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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 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 2 Twenty-one yachts

  • 3 In their new robes and hats

  • 4 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 5 Ten year old scrambler

  • 6 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 7 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 8 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 9 Sweets derationing

  • 10 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 11 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 12 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 13 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 14 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 15 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 16 Appledore's largest

  • 17 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 18 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 19

    Bidefordians
  • 20 Recognise this resort?

  • 21 Over the bank together>
  • 22

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 23 Parkham plan realised

  • 24 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 25

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 26 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 27 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 28 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 29 Traditions and skills still there

  • 30 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 31 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

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

  • 33 Northam footballers of the future

  • 34 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 35 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 36 Farewell to passenger trains

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

  • 38 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 39 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 40 Sight of a lifetime

  • 41 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 42 When horses score over the tractor

  • 43 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 44 School's link with cargo ship

  • 45 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 46 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 47 Picking the pops

  • 48 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 49 It really was the 'last time'

  • 50 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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

  • 52 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 53 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 54 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 55 Northam's almshouse

  • 56 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 57 New shipyard on schedule

  • 58 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 59 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 60 Bideford regatta

  • 61 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 62

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 63

    First prize
  • 64 Circus comes to town

  • 65

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 66 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 67 Bideford loses training ship

  • 68 School crossing patrol begins

  • 69 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 70 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 71

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 72 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 73 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 74 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 75 All for the love of a lady!

  • 76 Blanchards ad.>
  • 77 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 78 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 79 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 80 Capers on the cobbles

  • 81 The Geneva marionettes

  • 82 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 83 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 84 From Bobby to Brian

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

  • 86 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 87 Clovelly custom

  • 88 Penny for the guy

  • 89 Private home for public pump

  • 90 Devil sent packing

  • 91 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 92 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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

  • 94 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 95 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 96 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 97 A bird of their own!

  • 98

    Relatives all over the world
  • 99 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 100 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 101 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 102 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 103 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 104

    Exhibition of school work
  • 105 Some mushroom!

  • 106 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 107 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 108 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 109 A man and his wheel

  • 110 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 111 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 112 New civic medallions

  • 113 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 114 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 115 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 116 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 117 First ship in 8 years

  • 118 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 119 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 120 Hartland postman retires

  • 121 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 122 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 123 New addition to Quay front

  • 124 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 125 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 126 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 127 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 128 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 129 113 years at Instow

  • 130

    Married in 1908
  • 131 Torrington children build igloo
  • 132 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 133 For crying out loud!

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

  • 135 The art of the thatcher

  • 136 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 137 End of the line

  • 138 Hartland Dancers
  • 139 Variety in summer weather

  • 140 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 141 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 142 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 143 Artisans' Club

  • 144 Filming at Hartland

  • 145 By pony and trap to market

  • 146 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 147 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 148 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 149

    Was a missionary
  • 150 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 151 Weare Giffard potato

  • 152 Modern living at Bideford

  • 153 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 154 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 155 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 156 Finished in 1876

  • 157 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 158 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 159 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 160 Riverside mystery

  • 161 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 162 No laughing matter

  • 163 North Devon Driving School

  • 164 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 165 Decontrol of meat

  • 166

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 167 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 168 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 169 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 170 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 171 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 172 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 173 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 174 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 175

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 176 Simple Item 138
  • 177 Life begins at 80

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

  • 179 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 180

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 181 He beat the floods

  • 182 So this is the mainland!

  • 183 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 184 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 185

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 186 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 187 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 188 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 189 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 190 Bridging the stream

  • 191 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 192 Police station view of Bideford

  • 193 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 194

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 195 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 196 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 197 Hartland's invitation

  • 198 A roof-top view - where?

  • 199 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 200 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 201 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 202 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 203 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 204 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 205 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 206 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 207 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 208 New choral society's growing response

  • 209 Cruising down the river

  • 210 Emergency ferry services

  • 211 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 212 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 213 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 214 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 215 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 216 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 217 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 218 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 219

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 220 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 221 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 222 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 223 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 224 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 225 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 226 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 227 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 228 Puppet characters introduced

  • 229 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 230 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 231 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 232 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 233 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 234 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 235 New Lundy stamps

  • 236 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 237

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 238 Down at the dump something stirs

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

  • 240 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 241 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 242 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 243 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 244 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 245

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 246 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 247 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 248 Off on a great adventure

  • 249 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 250

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 251 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 252 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 253 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 254 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 255

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 256 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 257 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 258 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 259 Centenary of Gazette

  • 260 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 261 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 262 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 263 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 264 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 265 Spray dodging - the new pastime

