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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 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 2 Bideford computer stars

  • 3 Appledore schooner broadcast

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

  • 5 Filming at Hartland

  • 6 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 7 Parkham plan realised

  • 8 A story to tell!

  • 9 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 10 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 11 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 12 Devil sent packing

  • 13 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 14 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 15 Emergency ferry services

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

  • 17 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 18 Northam's almshouse

  • 19 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 20 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 21 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 22 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 23

    Exhibition of school work
  • 24 Picking the pops

  • 25 New life for Hartland organ

  • 26 New look in the hayfields

  • 27 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 28 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 29

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 30 They are parted pro-tem

  • 31 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 32 Life begins at 80

  • 33 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 34 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 35 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 36 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 37 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 38 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 39 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 40

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 41 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 42 Students help model St Sidwell

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

  • 44 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 45 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 46 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 47 Some mushroom!

  • 48 For crying out loud!

  • 49 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 50 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 51 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 52 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 53 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 54 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 55 Recognise this resort?

  • 56 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 57 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 58 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 59 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 60 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 61 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 62 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 63 All aboard the ark

  • 64 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 65 By pony and trap to market

  • 66 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 67 Can spring be far away?

  • 68 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 69 Hartland postman retires

  • 70 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 71 A man and his wheel

  • 72 Bridging the stream

  • 73 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 74 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 75 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 76 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 77

    Building works
  • 78 Finished in 1876

  • 79

    First prize
  • 80

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 81 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 82 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 83 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 84

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 85 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 86 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 87 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 88 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 89 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 90 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 91 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 92 Just over a year old

  • 93 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 94 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 95 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 96

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 97 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 98 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 99 'Les Girls' of Hartland

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

  • 101 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 102 Capers on the cobbles

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

  • 104 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 105 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 106 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 107 Artisans' Club

  • 108 In their new robes and hats

  • 109

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 110 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 111 Ten year old scrambler

  • 112 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 113 Sight of a lifetime

  • 114

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 115 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 116 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 117 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 118 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 119 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 120 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 121 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 122 Over the bank together>
  • 123 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 124 New addition to Quay front

  • 125 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 126 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 127

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 128 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 129 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 130 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 131 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 132 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 133 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 134 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 135 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 136 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 137 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 138 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 139 Centenary of Gazette

  • 140 All for the love of a lady!

  • 141 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 142 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 143 What's the time?

  • 144 Jumble sale fever

  • 145 First ship in 8 years

  • 146 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 147 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 148 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 149 Clovelly custom

  • 150 Torrington children build igloo
  • 151 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 152 It really was the 'last time'

  • 153 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 154 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 155 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 156 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 157 Hartland Dancers
  • 158 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 159 Littleham family's five generations

  • 160

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 161 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 162

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 163 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 164 No laughing matter

  • 165 New choral society's growing response

  • 166 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 167

    Bidefordians
  • 168 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 169 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 170 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 171

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 172 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 173 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 174 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 175 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 176 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 177 New Lundy stamps

  • 178 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 179 Torrington in 1967

  • 180 New art gallery opened

  • 181 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 182 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 183 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 184 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

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

  • 186 Happy Days!

  • 187 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 188 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 189 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 190 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 191 So this is the mainland!

  • 192 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 193 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 194 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 195 Penny for the guy

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

  • 197 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 198 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 199 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 200 113 years at Instow

  • 201 End of the line

  • 202 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 203 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 204 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 205 Twenty-one yachts

  • 206 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 207

    Was a missionary
  • 208 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 209

    Married in 1908
  • 210 Pannier Market's future?

  • 211 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 212 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 213 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 214 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 215 Appledore's largest

  • 216 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 217 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 218 From Bobby to Brian

  • 219 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 220 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 221 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 222 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 223 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 224 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 225 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 226 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 227 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 228 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 229 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 230 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 231 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 232 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 233 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 234 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 235 Ships at Bideford

  • 236 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 237 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 238 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 239 Bideford regatta

  • 240 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 241 Variety in summer weather

  • 242 Police station view of Bideford

  • 243 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 244 Alwington School closing after 120 years

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

  • 246 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 247 Burnard family reunion

  • 248 Hartland's invitation

  • 249 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 250 Off on a great adventure

  • 251 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 252

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 253

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 254 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 255 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 256 Decontrol of meat

  • 257 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 258 Revenge in style

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

  • 260 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 261 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 262 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 263 No sale of Springfield House

  • 264 Private home for public pump

  • 265 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 266 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 267 Peter poses for TV film

  • 268 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 269 Warmington's garage ad

  • 270 A roof-top view - where?

