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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 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 3 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 4 Hartland's invitation

  • 5 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 6 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 7 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 8 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 9 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 10 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 11 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 12 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 13 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 14 End of the line

  • 15

    Bidefordians
  • 16 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 17 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 18 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 19 Off on a great adventure

  • 20 Picking the pops

  • 21 Warmington's garage ad

  • 22 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 23 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 24 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 25 Riverside mystery

  • 26 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 27 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 28 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 29 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 30 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 31 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 32 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 33 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 34 Hartland postman retires

  • 35 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 36

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 37 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

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

  • 39 Service with a smile

  • 40 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 41 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 42 Torrington in 1967

  • 43 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 44 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 45 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 46 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 47 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 48 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 49 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 50 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 51 Puppet characters introduced

  • 52 New addition to Quay front

  • 53 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 54 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 55

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 56 Northam's almshouse

  • 57 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 58 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 59 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 60 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 61 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 62 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 63 Out of puff!

  • 64 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 65 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 66 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 67 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 68 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 69 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 70 All aboard the ark

  • 71 Police station view of Bideford

  • 72 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 73 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 74 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 75 North Devon Driving School

  • 76 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 77 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 78 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 79 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 80 School's link with cargo ship

  • 81 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 82 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 83 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 84 Modern living at Bideford

  • 85 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 86 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 87 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 88 When horses score over the tractor

  • 89 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 90

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 91 Hartland Dancers
  • 92 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 93 Pannier Market's future?

  • 94 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 95 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 96

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 97 Revenge in style

  • 98 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 99 New choral society's growing response

  • 100 A roof-top view - where?

  • 101 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 102 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 103 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 104 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 105 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 106 By pony and trap to market

  • 107 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 108 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 109 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 110 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 111 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 112 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 113 Emergency ferry services

  • 114

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 115 Happy Days!

  • 116 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 117 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 118 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 119 A story to tell!

  • 120 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

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

  • 122

    Relatives all over the world
  • 123

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 124 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 125 Sight of a lifetime

  • 126 Penny for the guy

  • 127 It really was the 'last time'

  • 128 Passing of a Torrington landmark

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

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

  • 131 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

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

  • 133 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 134 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 135 From Bobby to Brian

  • 136 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 137 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 138

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 139 Some mushroom!

  • 140 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 141

    Was a missionary
  • 142 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 143 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 144 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 145 All for the love of a lady!

  • 146 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 147 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 148 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 149 New shipyard on schedule

  • 150 Picking the pops

  • 151

    First prize
  • 152 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 153 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 154 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 155 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 156 He beat the floods

  • 157 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 158 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 159 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 160

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 161 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 162 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 163 Centenary of Gazette

  • 164

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 165 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 166 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 167 A bird of their own!

  • 168 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 169 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 170 Simple Item 138
  • 171

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 172 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 173 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 174 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 175 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 176 Over the bank together>
  • 177 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 178 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 179 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 180 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 181 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 182 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 183 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 184

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 185 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 186

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 187 Blanchards ad.>
  • 188 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 189 Peter poses for TV film

  • 190

    Married in 1908
  • 191 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 192 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 193 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 194 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 195 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 196 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 197 Private home for public pump

  • 198 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 199 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 200 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 201

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 202 In their new robes and hats

  • 203 Northam footballers of the future

  • 204 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 205 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 206 What's the time?

  • 207 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 208 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 209 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 210 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 211 Down at the dump something stirs

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

  • 213 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 214 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 215 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 216 Ships at Bideford

  • 217 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 218 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 219 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 220 Sweets derationing

  • 221 Waldon Triplets
  • 222 Weare Giffard potato

  • 223 Finished in 1876

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 225 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 226 Can spring be far away?

  • 227 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 228 The Geneva marionettes

  • 229 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 230 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 231 Bideford loses training ship

  • 232 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 233 Torrington's new amenity

  • 234 Devil sent packing

  • 235 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 236 New Post Office

  • 237 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 238 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 239 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 240 A man and his wheel

  • 241 Traditions and skills still there

  • 242 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 243

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 244 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 245 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 246 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 247 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 248 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 249 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 250 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 251 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 252 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 253 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 254 Six footed lamb

  • 255 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 256 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 257 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 258 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 259 Parkham plan realised

  • 260

    Exhibition of school work
  • 261 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 262 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 263 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 264 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 265 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 266 Variety in summer weather

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

  • 268 Artisans' Club

  • 269 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 270 Mobile missionary

  • 271 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 272 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 273 A lost Bideford 'island'

