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    Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    ...The Gazette Newspaper 1856 onwards.

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  • Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    ...The Gazette Newspaper 1856 onwards.

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  • 1 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 2 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 3 Revenge in style

  • 4 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 5 In their new robes and hats

  • 6 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 7 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 8 Penny for the guy

  • 9 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 10 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 11 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 12 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 13 Can spring be far away?

  • 14 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 15 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 16

    New gateway
  • 17 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 18

    Bidefordians
  • 19 Filming at Hartland

  • 20 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 21 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 22

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 23 Over the bank together>
  • 24 From Bobby to Brian

  • 25 Northam's almshouse

  • 26 Burnard family reunion

  • 27 Torrington in 1967

  • 28 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 29 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 30 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 31 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 32 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 33 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 34 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 35 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 36 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 37 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 38

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 39 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 40

    First prize
  • 41 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 42 Centenary of Gazette

  • 43 Out of puff!

  • 44 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 45 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 46 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 47 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 48 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 49 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 50 By pony and trap to market

  • 51 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 52 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 53 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 54

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 55

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 56 New life for Hartland organ

  • 57 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 58 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 59 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 60 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 61 Devil sent packing

  • 62 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 63 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 64 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 65 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 66 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 67 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 68 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 69 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 70 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 71

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 72 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 73

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 74 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 75 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 76 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 77 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 78 Ten year old scrambler

  • 79 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 80 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 81 Weare Giffard potato

  • 82 New addition to Quay front

  • 83 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 84 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 85

    Relatives all over the world
  • 86 Bideford loses training ship

  • 87 School crossing patrol begins

  • 88 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 89 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 90 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 91 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 92

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 93 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 94 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 95 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 96 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 97 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 98 Simple Item 138
  • 99 A man and his wheel

  • 100 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 101 New shipyard on schedule

  • 102 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 103 Life begins at 80

  • 104 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 105 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 106 Private home for public pump

  • 107 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 108 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 109 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 110 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 111 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 112 Caught in the act>
  • 113 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 114 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 115 Blanchards ad.>
  • 116 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 117 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 118 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 119

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 120 Picking the pops

  • 121 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 122 For crying out loud!

  • 123 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 124 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 125 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 126 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 127

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 128 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 129 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 130 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 131 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 132 Clovelly nightmare

  • 133 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 134 A story to tell!

  • 135 Riverside mystery

  • 136 Pannier Market's future?

  • 137

    Married in 1908
  • 138 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 139

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 140 New Post Office

  • 141 Bridging the stream

  • 142 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 143 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 144 They are parted pro-tem

  • 145

    Was a missionary
  • 146 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 147

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 148 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 149 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 150 Parkham plan realised

  • 151 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 152 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 153 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 154 Torrington children build igloo
  • 155 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 156 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 157 Circus comes to town

  • 158 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 159 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 160

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 161 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 162 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 163 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 164 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 165 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 166 Some 240 exhibits

  • 167 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 168 Peter poses for TV film

  • 169 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 170 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 171 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 172 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 173 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 174 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 175 The cab at the corner>
  • 176 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 177 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 178 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 179 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 180 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 181 Off on a great adventure

  • 182

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 183 First ship in 8 years

  • 184 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 185

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 186 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 187 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 188 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 189 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 190 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 191 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 192 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 193 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 194 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 195 It really was the 'last time'

  • 196 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 197 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 198 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 199 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 200 Littleham family's five generations

  • 201 End of the line

  • 202 Last train from Torrington

  • 203 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 204 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 205 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 206 Traditions and skills still there

  • 207 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 208 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 209 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 210 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 211 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 212 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 213 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 214 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 215 Bideford computer stars

  • 216 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 217 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 218 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 219 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 220 Hartland Dancers
  • 221 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 222 All aboard the ark

  • 223 Modern living at Bideford

  • 224 Sight of a lifetime

  • 225 Recognise this resort?

  • 226 Appledore's largest

  • 227

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 228 He beat the floods

  • 229 What's the time?

  • 230 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 231 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 232 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 233 Loads of black and white

  • 234 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 235 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 236 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 237 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 238 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 239 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 240 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 241 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 242 North Devon Driving School

  • 243 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 244 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 245 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 246 Capers on the cobbles

  • 247

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 248 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 249 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 250 New look in the hayfields

  • 251 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 252 School's link with cargo ship

  • 253 Artisans' Club

  • 254 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 255 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 256 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 257 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 258 Northam footballers of the future

  • 259 Torrington's new amenity

  • 260 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 261

    Exhibition of school work
  • 262 Picking the pops

  • 263 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 264 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 265 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 266 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 267 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 268 New art gallery opened

  • 269

    Building works
  • 270 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 271 No laughing matter

  • 272 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 273 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 274 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 275 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 276 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 277

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 278 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 279 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 280 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 281 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 282 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 283

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 284 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 285 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 286 A bird of their own!

  • 287 Just over a year old

  • 288

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 289 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 290 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 291 Police station view of Bideford

  • 292 Variety in summer weather

  • 293 Cruising down the river

  • 294 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 295

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 296 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 297

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 298 Sweets derationing

  • 299 Ships at Bideford

  • 300 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 301 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 302 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 303 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 304 Mobile missionary

  • 305 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 306 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 307

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 308 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 309 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 310 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 311 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 312 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 313 Waldon Triplets
  • 314 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 315 Clovelly custom

  • 316 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 317 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 318 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 319

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 320 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 321 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 322 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 323 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 324 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 325 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 326 Some mushroom!

