of the Silver Jubilee of King George V and Queen Mary, May 16 1935

    Type: Image

    Date Published: May 16, 1935 - page 3

    Description: Black and white photograph showing a hall filled with elderly people sat at tables arranged in three long rows draped in white cloths. The occasion is a dinner laid on for the "old folks" to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V and Queen Mary. The location is the Drill Hall, which at the time was on Hill Street. This picture appeared in the Ross Gazette on May 16 (page 3). A full article describing this dinner and other events around Ross on the day, appeared in the previous week's' edition on May 9 (page 5). RELATED ITEMS IN THE ROSS GAZETTE ARCHIVES PROJECT Ross Gazette: 1935, May 9 (page 5) Article headed "JUBILEE FESTIVITIES A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMME AT ROSS. DINNER FOR AGED - TEA FOR YOUNG. VILLAGE CELEBRATIONS. A GRAND DAY FOR EVERYBODY". 1935, May 16 (page 3) Pictures of events in and around Ross surrounding a headline "JUBILEE DAY FESTIVITIES. A GREAT DAY IN ROSS AND DISTRICT". The caption for the dinner picture reads"“Old folks and helpers at the dinner in the Drill Hall, Ross”.

  • Title: Ross Grammar School : Girls' Hockey Team [April 11, 1935]

    Type: Image

    Date Published: April 11, 1935 - page 6

    Description: Black and white team photograph of eleven girls dressed in dark pinafore-style school uniforms. In the middle, there is a pair of crossed-over hockey sticks being held by two of the girls. A girl in the back row appears to have taken a bash on her chin. The picture is headed "Ross Grammar School Hockey XI., 1934-35" There is no accompanying article but the team is named as: First Row: D, Jones, F. Watkins, D. Smallman, B. Evans Second Row: V. Dew, M. Price, D. Lewis, I. Hicks, M. Biggs Front Row: M. Richardson, L. Moody There is another photograph underneath of the boys' rugby team.

  • Title: General Election (1924)

    Type: Image

    Date Published: November 6 1924 - page 3

    Description: Black and white photograph showing Mr. Samuel Roberts M.P. standing in the balcony doorway of the Market House addressing a large crowd below. This photograph featured in the Ross Gazette on November 6, 1924 with the caption "Mr. Samuel Roberts M.P. returning thanks for his election at the Ross Town Hall"

  • Title: Man giving instruction on horses to a class in the fields, date unknown

    Type: Image

    Date Published: Unknown

    Description: Black and white photograph of a man giving instruction on horses to a class in the fields, date unknown

  • Title: St John Ambulance Station, March 16 1939

    Type: Image

    Date Published: March 16 1939; page 3

    Description: Black and white photograph showing members of St John Ambulance Station outside the new building in Edde Cross Street

  • Title: Ross Hospital Carnival 1929: Ross Steam Laundry Company, July 11 1929

    Type: Image

    Date Published: July 11 1929, page 7

    Description: A black and white photograph showing the Ross Steam Laundry Company van entry in the Hospital Carnival. By the water (River Wye) Ross Laundry used to be located on Ledbury Road, Ross-on-Wye

  • Title: Whitchurch 1924: Garden Fete, July 17 1924

    Type: Image

    Date Published: July 17, 1924 - page 3

    Description: Black and white photograph showing a group of girls gathered around a Maypole. The caption is "A PRETTY FEATURE OF THE RECENT GARDEN FETE AT THE GRANGE, WHITCHURCH" The associated article was published in the previous week's edition (July 10, 1924, page 5) under the heading "GARDEN FETE FOR THE EXTENSION OF WHITCHURCH MEMORIAL HALL". The event was a garden fete held in the grounds of The Grange at Whitchurch. The article names the children taking part in the Maypole dance. However, it is unlikely that the names have been put in the order that they appear in the photograph. The adults standing at each end of the girls could be the owners of The Grange, Dr and Mrs. Bargrave Wyborn.

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