Category Archives: History

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C is for Clovelly

Posted on 26/04/2011 by RoseArno

Clovelly is now famous as one of the most picturesque villages in England, and receives huge numbers of visitors each summer. However it remained just a small herring fishing port, quite unknown to the outside world, until writers such as … Continue reading →

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The Devon Medieval Combat Alliance

Posted on 10/07/2010 by Tango Alpha

The Devon Medieval Combat Alliance having recently returned from Wales and a trip 500 years back in time are looking forward to the new season, our eleventh .Based in Bideford, we are a non-political, non-religious organisation which sees education as … Continue reading →

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Two Bideford Soldiers from World War 1

Posted on 08/07/2010 by Tango Alpha

( Photo is of William Lewis May) Recently at our local history society meeting, here in Netley Abbey, Hampshire, we had a talk about the First World War (WW1).  Afterwards my wife Betty spoke to the lecturer about a distant … Continue reading →

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