• Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    ...The Gazette Newspaper 1856 onwards.

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  • Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    ...The Gazette Newspaper 1856 onwards.

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  • 1 Bideford regatta

  • 2 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 3 Bideford loses training ship

  • 4 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 5 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 6 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 7 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 8 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 9 So this is the mainland!

  • 10 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 11 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 12 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 13 Hartland Dancers
  • 14 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 15 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 16 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 17 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 18 New civic medallions

  • 19 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 20 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 21 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 22 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 23 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 24 Bridging the stream

  • 25 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 26 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 27 Weare Giffard potato

  • 28 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 29 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 30 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 31 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 32 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 33 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 34

    Was a missionary
  • 35 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 36 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 37 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 38 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 39 He beat the floods

  • 40 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 41 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 42 Happy Days!

  • 43 They are parted pro-tem

  • 44 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 45 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 46 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 47 Waldon Triplets
  • 48 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 49 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 50 Service with a smile

  • 51 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 52 What's the time?

  • 53 School's link with cargo ship

  • 54 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 55 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 56 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 57 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 58 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 59 Simple Item 138
  • 60 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 61

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 62 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 63 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 64 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 65 From Bobby to Brian

  • 66 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 67 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 68 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 69 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 70 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 71

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 72 New choral society's growing response

  • 73

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 74 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 75 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 76 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 77 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 78 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 79 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 80 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 81 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 82 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 83 Capers on the cobbles

  • 84 First ship in 8 years

  • 85 A roof-top view - where?

  • 86 Sight of a lifetime

  • 87 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 88 Riverside mystery

  • 89 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 90 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 91

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 92 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 93 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 94 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 95 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 96 A bird of their own!

  • 97 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 98 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 99 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 100 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 101 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 102 Artisans' Club

  • 103 For crying out loud!

  • 104 Centenary of Gazette

  • 105 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 106 The Geneva marionettes

  • 107 Revenge in style

  • 108 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 109 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 110 Private home for public pump

  • 111 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 112 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 113 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 114 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 115 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 116 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 117 Bideford computer stars

  • 118 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 119 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 120 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 121 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 122 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 123 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 124 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 125 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 126

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 127 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 128 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 129 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 130 Jumble sale fever

  • 131 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 132 Northam footballers of the future

  • 133 When horses score over the tractor

  • 134 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 135 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 136 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 137 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 138 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 139 All aboard the ark

  • 140

    Bidefordians
  • 141 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 142 End of the line

  • 143 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 144 Out of puff!

  • 145 New Lundy stamps

  • 146 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 147 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 148 New life for Hartland organ

  • 149 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 150 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 151 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 152 Hartland's invitation

  • 153 Peter poses for TV film

  • 154 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 155 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 156 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 157

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 158 Traditions and skills still there

  • 159 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 160 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 161 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 162 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 163 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 164

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 165 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 166

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 167 Appledore's largest

  • 168 It really was the 'last time'

  • 169 Twenty-one yachts

  • 170 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 171 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 172 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 173 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 174 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 175 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 176 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 177 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 178 Finished in 1876

  • 179 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 180 School crossing patrol begins

  • 181 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 182 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 183 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 184 Clovelly nightmare

  • 185 Penny for the guy

  • 186 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 187 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 188

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 189 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 190 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 191 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 192 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 193 By pony and trap to market

  • 194 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 195 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 196 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 197 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 198 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 199 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 200 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 201 Northam's almshouse

  • 202 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 203 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 204 Police station view of Bideford

  • 205 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 206

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 207 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 208

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 209 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 210 All for the love of a lady!

  • 211 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 212 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 213 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 214 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 215 Devil sent packing

  • 216 Clovelly custom

  • 217 Warmington's garage ad

  • 218 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 219 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 220 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 221 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 222 113 years at Instow

  • 223 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 224 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 225 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 226 Torrington in 1967

  • 227 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 228

    First prize
  • 229

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 230 The art of the thatcher

  • 231 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 232 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 233 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 234 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 235

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 236 Can spring be far away?