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

  • 267 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 268 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 269 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 270 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 271 Clovelly nightmare

  • 272 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 273

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 274 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 275 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 276 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 277 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 278 All aboard the ark

  • 279 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 280 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 281 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 282 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 283 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 284 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 285 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 286 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 287 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 288 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 289 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

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    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 291 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 292 They are parted pro-tem

  • 293 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 294 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 295 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 296 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 297 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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

  • 299 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 300 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 301 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 302 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 303 New Post Office

  • 304 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 305 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 306 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 307 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 308 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 309 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 310 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 311 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 312 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

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

  • 314 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 315 Burnard family reunion

  • 316 Bideford computer stars

  • 317 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 318 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

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

  • 320 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 321 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 322 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 323 Revenge in style

  • 324 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 325 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 326 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 327 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 328

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 329 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 330

    New gateway
  • 331 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 332 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 333 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 334 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 335 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 336 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 337 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 338 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 339 No sale of Springfield House

  • 340 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 341

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 342 New art gallery opened

  • 343 What's the time?

  • 344 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 345 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 346 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 347 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 348 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 349 Picking the pops

  • 350 A story to tell!

  • 351 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

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

  • 353 Jumble sale fever

  • 354 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 355 Six footed lamb

  • 356 Ships at Bideford

  • 357 Torrington's new amenity

  • 358 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 359 Peter poses for TV film

  • 360 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 361

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 362 Happy Days!

  • 363 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 364 New look in the hayfields

  • 365 Just over a year old

  • 366 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 367 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

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    Building works
  • 369 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 370 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 371 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 372 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 373 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 374 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 375 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 376 Loads of black and white

  • 377 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 378 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 379 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 380 Out of puff!

  • 381 Can spring be far away?

  • 382 Last train from Torrington

  • 383 The cab at the corner>
  • 384 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 385 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 386 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 387

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 388 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 389 Mobile missionary

  • 390 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 391

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 392 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 393

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 394 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 395 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 396 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 397 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 398 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 399

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 400 Littleham family's five generations

  • 401 Some 240 exhibits

  • 402 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 403 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 404 New life for Hartland organ

  • 405 Pannier Market's future?

  • 406 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 407 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 408 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 409 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 410 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 411 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 412 Warmington's garage ad

  • 413 Service with a smile

  • 414 Caught in the act>
  • 415 Torrington in 1967

  • 416 Waldon Triplets
  • 417 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 418

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 419 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 420 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 421 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 422 Faints as she wins national competition

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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What is the future of the railway goods yard?

Car park or motel?

Car park, trading estate or site for holiday accommodation? What is to be the future of former railway goods yard at Bideford, pictured here?

24 February 1967 What is future of railway goods yard

Some time ago the Town Council agreed as a matter of policy that they should consider acquiring land by the river as it became available should this be practicable. In the meantime planning permission for change of use to a car park was sought. British Rail then applied for a certificate of alternative development, enhancing the value of the site, which they suggest is suitable for a motel, holiday chalets and a petrol filling station.

The latest move has come from the Town Council, who are seeking planning permission for parts of the goods yard to be used for industrial and commercial purposes.

Gazette article 24 February 1967

 

Panel sprint to be on time for Bideford broadcast

Any Questions broadcast from Bideford

Three members of the BBC ‘Any Questions’ panel sprinted through the corridors of Bideford County Secondary School on Friday in an effort to maintain the programme’s 18 year old record of never being late for a broadcast. A mix-up had occurred in arrangements for a taxi to the school from the hotel where the panel had dined, there being only one vehicle for the panel of four plus the producer and compere.

17 February 1967 Panel sprint to be on time for Bideford broadcast

Two of the members of the panel, Dr David Owen MP for the Sutton Division of Plymouth (far right) and Mr Dominic Le Foe, editor of the ‘Contemporary Review’ are well-known locally. The other two members were, on the left, Mr David Price, Conservative MP for Eastleigh and Miss Dee Wells, a well-known journalist sitting next to Dr Owen. Regular question-master Mr Freddy Grisewood (centre) introduced the panel and the procedure Mr Michael Burn (who sat at his left).

Gazette article 17 February 1967

 

Landmark at Bradworthy

Vicar in the stocks

10 February 1967 Landmark at Bradworthy

Children’s fun with the old stocks at Bradworthy when the Vicar, (Rev. H.T. Lingham Lees), seen adjusting the stocks, sat in the porch for 19 hours to receive donations towards the Parish Church Tower Appeal Fund.

Gazette article 10 February 1967

 

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