• 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 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 2 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 3 New civic medallions

  • 4 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 5 Hartland Dancers
  • 6 Puppet characters introduced

  • 7 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 8 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 9 Devil sent packing

  • 10 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 11 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 12 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 13 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 14 New life for Hartland organ

  • 15 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 16 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 17 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 18 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 19 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 20 A bird of their own!

  • 21 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 22 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 23 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 24

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 25 113 years at Instow

  • 26 Simple Item 138
  • 27 Pannier Market's future?

  • 28 No sale of Springfield House

  • 29

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 30 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 31 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 32 Bideford regatta

  • 33 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 34 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 35 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 36 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 37 School's link with cargo ship

  • 38 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 39 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 40 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 41 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 42 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 43 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 44 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 45 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 46 Traditions and skills still there

  • 47 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 48 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 49 New Lundy stamps

  • 50 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 51 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 52 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 53 Blanchards ad.>
  • 54 Circus comes to town

  • 55 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 56 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 57 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 58 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 59

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 60 It really was the 'last time'

  • 61 Centenary of Gazette

  • 62 New addition to Quay front

  • 63 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 64 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 65 Recognise this resort?

  • 66 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 67 Life begins at 80

  • 68 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 69 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 70 What's the time?

  • 71 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 72 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 73 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 74 School crossing patrol begins

  • 75 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 76 Bideford loses training ship

  • 77 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 78 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 79 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 80 A man and his wheel

  • 81 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 82 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 83 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 84 Emergency ferry services

  • 85 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 86 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 87 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 88 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 89 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 90 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 91 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 92 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 93 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 94 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 95 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 96 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 97 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 98 The creative urge on Saturday morning

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

  • 100 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 101 Burnard family reunion

  • 102 By pony and trap to market

  • 103 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 104 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 105 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 106 Fishermen of Greencliff

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

  • 108 Over the bank together>
  • 109 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 110 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 111 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 112 Cruising down the river

  • 113 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 114 Torrington in 1967

  • 115 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 116 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 117 Ten year old scrambler

  • 118 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 119 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 120 Some mushroom!

  • 121 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

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

  • 123 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 124 The art of the thatcher

  • 125 Penny for the guy

  • 126 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 127 Artisans' Club

  • 128 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 129

    First prize
  • 130 Caught in the act>
  • 131 Modern living at Bideford

  • 132 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 133

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 134 Northam footballers of the future

  • 135 Last train from Torrington

  • 136 Hartland postman retires

  • 137 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 138 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 139 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 140 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 141 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 142 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 143 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 144 They are parted pro-tem

  • 145 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 146 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 147 Littleham family's five generations

  • 148 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 149 Parkham plan realised

  • 150 New shipyard on schedule

  • 151 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 152 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 153 Waldon Triplets
  • 154 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 155

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 156 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 157 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 158 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 159 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 160 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 161 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 162 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 163 Sweets derationing

  • 164 New look in the hayfields

  • 165 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 166 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 167 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 168 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 169 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 170 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 171 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 172 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 173 Peter poses for TV film

  • 174 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 175 Meredith's ironmongers

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

  • 177 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 178 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 179 Revenge in style

  • 180 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 181 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 182 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 183 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 184 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 185 Clovelly custom

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

  • 187 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 188 North Devon Driving School

  • 189 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 190 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 191 Picking the pops

  • 192 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 193 Mobile missionary

  • 194 From Bobby to Brian

  • 195 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 196 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 197 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 198 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 199 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 200 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 201 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 202 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 203 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 204 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 205

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 206 A roof-top view - where?

  • 207 Appledore's largest

  • 208 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 209 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 210 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 211 In their new robes and hats

  • 212 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 213 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 214 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 215 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 216

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 217

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 218 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

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

  • 220 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 221 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 222 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 223 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 224 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 225 Capers on the cobbles

  • 226 Torrington children build igloo
  • 227 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 228 New Post Office

  • 229 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 230 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 231 New art gallery opened

  • 232 Hartland's invitation

  • 233 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 234 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 235 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 236 Variety in summer weather

  • 237 Torrington's new amenity

  • 238 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 239 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 240 Happy Days!