  • 237 Ten year old scrambler

  • 238 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 239

    Married in 1908
  • 240 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 241 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 242 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 243 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 244 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 245

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 246 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 247 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 248 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 249

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 250 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 251 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 252

    New gateway
  • 253

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 254 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 255 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 256 Picking the pops

  • 257 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 258 Hartland postman retires

  • 259 Variety in summer weather

  • 260 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 261 Recognise this resort?

  • 262 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 263 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 264 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 265 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 266 Cruising down the river

  • 267 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 268 Off on a great adventure

  • 269 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 270 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 271 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 272 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 273 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 274 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 275 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 276 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 278 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 279

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 280 Mobile missionary

  • 281 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 282 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 283 Modern living at Bideford

  • 284 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 285 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 286 In their new robes and hats

  • 287 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 288 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 289 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 290 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 291 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 292 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 293 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 294 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 295 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 296 The cab at the corner>
  • 297 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 298 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 299 Loads of black and white

  • 300 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 301 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 302 Just over a year old

  • 303 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 304 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 305

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 306 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 307 A man and his wheel

  • 308 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 309 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 310 Picking the pops

  • 311 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 312 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 313 New shipyard on schedule

  • 314 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 315 Puppet characters introduced

  • 316 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 317 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 318

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 319 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 320 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 321 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 322 Last train from Torrington

  • 323 Ships at Bideford

  • 324 Burnard family reunion

  • 325 No sale of Springfield House

  • 326 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 327 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 328 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 329 Filming at Hartland

  • 330 Six footed lamb

  • 331 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 332 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 333 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 334 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 335 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 336

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 337 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 338 New look in the hayfields

  • 339 Decontrol of meat

  • 340 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 341 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 342 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 343

    Building works
  • 344 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 345 Torrington's new amenity

  • 346 Some 240 exhibits

  • 347 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 348

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 349 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 350 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 351 A story to tell!

  • 352 New addition to Quay front

  • 353 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 354 No laughing matter

  • 355 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 356 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 357 Some mushroom!

  • 358 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 359 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 360 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 361

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 362 New Post Office

  • 363 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 364 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 365 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 366 Parkham plan realised

  • 367 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 368 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 369 Pannier Market's future?

  • 370 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 371 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 372 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 373 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 374 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 375 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 376 Littleham family's five generations

  • 377

    Relatives all over the world
  • 378

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 379 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 380 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 381 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 382 Torrington children build igloo
  • 383 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 384 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 385 Sweets derationing

  • 386 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 387 Life begins at 80

  • 388 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 389 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 390 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 391

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 392 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 393 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 394 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 395 New art gallery opened

  • 396 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 397 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 398 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 399 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 401 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 402 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 403 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 404 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 405 North Devon Driving School

  • 406 Emergency ferry services

  • 407 Circus comes to town

  • 408 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 409 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 410 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 411 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 412 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 413 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

3.5.1957 Robins win Hansen Cup

Robins Win The Hansen Cup

May 3rd, 1957

Bideford AFC pictured with the Hansen Cup after they had defeated Bude 2-1 in the final

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and suddenly it's spring

Cadds Down Farm

1 March 1974

Joined by Trixie, the pony

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  • Seafield House - the "Spooky House" of Westward Ho!

    The house on the cliff edge known locally as ‘Spooky House’ or even ‘Haunted House’ , was built about 1885.

    The road was especially built to enable access to the house and was initially known as Seafield Road; later it became Merley Road.

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  • Torrington May Fair Queen and Her Attendants

    Names from left to right:Joan Ricketts; Joan Newcombe; Jean Wernhem; Margaret Sweet; Enid Ovenden; Rona Elsworthy; Doris Short; (back row);
    Eileen Short; Miss Margery Bennett (Queen); Joyce Downman; David Fiddian (Page); Peggie Sussex;

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  • Christmas Eve at the Front

    An interesting letter has just been received by Mrs Packer, of Broadclyst, from her husband, Corpl Packer of A Company, 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment, who is serving with the Expeditionary Force in Northern France. In the course of a letter he describes a remarkable incident which occurred on Christmas Eve between the British and German trenches.

