• 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 Clovelly nightmare

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 3 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 4 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 5 Fish nearly pulled him in

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

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    Married in 1908
  • 8 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 9 Out of puff!

  • 10 Mobile missionary

  • 11 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 12 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 13 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 14 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 15 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 16 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 17 School's link with cargo ship

  • 18 So this is the mainland!

  • 19 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 20 Devil sent packing

  • 21 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 22 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 23 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 24 Waldon Triplets
  • 25 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 26 They are parted pro-tem

  • 27

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 28 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 29 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 30

    Bidefordians
  • 31 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 32 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 33 Ships at Bideford

  • 34 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 35 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 36 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 37 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 38 Puppet characters introduced

  • 39 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 40 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 41 New gateway to King George's Fields

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

  • 43 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 44 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 45 New addition to Quay front

  • 46 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 47 Parkham plan realised

  • 48 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 49 School crossing patrol begins

  • 50 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 51 Beach search for mines takes longer

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

  • 53 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 54 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 55 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 56 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 57 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 58 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 59 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 60 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 61 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 62

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 63

    Exhibition of school work
  • 64 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 65 All aboard the ark

  • 66 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 67 A roof-top view - where?

  • 68 Peter poses for TV film

  • 69 Littleham family's five generations

  • 70 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 71 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 72 Last train from Torrington

  • 73 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 74 In their new robes and hats

  • 75 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 76 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 77 Weare Giffard potato

  • 78 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 79 From Bobby to Brian

  • 80 Recognise this resort?

  • 81 Emergency ferry services

  • 82 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 83 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 84 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 85 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 86 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 87 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 88 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 89 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 90 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 91 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 92 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 93 Life begins at 80

  • 94

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 95 Variety in summer weather

  • 96 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 97 Picking the pops

  • 98 Decontrol of meat

  • 99 Burnard family reunion

  • 100 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 101 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 102 Jumble sale fever

  • 103 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 104 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 105 Private home for public pump

  • 106 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 107 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 108 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 109

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 110 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 111 It really was the 'last time'

  • 112 No laughing matter

  • 113 Sailing to victory at Appledore

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

  • 115 Sweets derationing

  • 116 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 117 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 118 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 119 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 120 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 121 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 122 New shipyard on schedule

  • 123 New life for Hartland organ

  • 124 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 125 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 126 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 127 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 128 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 129 Revenge in style

  • 130 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 131 Can spring be far away?

  • 132 New art gallery opened

  • 133 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 134

    Building works
  • 135 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 136 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 137 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 138 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 139 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 140 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 141 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 142 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 143 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 144 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 145 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 146 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 147

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 148 For crying out loud!

  • 149

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 150

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 151 Northam's almshouse

  • 152

    New gateway
  • 153 Police station view of Bideford

  • 154 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 155 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 156 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 157 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 158 Torrington's new amenity

  • 159 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 160 Capers on the cobbles

  • 161 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 162 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 163 Cruising down the river

  • 164 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 165 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 166 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 167 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 168 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 169 Caught in the act>
  • 170 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 171 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 172 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 173 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 174 Twenty-one yachts

  • 175 Torrington children build igloo
  • 176 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 177 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 178 Some mushroom!

  • 179 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 180 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 181

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 182 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 183 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 184 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 185 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 186 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 187 Artisans' Club

  • 188 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 189 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 190 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 191 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 192

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 193 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 194 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 195 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 196 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 197 Just over a year old

  • 198 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 199 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 200 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 201 North Devon Driving School

  • 202 A story to tell!

  • 203 Finished in 1876

  • 204 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 205 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 206 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

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

  • 208 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 209

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 210 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 211 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 212 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 213

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 214 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 215

    Relatives all over the world
  • 216 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 217 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 218 Centenary of Gazette

  • 219 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 220 New look in the hayfields

  • 221 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 222 A man and his wheel

  • 223 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 224 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 225 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 226 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 227 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 228 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 229 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 230 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 231

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 232 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 233 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 234 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 235 Bideford regatta

  • 236 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 237 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 238 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 239 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 240 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 241 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 242 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 243 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 244 Bideford loses training ship

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

  • 246 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 247 New Lundy stamps

  • 248 113 years at Instow

  • 249 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 250 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 251 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 252 The Geneva marionettes

  • 253 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 254 Some 240 exhibits

  • 255 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 256 Over the bank together>
  • 257 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 258 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 259 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 260 New civic medallions

  • 261 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 262 Pannier Market's future?

