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6 days ago | 
tavistock-today.co.uk | Guy Boswell
Volunteers and staff were dressed as land girls for a singalong with 1940s ballads at Tavistock Area Support Services (TASS) to mark VE Day 80. (Guy Boswell/Tindle)STREET parties were enjoyed by hundreds to mark VE Day 80 across West Devon. Sombre reflection mixed with happy celebrations as people marked eighty years since the end of World War Two in Europe.
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6 days ago | 
tavistock-today.co.uk | Guy Boswell
Chris Breare (right) and Mike Harwood. Chris’s uncle Sgt Dennis Blumfield was crew on board of one the famous WWII RAF ‘Dambuster’ squadron's bomber planes - the Lancaster (also pictured). (Submitted)Family wartime history prompted two Devon couples to independently visit an aviation history museum to honour VE Day 80. Here they bumped into each other and exchanged stories of family members who served and died in World War Two.
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6 days ago | 
tavistock-today.co.uk | Guy Boswell
Horrabridge Rangers Girls’ Under 10s are doing a sponsored walk from Yelverton to Tavistock to raise £500 for new kit. (Submitted)Young footballers are walking about six miles from Yelverton to Tavistock to help buy new kit. Kelly Hext-Williams, manager, said: “The U10 Girls Horrabridge Rangers football team will be walking from Yelverton to Tavistock Meadows to raise money for new kit and equipment.
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1 week ago | 
tavistock-today.co.uk | Guy Boswell
RAF Harrowbeer 1940s Weekend organisers welcome everyone to Tavistock's VE Day celebrations today. (Tindle)A special community day of family fun and nostalgic activities is taking place in Tavistock today, Thursday, May 8, to mark VE Day 80 – the eightieth anniversary of the day the Second World War ended.
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1 week ago | 
tavistock-today.co.uk | Guy Boswell
TV's Great British Sewing Bee is looking for talented seamstresses to join the competition. (Great British Sewing Bee)Keen amateur sewers from West Devon are needed by TV’s popular competition - The Great British Sewing Bee. Also in the news Applications are open for series 12 and the casting team is looking for a new set of amateur sewers to enter the sewing room and have their creations judged by professionals Patrick and Esme.
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1 week ago | 
tavistock-today.co.uk | Guy Boswell
A West Devon duo are involved in a new show coming to Plymouth this month. Ruby De Ville Morel, of Lydford, is in Flibbertigibbet’s The Farmer and The Clown at The Drum, Theatre Royal. The show was created by Stevie Thompson, originally from Brentor. (Camilla Adams)West Devon artist, Ruby De Ville Morel performs in Plymouth this month to finish her first professional UK tour.
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1 week ago | 
tavistock-today.co.uk | Guy Boswell
Hundreds of youngsters took part in the Mark Wickett memorial tournament to pay tribute to an inspirational coach who supported young players of any ability. Pictured are Swift U13 winners. (Nadine Lamb)A poignant football competition in Tavistock was staged over the weekend of May 4-5 in memory of a beloved youth coach has been declared a success.
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1 week ago | 
tavistock-today.co.uk | Guy Boswell
Helen Jackson and one of the remote phone boxes she is trying to save at Rundlestone near Princetown. (Helen Jackson)A woman campaigning for the famous red public phone boxes to be saved in rural areas has formally opposed the removal of two in the Princetown area. Helen Jackson, of Princetown, has photographed phone boxes across Dartmoor for her recently published book.
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1 week ago | 
tavistock-today.co.uk | Guy Boswell
Hannah Walker (left) and Evie competed well for Tavistock Swimming Club, at the SW Regional Championship (Submitted)Four swimmers from Tavistock Swimming Club impressed at the highly prestigious South West Regional Championships at the Plymouth Life Centre last weekend. This meet is very tough to qualify for, so even achieving the entry time standards is a feat in itself and to prove how well they competed, they set personal bests and a club record.
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1 week ago | 
tavistock-today.co.uk | Guy Boswell
A house fire in Horrabridge, thought to be caused by an electric blanket, led to the closure of the A386 road (Yelverton to Tavistock) with traffic diverted around the village. (stevepope/MDA)Traffic using the main road between Yelverton and Tavistock was diverted around Horrbridge due to a house fire in the village on Sunday night. Six stations from the Tavistock area sent appliances and water carriers to the two-storey home.