  • 241 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 242 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 243

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 244 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 245 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 246 Police station view of Bideford

  • 247 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 248 New choral society's growing response

  • 249 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 250 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 251 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 252 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 253 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 254 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 255 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 256 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 257 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 258 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 259 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 260 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 261 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 262

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 263 The cab at the corner>
  • 264 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 265

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 266

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 267 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 268 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 269 Finished in 1876

  • 270 Clovelly nightmare

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

  • 272 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 273 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 274 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 275 All aboard the ark

  • 276 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 277 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 278 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 279 First ship in 8 years

  • 280 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 281 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 282 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 283

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 284 So this is the mainland!

  • 285 For crying out loud!

  • 286 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 287

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 288 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 289 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 290

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 291 A story to tell!

  • 292

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 293 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 294 When horses score over the tractor

  • 295 Just over a year old

  • 296

    Exhibition of school work
  • 297 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 298 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 299

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 300 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 301 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 302 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 303 Loads of black and white

  • 304 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 305 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 306 Jumble sale fever

  • 307 Out of puff!

  • 308 Can spring be far away?

  • 309 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 310 Ships at Bideford

  • 311 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 312 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 313 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 314 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 315 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 316 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 317 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 318 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 319 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 320 He beat the floods

  • 321 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 322 Off on a great adventure

  • 323 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 324 Warmington's garage ad

  • 325 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 326

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 327 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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

  • 329 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 330

    Building works
  • 331 Private home for public pump

  • 332 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 333 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 334 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 335 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 336

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 337 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 338 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 339 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 340 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 341 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 342 No laughing matter

  • 343 Service with a smile

  • 344

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 345 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 346 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 347 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 348 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 349 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 350 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 351 End of the line

  • 352 Twenty-one yachts

  • 353 Symbol of Lundy independence

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

  • 355 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 356 Riverside mystery

  • 357 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 358 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 359 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 360 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 361 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 362 Northam's almshouse

  • 363 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 364 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 365 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 366 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 367 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 368 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 369 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 370 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 371

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 372 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 373 Bideford computer stars

  • 374 Decontrol of meat

  • 375 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 376 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 377

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 378 The Geneva marionettes

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

  • 380 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 381 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 382 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 383 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 384 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 385 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 386

    Was a missionary
  • 387 Some 240 exhibits

  • 388 Sight of a lifetime

  • 389

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 390 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 391 Picking the pops

  • 392

    New gateway
  • 393 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 394 Six footed lamb

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

  • 396 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 397 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 398

    Relatives all over the world
  • 399

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 400

    Bidefordians
  • 401 Weare Giffard potato

  • 402 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 403 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 404 Bridging the stream

  • 405 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 406 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 407 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 408 All for the love of a lady!

  • 409 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 410 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 411 Filming at Hartland

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

  • 413 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 414 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 415 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 416 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 417

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 418 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 419 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 420 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 421 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

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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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Ten year old scrambler

Learning about motorcycle scrambling

Anthony Raymont of 32 Clifton Street Bideford, although only 10, is learning about motorcycle scrambling and with his 70 cc. machine he can hold his own with his older fellow enthusiasts.

10 February 1967 Ten year old scrambler

At present he is much too young for serious competition but at every opportunity he can be seen practising in a field behind his home. On some of his practice runs Anthony meets his father and other local enthusiasts who included 14-year-old Roger Tuck of West View Terrace, second from the left. Other riders above are Terry Osborne and Tony Screech.

Gazette article 10 February 1967

 

To build racing cars in former blacksmith’s shop

Bideford's newest industry

Bideford’s newest industry began operations this week in a former blacksmith’s shop. The firm was formed almost three years ago in High Wycombe to manufacture space frames for racing cars.

27 January 1967 To build racing cars in former blacksmiths shop

Director Mr K.J. Nicholls told the Gazette that a space frame is the chassis of the modern racing car. Seen in the picture with Mr Nicholls is a new project – the company’s own sports racing two seater called the ‘Nike’. This has had extensive testing, but without its fibre glass body. So far only the moulds for this have been made.

Gazette article 27 January 1967

 

Second Monte Carlo Rally

Arrived safely in Monte Carlo

Mr Nick Rowe of Torrington, completing his second Monte Carlo Rally arrived safely and apparently without incident and also completed the 850-mile mountain circuit in the specified 22 hours. His first Monte ended with a crash. He is accompanied this year by Mr Bob Shutler of Barnstaple and although his Hillman Imp is a private entry there has been support from Rootes.

20 January 1967 Second Monte Carlo Rally

Mr Rowe is seen on the extreme left of the picture before setting off. On his left is his wife who said she was delighted that he had done so well.

Gazette article 20 January 1967

 

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