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Beach clean at Westward Ho!, 29th March.
Torridge District Council is proud to be participating in the Great British Spring Clean 2025, the largest mass-action environmental campaign in the country. The campaign runs from the 21 March – 6 April 2025 and aims to inspire people to … Continue reading
Good news for Bideford Town Band.
Bideford Town Band Qualifies for the 2025 National Brass Band Championships! The band is pictured after the awards ceremony at Torquay’s Riviera Centre on Saturday 8th March. In 2022 the band put Bideford on the National brass banding map by … Continue reading
Globe Hotel, Torrington, receives funding.
The Globe Hotel project, Great Torrington, named as one of the recipients of the Levelling Up funding for Devon. Torridge District Council has announced that it has been awarded £20,700,000 in capital investment with £250,000 revenue funding to support a … Continue reading
Torridge awarded over £20m.
Torridge District Council announced on 3rd March that it has been awarded £20,700,000 in capital investment with £250,000 revenue funding to support a number of projects to benefit residents across the district. The projects announced by government are being funded … Continue reading
“LaunchBideford” project.
Torridge District Council has teamed up with SaveTheHighStreet.org and Bideford Town Council to launch an exciting competition designed to reward and elevate new or expanding entrepreneurs. The project, known as LaunchBideford, is offering at least two businesses the chance to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bideford, LaunchBideford, regeneration, Torridge District Council
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One Hundred Years Ago – March 1925.
A collection of articles from the ‘Bideford Gazette’ during March 1925, kindly selected by Bideford Community Archive. The coasts all round Devon and Cornwall suffered badly by the gales. Roads at Weare Gifford were impassable to wheeled traffic for a … Continue reading
The Murder Mystery Company.
Are you planning a special event? A Birthday Party, a family celebration a corporate event, or even a charity fund-raiser? Are you looking for a truly memorable way to entertain your guests? Then the cast at ‘Murder We Wrote’ is … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlantic Coast Theatre Company, Murder Mystery Company
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‘Man Down’ mental health support.
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 … Continue reading
One Hundred Years ago – February 1925.
A collection of articles from the ‘Bideford Gazette’ during February 1925, kindly selected by Bideford Community Archive. Births – at King’s Arms, The Quay, Bideford, to Mr and Mrs Manning, a son; to Mr and Mrs R H Morrow, a … Continue reading
Posted in History, Local People
Tagged Bideford, Bideford community archive, Bideford Gazette, One Humdred Years ago
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One Hundred Years Ago – December 1924.
A collection of articles from the ‘Bideford Gazette’ over December 1924, kindly selected by Bideford Community Archive. A notable feature of the Christmas was the overwhelming and unprecedented rush on the Bideford Post Office. All previous records were broken by … Continue reading
“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
Posted in Environment, History, Local People
Tagged Bideford Legends, Grenville Nursing Home, Strand Cinema Bideford
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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
Posted in Environment, History, Local People
Tagged Bideford Hospital, Bideford Legends, Bideford Library, Torridge Hospital
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A tribute to Peter Christie.
Peter Christie. We were very sorry to hear the news of the death of Peter Christie, Torridge councillor, author and historian, and loyal contributor to “Buzz”. He wrote a host of articles over the years, all of which have been … Continue reading
The Huntshaw Church bells project.
Huntshaw’s Historic Bells drop into the limelight – After 500 years! For over a year the ‘Friends of Huntshaw Bells’ have been raising money through grants, sponsorship and events and have raised so far £17k. There is a long way … Continue reading
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Tagged bell ringing, Huntshaw Church, Huntshaw Church bell fund
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The ‘Way of the Wharves’ project.
‘Way of the Wharves’. The Torridge Estuary and Bideford have a long and fascinating maritime history with boat building documented back to Elizabethan times. On the east bank of the Torridge, opposite Bideford town, East-the-Water was an industrial and transport … Continue reading
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Tagged Bideford, East the Water, river Torridge, Way of the Wharves
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