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‘New Bridge’ 25th Anniversary – Tapestry.

Bideford Library to celebrate ‘New Bridge’ anniversary with historic tapestry. To mark the 25th anniversary of the Torridge Bridge and Bideford Bypass opening, Devon County Council’s Library in Bideford will be displaying a tapestry created by children from Appledore School … Continue reading

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Laver.

I am not suggesting that you rush out onto the foreshore to start collecting and make your own Laver, but it shows you the lengths mothers generally went to, to feed their families. If you were to accept the media … Continue reading

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Dec 2011 One hundred years ago

One hundred years ago Appledore Disasters Appledore was thrown into a state of grief on hearing that the schooner Agnes was  lost and that Captain George Cawsey and his son  Alfred of Appledore were both drowned.  The Rival, sailed by … Continue reading

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August 2011 Wreck on Westward Ho!

SS4329 : Wreck on Westward Ho! Beachnear to Westward Ho!, Devon, Great BritainThe Geograph Britain and Ireland project aims to collect geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometre of Great Britain and Ireland, and you can be part … Continue reading

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