Monthly Archives: June 2011

July 2011 Landscape Gallery

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Loxdown Cross. – Transport history in the Torridge Valley.

Loxdown Cross is now just a  picnic site off the A386 mid way between Bideford and Torrington, but it hides a legacy of travel from pre-history to the present day. Long before there was any pathway up the valley of … Continue reading

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July 2011 The Bideford Free Public Library and the librarian

(I came across this the other day in the North Devon Journal for 20th August 1891. We all know the present librarian is nothing like the one described here – but when are we going to get real fires back … Continue reading

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