• 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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  • 1 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 2 All aboard the ark

  • 3 Shoes certainly not made for walking

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 5 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 6 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 7 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 8 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 9

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 10 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 11 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 12 All for the love of a lady!

  • 13 School crossing patrol begins

  • 14 New choral society's growing response

  • 15 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 16 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 17 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 18

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 19 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 20 Picking the pops

  • 21 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 22 It really was the 'last time'

  • 23 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 24 New civic medallions

  • 25 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 26 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 27 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 28 Simple Item 138
  • 29 Bridging the stream

  • 30 Riverside mystery

  • 31 New Lundy stamps

  • 32 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 33 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 34 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 35 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 36 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 37 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 38

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 39 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 40 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 41 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 42 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 43

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 44 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 45 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 46 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 47 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 48 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 49 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 50 In their new robes and hats

  • 51 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 52 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 53 Hartland's invitation

  • 54 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 55 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 56 Blanchards ad.>
  • 57 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 58 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 59 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 60 New addition to Quay front

  • 61 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 62 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 63 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 64 Ships at Bideford

  • 65 Circus comes to town

  • 66 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 67 New art gallery opened

  • 68 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 69 Filming at Hartland

  • 70 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 71 Parkham plan realised

  • 72 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 73 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 74 School's link with cargo ship

  • 75 Modern living at Bideford

  • 76

    Married in 1908
  • 77 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 78 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 79 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 80 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 81 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 82 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 83 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 84 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 85 Burnard family reunion

  • 86 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 87 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 88 Six footed lamb

  • 89 Penny for the guy

  • 90 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 91 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 92 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 93 Warmington's garage ad

  • 94 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 95

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 96 New shipyard on schedule

  • 97 Hartland postman retires

  • 98 No sale of Springfield House

  • 99 A bird of their own!

  • 100 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 101 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 102 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 103 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 104 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 105 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 106 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 107 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 108 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 109 First ship in 8 years

  • 110 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 111 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 112

    New gateway
  • 113 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 114 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 115 Centenary of Gazette

  • 116 Bideford computer stars

  • 117 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 118 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 119 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 120 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 121 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 122 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 123

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 124 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 125 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 126 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 127 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 128 A roof-top view - where?

  • 129 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 130 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 131 New life for Hartland organ

  • 132

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 133 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 134 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 135 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 136 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 137

    Was a missionary
  • 138 Ten year old scrambler

  • 139 He beat the floods

  • 140 Waldon Triplets
  • 141 Littleham family's five generations

  • 142 Recognise this resort?

  • 143 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 144 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 145 From Bobby to Brian

  • 146 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 147 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 148 Torrington in 1967

  • 149 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 150 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 151 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 152 Fishermen of Greencliff

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

  • 154 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 155 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 156 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

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

  • 158 Picking the pops

  • 159 When horses score over the tractor

  • 160 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 161 113 years at Instow

  • 162 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 163 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 164 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 165

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 166 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 167 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 168 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 169 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 170 What's the time?

  • 171 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 172 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 173 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 174 A story to tell!

  • 175 Pannier Market's future?

  • 176 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 177 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 178 Twenty-one yachts

  • 179 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 180 Artisans' Club

  • 181 Mobile missionary

  • 182 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 183 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 184 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 185 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 186 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 187 New Post Office

  • 188 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 189 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 190 Appledore's largest

  • 191 The Geneva marionettes

  • 192 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 193 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 194 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 195 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 196 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 197 They are parted pro-tem

  • 198 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 199 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 200 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 201 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 202 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 203 The creative urge on Saturday morning

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

  • 205 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 206 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 207 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 208 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 209 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 210 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 211 Caught in the act>
  • 212 Life begins at 80

  • 213 Clovelly custom

  • 214 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 215 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 216 Torrington children build igloo
  • 217 Service with a smile

  • 218 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 219 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 220 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 221 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 222 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 223 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

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

  • 225

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 226 Off on a great adventure

  • 227 So this is the mainland!

  • 228 Devil sent packing

  • 229

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 230 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 231 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 232 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 233 Finished in 1876

  • 234 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 235 North Devon Driving School

  • 236 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 237 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 238 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 239

    Relatives all over the world
  • 240 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 241 Capers on the cobbles

  • 242

    Building works
  • 243 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 244 Peter poses for TV film

  • 245 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 246 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 247 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 248 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 249 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 250 Variety in summer weather

  • 251

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 252 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 253 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 254

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 255 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 256 The art of the thatcher

  • 257 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 258 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 259 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 260

    Bidefordians
  • 261 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 262 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 263 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 264 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 265 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 266 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 267

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 268 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 269 Some 240 exhibits

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

  • 271 Happy Days!

