Monthly Archives: January 2013

Floods and salt marshes.

Posted on 26/01/2013 by Tango Alpha

All sorts of habitats have been affected by the floods this winter, and in many places it’s the human habitation in low lying areas that has been the most spectacularly damaged. Then, when you see the thick red-brown colouration of … Continue reading →

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‘Red Velvet’ cake (courtesy of Blazeys of Bideford).

Posted on 26/01/2013 by Tango Alpha

Red Velvet Cake. Easy, super moist, melt-in-your mouth soft with a light chocolatey red velvet taste – decadent, delicious and delightful ! Ingredients – Cake 250g plain flour, 1 teaspoon of baking soda. 1 teaspoon of baking powder, 1 teaspoon … Continue reading →

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One hundred years ago – February 1913.

Posted on 26/01/2013 by Tango Alpha

Wealth Dream Shattered. When Captain Geoffrey Newbold, formerly of the Royal Marines, and Commander Frank Worsley R.N.R., formerly Captain of ‘The Quest’, Shackleton’s Polar Ship, set sail in the ‘George Cochran’ from Appledore last summer with three Appledore men, Messrs … Continue reading →

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Bideford Bridge goes to war – Part 2.

Posted on 26/01/2013 by Tango Alpha

Peter Christie continues his history of Bideford in wartime. June 1941 onwards- More notes from Frank Whiting’s reports. The next few months are taken up with surveying and costing the damage to the Bideford Laundry buildings (which had earlier been … Continue reading →

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