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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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This scrap of river bank, next to the old Exe Bridge was known as Kingfisher Island. It was a favourite for boys fishing. It is thought to have been named after the nearby Gilchrist and Fisher who made the Kingfisher bag. Photo © Syd Rowsell.This building was a 'doss house' on Exe Island in the 1950s and 60s - Read Smelly Old Exeter for more detail. Photo © Alan H Mazonowicz.

EXETER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO THIS APRIL
This Month in Exeter - 1914 also see 1913
Western Times - Tuesday 07 April 1914
Boy With a Gun at Exeter
A twelve-year-old boy appeared before Messrs. A. McCrea (in the chair) and H. Hall at Exeter Children's Court, summoned for firing an air gun in Holloway-street. Chief Constable Nicholson told the Bench that a gentleman was passing at the bottom of the street when a shot whistled past his head. Defendant had hit an Automobile Club sign, and the shot glanced off. The boy expressed regret for his action at the time. Early in the evening another boy complained to the police that the defendant had pointed the gun at him and threatened to fire.—The magistrates ordered the father to whip the defendant and pay costs.
Western Times - Thursday 09 April 1914
Opposing Women's Suffrage
Lady Audrey Buller has accepted the office of President of the Exeter Branch of the National Society for Opposing Woman Suffrage in the place of Lady Fortescue, who finds that she is unable to attend to the duties owing to her residence being such a distance from Exeter.
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - Tuesday 21 April 1914
Attractive Film - AT EXETER EMPIRE - THE ARMY.
The life of the British soldier, whether at work play, has always an interest for the civilian, and many would be glad to have a peep at how our recruits are trained to take their place in the ranks of one the best-drilled Armies of the world. A good idea of a soldier's training and his recreations is given in the British Army film which is being shown at the Empire Theatre, Exeter, during the present week. So long is the film that the first half is being screened for the first three; days, the latter part being shown for the remainder of the week.
Western Times - Thursday 09 April 1914
The City Coroner (Mr. W. Linford Brown) conducted an inquest at the Exeter Police Station on Monday, relative to the death of a newly-born male child, which was found in the turbine of the machinery at the South Devon Ice Works, Bonhay-road, on Sunday.