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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 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 2 New choral society's growing response

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    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 4 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 5 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 6 New Post Office

  • 7 Variety in summer weather

  • 8 Hartland Dancers
  • 9 Simple Item 138
  • 10 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 11 Jumble sale fever

  • 12 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 13 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 14

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 15 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 16 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 17 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 18 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 19 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 20 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 21 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 22 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 23 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 24 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 25 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 26 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 27 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 28 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 29 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 30 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 31 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 32 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 33 First ship in 8 years

  • 34 By pony and trap to market

  • 35 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 36 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 37 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 38 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 39 New civic medallions

  • 40 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 41 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 42 Private home for public pump

  • 43 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 44 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 45 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 46 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 47 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 48

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 49 They never miss a game at Torrington

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

  • 51 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 52 They are parted pro-tem

  • 53 Emergency ferry services

  • 54 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 55 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 56 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 57 Riverside mystery

  • 58 The Geneva marionettes

  • 59 Sight of a lifetime

  • 60 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 61 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 62 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 63 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 64 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 65 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 66 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 67 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 68 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 69 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 70 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 71 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 72 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 73 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 74 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 75 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 76 Just over a year old

  • 77 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 78 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 79 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 80 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 81 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 82 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 83 Weare Giffard potato

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

  • 85 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 86 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 87 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 88 Loads of black and white

  • 89 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 90 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 91 Life begins at 80

  • 92 Pannier Market's future?

  • 93 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 94 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 95 Over the bank together>
  • 96 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 97 Mobile missionary

  • 98 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 99

    Relatives all over the world
  • 100 Northam's almshouse

  • 101 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 102 Hartland's invitation

  • 103 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 104 In their new robes and hats

  • 105 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 106 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 107 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 108 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 109 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 110 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 111 Warmington's garage ad

  • 112

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 113 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 114 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 115 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 116

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 117 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 118 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 119 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 120 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 121

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 122 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 123 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

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

  • 125 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 126 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 127

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 128 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 129 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 130 A story to tell!

  • 131 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 132 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 133 Littleham family's five generations

  • 134 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 135 Artisans' Club

  • 136 Capers on the cobbles

  • 137 Bideford regatta

  • 138 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 139 Parkham plan realised

  • 140 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 141 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 142 All aboard the ark

  • 143 New art gallery opened

  • 144 The cab at the corner>
  • 145 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 146 Bideford's new market opens next week

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

  • 148 Picking the pops

  • 149 School crossing patrol begins

  • 150

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 151 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 152 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 153 Hartland postman retires

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

  • 155 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 156 Six footed lamb

  • 157 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 158 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 159 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 160 New addition to Quay front

  • 161 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 162 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 163 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 164 Twenty-one yachts

  • 165 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

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

  • 167 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 168 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 169 New shipyard on schedule

  • 170 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 171 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 172

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 173 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 174 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 175 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 176 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 177 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 178 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 179 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 180

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 181 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 182 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 183 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 184 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 185 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 186 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 187 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 188 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 189 Peter poses for TV film

  • 190 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 191 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 192 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 193 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 194 A roof-top view - where?

  • 195

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 196 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 197 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 198 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 199 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 200 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 201 Appledore's largest

  • 202 Getting up steam for tomorrow

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

  • 204 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 205 The art of the thatcher

  • 206 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 207 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 208 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 209 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 210 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 211 End of the line

  • 212 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 213 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 214 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 215 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 216 Out of puff!

  • 217 Centenary of Gazette

  • 218

    Was a missionary
  • 219 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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

  • 221 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 222 Cruising down the river

  • 223 Sweets derationing

  • 224 Modern living at Bideford

  • 225 Ships at Bideford

  • 226 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 227 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 228 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 229

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 230 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 231 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 232 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 233 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 234 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 235 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 236 Recognise this resort?

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

  • 238 School's link with cargo ship

  • 239 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 240 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 241

    Exhibition of school work
  • 242 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 243 Revenge in style

  • 244

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 245 Clovelly custom

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

  • 247 Ten year old scrambler

  • 248 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 249 Circus comes to town

  • 250

    First prize
  • 251 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 252 From Bobby to Brian

  • 253 Service with a smile

  • 254 Some 240 exhibits

  • 255 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 256 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 257 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 258 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 259 Torrington's new amenity

  • 260 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 261 New Lundy stamps

  • 262 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 263 Last train from Torrington

  • 264 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 265 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 266

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 267 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 268 Puppet characters introduced

  • 269

    New gateway
  • 270 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 271 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 272 Can spring be far away?

