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Bideford, The Quay 1890
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More about this scene

Bideford, two miles up-river from Appledore, is now the main commercial port in the area. Once the town manufactured and exported cloth and built ships; it imported tobacco and salted cod, and wool from the Continent for the Devon weaving industry. Today the quay is mostly used by the Lundy ferries.

Memories of Bideford, the Quay 1890

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Bideford, The Quay 1890

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If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?

Since moving to North Devon 10 years ago from London, have seen the quay area rebuilt as a flood defence system. The equipment on the quay, with the replacement of the old crane with a new modern crane, used mostly for loading brick and ball clay for Spain and Finland. A new trade occurred last year with shipment of timber from local forests to Wismar, to Germany .Most of the ships load ...see more