• Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    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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    New gateway
  • 2 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 3 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 4 Littleham family's five generations

  • 5 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 6 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 7 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 8 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 9 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 10

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 11 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 12 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 13 New addition to Quay front

  • 14 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 15 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 16 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 17 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 18

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 19 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 20 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 21 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 22 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 23 Clovelly custom

  • 24 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 25 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 26 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 27 No sale of Springfield House

  • 28 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 29

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 30 Northam footballers of the future

  • 31 Bideford loses training ship

  • 32 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 33 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 34 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 35 The Geneva marionettes

  • 36 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 37

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 38 Penny for the guy

  • 39 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 40

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 41 Bideford computer stars

  • 42 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 43 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 44

    First prize
  • 45 Torrington's new amenity

  • 46 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 47 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 48 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 49 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 50 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 51 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 52 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 53 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 54 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 55

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 56 In their new robes and hats

  • 57 Ships at Bideford

  • 58 No laughing matter

  • 59 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 60 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 61 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 62 What's the time?

  • 63 Picking the pops

  • 64 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 65 Pannier Market's future?

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

  • 67 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 68 Filming at Hartland

  • 69 Can spring be far away?

  • 70 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 71 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 72 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 73 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 74 It really was the 'last time'

  • 75 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 76 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 77 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 78 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 79 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 80 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 81 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 82 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 83

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 84 Hartland postman retires

  • 85 Jumble sale fever

  • 86 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 87 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 88 Emergency ferry services

  • 89 Saving money, wear and tear

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    Bidefordians
  • 91 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 92 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 93 Salmon netting at Bideford

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

  • 95 They are parted pro-tem

  • 96 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 97 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 98 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 99 New Lundy stamps

  • 100 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 101 Centenary of Gazette

  • 102 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 103 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 104 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 105 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 106 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 107 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 108 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 109 A roof-top view - where?

  • 110 All aboard the ark

  • 111 Capers on the cobbles

  • 112 Devil sent packing

  • 113 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 114 Decontrol of meat

  • 115 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 116 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 117 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 118 Burnard family reunion

  • 119 New choral society's growing response

  • 120 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 121 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 122 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 123 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 124 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 125

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 126 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 127 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 128

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 129 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 130 Artisans' Club

  • 131 Last train from Torrington

  • 132 Some 240 exhibits

  • 133 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 134 By pony and trap to market

  • 135 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 136 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 137 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 138

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 139 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 140 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 141 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 142 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 143 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 144 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 145 Over the bank together>
  • 146 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 147 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 148 Landmark at Bradworthy

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

  • 150 Life begins at 80

  • 151 Finished in 1876

  • 152 Warmington's garage ad

  • 153 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 154 New look in the hayfields

  • 155 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 156 Modern living at Bideford

  • 157 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 158 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 159 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 160 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 161 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 162 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 163 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 164 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 165 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 166 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 167 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 168

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 169 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 170 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 171 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 172 Fundraising trip for RNLI

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

  • 174 Just over a year old

  • 175 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 176 A man and his wheel

  • 177 113 years at Instow

  • 178 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 179 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 180 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 181 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 182 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 183 New life for Hartland organ

  • 184 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 185 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 186 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 187 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 188 New Lundy air-mail stamps

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

  • 190 So this is the mainland!

  • 191 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 192

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 193 Service with a smile

  • 194 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 195 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 196 Twenty-one yachts

  • 197 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 198 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 199 North Devon Driving School

  • 200 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 201 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 202 Waldon Triplets
  • 203 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 204 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 205 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 206 When horses score over the tractor

  • 207 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 208 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 209 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

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

  • 211 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 212 School crossing patrol begins

  • 213 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 214 A bird of their own!

  • 215 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 216 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 217 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 218 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 219 He beat the floods

  • 220 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 221 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 222 Parkham plan realised

  • 223 End of the line

  • 224 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 225 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 226 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 227 Some mushroom!

