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Sunday Mercury APRIL 8 1990 THE MIDLANDS' OWN SUNDAY NEWSPAPER INSIDE THE PAPER WITH THAT SUNSHINE FEELING ..

... prison riot broke out last night Around 120 prisoners were involved in what was described as a “major disturbance” at Dartmoor Prison The Home Office was investigating unconfirmed reports which claimed two people had been killed John Bartell chairman of ...

Published: Sunday 08 April 1990
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Mercury
County: Warwickshire, England
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Metronews Thursday 27 January 1994 17 Good old days on the stage BRUMMIE actress Gina Manly’s got half lifetime of

... to it was the Community Hall in Billesley so we toured -hospital wards and recreation halls and we went three times to Dartmoor Prison ” Othe trips took in both Exeter and Winson Green prisons where the company performed plays like Private Lives To Dorothy ...

Published: Thursday 27 January 1994
Newspaper: Birmingham News
County: Warwickshire, England
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EVENING MAIL WEDNESDAY TROGGS' star Reg Presley aged 51 scooped three major music awards at the Ivor Novello ..

... Sungmek for £2200 Soccer star Paul Gascoigne tears at funeral In yesterday of his grandmother Mrs Rose Gascoigne 119 1009: Dartmoor Prison was opened house French prisoners of war 1914: Conscription in Britain Princess Margaret's 18-year marriage to Lord Snowdon ...

Published: Wednesday 24 May 1995
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
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WARDER TELLS OF TRAGEDY Bid to save hanged prisoner A PRISON officer has told an inquest how he desperately tried

... incident happened shortly after he had arrived at the prison the inquest heard Chatting Mr Slaughter who now works at Dartmoor prison in Devon said that ten minutes before he found Smith’s body the two men had been chatting together “He appeared to be ...

Published: Friday 03 September 1999
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
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EVENING MAIL FRIDAY JULY 28 1995 Cl Bus dash to catch thief TRAFFIC John hijacked catch fleeing suspected thief Mr

... s on VE Day in May Barron cells The Barron Knights who had string hits in the 1960s and 70s will play for inmates at Dartmoor prison next Friday The Attweed family's dream to live on Second world War rescue when its back end fell off it lifted from River ...

Published: Friday 28 July 1995
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
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SUNDAY MERCURY MAY 24 1998 NEWS FILES Bombs find POLICE uere yesterday cataloguing a startling collection at ..

... Top team A team led former Coronation Street star Pippa Hinch-ley was money raiser in this year's cnarity jail break Dartmoor prison Pip-pa’s Crook expect raise £3000 from event Luxurious ceramic wall & floor tiles from the family company who guarantee ...

Published: Sunday 24 May 1998
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Mercury
County: Warwickshire, England
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EVENING MAIL SATURDAY OCTOBER 9 1993 C2 LOOKING FOR WORK? LOOK IN THE MAIL! BRIEF Safe as EVERY MONDAY AND

... three of assault was jailed for eight years The judge was told that Thomas was a fugitive after failing to return to Dartmoor prison while on home leave when he raided the building society in Colmore Row He had been serving a four-year sentence for possessing ...

Published: Saturday 09 October 1993
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
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EVENING MAIL MONDAY JUNE 14 1993 SPECIAL REPORT ON SUNDAY TRADING WORKING: Karan RELAXING: Solihull Council ..

... also less busy so we've got more time to spend” NEWS EXTRA! Prison launches lifeboat appeal STAFF REPORTER INMATES at Dartmoor Prison want people in Birmingham to help them raise £100000 for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution A group of prisoners ...

Published: Monday 14 June 1993
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
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EVENING MAIL THURSDAY FEBRUARY 15 1996 Cl National and International News Boy nine on beat AARON Hanley aged ..

... Transport union is also pressing for better pay and holidays Inmate dies A 39-year-eld prisoner found hanging in his cell Dartmoor prison It is understood that man to be from Wales was serving a sentence for wounding Coach crash A coach driver was seriously ...

Published: Thursday 15 February 1996
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
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DIS EVENING MAIL WEDNESDAY MAY 6 1998 15 PLAYGROUPS GIVEN A £65iii LIFELINE EDUCATION secretary David Blunkett ..

... 9th century South West England during war with America the book follows the story of American POWs at an overcrowded Dartmoor prison and the romance of one inmate and a local girl For further information or to reserve your signed copy please call 0121 ...

Published: Wednesday 06 May 1998
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
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SATURDAY February 20 1999 I I Fellows & Sons! I I I I 1 ANTIQUES Just wild Josephine The Birmingham

... parties sales and fetes arranged by the dedicated Ladies Lifeboat Service support or the goodwill sympathetic convicts in Dartmoor Prison For years now a prisoners have occupied much their ample spare time inside by preparing stamps sent in by members the ...

Published: Saturday 20 February 1999
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 2874 | Page: 47 | Tags: none

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... 89 7 8 19 57 68 Full House Numbers: 35 54 31 76 85 1 67 32 49 39 77 88 12 62 30 42 50 13 18 79 2783531581418046 1 809 Dartmoor Prison was opened to house French prisoners of war From 1850 it was used for convicts 1819 Queen Victoria was bom at Kensington ...

Published: Monday 24 May 1999
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
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