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These two little girls are Clara and Sophie Andrew. The photographer was H Mower of 27 South Street. A Carte de Visite from the 19th Century of an Exeter woman dressed in her finest satin dress. Photo by H Brice.

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Nos 43 to 50 Alphington Street, circa 1968. You can just see the corner of Okehampton Street on the right. The middle left building is the Buller Arms. Pizza Hut now occupies this area. © Alan H MazonowiczRichard Ford moved into a cob cottege in Heavitree, near the church, in 1834. He rebuilt the cottage to create Heavitree House. The ground was landscaped to resemble a Spanish garden.

EXETER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO THIS MONTH
This Month in Exeter - 1914 also see 1913
Western Times - Monday 02 March 1914
7th(cyclist) Devon Regiment Week End Camp
Several Companies of the 7th Devon Cyclists moved on Starcross Saturday afternoon, for the purpose of taking part in the week-end camp that is being held there. The first party to arrive was the company who had trained from Cullompton, and were under the command of Major H.S. Hibberd. The Exeter Companies paraded at Headquarters at 2.30 PM and cycled down. There was a muster of between 40 and 50, Capt., H.T. Hems was in charge, the other officers present been Lieuts. L Veitch, C.E. Tudor Jones, F Jones, and Puckridge.
Western Times - Friday 27 March 1914
Councillor Garnsworthy, of Exeter, last week had a run of luck with the rod on the River Exe. Fishing at Trew's Weir, he landed two salmon on Tuesday, and eleven on Thursday. While he can obtain such good sport this, he is hardly likely to forsake the Exe for mackerel fishing, as he said was his intention when he lost the right to fish in the Council water at Head Wear.
Western Times - Friday 13 March 1914
For two days next week, the Victoria Hall, Exeter, will be transformed into an Irish village. The occasion is the holding of a bazaar, and the date falling on St. Patrick's Day, the scheme for an Irish village is very appropriate. On Tuesday, Mrs. Harold St. Maur will declare the bazaar open, and the ceremony on Wednesday will be performed by Mrs. Ian Amory. At a quarter past one on Tuesday, there will a public luncheon.
Western Times - Saturday 14 March 1914
TO DEVELOP EXETER
Suggestions Made as to Future Improvements
COMPREHENSIVE SCHEME
In considering the scheme for providing Exeter with a new Free Library, the Committee came to the conclusion that the site opposite the Royal Albert Memorial, the greater part of which was included in the demolition area of the Paul-street Improvement, was the most suitable, but at the same time they felt that care should taken that it did not hamper conflict with any further development of Queen-street which their successors might desire to undertake. They resolved accordingly that an expert should be engaged to advise generally as to the future laying out of this thoroughfare….
...The municipal centre which has been designed would involve the clearing not only Paul-etreet proper, but eventually, when the time came to erect municipal buildings, the Market and St. Pancras Church as well. The provision of a further public building would need the demolition of houses at the corner of Queen-street and High-street. But most these proposals would have to remain over for consideration in the more or less distant future, for, as we are informed the whole scheme "is a policy of improvement within a period of 100 years." The first building to be dealt with would be the new Library, on the north-west corner of the Paul-street site. The second building to be commenced would be the municipal offices and City Hail. The other large halls which will so effectively complete the composition may not come into existence for large number of years.