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1911 Coronation Medal

Coronation Medal Presented on June 22nd 1911   Learn More

The Hoops Inn

The Hoops Inn close to Peppercombe Beach

The Quay at Appledore

Appledore Quay where Taw and Torridge Rivers meet 

 
Wynne Olley

Crowning Glory

12 October 1962

Their finest achievement to date...

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Shipyard goes into liquidation 1963

Liquidator appointed

4 January 1963

Difficulty in retaining labour...

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Stella Maris Win Netball Championships

Two Championships

14.3.1969 Sport netball

Teams from the Stella Maris School, Bideford, won the senior and intermediate championships at the North Devon Netball rally at Barnstaple's County Secondary School last week.

The teams, are: Mary Patient, Carol Davey, Judith Payne, Elizabeth Adlington, Monique Jackson, Helen Cork, Aphansa Bassipour, Louisa Gollins, Susan Heard, Martine Jackson, Judith Cork, Louisa Brooks and Marilyn Cuthill.

Jane Deacon and Margaret Mortimer, who also took part, are not in the photograph.

Gazette article dated 14 March 1969

 

 

Torrington Minors

North Devon champions

2.5.1969 Sport Torrington minors

Torrington Minors, although ousted by Newton Spurs in the semi-final of Devon Minor Cup, have the consolation of being the North Devon area champions in the competition.

They are: L Jury, S Copp, D Parish, S Hutchings, M Cooke, J Pitts, D Short, P Alexander, R Ayre, M Copp, B Baker, I Baker, G Isaac.

Gazette article dated 2 May 1969

Schools Combine for Athletics Meeting

Three Schools’ Athletics Meeting At Langtree

28.7.1961 Langtree School athletics


At the first athletics meeting to be staged between the county primary schools of Buckland Brewer, Instow and Langtree by invitation of the headmaster, Mr R A Yeo Jenn, the host school won the cup by a substantial margin.

After keenly contested events watched by more than 200 parents and friends, Mr Ken Whitfield (player-manager of Bideford AFC) presented the trophy to Langtree sports captain John Sanders and congratulated those responsible for the excellent organisation.

Langtree school was thanked by headmasters Mr L Beech and Mr A F Levick.

The Winners included

I G Brimacombe, Marion Hancock, C Staddon, G Sutton, C Barnstable, R Law, Sylvia Martin, Margaret Prance, P Mills, Eileen Vanstone, Pamela Fishleigh, R Squires, M Buckley, Winifred Box, Mary Mitchell, John Routley, I Dennis, M Seymour, G Coles, Ann Tym, Janet Sutton, Hermione Dennis, A Elder, P Mills, B Dennis, J Sanders, Jane Foggo, N Griffiths, Angela Tucker, S Ashton, H Nicholls, Pamela Ford, T Nicholls, Barara Ley, Mary Mills, H Tucker, Adrienne Staddon, Richard Law, Marilyn Gerry, Nicola Beck, Shirley Bolt, Susan Barrow, R Down, B Dennis, D Lee, J Gerry, P Parsons, P Dark, Pamela Balkwill, P Heywood, Judith Day, Barbara Ley, Joyce Curtis, Roberta Watson, Leon Dziurzynski, Pamela Daniels, Linda Reynolds, Margaret Beer, D Lee, T Richards, C Bale, Carol Worthing, R Yeo, R Law, Erica Atkins, Kathleen Huntbach, G Brimacombe, Glenys Beer, J Sanders, P Parsons, R Rowland, Nicola Beck, Margaret Prance, Josephine Huxtable, J Nightingale, N Griffiths.

Officials were: Mr K Whitfield, Mr A Edgecombe, Mr W Heywood, Mr A F Levick, Mrs K S Parsons, Mrs M Edgecombe, Mr R H Channon, Mrs R Watson, Mr L Beech, Mrs P Gilbert, Mrs E Stone, Mr J Folland, Mrs J Prance, Mrs W Prance, Mrs M E Baron, Mrs P Staddon, Mrs M Southon, Mr R Dennis, Mr S Fovargue, Mr R A Yeo Jenn

The full Gazette article is dated 28 July 1961

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