Category Archives: Poetry

A Devonshire poem about the Piskies.

Posted on 12/12/2023 by Tango Alpha

Here is an amusing poem in the local dialect by J C Harding, who spent his final years in the ‘White House’, which I believe was the name of the Bideford workhouse. Mr Harding filled an exercise book in his … Continue reading →

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‘A Little Port’.

Posted on 25/09/2014 by Tango Alpha

As promised in last month’s Buzz here is the poem about Appledore written by George Douglas Warden (father of Audrey Jones of Bideford) , who was wounded and lost his sight in World War One. (Contributed by Audrey’s daughter-in-law, Eleanor … Continue reading →

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