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Appledore Clean Maritime Innovation Centre – update.

Torridge District Council has resolved to grant planning permission for its amended plans for the Appledore Clean Maritime Innovation Centre.  The revised drawings and plans were submitted back in July 2024 in response to public feedback and changes in market … Continue reading

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New mural in Mill Street welcomes visitors.

A new mural ‘welcoming visitors to Bideford’ has recently been unveiled in Mill Street, Bideford. Created by local artist Ryan Ward, the colourful two metre by two metre artwork proudly sits at the gable end of Country Cottage Bakery. The … Continue reading

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Bideford Film Society – October events.

Please also see our website www.bidefordcinema.org.uk All showing at The Theatre, Kingsley School. * * * * The Critic (15) – Friday 11th & Saturday 12th October at 7.30pm (Doors open 7.00pm) Staring – Sir Ian McKellen, Gemma Arterton, Mark … Continue reading

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Shipping notes No. 234 (September).

Bideford Quay. No shipping at Bideford this month. Appledore. Quorn still in shed, Atherstone alongside quay. I understand another vessel due 4th October to discharge rapeseed from Kleipeda Yelland Quay. No shipping at Yelland this month. Bristol Channel Observations. 4/9 … Continue reading

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Bideford Music Club concert diary.

See also www.bidefordmusicclub.org.uk website. All concerts held in St Mary’s Church, Bideford. Subscription for 6 concerts is £82.50. Subscription for 4 concerts is £61.00 Single ticket at door is £16.50. Payment by cash, cheque or BACS. Students, children and accompanying … Continue reading

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Don’t let your textiles go to waste!

Torridge District Council is calling on residents to help support Second Hand September, a campaign by Oxfam which aims to inspire people to reduce their impact on the environment by encouraging them to donate, reuse, rewear, restyle and think about … Continue reading

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‘Coastwise’ Autumn programme.

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“Bideford Legends” – 2.

The Strand Cinema. The Strand Cinema was opened by Maurice Prince, Jewish entrepreneur, in 1938. During the war Maurice was a civil defence warden and he also helped Jewish refugees who were escaping from Nazi persecution by sheltering them in … Continue reading

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Information sought on a wartime evacuee to Bideford.

My father’s name was Anthony Arthur Newman. He was born in 1939, then evacuated from Bristol, I believe in 1942, along with his two brothers – my father was 3, elder brother 4, and younger brother 2 years old. I … Continue reading

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Shipping notes No. 233 (August).

Bideford Quay. No commercial shipping at Bideford. Yelland Quay. No shipping in last month. Appledore. Quorn still in shipyard. Atherstone at the quay. For the fist time in 19 months a commercial ship came into the river and berthed at … Continue reading

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“Bideford Legends” – 1.

Introducing “Bideford Legends”. My name is Tanya Harrison, I was born abroad and came to live in Bideford in 2017. By profession I am a Teacher of English to foreign students, not a photographer, not a writer, not an expert … Continue reading

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Burrows Rangers seek volunteers for autumn/ winter.

The Northam Burrows rangers are preparing for a busy Autumn of nature conservation work, and the call has gone out for volunteers to help with the next round of vital tasks. Help from volunteers to look after the Country Park … Continue reading

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WHOBIDARTS exhibition, until 13th October.

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Shipping notes No. 232 (July).

Bideford Quay. No shipping since last issue. Yelland Quay. No shipping this month. Appledore. Quorn still in shed, Atherstone moved to river berth. Bristol Channel Observations. 1/7 at 09.30 vehicle carrier Swallow Ace, 18,806 tons d.w., owners Mitsui OSK Line … Continue reading

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‘Postcard Pals’ at Bideford Library.

I would like to draw your readers’ attention to a project we are launching in Torridge called Postcard Pals. This is a project which encourages people to micro volunteer by designing and writing a postcard to a stranger. I have … Continue reading

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