From Helen Bartrop Hocking: The Bude, Stratton & District is one of the forty-two branches that make up the great tree that is the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies. Due […]

Most of us get nostalgic on Christmas Eve and remember past Christmases stretching back over the decades to childhood. Those of us with grown up children and grandchildren reminisce about […]

Following recent storms in Bude, what appears to be railway lines were revealed on Summerleaze beach (see picture). In fact these sand rails are relics of the Bude Canal and […]

By Johanna Jackson: How could Bude honour the soldiers who served, fought, survived and died in World War I? Harry Pearce from Budehaven School had a dream, which was realised […]

This post was originally written last year. I was asked to again meet with a group of visitors to Bude today, searching out the burial site of Pamela Colman Smith, […]

Had a sneak preview of a new exhibition at the Castle in Bude which opens today. It is in the old ‘Gurney’ room which was full of engineering stuff – this […]

Finally, after 9 days, we are reconnected. Disconnection  could not have come at a worse time, but we are back. I promised I’d mention this and I am… Tuesday 6th […]

It was a glorious day and I happened upon Bude Motor Show yesterday, reminded by the convoy of classic cars travelling with me along the A39.  It was busy, and […]

                       The exciting Bude at War re-enactment is happening in September. Its organisation is a whole community event (whatever your feelings about […]

Sent by Helen Hocking of the Old Cornwall Society (so glad to see people writing for the site): Once again, The Parkhouse Centre was a picture of community warmth and […]

This week, Bude Youth Theatre is performing a play about Reverend Hawker, the well known eccentric of Morwenstow. Here’s a reminder about him, which may inspire you to go and […]

Told to Dawn by John Going, 94:   I sold my Stratton smallholding to a neighbour and then he split it up. It was in a ring fence, at the […]

More from my interview with John Going, 94, of Widemouth, who was the first smallholder in the area to use artificial insemination on his cows: The War changed things. When […]

Swimming pool 1960s – building the terracing – photo courtesy of Ray Boyd Talking to John Going, 94, of Widemouth, Dawn Robinson was interested to hear of his work on […]

Railway 1950s – freight train approaches the wharf Story told to Dawn Robinson by John Going, 94,  of Widemouth Bay. Originally published on our Bude Past and Present site. Sadly, […]