Rumours are rife that RAF Chivenor is to close. Jim Venus director of Appledore Shipbuilders buys an amphibious car to avoid the broken Bideford Bridge. Sixteen North Devon servicemen are reported killed this week.Ī Swimbridge farmer is fined £5 for feeding game birds with grain meant for human consumption.Ī pedestrian walkway links the two sides of Bideford following the collapse of the 2 westernmost arches of the Bridge. The South Molton Burial Board purchase two palls.
James Hoare of Bideford is gaoled for two months for deserting his wife and children. Torridge district council plans to build 50 council houses at Torrington Lane, Bideford. 'Jungle' Jones who delivered papers in Northam for 57 years dies aged 73. close their Appledore factory with the loss of 34 jobs. The 2 westernmost arches of Bideford Bridge collapse and local traffic is thrown into chaos. There are 500 allotments in Barnstaple being used to stretch food supplies. Seven local servicemen are reported killed this week. Large numbers of people skate on ice at Northam Burrows. Special precautions are taken in Ilfracombe, Appledore, Clovelly and Hartland to prevent American 'Fenians' landing. Nine cars are burnt out by arsonists in Barnstaple.Ī battle to save Shebbear College from closure is close to success. Jean Pugsley of Clark's Barnstaple factory is voted 'the firm's most glamorous employee in Britain.' William Britton junior opens his 'High Class Photographic Gallery' at 23 High Street, Barnstaple.Īll the farm stock of David Bidder of Huntshaw Barton is auctioned off.Ī 'Farm Tractor and Plough combined' is demonstrated at Bishops Tawton.Īlbert Lake of Braunton, a lunatic, strangles his wife Olive to death.īarnstaple's Beadle Fred Ackland goes to London in full regalia for a Westcountry tourist exhibition. Further Items from Peter Christie's 'Looking Back' Column In the North Devon Journal (2018) Provided by Peter Christie Extracts from past issues ( 1868, 1918, 1968, 1993) of the Journal
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