Bideford Town Council
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How best to look after our heritage when funds are short and there is a pressing need to reduce carbon emissions? This is a dilemma confronting all local councils across the country, but it is particularly difficult to solve here because we have so much heritage to look after – in both the built and…
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What a collection of ceremonial regalia was in evidence when Bideford’s Manor Court met in the Town Hall last Saturday 15 March! Bideford Town Band played in the balcony and welcomed the Mayor in full regalia, a bewigged Town Clerk, Beadle, Town Crier, councillors and guests, including Chair of Torridge District Council and Mayors from…
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With disputes about funding for North Devon District Hospital in the news, and a proposal to create a community health and wellbeing hub at Bideford Hospital, it is interesting to remember that hospital provision in the past was not free of controversy. Volunteers from Bideford Community Archive write that Bideford Isolation Hospital was first established…
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It was typical of the late great Peter Christie to write his own obituary. It is typically modest, factual, and understated, especially in relation to the mass of tributes which poured on to Facebook sites from Holsworthy to Ilfracombe. As this was Peter’s column, it is only fitting for us to fill the gaps with…
Bideford and River Torridge Heritage Harbour 