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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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Bideford 500.

Bideford 500 In October I attended the  very interesting AGM of the Bideford  500 Bideford 500 has been  flourishing since Pauline Smith’s research was presented to the public in 2008 and subsequently the project setting up its constituted group in … 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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