• 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 Hartland postman retires

  • 2 North Devon Driving School

  • 3 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 4 He beat the floods

  • 5 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 6 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 7 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 8 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 9 It really was the 'last time'

  • 10 Out of puff!

  • 11 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 12 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 13 Happy Days!

  • 14 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 15

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 16 Sweets derationing

  • 17 Police station view of Bideford

  • 18 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 19 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 20 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 21 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 22

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 23

    First prize
  • 24 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 25 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 26 Burnard family reunion

  • 27 No laughing matter

  • 28 A roof-top view - where?

  • 29 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 30

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 31 Twenty-one yachts

  • 32 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 33 Hartland's invitation

  • 34 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 35 Clovelly custom

  • 36 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 37 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 38 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 39 What's the time?

  • 40 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 41 New civic medallions

  • 42 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 43 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 44

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 45 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 46 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 47 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 48 Weare Giffard potato

  • 49

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 50 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 51 Filming at Hartland

  • 52 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 53 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 54 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 55 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 56 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 57 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 58 Littleham family's five generations

  • 59 Traditions and skills still there

  • 60 Over the bank together>
  • 61 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 62 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 63 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 64 New art gallery opened

  • 65 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 66 Life begins at 80

  • 67 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 68 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 69 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 70 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 71 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 72 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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

  • 74 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 75 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 76

    Was a missionary
  • 77 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 78 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 79 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 80 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 81 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 82 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 83 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 84 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 85 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 86 Torrington's new amenity

  • 87 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 88 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 89

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 90 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 91 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 92

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 93 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 94 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 95 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 96 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 97

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 98 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 99 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 100 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 101 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 102 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 103 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 104 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 105 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 106 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 107 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 108 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 109 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 110 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 111 Puppet characters introduced

  • 112 Devil sent packing

  • 113 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 114 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 115 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 116 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 117 Artisans' Club

  • 118 From Bobby to Brian

  • 119 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 120 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 121 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 122 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 123 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 124

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 125 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 126 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 127 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 128 Last train from Torrington

  • 129 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 130 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 131 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 132 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 133 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 134 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 135 School crossing patrol begins

  • 136 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 137 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 138 End of the line

  • 139 The Geneva marionettes

  • 140 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 141 Torrington Church's new organ

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

  • 143

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 144 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 145 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 146 Blanchards ad.>
  • 147 Appledore's largest

  • 148 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 149 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 150 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 151

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 152 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 153 Sight of a lifetime

  • 154 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 155 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 156 All for the love of a lady!

  • 157

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 158 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 159 Spray dodging - the new pastime

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

  • 161 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

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

  • 163 Finished in 1876

  • 164 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 165 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 166 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 167 Circus comes to town

  • 168 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 169 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 170

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 171 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 172 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 173 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 174 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 175 Hartland Dancers
  • 176 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 177 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 178 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 179 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 180 They are parted pro-tem

  • 181 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 182 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 183 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 184 Riverside mystery

  • 185 Just over a year old

  • 186 Northam's almshouse

  • 187 No sale of Springfield House

  • 188 Bideford loses training ship

  • 189 New addition to Quay front

  • 190 Service with a smile

  • 191 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 192 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 193 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 194 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 195 Decontrol of meat

  • 196 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 197 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 198

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 199

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 200 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 201 New life for Hartland organ

  • 202 Mobile missionary

  • 203 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 204 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 205 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 206 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 207 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 208 Recognise this resort?

  • 209 Torrington in 1967

  • 210 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 211 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 212 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 213 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 214 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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

  • 216 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 217 Clovelly nightmare

  • 218

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 219

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 220 Parkham plan realised

  • 221 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 222 All aboard the ark

  • 223 New choral society's growing response

  • 224 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

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

  • 226 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 227 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 228 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 229

    Exhibition of school work
  • 230 Emergency ferry services

  • 231 Picking the pops

  • 232

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 233 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 234 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 235 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 236 Bridging the stream

  • 237 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 238 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 239 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 240 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 241 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 242 Can spring be far away?

