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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 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 3 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 4 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 5 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 6 Ships at Bideford

  • 7 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 8 New look in the hayfields

  • 9 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 10 Life begins at 80

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 12 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 13 Chess - their bridge over the years

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

  • 15 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 16 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 17 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 18 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 19 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 20

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 21 Service with a smile

  • 22 Picking the pops

  • 23 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 24

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 25 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 26 Police station view of Bideford

  • 27 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 28 New shipyard on schedule

  • 29 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 30 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 31 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 32 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 33

    Married in 1908
  • 34 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 35 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 36 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 37 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 38 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 39 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 40 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 41 Weare Giffard potato

  • 42 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 43 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 44 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 45

    Bidefordians
  • 46 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 47 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 48 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 49 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 50 Just over a year old

  • 51 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 52

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 53 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 54 Simple Item 138
  • 55 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 56 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 57 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 58 Caught in the act>
  • 59 Emergency ferry services

  • 60 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 61 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 62 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 63

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 64 All aboard the ark

  • 65 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 66 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 67 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 68 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 69 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 70 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 71 By pony and trap to market

  • 72

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 73 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 74 Littleham family's five generations

  • 75

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 76 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 77 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 78 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 79 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 80 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 81 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 82 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 83 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 84 First ship in 8 years

  • 85

    First prize
  • 86 In their new robes and hats

  • 87 Safe door weighing two tons

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

  • 89 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 90 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 91 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 92 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 93 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 94 Northam's almshouse

  • 95 Jumble sale fever

  • 96 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 97 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 98 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 99 So this is the mainland!

  • 100 Decontrol of meat

  • 101

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 102 It really was the 'last time'

  • 103 Picking the pops

  • 104 Recognise this resort?

  • 105 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 106 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 107 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 108 Warmington's garage ad

  • 109 New art gallery opened

  • 110 New choral society's growing response

  • 111 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

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

  • 113 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 114 A roof-top view - where?

  • 115 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 116 The art of the thatcher

  • 117 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 118 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 119 Sailing to victory at Appledore

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

  • 121 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 122 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 123 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 124 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 125 Bideford computer stars

  • 126 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 127 Peter poses for TV film

  • 128 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 129 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 130 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 131 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 132 When horses score over the tractor

  • 133 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 134 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 135 Hartland's invitation

  • 136

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 137 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 138 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 139 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 140 Bideford loses training ship

  • 141 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

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

  • 143 Over the bank together>
  • 144 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 145 Modern living at Bideford

  • 146 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 147 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 148 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 149 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 150 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 151 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 152

    Building works
  • 153 Twenty-one yachts

  • 154 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 155 Clovelly nightmare

  • 156 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 157 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 158 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 159 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 160 Filming at Hartland

  • 161 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 162 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 163

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 164 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 165 Off on a great adventure

  • 166

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 167 Finished in 1876

  • 168 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 169 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 170 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 171 Can spring be far away?

  • 172 No sale of Springfield House

  • 173 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 174 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 175 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 176 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 177 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 178 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 179 Waldon Triplets
  • 180 New civic medallions

  • 181 Some mushroom!

  • 182 Torrington in 1967

  • 183 Salmon netting at Bideford

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

  • 185

    New gateway
  • 186 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 187 A bird of their own!

  • 188 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 189 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 190 They are parted pro-tem

  • 191

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 192 New addition to Quay front

  • 193 Traditions and skills still there

  • 194 Clovelly custom

  • 195 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 196 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 197 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 198 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 199 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 200 Artisans' Club

  • 201 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 202 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 203 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 204 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 205

    Relatives all over the world
  • 206 Bridging the stream

  • 207 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 208 The Geneva marionettes

  • 209 Mobile missionary

  • 210

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 211 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 212 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 213 Appledore's largest

  • 214 113 years at Instow

  • 215 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 216 Puppet characters introduced

  • 217

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 218 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 219 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 220 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 221 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 222 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 223

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 224 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 225 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 226 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 227

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 228 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 229 A man and his wheel

  • 230 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 231 Sweets derationing

  • 232 Bideford regatta

  • 233 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 234 End of the line

  • 235 The cab at the corner>
  • 236 Sight of a lifetime

  • 237 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 238 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 239 North Devon Driving School

  • 240 From Bobby to Brian

  • 241 Variety in summer weather

  • 242 Private home for public pump

  • 243 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 244 Pannier Market's future?

  • 245 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 246 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 247 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 248 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 249 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 250 For crying out loud!