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 275 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 276 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 277 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 278 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
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    New gateway
  • 280 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 281 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 282 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 283 Capers on the cobbles

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

  • 285 Caught in the act>
  • 286 No sale of Springfield House

  • 287 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 288 Appledore's largest

  • 289 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 290 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 291 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 292 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 293 Bideford computer stars

  • 294 Just over a year old

  • 295 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 296 Torrington children build igloo
  • 297 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 298 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 299 New art gallery opened

  • 300 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 301 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 302 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

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

  • 304 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 305 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 306

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 307 Loads of black and white

  • 308 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 309

    Building works
  • 310 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 311 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 312 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 313 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 314 113 years at Instow

  • 315 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 316 Children's procession with foxgloves

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

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

  • 319 Cruising down the river

  • 320 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 321 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 322 Bideford regatta

  • 323 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 324 They are parted pro-tem

  • 325 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 326 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 327 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 328 First ship in 8 years

  • 329 Last train from Torrington

  • 330 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 331 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 332 Circus comes to town

  • 333 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 334 Decontrol of meat

  • 335 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 336 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 337 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 338 For crying out loud!

  • 339 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 340 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 341 New Lundy stamps

  • 342 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 343

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 344 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 345 No laughing matter

  • 346 Filming at Hartland

  • 347 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 348 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 349 The art of the thatcher

  • 350 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 351

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 352 Burnard family reunion

  • 353 Clovelly custom

  • 354 The cab at the corner>
  • 355 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 356 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 357 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 358 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 359 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 360 Clovelly nightmare

  • 361 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 362 Twenty-one yachts

  • 363

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 364 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 365 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

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

  • 367 Ten year old scrambler

  • 368 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 369 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 370 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 371 Life begins at 80

  • 372 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 373 New civic medallions

  • 374

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 375 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 376 New life for Hartland organ

  • 377 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 378 New look in the hayfields

  • 379 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 380 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 381 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 382 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 383 School crossing patrol begins

  • 384 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 385 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 386 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 387 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 388 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 389 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 390 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 391 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 392 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 393 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 394 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 395 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 396 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 397 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 398

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 399 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 400 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 401 Some 240 exhibits

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 403 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 404 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 405 Jumble sale fever

  • 406 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 407 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 408 Littleham family's five generations

  • 409 Recognise this resort?

  • 410

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 411 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 412 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 413 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 414 Bridging the stream

  • 415 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 416 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 417 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 418 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 419 So this is the mainland!

  • 420 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 421 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 422 No ancient Grecian temple this

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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  • 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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  • 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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Has designed all furnishings of new chapel

Bideford artist Reginald Lloyd

and his work featured in a recent issue of ‘Canvas’ Westward Television’s monthly magazine of the arts. He finds his inspiration as an artist in the Westcountry, painting abstract landscapes, sculpting and – one of his keenest interests – gaining international recognition as a designer of church interiors.

Designs all furnishings of new chapel

In the new chapel at the Stella Maris Convent School at Bideford he is doing something he believes no other artist has had the chance to do – design every article and piece of furniture and paint the pictures. This will include the altar, the ironwork altar rails and screen, the pews, the candlesticks and the paining of the Crucifixion.

Gazette article 27 April 1962

Appledore’s new lifeboat

Appledore’s new lifeboat,

which has undergone engine trials, will, it is hoped, be ready to leave the yards of her Isle of Wight builders next month. Provisional date for delivery is 15 May. Travelling to the Isle of Wight to fetch her will probably be Coxswain Sydney Cann, the mechanic Mr Leon Richards and Capt. Pat Brennan (local secretary of the R.N.L.I.). Provisional date for the naming ceremony is 27 June. She will be handed over by Sir Eric Seal, representing the committee of management.

Appledores new lifeboat

Gazette article 19 April 1962

Quads join a Langtree happy family

All pals together on Barns Farm, Langtree, the home of the Mills family

The proud mother of quads is a Closewool and she is the first ewe to present Mr L.G. Mills with a foursome since he began farming about 18 years ago. All the offspring are thriving, for which three-year-old Helen, Mr and Mrs Mills’ youngest child, can take some credit. She is always on hand with the feeding bottle when the need arises.

Quads join a Langtree happy family

The rabbits being held by sons Brian and Peter were given to the sons some three years ago and after a while they were found a home in a disused fowl pen. They soon got out and they have never been penned since and roam the farm at will. They help themselves to food from the fowl pen and the meal house but have remained as tame as when in a hutch.

Gazette article 2 March 1962

 

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