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... that stannory meant tin-mining. At White Tor they found hut circles—ancient dwelling places; over the main entrance to Dartmoor Prison they read the words Parcere Subjectis; they found derelict tin mines; and eight-hole stocks at Lydford Church. ...

Published: Saturday 24 August 1957
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 88 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Convict 3 hours on roof

... Convict 3 hours on roof A convict sat astride a roof 30 feet high at Dartmoor Prison yesterday for nearly three hours. He threw sates at warders who played tire hoses on him. Three warders at last climbed to the roof and edged their way towards the convict ...

Published: Monday 16 June 1952
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 85 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

CHILDREN'S FIND NEW HUNT FOR

... children found his grey prison uniform hidden in the grounds of an hotel. The hotel is in Exeter, twenty-five miles fr o m Dartmoor Prison. police spoliesmo,gl,4ot4 ...

Published: Monday 21 October 1963
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 49 | Page: 25 | Tags: none

WOMAN DIED IN BLAZE EX-DEATH SENTENCE MAN WEDS

... - year - obi Anthony Perritt. who 22 days is the osedenused mil at Wandsworth. was married yesterday (Thursday) treat Dartmoor Prison where he is a tee-year sentence for nsassianghter. bride was 23-year-old Miss Sheila Tobias, of Manchester, who has known ...

Dartmoor Drama

... was the King's Heath Little Theatre of Birming ham. These players tour Devon for a week every summer, when they visit Dartmoor Prison and hospitals in Exeter. Their policy is to take plays to places not normally visited by professional companies and so ...

Published: Thursday 18 March 1954
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 74 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

NO NEGLECT

... NO NEGLECT Six Dartmoor prison officers have been cleared of charges of neglect of duty brought after the escape of Harold (Rubber Bones) Webb. ...

Published: Sunday 17 February 1952
Newspaper: Sunday Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 24 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Dartmoor blaze

... Dartmoor blaze Hundreds of mailbags blazed at, Dartmoor Prison yesterday in a fire that badly damaged a workroom. Prisoners helped to put the fire out. ...

Published: Sunday 26 May 1963
Newspaper: The People
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 25 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

Jailhouse rock

... Jailhouse rock POP group The Stranglers are staging a concert at Dartmoor prison on Friday, using a £lO,OOO sound system won by a warder. ...

Published: Wednesday 16 September 1992
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 24 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

REES ON THE CARPET

... CARPET TORY M P Alan Clark yesterday urged Home Secretary Merlyn Rees to disclose the cost of carpeting the gymnasium at Dartmoor prison. He said : I've never heard of a carpeted gym before, even on a luxury liner with fat businessmen lolling about. ...

Published: Monday 28 February 1977
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 48 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

JAIL THEFT SEQUEL?

... Moretonhampstead, on the edge of Dartmow, at the weekend may have used gelignite stolen last week from- the Quarry at Dartmoor Prison. MAY HIV! A FULLY X FURNISKEI NOOSE | ft FAMILY CAR | £5,000 for TWOPENCE ♦ ♦ Tmrm ...

Published: Monday 07 February 1955
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 54 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ARRIAGE

... ARRIAGE LOVE bloomed again for Mrs. Sylvia Dallison in one of the unlikeliest places Dartmoor Prison. For her visits there to see her estranged husband John—who is a prisoner —led to a reconciliation, a Divorce Court judge was told yesterday. The judge ...

Published: Thursday 02 November 1967
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 59 | Page: 26 | Tags: none

A parcel

... questioned. But they denied all knowledge of an escape plot or the planted pistol. • Police foiled an escape attempt at Dartmoor Prison on October 13. A sharp-eyed warder found a plastic bag buried in the prison quarry. It contained money and directions ...

Published: Wednesday 05 November 1958
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 104 | Page: 5 | Tags: none