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Romans knew the area well
PEOPLE have lived in this area from the times of prehistory, shown by the find of a 5,000 year old flint axe on Stinchcombe Hill, the presence of round and long barrows and Uley Bury, which was used by iron-age families in our valley as a place pf protection
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Stories from the early days (continued)
March 22 LOST AND FOUND: A singular occurrence happened at Sharpness the other day. A mate of a ship was sauntering carelessly over a bulk of grain with his hands in his pockets, when he struck his head violently against a beam, causing him to withdraw
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Gazette 125th anniversary supplement
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. . . 25 years there was a markedly new look
1903 Only one edition appeared - Dursley, & Berkeley, Sharpness Gazette And Wotton-under-Edge Advertiser. (National news was included in the Gazette in those days.) January Front page is advertisements. 3 - Many adverts are for goods available from
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Princess made our presses roll
How the Gazette reported a royal visit - an occasion when the newspaper itself made the news
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Chipping Sodbury - the past 125 years (continued)
1Picture of around 1900 when the remains (shaft and base) of the 16th century cross stood in the grounds of the Roman Catholic Church 2The war memorial incorporated the shaft and base from 16th century market cross. Powell's Swan Cycle Depot is in the
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We are still loyal to our roots
THIS is a landmark for the Gazette. It is our 125th anniversary - an occasion to be noted. Our thanks go to al those staff who down the years have rendered loyal service in whatever capacity from publisher to tea-maker - and of course to our equally loyal
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Stories from the early days
The Dursley, Berkeley and Sharpness Gazette and West Gloucestershire Advertiser 1878. Cost one penny. Some issues included Wotton-under-Edge Advertiser on mast head. October 19 A YOUNG single woman was taken into custody on suspicion of murdering her
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We are loyal to our roots
THIS is a landmark for the Gazette. It is our 125th anniversary - an occasion to be noted. Our thanks go to al those staff who down the years have rendered loyal service in whatever capacity from publisher to tea-maker - and of course to our equally loyal
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Today's Gazette team
1Gazette editor David Cullimore, seated left, with editorial staff Stephen Richards, Keith Watson, Elaine Parry, Christine Hibbs, Julia Causton, Gordon Evans, Carole Taylor, Nathan Woolford and John Anyon 2Gazette staff at the Sodbury office reporter
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We are still loyal to our roots
THIS is a landmark for the Gazette. It is our 125th anniversary - an occasion to be noted. Our thanks go to al those staff who down the years have rendered loyal service in whatever capacity from publisher to tea-maker - and of course to our equally loyal
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Recollections of centenary year
1978 The Gazette was published on a Saturday, costing 8p. There were five editions - the Dursley edition, Northavon Gazette, covering Sodbury and Yate, Northavon Edition covering Filton, Patchway, Winterbourne and Frampton, Avon County Gazette, Kingswood
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Gazette and past views of Dursley
1Bailey's stationery shop in Parsonage Street wasrefurbished prior ro the 1914-18 war and these temporary premises were used in the same street. 2The home of the Gazette was removeed from Paronsage Street to more spacious premises in Kingshill Road in
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Making headlines 75 years on
1953 JANUARY 2 pics? (Jan 3) Dursley cinemas' junior clubs Christmas parties - Victoria and Regal Dursley area needs a hospital - for the population of the rural district of Dursley, numbering approximately 17,000. Members of the Rotary Club of Dursley
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The illustrious history of your favourite weekly newspaper
1The Gazette works in Kingshill Road, Dursley - a photograph taken in 1949 before alternations were made to the offices, dark room and Linotype room 2Queen Mary inspecting the Lister Fire Brigade in Dursley, accompanied by Percy Lister. This was just
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Half a century and there is front page news . . .
1928 Gazette appeared on Saturdays January Correspondence was printed on the front page - on January 7, 'suggestions from Wotton-under-Edge' included "Surely, working men who constitute the majority of the ratepayers, have the right to know what is being
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The changes that shaped Yate
SINCE the Gazette was first published in 1878, the town of Yate has developed from a farming and mining community to an urban town with factory production still at the centre. In the year of 1878 much of the industry in the town was still based around
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Gazette's 125th anniversary supplement
Read on-line this 40-page special publication, covering the history of the newspaper and the areas it serves.
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The illustrious history of your favourite weekly newspaper
Based on the book Family in Print by Anne Hayes THE story of the Dursley Gazette is "one of sustained and continued development" to quote from the diamond jubilee supplement of 1938. The Gazette was the third paper to be launched in Dursley. Two previous
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Chipping Sodbury - The past 125 years
THERE is a progressive series of events over the past 125 years that have had a major impact on Chipping Sodbury and residents of the town. The street layout and many buildings have remained the same, but some features have changed beyond recognition,
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Gazette 12th anniversary supplement
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Bailey legacy still lives on
1Frederick Bailey, Peter and Michael's father, took control of the company in 1922 at the age of 22 and continued to take an active part in the business until 1970 2Peter and Michael Bailey inspect the new Cossar press in 1934 3As a schoolboy in the 1940s
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Gazette 125th anniversary supplement
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The changes that shaped Yate (continued)
1Station Road, Yate 2St Mary's Church, Yate 3yate Lawn 4Stanshawes Court, Yate
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We are still loyal to our roots
THIS is a landmark for the Gazette. It is our 125th anniversary - an occasion to be noted. Our thanks go to al those staff who down the years have rendered loyal service in whatever capacity from publisher to tea-maker - and of course to our equally loyal
