The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway Co. advised that the Sunday train service would be discontinuec from October 10th 1915 until May 7th 1916. It was also announced that from November 1915 the down night mail train would not arrive in Bideford until 8:09am and deliveries would not commence until 9:30am. This was due tc the release of men for enlistment and to provide for better disposal of military traffic. The up night mail train would also be affected. The Southern Railway thought it could safely promise the arrival of a new train called the 'Devor Belle' to the West for summer 1916.

A very interesting service was held in the Primary department of the Bideford Wesleyan Sunday School on October —10th. Tokens of remembrance were sent to the lads and fathers who had gone from the school to the scene of battle. ne little folks were able to purchase a folding pocket book for every one of the men from the School and included ir it a prayer for the lad's protection and safe return, a hymn, a letter from a little one and a beautiful view of dear olc Bideford.

Reported in a Council Sub-Committee Report in October 1915 was the fact that there were 113 Belgian refugees billeted in 38 Bideford homes costing, on average, €50 3s 9d per week. The billeting householders were being paid by the Refugee Committee in London.

The Bideford ketch, Trio, with the Captain's wife on board and laden with scrap iron sprang a leak off Trevose Head and was in a perilous condition. Crew from the steam lifeboat, Helen Peele, which also towed the lifeboat, Edmund Harvey, assisted with manning the Trio's pumps. Helen Peele towed the ketch into Padstow.

A very pretty wedding took place at St Mary's Church, Bideford, between Emma Sluman of 64 Honestreet, Bideford and John Bryant of Twinington. The bride was attended by Maude, Gertrude, May, Florrie and Gwennie Sluman. After a reception at the home of the bride's mother, the happy couple left by motor, amid showers of confetti, for Alcombe, Taunton, their future home.