• 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 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 2 From Bobby to Brian

  • 3 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 4 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 5 Pannier Market's future?

  • 6 Decontrol of meat

  • 7 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 8 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 9 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 10 Hartland postman retires

  • 11 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 12 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 13 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 14 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 15 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 16 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 17 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 18 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 19 Artisans' Club

  • 20 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 21 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 22 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 23 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 24 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 25 Torrington children build igloo
  • 26 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 27 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 28 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 29 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 30 Mobile missionary

  • 31 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 32 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 33 New shipyard on schedule

  • 34 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 35 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 36 Simple Item 138
  • 37 Emergency ferry services

  • 38 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 39 New addition to Quay front

  • 40

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 41 Just over a year old

  • 42 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 43 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 44 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 45 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 46 New Post Office

  • 47

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 48 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 49 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 50 Cruising down the river

  • 51 Sweet success at Langtree School

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

  • 53 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 54 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 55 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 56 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 57 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 58 The Geneva marionettes

  • 59 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 60 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 61 What's the time?

  • 62 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 63 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 64 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 65 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 66 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 67 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 68 New look in the hayfields

  • 69 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 70 New life for Hartland organ

  • 71 Revenge in style

  • 72 Capers on the cobbles

  • 73 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 74 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 75 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 76 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 77 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 78 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 79 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 80 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 81 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 82 Littleham family's five generations

  • 83 He beat the floods

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

  • 85 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 86 Riverside mystery

  • 87 Filming at Hartland

  • 88 Ten year old scrambler

  • 89 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 90

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 91 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 92 Northam footballers of the future

  • 93 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 94 Picking the pops

  • 95 Bideford loses training ship

  • 96 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 97 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 98 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 99 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 100

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 101 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 102 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 103 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 104 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 105 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 106 Caught in the act>
  • 107 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 108 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 109 New choral society's growing response

  • 110 Out of puff!

  • 111 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 112 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 113 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 114 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 115 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 116 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 117

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 118 Some mushroom!

  • 119 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 120 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 121 Hartland Dancers
  • 122

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 123 In their new robes and hats

  • 124 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 125 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 126 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 127 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 128 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 129 New Lundy stamps

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

  • 131 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 132 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 133 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 134 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 135 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 136 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 137 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 138 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 139 Picking the pops

  • 140 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 141 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 142 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 143 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 144 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 145 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 146 Private home for public pump

  • 147 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 148 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 149 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 150 Loads of black and white

  • 151 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 152 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 153 It really was the 'last time'

  • 154 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 155 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 156

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 157

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 158 A man and his wheel

  • 159 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 160 Ships at Bideford

  • 161 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 162 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 163 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 164 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 165 Twenty-one yachts

  • 166 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 167 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 168 Service with a smile

  • 169 Warmington's garage ad

  • 170 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 171 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 172 Modern living at Bideford

  • 173 Variety in summer weather

  • 174 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 175 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 176 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

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

  • 178

    New gateway
  • 179 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 180 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 181

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 182 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 183 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 184 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 185 Calf thinks of mare as mum

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

  • 187 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 188

    Building works
  • 189

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 190 Peter poses for TV film

  • 191 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 192 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 193 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 194

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 195 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 196 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 197 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 198 When horses score over the tractor

  • 199

    First prize
  • 200 Clovelly custom

  • 201 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 202 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 203 A story to tell!

  • 204 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 205 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 206 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 207 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 208 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 209 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 210 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 211 The art of the thatcher

  • 212 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 213 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 214 Recognise this resort?

  • 215 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 216

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 217 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 218 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 219 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 220 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 221 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 222 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 223 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 224 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 225 Puppet characters introduced

  • 226 Off on a great adventure

  • 227 Some 240 exhibits

  • 228

    Was a missionary
  • 229 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 230 So this is the mainland!

  • 231 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 232 Centenary of Gazette

  • 233 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 234 Penny for the guy

  • 235 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 236 New civic medallions

  • 237 Last train from Torrington

  • 238 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 239

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 240

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 241 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 242 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 243 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 244 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 245 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 246 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 247 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 248

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 249 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 250

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 251 Jumble sale fever

  • 252 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 253 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 254 A bird of their own!

