Lost and found cats

»FOUND – Ginger Cat. Ilfracombe harbour area. 0345 3714 203

»LOST – Neo. Brown and grey tabby. Male. Half pink and white lip. White socks. Missing from Whiddon valley area. 07814748232

»LOST – Dexter, Grey male cat. South Molton. 07925 534863 »FOUND – Black male cat. Queens Nympton area South Molton. Call 0345 3714 203 »LOST - Mango, black, white and brown tabby male cat, 3 years old. Missing from Roundswell area of Barnstaple 07586 456937.

»LOST - Mr Meowgi, Large brown/beige/grey tabby male cat, 7 months old. Medium haired striped pattern. Missing from Filleigh, Barnstaple 07957 965136.

»LOST - Lilly, tabby long haired female cat, 7 years old. Missing from Roundswell area of Barnstaple 07901 802001. »LOST - Felix, black and white male cat, 13 years old. Missing from Ilfracombe 07746 796532. »LOST - Millie, white and tabby female cat. Missing from Hele area of Ilfracombe 07493 189311. »LOST - Felix, 14 years old, black and white male cat. Tears on his ears and fur missing on the back of his neck area. Missing from Torrs Park area of

Ilfracombe 07391 146764.

»LOST - Luna, 3 years old, tabby female cat.

Scar above eye, tail broken at end. Missing from Kentisbury area of Combe Martin 07721 188469.

»LOST -Bluebella, 11 years old, blue/grey with white bib and four white paws. Missing from Ashford, Barnstaple 07568 589821.

»LOST - Jess, 3 year old, small dark grey tabby female cat. Missing from Whiddon Drive area of Barnstaple 07856 849815.

»LOST - Louie, 1 ½ year old large black and white male cat. Missing from the Sticklepath area of Barnstaple 07411 948864.

»LOST - Lena, 7 year old, smokey grey female cat.

Missing from Barnstaple 07725 348225.

»LOST - Fluffy, 11 years old, Large tabby and white, long haired female cat, MIssing from the Pilton area of Barnstaple 07725 563329.

»LOST - Chipotle or Chippy, 6 years old, Ginger and white fluffy male cat with a fluffy tail. Missing from Morthoe Woolacombe 01271 870328 or 01271 870391 Post Office.

»LOST - Frank, 18 months old, jet black male cat with a few white hairs on his chest.

Missing from the Warkleigh Barton area of Umberleigh 07391 408080.

»LOST - Muffin, 12 years old, Blue/grey female cat with one white whisker, she has a blue nose with a bit of pink around her nostrils. Missing from the Sticklepath area of Barnstaple. 01271 269065 or mobile 07596 283345.

»LOST - Stitch, 7 years old, white and ginger male cat with a long stripey tail missing from Barnstaple 07530 668655.

»LOST - Lola, 11 year old, small grey tabby female cat. Missing from Yelland area of Barnstaple 01271 624943.

»LOST - Minchii, 3 year old, black and white male cat fluffy with a small black mark on his chin. Missing from Barnstaple 07729 634870.

»LOST - Chunk, 6 year old, pure white male cat with amber eyes. Missing from the Rackenford area of Tiverton 07546 638801.

»LOST - Weasley, ginger male cat. Missing from the Combe Martin area. Contact 07792 994407.

»LOST - Ziggy, 10 year old male. Black and white cat. Missing from Richmond street, Barnstaple 07874 869650.

»»Volunteer

IT is good to see that Bideford’s Regeneration Board wants to see ‘the built and cultural heritage of the town well cared for and celebrated.’

Our venerable history has left us with a fine array of historic buildings, including many – possibly most – buildings in the town centre which are Grade II listed.

But it has also left us with a conundrum: how to maintain and repurpose these historic structures once time has made their original purpose redundant?

The wonderful Victorian Pannier Market is a case in point. It is good to see the aspiration to run more events there but it’s an uphill struggle (literally!) to get it to work.

Meanwhile, we hear that the old library is to host a gym – at least temporarily until Torridge council can raise the millions needed for complete renovation.

The trouble with these old buildings is that, after years of neglect or only patchy repairs, many are now leaky and rotting.

Scaffolding going up raises expectations that something is about to happen. But that around the old Specsavers building in High Street has been up for getting on for two years, and the grand Bridge Buildings, once the council offices, has similarly been enclosed by metal poles for some time now, with no sign of work in progress.

Apart from the obstruction to the pavement, it would be good to be able to appreciate the ‘Renaissance-style’ building once again.

An old building still being used for its original purposes, the Kings Arms, has also sprouted scaffolding in the last few weeks, and a lot of work going on there to spruce up the place for summer.

Now we hear that there are plans afoot to purchase the Methodist Church at the top of High Street. The building, dating from the early 20th century in ‘Gothic Arts and Crafts’ style, is certainly a gem to be preserved.

The centre of Bideford could do with some more community space, and we have far more heritage stories and artifacts than can be displayed in the Burton’s first floor museum. But given that Torridge council has recently sold Bridge Buildings and given the old cattle market site to the rugby club, let’s not kid ourselves that it will be cheap or easy to repurpose yet another rambling old building.