  • 271 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 272 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 273 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 274 Sweets derationing

  • 275 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 276 Out of puff!

  • 277 Riverside mystery

  • 278 Torrington's new amenity

  • 279 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 280 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 281 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 282 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 283

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 284 Bideford loses training ship

  • 285 Traditions and skills still there

  • 286 The Geneva marionettes

  • 287

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 288 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 289 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 290 School's link with cargo ship

  • 291

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 292 Picking the pops

  • 293 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 294 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 295 The art of the thatcher

  • 296

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 297 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 298 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 299 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 300 Weare Giffard potato

  • 301 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 302 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 303

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 304

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 305 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 306 Modern living at Bideford

  • 307 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 308 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 309 Loads of black and white

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

  • 311 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 312 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 313 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 314 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 315 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 316 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 317 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 318 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 319 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 320 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 321 Circus comes to town

  • 322 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 323 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 324 A bird of their own!

  • 325 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 326

    Relatives all over the world
  • 327 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 328

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 329 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 330 Blanchards ad.>
  • 331 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 332 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 333 Northam footballers of the future

  • 334 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 335 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 336 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 337 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 338 Simple Item 138
  • 339 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 340 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 341 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 342 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 343 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 344 Some 240 exhibits

  • 345 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 346

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 347 New Post Office

  • 348 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 349 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 350 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 351 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 352 School crossing patrol begins

  • 353 Caught in the act>
  • 354 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 355 Fishermen of Greencliff

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

  • 357 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 358 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 359 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 360 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 361 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 362 Clovelly nightmare

  • 363 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 364 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 365 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 366 When horses score over the tractor

  • 367 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 368 Cruising down the river

  • 369 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 370 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 371 He beat the floods

  • 372 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 373 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 374 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 375 Waldon Triplets
  • 376 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 377 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 378 The cab at the corner>
  • 379 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 380 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 381 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 382 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 383 New civic medallions

  • 384

    New gateway
  • 385 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 386 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 387 Service with a smile

  • 388 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 389 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 390 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 391

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 392 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 393 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 394 New shipyard on schedule

  • 395

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 396 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 397 Puppet characters introduced

  • 398 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 399 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 400 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 401 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 402 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 403 North Devon Driving School

  • 404 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 405 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 406 Last train from Torrington

  • 407 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 408 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

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

  • 410 Six footed lamb

  • 411 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 412 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 413 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 414 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 415 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 416 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 417

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 418 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 419 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 421 Mobile missionary

  • 422 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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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Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

Building models for 40 years

Mr Thomas John Henwood, of No. 2 Northgate, Hartland, has been answering a call of the sea for more than 40 years and has still kept his feet firmly on the ground.

He was 17 when he made his first model boat, his subject the ill-fated Titanic and he has since devoted most of his spare time during the winter months to his fascinating hobby.

Cunarders have always had a special appeal and because of intricate detail, each occupies him for about three years. After the Titanic came the Mauretania, the Lusitania, the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth seen with him in the picture. This winter he has begun his latest work, the Queen Elizabeth II.

Hartland shipbuilding hobby

The models are made entirely by hand, Mr Henwood boasts that he has never used a power tool, some of his tools being 100 years old.

Gazette article dated 28 March 1969

 

Record player of 80 years ago

Record player of 80 years ago

A phonograph has been offered by an Instow man to Bideford Museum. Mr Charles Martin of Bridge Lane, Instow, was given the phonograph over 50 years ago by his uncle Mr John Martin who bought it in Australia in the early 1890s.

Record player of 80 years

In the photograph Mr Martin is seen playing the phonograph at his home. The cylindrical objects in the case are records made of a hard wax-like substance. For playing they are placed on to a rolling pin cylinder and the needle fitted in the groove on the recording makes its way along as it plays.

Gazette article dated 11 April 1969

Westward Ho! WI 21st birthday

Westward Ho! WI celebrates

‘Coming of age’ is an important event in the life of a Women’s Institute and Westward Ho! members celebrated their institute’s 21st birthday at the Kingsley Hall.

A cake bearing 21 red roses, made by Mrs A. Powell, was cut by the President Mrs L. Pope who was a member of the first committee and founder of the music and drama group. Guests included past presidents Mesdames Stallabrass, Hilder and Stevens and Mesdames Hemmel, Courtney and Violet (all V.C.Os.)

Westward Ho WI 21st birthday

The photograph above shows the President and past presidents, officers, committee members and V.C.Os.

Gazette article dated 25 April 1969

 

 

 

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