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These barrels were installed in the City
Brewery in 1840 and removed in the 1920s.
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ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL
EXETER.
NOTICE PATIENTS
IN consequence of the serious financial position of the Hospital at
the present time ail persons attending for treatment, either In" or
" Out Patients, will, from the 1st OCTOBER, 1920, be expected to
contribute towards the cost of their Maintenance, Drugs, and
Dressings.
By order of the Governors. S. S. COLE, Secretary.
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - Friday 01 October 1920
MOTOR WRECKED AT EXETER.
A motor car belonging to Messrs Hoskins and Son, St. Sidwell's,
Exeter, overturned on St. David’s-hill, Exeter, on Saturday. It
skidded owing to the state of the road. and when the driver (Edgar
Sheppard) applied the brakes it turned completely over. Sheppard
escaped with a cut hand, but the car was completely wrecked.
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - Monday 25 October 1920
Theft by Boys Heavitree
At the Exeter Children Court yesterday, before Messrs. P. Kelland,
J. Stokes and H. J. Munro, two boys, aged 13 and 14 years, were
charged with stealing two lamps, four packets of Thorley'e food and
some candles, of the value 9s 4d, the property John Hy Callard,
Heavitree. Defendants pleaded guilty. Chief Inspector Martin said
prosecutor had large field at Avonford, in which were some sheds.
These sheds found had been entered, and the pockets of some coats
turned out and on another occasion the lamps. Thorley's Food etc.,
were missed. P.C. Carr kept watch, and saw the boys searching round
the sheds with lighted candles. He asked them what they were doing,
and they replied, "Nothing." The articles were found at the eldest
boy's house....—Fined 20s each.
Western Times - Tuesday 19 October 1920
Drivers Must Not Ride on the Near Side Shafts
At the Exeter Police Court, Fred Clegg was summoned for riding the
shafts of a waggon of which he was in charge, on October 18th in
Cowick-street. The Chief Constable these proceedings would not have
been taken had he not persisted that he was entitled to ride the
shafts, when stopped by the constable.—P.C. Lovick said defendant
was driving a pair of horses, tandem style. He was seated on the
shaft on the near side, and his view of the road was obscured by,
the the rear, horse.—Fined 15s.
Western Times - Friday 29 October 1920
Exeter Pubs by David Cornforth
Over
the past few centuries, nearly 500 pubs have opened their doors in
Exeter. While many have been lost due to time, money or misfortune,
the stories and memories created in these 'locals' live on. Exeter
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most famous pubs. Drawing upon an eclectic collection of photographs,
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and life of the pubs in this area. From pub dogs to landlords, famous
visitors to suspicious fires, this book tells the stories of Exeter's
numerous watering holes. Just like countless travellers over the
centuries, the modern reader is encouraged to stop for a pint in each
and continue the stories of these historic establishments.
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