  • 263 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 264 Sight of a lifetime

  • 265 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 266 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 267 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 268 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 269 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 270 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 271 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 272 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 273 First ship in 8 years

  • 274 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 275 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 276 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 277 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 278 Appledore schooner broadcast

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 280 When horses score over the tractor

  • 281 All for the love of a lady!

  • 282 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 283 Traditions and skills still there

  • 284 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 285 Torrington in 1967

  • 286 Penny for the guy

  • 287 Clovelly custom

  • 288 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 289 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 290 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 291 He beat the floods

  • 292 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 293 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 294 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 295 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 296 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 297 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 298 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 299 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 300 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 301 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 302 No sale of Springfield House

  • 303 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 304 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 305 Northam footballers of the future

  • 306 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 307 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 308 Happy Days!

  • 309 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 310 By pony and trap to market

  • 311 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 312 Loads of black and white

  • 313 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 314 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 315 Bideford computer stars

  • 316 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 317 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 318 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 319 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 320 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 321 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 322 Bicycle now does donkey work

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

  • 324 Bridging the stream

  • 325 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 326 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 327 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 328 The cab at the corner>
  • 329 Circus comes to town

  • 330 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 331 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 332 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 333 Picking the pops

  • 334 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 335 Hartland Dancers
  • 336

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 337 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 338 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 339 Off on a great adventure

  • 340 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 341 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 342 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 343 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 344 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 345 Blanchards ad.>
  • 346 Ten year old scrambler

  • 347

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 348 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 349

    First prize
  • 350 Warmington's garage ad

  • 351 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 352 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 353 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 354 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 355 Filming at Hartland

  • 356 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 357 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 358 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 359

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 360 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 361 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 362 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 363 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 364 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 365 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 366 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 367 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 368 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 369 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 370 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 371 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 372 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

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

  • 374

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 375 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 376 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 377 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 378 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 379 End of the line

  • 380 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 381 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 382 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 383 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 384 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 385 New choral society's growing response

  • 386 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 387 Hartland's invitation

  • 388 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 389 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 390 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 391

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 392

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 393

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 394 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 395 Hartland postman retires

  • 396 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 397 The art of the thatcher

  • 398 Modern living at Bideford

  • 399 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 400

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 401

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 402 Appledore's largest

  • 403 An early 'special' to Bideford

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 405 A bird of their own!

  • 406 Service with a smile

  • 407

    Was a missionary
  • 408 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 409 New Post Office

  • 410 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 411 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 412

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 413 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 414 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 415 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 416 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 417 Six footed lamb

  • 418 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 419 Riverside mystery

  • 420 What's the time?

  • 421 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

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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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Traditions and skills still there!

Appledore yacht races

The races for model yachts at Appledore regatta call for considerable craftmanship, skill and ingenuity, spiced by friendly rivalry.

9 August 1968 Traditions and skills still there

Practically all the models are home-made, often incorporating features of special design. The picture illustrates Mr Horace Ford, of Torridge Road, Appledore, and his daughter Janet preparing their entry in the 3 ft. 6 in. class. Mr Ford comes of a well-known local boatbuilding family and not only made this model but also one of the winners in a class for smaller models

Gazette article 9 August 1968

 

Variety in ‘summer’ weather

Variety in weather

It has been quite a week for variety in weather – occasional hot sunshine, exceptionally violent thunderstorms and periods of prolonged heavy rain, hailstones ‘as big as walnuts,’ flooding and hay and other crops damaged.

5 July 1968 Variety in summer weather

The vagaries of this summer so far are reflected in the above photograph taken at the donkey derby staged at Torrington.

Gazette article 5 July 1968

 

It really was the last ‘time’!

Last call at Taddiport

On Tuesday night ‘Time, gentlemen, please,’ the call that has rung through the Buckingham Arms at Taddiport for considerably more than 100 years, was heard for the last time.

21 June 1968 It really was the last time

Owners of the inn, Whitbreads, have sold it and the licence is to be surrendered. But the purchaser is no stranger. He is Mr Jim Horrell, landlord of the Buckingham Arms for the past 12 years. The pub will be the farmhouse for the smallholding on which it is situated.

Gazette article 21 June 1968

 

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