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Dog restrictions on Westward Ho! beach from May 1st.
From the 1st of May to the 30th of September Torridge District Council will once again be introducing a restriction for dogs on sections of Westward Ho! beach and the promenade. The restriction helps create zoned usage areas on the … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Environment
Tagged dog restrictions, northam, Westward Ho!, Westward Ho! beach
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Bideford Races, May 1928.
This advertisement comes from the Bideford Gazette for 1928 currently housed at the Bideford Archive. The archive is run by volunteers, and you will find it is a mine of information on Torridge district; not just births, marriages and deaths, … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Bideford archives, bideford buzz, northam, Shebbertown Racecourse
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Mysteries at St. Margaret’s, Northam.
Whilst clearing ivy from gravestones in Northam Churchyard recently, we came across a very well-carved stone commemorating two families, the Blighs and the Copners. Francis Bligh was a lieutenant in the Royal Navy and died in 1825. Also named were … Continue reading
Northam Twinning Association
Northam Twinning Association Northam Twinning with France and Germany has been going on for almost 40 years, with a good deal of bonhomie, entente cordiale and freundschaft during all that time. Some of our members were there at the start, … Continue reading
Posted in archives, Local People
Tagged Bideford, devon, Local News, news pages, North Devon, northam, southwest, UK
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