• 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 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 2 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 3 Torrington children build igloo
  • 4 Puppet characters introduced

  • 5 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 6 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 7 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 8 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 9 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 10 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 11 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 12 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 13 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 14 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 15 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 16 Burnard family reunion

  • 17

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 18 School crossing patrol begins

  • 19

    Was a missionary
  • 20 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 21 First ship in 8 years

  • 22 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 23 New addition to Quay front

  • 24 Cruising down the river

  • 25 Decontrol of meat

  • 26

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 27 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 28 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 29 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 30 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 31 Six footed lamb

  • 32 Life begins at 80

  • 33 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 34 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 35 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 36 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 37 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 38 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 39 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 40 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 41 So this is the mainland!

  • 42 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 43 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

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

  • 45 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 46 Clovelly nightmare

  • 47 Capers on the cobbles

  • 48 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 49 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 50 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 51 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 52 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 53 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 54 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 55 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 56 No sale of Springfield House

  • 57 Pannier Market's future?

  • 58 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 59 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 60 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 61 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 62 School's link with cargo ship

  • 63 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 64 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 65 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 66 In their new robes and hats

  • 67 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 68 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 69 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 70 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 71

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 72 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 73 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 74

    Building works
  • 75 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 76 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 77 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 78 Picking the pops

  • 79 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 80 Littleham family's five generations

  • 81 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 82 He beat the floods

  • 83 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 84 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 85 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 86 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 87 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 88

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 89 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 90 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 91 Sight of a lifetime

  • 92 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 93 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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

  • 95 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 96 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 97 Twenty-one yachts

  • 98 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 99 Bideford loses training ship

  • 100 Revenge in style

  • 101 Over the bank together>
  • 102 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 103 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 104 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 105 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 106 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 107 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 108 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 109 Off on a great adventure

  • 110 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 111 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 112 New Lundy air-mail stamps

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

  • 114 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 115 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 116 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 117 North Devon Driving School

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

  • 119 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 120 A bird of their own!

  • 121 No laughing matter

  • 122 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 123 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 124 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 125 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 126 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 127

    Bidefordians
  • 128 Just over a year old

  • 129 Circus comes to town

  • 130 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 131 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 132 New life for Hartland organ

  • 133 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 134 Picking the pops

  • 135

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 136 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 137 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 138 Blanchards ad.>
  • 139 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

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

  • 141 Service with a smile

  • 142 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 143 The Geneva marionettes

  • 144 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 145 For crying out loud!

  • 146 Appledore's largest

  • 147 Clovelly custom

  • 148 Bridging the stream

  • 149 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 150 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 151 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 152 Recognise this resort?

  • 153 Bideford regatta

  • 154

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 155 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 156

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 157 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 158 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 159 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 160 All for the love of a lady!

  • 161 Out of puff!

  • 162 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 163 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 164 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 165 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 166 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 167

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 168 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

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

  • 170 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 171 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 172 From Bobby to Brian

  • 173 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 174 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 175 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 176 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 177 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 178 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 179 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 180 New art gallery opened

  • 181 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 182 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 183 Filming at Hartland

  • 184 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 185 Caught in the act>
  • 186 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 187 Penny for the guy

  • 188 Bideford computer stars

  • 189 They are parted pro-tem

  • 190 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 191 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 192 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 193

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 194 New Lundy stamps

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

  • 196 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 197

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 198 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 199 New civic medallions

  • 200

    Relatives all over the world
  • 201 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 202 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 203 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 204 Warmington's garage ad

  • 205 Traditions and skills still there

  • 206 New choral society's growing response

  • 207 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 208 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 209 A story to tell!

  • 210 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 211

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 212

    New gateway
  • 213 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 214 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 215 Ships at Bideford

  • 216 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 217

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 218 The art of the thatcher

  • 219 Peter poses for TV film

  • 220 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 221 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 222 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 223 Northam's almshouse

  • 224 Emergency ferry services

  • 225 End of the line

  • 226 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 227 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 228 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 229 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 230 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 231

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 232 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 233 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 234 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 235 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 236

    Married in 1908
  • 237 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 238 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 239 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 240 113 years at Instow

  • 241 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 242 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 243 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 244 Modern living at Bideford

  • 245 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 246

    First prize
  • 247 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 248 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 249 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 250 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 251 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 252 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 253 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 254 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 255 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 256 What's the time?

