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Torridge District Council: Appledore Fish Dock progress
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Jackson Family Move to Appledore - Latest:
'Maximum Jackson' - 12 June 08: Michael Jackson phone call to Fan's Party
North Devon Gazette - 11 June 08: Jacko's Phone Call's a Thriller
Tito
Jackson visits Appledore Charity Shop, Uncle Wainwright's on the Quay
at Appledore!
No
photos ... he just called in! Very nice chap.
The Times Online - 23 May 08: Jackson Five get cool in Devon - but is it a stunt for reality TV
Mail Online - 23 May 08: Blame it on the scrumpy: The Jacksons move to Devon, but squabble over their seaside house

North Devon Gazette - 22 May 08: Jacksons' First Taste of Appledore
Janet Charlton's Hollywood - 22 May 08: "Tito & Jackie Jackson are the biggest celebrities ever to live in this town"

North Devon Gazette - 21 May 08: 9 Members of Jackson family due to touch down in North Devon this evening
Sky News - 21 May 08: Jacksons Move Into New Devon Home

Sky News: Hollywood razzmatazz comes to sleepy Devon village ...
Michael Jackson & The Jacksons Party at the Durrant House Hotel: Tickets sold out! Go to online tickets here
Daily Telegraph: Michael Jackson clan to attend fan's party
North Devon Gazette: Welcome Bash for Jacksons?
Hello Magazine - 3 April 08: A 'thriller' for locals as Tito Jackson rents in Devon fishing village
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Great News! The Appledore Post Office returns!
On Monday 28 April 2008 the new Appledore Post Office and Stores opened!
Now called 'Johns of Appledore' the newly refurbished building houses the Post Office and sells meat, fish and delicatessen products alongside other produce and gifts.
Jackson Family to move to Appledore??
Channel 4 Reality TV show planned for the Jackson Five family ...
Jacksons' friend Matt Fiddes (well known in North Devon for his Barnstaple Karate Academy) has been assisting the Jacksons with their plans.
Quote:
Tito
Jackson and family will star in an Osbournes'-style
reality TV show - set in an English fishing village.
The family have booked a five-bed holiday home at Appledore on the North Devon
coast and have told friends they are looking to move to the area permanently.
Their deal, believed to be with Channel 4, will see Tito (pictured, left) based
at the house with other family members - including Michael, Janet, Jermaine and
parents Joseph and Katherine - flying in for short breaks.
Family friend Matt Fiddes, who operates a national martial arts training
franchise, orchestrated the deal. 'The TV people will follow them from
California to Appledore and make a documentary on how they settle in," he
said.
"With Michael, you never know. He doesn't say too much. But I'll be very
surprised if he doesn't show up too."
Channel 4 would not confirm its involvement in the At
Home With The Jacksons TV project. But Appledore residents are already
gearing up for their arrival.
One said, "As long as they keep the music down and avoid wild parties
they'll get on fine."
Recent media articles have suggested the family is "broke."
Source:
telegraph.co.uk
For more news on the Jackson Family's plans click on the following links:
Celebrity Crust articles:
An
early preview of Appledore Book Festival
27 Mar 08: An early preview of the star studded line up at this
year's Appledore Book Festival is unveiled today.
Tony Benn, Roy Hattersley, Dame Jacqueline Wilson and Kate Adie - these are just some of the big name authors heading to Appledore Book Festival (North Devon Journal)
Ann
gets divine help in search for jewels
27 Mar 08: Ann Sagar says God spoke to her in a dream to tell her where to find
her lost diamond brooch.
24 Oct 07: Plans concerning Richmond Dock, Appledore (North Devon Gazette)
OTHER LOCAL NEWS
The Kathleen & May (website)
Geoffrey Cox QC MP Torridge & West Devon, arranged for Steve Clark OBE (Kathleen & May owner) and Campaigners to meet Minister of State for Culture, Medium & Sport, Margaret Hodge, and present a petition of 8497 signatures from the local vicinity urging the Government to keep this wonderful historic vessel in her home port of Bideford.
Copyright © 2008 Linda Smith
Last Updated
30 June 2008