Category Archives: Health

Wellbeing, keeping healthy.

Westward Ho! beach awarded Blue Flag for 22nd year running.

Posted on 16/05/2025 by Tango Alpha

Westward Ho! has been awarded the prestigious Blue Flag and Seaside Award for the summer 2025 season. It is one of only 55 sites across Britain to meet the stringent criteria to achieve both accolades. The Blue Flag and Seaside … Continue reading →

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‘Man Down’ mental health support.

Posted on 03/02/2025 by Tango Alpha

  All men welcome to come along to our friendly, non-judgemental and supportive peer support group. Directions:When you get to Marlborough Court, turn left and then left again where the car park is. Look out for the Man Down signage … Continue reading →

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A Nineteenth-Century Bideford Doctor.

Posted on 23/10/2014 by Tango Alpha

William Henry Ackland was born in Bideford in 1825 and was the son of a doctor. His father, also William Ackland, had been apprenticed to a surgeon and apothecary in Bideford, but William Henry trained at University College Hospital in … Continue reading →

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Memories of Bideford Hospital.

Posted on 02/07/2013 by Tango Alpha

Bideford Hospital 1962 My father had a chemist’s shop in the High Street and I married a local girl just before my final exams. From a London teaching hospital to Bideford Hospital was a steep learning curve for me as … Continue reading →

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