  • 272 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 273 For crying out loud!

  • 274 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 275 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 276 Sight of a lifetime

  • 277 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 278 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 279 Northam footballers of the future

  • 280 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 281 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 282 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 283 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 284 Bideford loses training ship

  • 285 New look in the hayfields

  • 286

    First prize
  • 287 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 288

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 289 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 290 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 291 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 292 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 293 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 294 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 295 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 296 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 297 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 298 Can spring be far away?

  • 299 John Andrew Bread Charity
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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 301 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 302 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 303 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 304 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 305 Cruising down the river

  • 306 The cab at the corner>
  • 307 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 308 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 309 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 310 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 311 Puppet characters introduced

  • 312 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 313 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 314 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

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

  • 316 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 317 Northam's almshouse

  • 318

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 319 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 320 No laughing matter

  • 321 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 322 Torrington's new amenity

  • 323 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 324 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 325 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 326 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 327 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 328

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 329 Last train from Torrington

  • 330 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 331 Some mushroom!

  • 332 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 333

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 334 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 335 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 336 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 337 Decontrol of meat

  • 338 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 339 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 340 Jumble sale fever

  • 341 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 342 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 343 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 344 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 345 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 346 Traditions and skills still there

  • 347 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 348 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 349 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 350 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 351 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 352 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 353 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 354 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 355 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 356 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 357 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 358 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 359 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 360 Out of puff!

  • 361 An early 'special' to Bideford

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

  • 363 By pony and trap to market

  • 364 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 365 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 366

    Exhibition of school work
  • 367 Police station view of Bideford

  • 368 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 369

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 370 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 371 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 372 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 373 Entente cordiale in Bideford

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

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

  • 376 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 377 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 378

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 379 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 380 A man and his wheel

  • 381

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 382

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 383 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 384 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

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

  • 386 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 387 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 388 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 389 Over the bank together>
  • 390 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 391 Clovelly nightmare

  • 392

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 393 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 394 Loads of black and white

  • 395 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 396 Just over a year old

  • 397 Revenge in style

  • 398 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 399

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 400 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 401 Private home for public pump

  • 402 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 403 Appledore schooner broadcast

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

  • 405 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 406 Emergency ferry services

  • 407 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 408 Holiday scene near Sandymere

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

  • 410 End of the line

  • 411 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 412 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 413 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 414 Weare Giffard potato

  • 415 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 416 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 417 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 418 Bideford regatta

  • 419 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 420 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 421 Sweets derationing

  • 422 Hartland Dancers
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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Appledore schooner broadcast

Probably last still trading

The coastal feature in the West of England BBC Home Service on Wednesday gives a portrait of the three-masted wooden schooner Kathleen and May. Under her skipper-owner Capt. Tommy Jewell of Alpha Place, Appledore, she plies from West-country ports and to Ireland.

26 October 1956 Appledore schooner broadcast

She carries a crew of four – skipper, mate, engineer and deckhand.

Gazette article 26 October 1956

 

Service with a smile

Bideford Bowling club's wives provide refreshments

Once again contributing much behind the scenes to the success and popularity of Bideford’s annual bowling tournament was the band of Bideford Club members’ wives who provided refreshments in the Rugby Club hall. They served an average of about 100 lunches, 135 teas and 100 coffees a day. The team was led by Mrs Harry Blackmore and Mrs F. Horner.

17 August 1956 Service with a smile

Seen in the photograph (left to right) are: Sitting – Mesdames J.R. Chipman, Harry Blackmore, F. Horner, C. Fulford, C. Mules and L.H. Gorrell; standing – Mesdames Elkins, George Blackmore, J.P. Cleverdon, Hudson, A.J.Luxton, S.R. Elliott, Kelly and P. Wadey.

Gazette article 17 August 1956

 

Some mushroom!

New admission to Bideford hospital

One of the latest ‘admissions’ to the Kingsley Hospital, Bideford, to receive care and attention is a mushroom.

31 August 1956 Some mushroom

It is believed to be a record size. Found by a member of the hospital staff in the corner of a nearby field, it weighs 1lb. ½ and is oblong in shape, measuring 11 inches by 8½ inches across the top. Its stalk is four inches long. Nurse P. Marshall is shown holding the mushroom in the picture. It provided the matron and staff with ‘delicious soup!’

Gazette article 31 August 1956

 

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