  • 228 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 229 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

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

  • 231 New art gallery opened

  • 232 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 233 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 234 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 235 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 236

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 237 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 238 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 239 Ten year old scrambler

  • 240 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 241 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 242 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 243 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 244 Hartland's invitation

  • 245

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 246 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 247 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 248 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 249 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 250 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 251 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 252 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 253 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 254 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 255 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 256 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 257 Picking the pops

  • 258 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 259 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 260 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 261 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 262 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 263

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 264 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 265

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 266 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 267 School's link with cargo ship

  • 268 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 269 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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

  • 271 Police station view of Bideford

  • 272 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 273 Sweets derationing

  • 274 Making way for the double-deckers

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

  • 276 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 277

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 278

    Relatives all over the world
  • 279 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 280

    Was a missionary
  • 281 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 282 Variety in summer weather

  • 283 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 284 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 285

    Building works
  • 286 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 287 Out of puff!

  • 288 The art of the thatcher

  • 289 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 290 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 291 Simple Item 138
  • 292 Appledore's largest

  • 293 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 294 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 295 The cab at the corner>
  • 296 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 297 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 298 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 299 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 300 Bridging the stream

  • 301 Peter poses for TV film

  • 302 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 303 Sight of a lifetime

  • 304 New shipyard on schedule

  • 305 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 306 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 307 New civic medallions

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

  • 309 Circus comes to town

  • 310 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 311 Hartland Dancers
  • 312 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 313 Clovelly nightmare

  • 314 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 315

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 316 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 317

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 318 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 319 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 320 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 321 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 322 Northam's almshouse

  • 323 For crying out loud!

  • 324 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 325 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 326 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 327

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 328 Puppet characters introduced

  • 329 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 330 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 331 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 332 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 333 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 334 Torrington in 1967

  • 335 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 336 Blanchards ad.>
  • 337

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 338 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 339 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 340 All for the love of a lady!

  • 341 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 342 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 343 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 344 Torrington children build igloo
  • 345 Weare Giffard potato

  • 346 Riverside mystery

  • 347 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 348 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 349 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 350 Private home for public pump

  • 351 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 352 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 353 From Bobby to Brian

  • 354 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 355 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 356 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 357 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 358 Mobile missionary

  • 359 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 360 Happy Days!

  • 361 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 362 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 363 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 364 Loads of black and white

  • 365 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 366 Caught in the act>
  • 367 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 368 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 369 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 370 Revenge in style

  • 371 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 372

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 373 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 374 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 375 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 376 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 377 Recognise this resort?

  • 378 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 379 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 380 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 381 First ship in 8 years

  • 382 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 383 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 384 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 385 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 386 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 387 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 388 Off on a great adventure

  • 389 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 390 Cruising down the river

  • 391 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 392 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 393 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 394 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 395 Traditions and skills still there

  • 396 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 397 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 398 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 399 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 400 New Post Office

  • 401 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 402 Six footed lamb

  • 403 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 404

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 405 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 406 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 407

    Exhibition of school work
  • 408

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 409 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 410 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 411 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 412 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 413 Bideford regatta

  • 414 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 415 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 416 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

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

  • 418 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 419

    Married in 1908
  • 420

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 421 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 422 A story to tell!

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Bideford And North Devon Building Society

The ninety-sixth Annual General Meeting of Bideford and North Devon Building Society was held on Thursday of last week.

3.2.1950 Building Society

In moving the adoption of the Directors’ Report and Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st October 1949, the Chairman (Mr C J Martin) said: “At the end of the previous year the Mortgage assets of the Society amounted to £189, 916 and this has risen, at the 31st October 1949, to £218, 435 – an increase of £28,519. During the past Financial Year a total of £65,290 was advanced on Mortgages, as compared with £61,765 in the previous year, and I would like to mention that a considerably greater sum could have been advanced, but it is the settled policy of your Directors to have full regard to possible future conditions and to make advances based on prudent valuations only.”

“The passage of years inevitably brings losses in our friends and it is with the deepest regret that I have to refer to the loss suffered by the Society, during the past year, by the death of Alderman H A Willett Huxham.”

The report and the Statement of Accounts were duly adopted, following the seconding of the motion by Alderman T Burton, who referred to the sound policy of the Society in again carrying the surplus for the year to the Reserve Fund.

Mr C J Martin, Mr C J Smith and Mr J W Ward, the Directors retiring by rotation, were re-elected and Mr C M D Mountjoy, the Members’ Auditor, was also re-elected.

Tributes to the work of the Officials and Staff during the past year were expressed and a vote of thanks to the Chairman for presiding concluded the meeting.

The full Gazette article is dated 3 February 1950

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