  • 257 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 258 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 259 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 260 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 261 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 262 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 263 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 264 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 265 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 266 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 267 Private home for public pump

  • 268 Torrington's new amenity

  • 269

    Exhibition of school work
  • 270 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 271 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 272 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 273

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 274 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 275 Hartland postman retires

  • 276 Weare Giffard potato

  • 277 Bideford's private wharves busier

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

  • 279 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 280 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 281 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 282 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 283 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 285 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 286 Centenary of Gazette

  • 287 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 288 Waldon Triplets
  • 289 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 290 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 291 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 292 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 293 Jumble sale fever

  • 294

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 295 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 296 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 297 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 298 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 299 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 300 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 301 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 302 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 303 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 304 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 305 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 306 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 307 A man and his wheel

  • 308 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 309 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 310 Hartland Dancers
  • 311 A roof-top view - where?

  • 312 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 313 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 314 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 315 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 316 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 317 Ten year old scrambler

  • 318 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 319

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 320 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 321 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 322 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 323 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 324 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 325 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 326 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 327 Can spring be far away?

  • 328 When horses score over the tractor

  • 329 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 330 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 331 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 332 Police station view of Bideford

  • 333 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 334 Parkham plan realised

  • 335 Torrington in 1967

  • 336 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 337 Riverside mystery

  • 338 Childrens' model of Torrington

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

  • 340 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 341 Northam footballers of the future

  • 342 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 343 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 344 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 345 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 346 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 347 By pony and trap to market

  • 348

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 349 Artisans' Club

  • 350 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 351 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 352 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 353 Simple Item 138
  • 354 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 355 Devil sent packing

  • 356 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 357 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 358 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 359 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 360 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 361 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 362

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 363 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 364 All aboard the ark

  • 365 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 366 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 367 Hartland's invitation

  • 368 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 369 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 370 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 371 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 372 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 373 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 374 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 375 Sweets derationing

  • 376 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 377 The cab at the corner>
  • 378 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 379 Mobile missionary

  • 380 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 381 New shipyard on schedule

  • 382 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 383 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 384 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 385 New Post Office

  • 386 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 387 Happy Days!

  • 388

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 389

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 390 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 391 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 392 New look in the hayfields

  • 393 Finished in 1876

  • 394

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 395 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 396 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 397 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 398

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 399 Variety in summer weather

  • 400

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 401 Loads of black and white

  • 402 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 403 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 404 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 405 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 406 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 407 Some mushroom!

  • 408 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 409 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 410 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 411 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 412 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 413 Some 240 exhibits

  • 414 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 415

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 416 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 417 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 418 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 419 Last train from Torrington

  • 420 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 421 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 422 It really was the 'last time'

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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The creative urge on Saturday morning

Modelling classes at Bideford School of Art

Saturday morning classes in clay modelling are the highlight of the week for youngsters between the ages of 9 and 15 at Bideford School of Art. It’s an added thrill, of course, for them to be able to keep the animals, simple bowls and figures that they model, fire and glaze.

1 February 1957 The creative urge on Saturday morning

Gazette article 1 February 1957

 

Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

Fishing light let every year

Once again the fishing light has gone out on Clovelly Quay at the end of another herring season – and a disappointing season it has been.

25 January Fishing light goes out

The light, which stands at the end of Clovelly pier, has been lit during the herring season from September 1st to January 1st every year since it was erected in 1883 with the exception of the war years. A brass plate records – ‘This light is erected by Neville Hamlyn Fane to the memory of Richard Harris and James Jewell who were drowned during the great gale of the sixth December, 1882.’ The two men were Clovelly herring fishermen who were unable to regain the shelter of the harbour that night over seventy years ago.

Gazette article 25 January 1957

 

East-the-Water sets town an example

Opening of new Community Hall

Making a special journey with his wife from Portsmouth, Mr Henry Colwill, the founder-secretary of East-the-Water Community Association was among the large crowd that saw Sir Dennis Stucley, himself born at East-the-Water, open the Association’s new Community Centre on Wednesday afternoon.

25 January 1957 East the Water sets town an example

The centre, created out of two large disused Nissen huts that were formerly part of the Rolamatic factory manufacturing electrical and mechanical components for aircraft, consists of a large hall 65 feet long that will seat over 250 people, a large stage at one end that can be curtained off to form a small hall, a kitchen and cloakrooms. It cost nearly £3,000.

Gazette article 25 January 1957

 

 

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