Talk:Bideford

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Atlantic Village was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 05 December 2013 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Bideford. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica article

--Marknew 10:17, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New bit

"Stuart Anstiss, one time lead guitarist with black metal band Cradle of Filth went to School in Bideford, and now runs a guitar shop there."

can this be true? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Totnesmartin (talk • contribs) 17:27, 26 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

i've no idea who he is, but this is apparently true. Barbara Osgood 18:37, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Definetly true. Although I've never met him myself (I was before unfamiliar with the band) I know of two people who have met him, and have seen a photo as proof! Tomcollins15 21:35, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation

It would be good to explain how the town's name is pronounced. 99.192.60.101 (talk) 01:56, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Midnight run

The article states "A New Year's Eve tradition was to try to run across the Long Bridge in the time it takes for the bells at nearby St. Mary's church to chime midnight." The bridge looks long indeed, too long to be run within the time of tolling. Could we have a modification to something like this: "A New Year's Eve tradition was to try to run across the Long Bridge (x meters) in the time it takes for the bells at nearby St. Mary's church to chime midnight (about x seconds.)"

Also the article uses the past tense. Is a race still held? WikiParker (talk) 14:22, 1 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I remember the Bridge race taking place annually during regetta week in early September (this was in the 1950s & 60s). In those days there were no special celebrations at New Year. Am I correct? I may have a Regetta programme from the time to verify this. Winwaloe (talk) 22:20, 2 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Bideford Youth Council

Bideford has an official youth council. The council is run like the town council with voters and candidates of less than 18 years of age, who live in Bideford.Bideford has an official youth council. The council is run like the town council with voters and candidates of less than 18 years of age, who live in Bideford.

This council folded in 2008, i know because i was the last chairperson. Thought you might want to remove this from the wiki page 86.160.172.61 (talk) 12:04, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone is free to edit wikipedia, so please feel free to make the change yourself, you might want to read "How to edit a page" first. Just remember to leave an explaination of what you are doing and why in the Summary box. Cheers, Zangar (talk) 12:24, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

ok done, thanks 86.160.65.187 (talk) 11:34, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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city?

Since when has Bideford been a city? I think the description heading below the name at the top of the page needs editing! 90.255.10.154 (talk) 22:13, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]