Defies sea at Bucks Mills

Accompanying pictures show how ‘self-help’ by inhabitants of Bucks Mills has met the menace of the high seas which threatened to destroy the only slip-way.

Above a trader resident carries a hundred-weight sack of cement down the steep track

The general public gave generous monetary and physical response to the appeal of local initiative. The situation has been saved and the expenditure probably hundreds of pounds of public money has been avoided thereby. Bideford Rural District Council have their blessing! Donations from friends of Bucks should be sent to Mr A K Chope (acting hon. secretary), Bideford.

22 August 1952