  • 251 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 252 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 253 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 254 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 255 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 256 No laughing matter

  • 257 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 258 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 259 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 260 Revenge in style

  • 261 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 262 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 263

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 264 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 265 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 266 Northam footballers of the future

  • 267 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 268 Torrington children build igloo
  • 269

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 270 Riverside mystery

  • 271 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 272 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 273 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 275 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 276 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 277 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 278 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 279 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 280 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 281

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 282 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 283 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

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

  • 285 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 286 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 287 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 288 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 289 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 290 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 291 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 292

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 293 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 294 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 295 Blanchards ad.>
  • 296 Happy Days!

  • 297 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 298 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 299 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 300 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 301 School crossing patrol begins

  • 302 Circus comes to town

  • 303 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 304 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 305 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 306 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 307 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 308 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 309 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 310 Devil sent packing

  • 311 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 312

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 313 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 314 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 315 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 316 New Lundy stamps

  • 317 School's link with cargo ship

  • 318 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 319 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 320 All for the love of a lady!

  • 321 Centenary of Gazette

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

  • 323 Last train from Torrington

  • 324 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 325

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 326 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 327 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 328 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 329 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 330 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 331 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 332 Penny for the guy

  • 333 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 334 Torrington's new amenity

  • 335

    Was a missionary
  • 336 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 337 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 338 What's the time?

  • 339 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 340 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 341 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 342 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 343 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 344 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 345 He beat the floods

  • 346 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 347 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 348 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 349 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 350 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 351 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 352 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 353 Cruising down the river

  • 354 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 355 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 356 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 357 Six footed lamb

  • 358 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 359 Parkham plan realised

  • 360 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 361 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 362 Some 240 exhibits

  • 363 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 364 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 365 Burnard family reunion

  • 366

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 367 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 368 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 369

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 370 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 371 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 372 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 373 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 374 Capers on the cobbles

  • 375 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 376 Loads of black and white

  • 377 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 378 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 379 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 380 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 381 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 382 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 383 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 384 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 385 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 386 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 387 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 388 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 389 Ten year old scrambler

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

  • 391 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 392 New Post Office

  • 393 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

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

  • 395 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 396 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 397 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 398 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 399 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 400 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 401 Hartland postman retires

  • 402 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 403 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 404 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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

  • 406 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 407 New life for Hartland organ

  • 408 A story to tell!

  • 409 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 410 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 411 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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

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

  • 414 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 415 Out of puff!

  • 416 Hartland Dancers
  • 417 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 418 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 419 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 420 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 421 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 422 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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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New choral society’s growing response

Preparing for Christmas concert

Members of the recently-formed Bideford Choral Society under their conductor Mr T. Arundel-Timms (music master at Bideford Secondary Modern School), are busy practising for their singing of Handel’s Messiah which they plan to give in Bideford Parish Church shortly before Christmas.

17 October 1958 New Choral Societys growing response

At present the choir numbers about 30, but it increases every week. ‘I am very well satisfied with the response,’ said Mr Arundel-Timms, who also praised the enthusiastic work of the choir.

Gazette article 17 October 1958

 

Tibbles home again – and fish for supper

Carried to London on spare wheel of lorry

Safe at home on Monday afternoon after a 250-mile mistake journey, was Tibbles, the five year old ginger and white cat who was carried all the way from Appledore to London on the spare wheel of a lorry. For three days 18 year old Miss Mary Williams of Market Street, Appledore, searched for her lost pet.

29 August 1958 Tibbles home again

In London Tibbles was found by driver Harry Wilson who was taking a load of flowerpots to Hillingdon, Middlesex. After making the Appledore-London journey, he found the cat, splashed with mud and grit, curled up on top of the spare wheel, and took it to the London headquarters of the RSPCA. When a national newspaper carried the story of a cat’s arrival in London, complete with picture, the cat was recognised by its owners. Tibbles was returned via the Atlantic Coast Express in a basket to Bideford Station where Mary was waiting, then it was home to Appledore for a special feed of fish.

Gazette article 29 August 1958

 

Revived market off to splendid start

First sale by new auctioneers

Bideford Town Council were going to back the town’s new cattle market enterprise by 100 per cent the Mayor, Mr A.C. Hooper, told a large crowd on Tuesday when he opened the first sale at Bideford Cattle Market by the auctioneering firm of Messrs. Kivell and Sons. A senior member of the firm, Mr Tom Kivell, said that entries had been overwhelming. The market attracted many people from the surrounding area and on Tuesday morning parked vehicles stretched in an unbroken line from the top of High Street to the top of Belvoir and in some other streets adjoining the market.

15.8.58 Revived market off to splendid start

Gazette article 15 August 1958

 

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