  • 327 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 328 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 329 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 330 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 331 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 332

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 333 Finished in 1876

  • 334 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 335 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 336 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 337 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 338 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 339 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 340 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 341 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 342 Jumble sale fever

  • 343 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 344 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 345 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 346 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 347 No sale of Springfield House

  • 348 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 349 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 350 Hartland's invitation

  • 351 All for the love of a lady!

  • 352 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 353 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 354 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 355 Twenty-one yachts

  • 356 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 357 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 358 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 359 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 360 The Geneva marionettes

  • 361 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 362 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 363 Service with a smile

  • 364 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 365 Decontrol of meat

  • 366 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 367 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 368 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 369 113 years at Instow

  • 370 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 371 New civic medallions

  • 372 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 373 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 374 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 375 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 376 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 377 The art of the thatcher

  • 378 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 379 Emergency ferry services

  • 380 Six footed lamb

  • 381 So this is the mainland!

  • 382 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 383 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 384 New Lundy stamps

  • 385 Puppet characters introduced

  • 386 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 387 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 388 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 389 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 390 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 391 New choral society's growing response

  • 392 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 393 When horses score over the tractor

  • 394 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 395 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 396 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 397 A roof-top view - where?

  • 398 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 399 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 400 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 401 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 402 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 403 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 404 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 405 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 406 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 407 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 408 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 409 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 410 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 411 Bideford regatta

  • 412 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 413 Happy Days!

  • 414 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 415

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 416 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 417 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 418 Warmington's garage ad

  • 419 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 420 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 421 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 422 Hartland postman retires

3.5.1957 Robins win Hansen Cup

Robins Win The Hansen Cup

May 3rd, 1957

Bideford AFC pictured with the Hansen Cup after they had defeated Bude 2-1 in the final

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and suddenly it's spring

Cadds Down Farm

1 March 1974

Joined by Trixie, the pony

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  • Seafield House - the "Spooky House" of Westward Ho!

    The house on the cliff edge known locally as ‘Spooky House’ or even ‘Haunted House’ , was built about 1885.

    The road was especially built to enable access to the house and was initially known as Seafield Road; later it became Merley Road.

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  • Christmas Eve at the Front

    An interesting letter has just been received by Mrs Packer, of Broadclyst, from her husband, Corpl Packer of A Company, 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment, who is serving with the Expeditionary Force in Northern France. In the course of a letter he describes a remarkable incident which occurred on Christmas Eve between the British and German trenches.

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  • Torrington May Fair Queen and Her Attendants

    Names from left to right:Joan Ricketts; Joan Newcombe; Jean Wernhem; Margaret Sweet; Enid Ovenden; Rona Elsworthy; Doris Short; (back row);
    Eileen Short; Miss Margery Bennett (Queen); Joyce Downman; David Fiddian (Page); Peggie Sussex;

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1911 Coronation Medal

Coronation Medal Presented on June 22nd 1911   Learn More

The Hoops Inn

The Hoops Inn close to Peppercombe Beach

The Quay at Appledore

Appledore Quay where Taw and Torridge Rivers meet 

 
Wynne Olley

Crowning Glory

12 October 1962

Their finest achievement to date...

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Shipyard goes into liquidation 1963

Liquidator appointed

4 January 1963

Difficulty in retaining labour...

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Who painted the Appledore donkey?

Who painted this donkey on Appledore Park wall?

9.8.1952 Appledore donkey

It seems a mystery, but perhaps a jovial fisherman taking time off from painting his boat dashed off this free and easy work of art as light relief.

No doubt there are many readers, including Appledorians, who have never seen this donkey for it is really only visible from the beach (hard and stoney here), the river and, with a pair of binoculars, from the Instow side of the river.

8 August 1952

Eisteddfod Win For Hartland

Hartland Methodist Sunday school scored the highest number of points

at the Bude Methodist circuit youth eisteddfod

25.3.1977 Eisteddfod Hartland

After the marks had been adjusted to take into account the differences between large and small Sunday schools in the circuit Hartland had 2,405 points. Second were Kilkhampton with 1,786 points and third Morwenstow with 1,515 points.

Winners of the trophies for most points in the senior section were Ian Petvin, of Bude, and Carolyn Vanstone, of Kilkhampton, Wendy Heard, Hartland won the trophy in the 9-11 years section and Dwayne Heard, also of Hartland, was runner up in the 12-14 years section to David Cleave. The trophy for the 6-8 years olds went to Kay Wise of Flexbury.

First prize winners from Hartland were: Dwayne Heard, Andrew Prouse, Lisa Manley, Tracey Thorne, Denis Short, Maria Prouse, and Wendy Heard.

The full Gazette article is dated 25 March 1977

Northam Twinning Links With Mondeville Renewed

Guests and hosts taught one another dances of their countries at a dinner-dance that was the highlight of a weekend visit to Northam by a party of a dozen from the twin towns of Mondeville.

15.4.1977 Northam twinning

The venue was the Port Quarter at Appledore where the chairman of the local committee, Mr Gordon Dell, thanked Mr Rupert Hill who arranged the visit. Mlle Lydie Coupard, who was paying her third visit, sang songs in English and French and music was provided by Terry Triggs and Larry Bignell.
The new Mayor of Mondeville and his wife were unable to make the visit but they were represented by their son, Mons Jean-Yves Gasnier.
Others in the group were Mons Bernard Henriot of the Mondeville Twinning Committee and Mons Bernard Pezaril.
The full Gazette article is dated 15 April 1977

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