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Children’s Hospice “Rainbow Run”, 19th – 20th June.
Help your local children’s hospice reach pot of gold this summer. Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) is excited to announce plans for its ‘Rainbow Run Your Way’ fundraiser on 19 – 20 June 2021. Rainbow Run has become an event … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Local People, Young People
Tagged charities, Children's Hospice SW, Rainbow Run
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Bideford’s Oxfam shop seeks volunteers.
Oxfam’s BIDEFORD shop appeals for more volunteers as store braces for deluge of donations. Oxfam’s BIDEFORD store has issued an urgent appeal for volunteers to help it deal with an anticipated deluge of donations following its re-opening on 12th April … Continue reading
New wet fish counter at Appledore Fishdock.
Just five years ago the then-privately-run Appledore Fishdock, which opened in 2008, was in some distress, with underinvestment in machinery, confusing leases, and a lack of plans to support the local fishing industry. While the intervening years have not been … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Drink, Local Business, Local People
Tagged Appledore, Appledore fishdock, South West, Torridge District Council
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Devon Carers – caring for carers.
If you look after someone, who looks after you? Since COVID-19, the number of unpaid carers in Devon has increased by almost 50% to approximately 130,000 (source: Devon County Council). It has never been more important to identify and support … Continue reading
Council seeks renting partnership with private landlords.
Torridge District Council is calling on private landlords with accommodation for rent in Bideford to come forward to discuss long term leases for their properties. The request is part of the Council’s push to find a more ready supply of … Continue reading
Posted in Local Business, Local People
Tagged homelessness, TDC, Torridge District Council
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The “Freshspring” project.
Steamship ‘Freshspring’ celebrates four years in Bideford. During the Second World War, a fleet of freshwater-carrying steam ships was commissioned by the Royal Navy to deliver water to warships. These became the ‘Fresh’ class of ships and the last one … Continue reading
Posted in History, Local People, Shipping
Tagged Bideford, maritime history, SS Freshspring, volunteers
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Volunteers sought for “Home from Hospital”.
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‘Families for Chidren’ – online information sessions for 2021.
With the current COVID situation we are now running information sessions online via Zoom. I have pleasure in sending the date of our next information sessions. Are you considering adoption but not sure where to start? Families for Children is … Continue reading
Help with relationship counselling.
New Local Relationship Counselling Service. A new Relationship Counselling service opened in Barnstaple earlier this year to help local couples and individuals struggling with their relationships to access support in their local area. The coronavirus outbreak meant that the service … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Local People
Tagged NDRCS, North Devon Relationship Counselling Service
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Beaford Archive reopens to record Coronavirus.
North Devonians invited to photograph life during lockdown. April 2020, North Devon. For the first time in over 30 years, the Beaford Archive – home to the North Devon photographs of James Ravilious and Oscar-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins – … Continue reading
Buzz Word.
Handy Cross POW Camp. I am from Oberhausen, Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia. I am currently working on a concept for a book about the World War 11 from the point of view of a German prisoner who spent his captivity at … Continue reading
Ladies’ Golf celebrates 150 years.
“The Westward Ho! and North Devon Ladies were very early pioneers in the history of Ladies Golf. The Reverend Isaac Gosset, Vicar of the Parish of Northam and a founder of the Royal North Devon Golf Club has to take … Continue reading
Bideford’s Nat West Bank.
An iconic building in Bideford, Nat West Bank (formerly National Provincial) closed on 29th May 2018. Peter Christie looks back on its history, and Gerald Waldron remembers his time as a bank employee. End of an era. The closure of … Continue reading
Posted in History, Local People
Tagged Bideford, Nat West Bank Bideford, National Provincial Bank
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Bideford Art School: a brief history.
Bideford Art School (now Bideford Arts Centre), a listed building on the Pill, has an interesting history. It started life in 1896 as a technical college, a result of ‘self help’ Victorian values. Our photo above shows the plaque on … Continue reading
Posted in History, Local People
Tagged Bideford, Bideford Art School, Bideford Arts Centre, Harry Juniper, John Butller
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Another ‘lost shop’ – Taylor Brothers.
Shops come and go all the time in all towns, with a few lasting for some time – but even these eventually close. One that fits this latter category is Taylor Brothers’ shoe shop in Mill Street. I first started … Continue reading