  • 273 So this is the mainland!

  • 274 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 275 Some mushroom!

  • 276 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 277 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 278 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 279 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 280

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 281 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 282 Happy Days!

  • 283 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 284 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 285 Torrington in 1967

  • 286 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 287 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 288 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 289 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 290 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 291 What's the time?

  • 292 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

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

  • 294

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 295 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 296 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 297 Torrington children build igloo
  • 298 North Devon Driving School

  • 299 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 300 Decontrol of meat

  • 301 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 302 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 303 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 304 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 305 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 306 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 307 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 308

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 309 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 310 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 311 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 312 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 313 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 314 Caught in the act>
  • 315 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 316 Finished in 1876

  • 317 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 318

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 319 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 320 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 321 It really was the 'last time'

  • 322 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 323 Off on a great adventure

  • 324 A man and his wheel

  • 325 Waldon Triplets
  • 326

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 327 Blanchards ad.>
  • 328

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 329 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 330 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 331 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 332 Picking the pops

  • 333 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 334 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 335 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 336 No sale of Springfield House

  • 337 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 338 Burnard family reunion

  • 339 For crying out loud!

  • 340 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 341 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 342 Filming at Hartland

  • 343 Bideford computer stars

  • 344 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 345 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 346 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 347 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 348 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 349 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 350 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 351 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 352 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 353

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 354 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 355 113 years at Instow

  • 356 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 357 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 358 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 359 All for the love of a lady!

  • 360 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 361 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 362 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 363 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 364 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 365

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 366 He beat the floods

  • 367 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 368 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 369 Northam footballers of the future

  • 370 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 371 Traditions and skills still there

  • 372 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 373 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 374 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 375 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 376 Clovelly nightmare

  • 377 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 378 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 379 Penny for the guy

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

  • 381

    Bidefordians
  • 382 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 383 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 384 New look in the hayfields

  • 385 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 386 No laughing matter

  • 387 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 388 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 389

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 390 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 391 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 392 When horses score over the tractor

  • 393 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 394 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 395 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 396 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 397 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 398 A bird of their own!

  • 399

    Building works
  • 400 Police station view of Bideford

  • 401 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 402 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 403 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 404 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 405 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 406

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 407 New life for Hartland organ

  • 408 Bideford loses training ship

  • 409

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 410 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 411 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 412 Bridging the stream

  • 413 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 414 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 415 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 416 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 417 Devil sent packing

  • 418 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 419 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 420 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 421 Entente cordiale in Bideford

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    Married in 1908
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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  • 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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  • 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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Tomorrow night’s skittles broadcast from Bideford

First direct broadcast skittles match

From the Maltscoop Inn alley in Cooper Street, Bideford, tomorrow evening what is believed to be the first direct broadcast skittles match in the BBC West Region will take place as part of the regular sound broadcast feature ‘Sport in the West.’

It will be provided by a light-hearted challenge match between a team representing Bideford and District Skittles League playing on this alley, and the Bath and District Skittles League playing on an alley in Bath.

4 July 1958 Tomorrow nights skittles broadcast

In the photograph (left to right) the local team consists of: Seated – C. Lyle (Littleham), J.P. Cleverdon (Penpushers), E. Glover (Northam). Standing – L. Elston (Fairy Cross), C.G. Metherell (Penpushers), W. Hockin (Abbotsham).

Gazette article 4 July 1958

 

New life for Hartland organ

St Nectan's organ overhaul

An extensive overhaul of the organ at St Nectan’s Church, Stoke, Hartland, has been taking place and our photograph shows some of the hundreds of parts in the process of being re-assembled. From left to right are Messrs. J.E. Sansome, B.H.G. Hooper and M.J. Jenkins of Messrs. Osmonds’ organ works, Taunton.

23 May 1958 New life for Hartland organ

On June 17 a special gift day for the organ fund is to be held at the Church when Dr H. Sumsion of Gloucester Cathedral will give the opening recital on the restored organ.

Gazette article 23 May 1958

 

 

Signed scroll memento of Queen Mother’s visit

Queen Mother visits Lundy

Bearing the signature of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, which she signed during her informal tour of Lundy on Sunday afternoon, this scroll on vellum becomes the island’s proudest possession.

16 May 1958 Signed scroll memonto of Queen Mothers visit

The scroll is the work of Mr John Dyke of Fairy Cross, the island’s artist, and on the side panels he has included drawings of some of the most notable features of Lundy. The lower half of the scroll (not included in the picture) contains the names of residents and those closely associated with the island.

Gazette article 16 May 1958

 

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