The Heritage Album: 175 years in North Devon (1824-1999)
1912
Bideford is infested with tramps attracted by ‘the softness of the stones given to them to crack’ and the fact that they can spend 36 hours in bed over the weekend in the Workhouse.
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100 years ago today British Miners ballot in favour of strike action
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Repair work on a notorious section of road between North and South Wales began six years after temporary traffic lights were installed
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Today is the feast day of Prisca who was martyred because she refused to denounce Christ. She was said to have beheaded at the age of 13 having survived being thrown to the lions. Her body was protected by an eagle until Christians arrived to take it away.
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