  • 255 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 256 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 257 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 258 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 259

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 260 New art gallery opened

  • 261 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 262 No laughing matter

  • 263 The cab at the corner>
  • 264 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 265 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 266 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 267 Sweets derationing

  • 268 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 269 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 270 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 271 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 272 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 273 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 274 Bideford regatta

  • 275 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 276 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 277 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 278 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 279 Salmon netting at Bideford

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    Bidefordians
  • 281 First ship in 8 years

  • 282 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 283 Torrington in 1967

  • 284 No sale of Springfield House

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

  • 286 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 287 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 288 Torrington's new amenity

  • 289 Northam's almshouse

  • 290 By pony and trap to market

  • 291 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 292 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 293 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 294 All aboard the ark

  • 295 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 296 Hartland's invitation

  • 297

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 298 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 299 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 300 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 302 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 303 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 304 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 305 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 306 Bideford computer stars

  • 307 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 308 Sight of a lifetime

  • 309

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 310 End of the line

  • 311 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 312 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 313 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 314 Weare Giffard potato

  • 315 Finished in 1876

  • 316 Can spring be far away?

  • 317 Blanchards ad.>
  • 318 Life begins at 80

  • 319

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 320 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 321 Parkham plan realised

  • 322 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

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

  • 325 Appledore schooner broadcast

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

  • 327 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 328 Clovelly nightmare

  • 329

    Married in 1908
  • 330 Traditions and skills still there

  • 331 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 332 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 333 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 334 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 335 Over the bank together>
  • 336 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 337 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 338 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 339 Burnard family reunion

  • 340 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 341 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 342 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 343 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 344 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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

  • 346 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 347 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 348 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 349 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
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    Relatives all over the world
  • 351 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 352

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 353 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 354 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 355 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 356 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 357 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 358 Waldon Triplets
  • 359

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 360 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 361 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 362 All for the love of a lady!

  • 363 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 364 Fleet of foot and fair of face

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

  • 366

    Exhibition of school work
  • 367 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 368 113 years at Instow

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

  • 370 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 371 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 372 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 373 Six footed lamb

  • 374 Happy Days!

  • 375 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 376 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 377 Television comes to Torridge District

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    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 379 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 380 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 381 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 382 A roof-top view - where?

  • 383 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 384 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 385 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 386 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 387 For crying out loud!

  • 388 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 389 Devil sent packing

  • 390 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 391 Bridging the stream

  • 392

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 393 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 394 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 395 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 396 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 397 Appledore's largest

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

  • 399 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 400 North Devon Driving School

  • 401 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 402 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 403 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 404 Police station view of Bideford

  • 405 Circus comes to town

  • 406 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 407 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 408 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 409 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 410 School's link with cargo ship

  • 411 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 412 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 413 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 414 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 415 School crossing patrol begins

  • 416 They are parted pro-tem

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

  • 418 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 419 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 420 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 421 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 422 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

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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  • 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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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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Bideford’s first woman councillor

Town council election results

Bidefordians assembled outside the Town Hall late on Thursday to hear the declaration of the poll in the municipal elections gave a particularly warm welcome to Mrs E.M. Cox,the first woman to be elected a member of Bideford Town Council.

20 May 1949 Bidefords first woman councillor

Cllr. Cox received a great welcome from the crowd as she stepped to the microphone and promised to attend meetings regularly and give her full energy to doing the best she could for electors. She added: ‘I feel rather lonely so will you please, when you can, send along another woman. In the meantime don’t be afraid, I will keep my end up with the boys.’

Gazette article 20 May 1949

 

Thriving ‘Orphan of the storm’

Lucky puppy

This is the story and photograph of Tessa a Schipperke (Dutch barge dog) puppy belonging to Mr and Mrs T.G. Kelland of Summerhill, Littleham, who has been successfully nursed from a pathetic new-born puppy weighing 4 ounces to a thriving bundle of energy and fluff weighing one and a quarter pounds after 25 days.

22 February 1949 Thriving Orphan of the storm

Tessa’s mother died when having puppies and this was the only one saved from the litter.

In that first anxious fortnight Mr and Mrs Kelland had to feed the puppy every two hours day and night which continued for 11 days. Very appropriately Tessa has been registered as ‘Orphan of the Storm.’

Gazette article 22 February 1949

 

Children’s model of Torrington

Illustrating local architecture

Fourth year pupils of Torrington Secondary Modern School have constructed in cardboard and wood a composite group of models based on a representation of Torrington Market Square to illustrate local architectural features of 1851.

15 December 1950 Childrens model of Torrington

It has all been made at school and represents a good deal of application and education which the pupils have entered into with zest. The models include the Town Hall, ‘The Black Horse’, the Old Coffee Tavern (now Tickle’s garage), the Bell Inn (Green Lantern Café), Blatchfords etc.

Gazette article 15 December 1950

 

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