  • 243 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 244 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 245 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 246 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 247 Revenge in style

  • 248 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 249 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 250 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 251 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 252 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 253 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 254 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 255 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 256 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 257 A man and his wheel

  • 258 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 259 New look in the hayfields

  • 260 Pannier Market's future?

  • 261 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 262 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 263 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 264 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 265 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 266 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 267 A bird of their own!

  • 268

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 269 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 270 Torrington children build igloo
  • 271 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 272 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 273

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 274 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 275 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 276 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 277 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 278 Simple Item 138
  • 279 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 280 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 281 A story to tell!

  • 282 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 283 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 284 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 285 Private home for public pump

  • 286 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 287 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 288 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 289 Ten year old scrambler

  • 290 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 291

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 292 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 293

    New gateway
  • 294 Last of Bideford factory chimney

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

  • 296

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 297 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 298 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 299 Some mushroom!

  • 300 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 301

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 302 Cruising down the river

  • 303 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 304 In their new robes and hats

  • 305 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 306 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 307 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 308 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 309

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 310 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 311 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 312 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 313

    Relatives all over the world
  • 314 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 315 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 316 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 317 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 318 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 319 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 320 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 321 Bideford computer stars

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

  • 323 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 324 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 325 Waldon Triplets
  • 326 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 327 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 328 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 329 When horses score over the tractor

  • 330 School's link with cargo ship

  • 331 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 332 Some 240 exhibits

  • 333 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 334 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 335 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 336 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 337 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 338 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 339 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 340 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 341 So this is the mainland!

  • 342 Capers on the cobbles

  • 343 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 344 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 345 Centenary of Gazette

  • 346

    Bidefordians
  • 347 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 348 Six footed lamb

  • 349 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 350 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 351 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

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

  • 353 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 354 For crying out loud!

  • 355 Bideford regatta

  • 356 Peter poses for TV film

  • 357 Caught in the act>
  • 358 Penny for the guy

  • 359 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 360 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 361 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 362 Northam footballers of the future

  • 363 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 364 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 365 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 366 First ship in 8 years

  • 367 New Lundy stamps

  • 368 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 369 113 years at Instow

  • 370 Warmington's garage ad

  • 371 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 372

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 373 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 374 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 375 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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

  • 377 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 378 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 379 The cab at the corner>
  • 380 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 381 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 382 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 383 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 384 New Post Office

  • 385 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 386 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 387 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 388 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 389 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 390 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 391 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 392 Ships at Bideford

  • 393 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 394

    Building works
  • 395 A lost Bideford 'island'

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

  • 397 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 398 New shipyard on schedule

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

  • 400 Off on a great adventure

  • 401 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 402 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 403 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 404 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 405 Jumble sale fever

  • 406 The art of the thatcher

  • 407 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 408 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 409 Variety in summer weather

  • 410 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 411 By pony and trap to market

  • 412 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 413 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 414 Modern living at Bideford

  • 415 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 416 Loads of black and white

  • 417

    Married in 1908
  • 418 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 419 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 420 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 421 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 422 Picking the pops

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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Diamond jubilee of St Peter’s Church, East-the-Water

Church anniversary

Wednesday was the 60th anniversary of St Peter’s Church, East-the-Water. It was consecrated by the then Bishop of Exeter, Bishop Bickersteth on 28 June 1890, the eve of St Peter’s Day.

1 August 1952 Up to date Bideford

The church was built in 1889 at a cost of £22,150 with stone from a quarry at Cornborough and built by Mr Glover of Abbotsham.

Gazette article 30 June 1950

 

Six-footed lamb

Unusual lamb at Huntshaw

Just over three months ago, a lamb with five legs and six feet was born on the farm of Mr A.W. Ley of Knockworthy, Huntshaw.

16 June 1950 Six footed lamb

It has developed into a sturdy lamb and has spent all its time in the field with the others, apparently at no disadvantage. The leg that is not used (off the shoulder in the centre of the above photograph) has two feet.

Gazette article 16 June 1950

 

Eight to strike and a race to win

The clock wins in bridge race

The East-the-Water community association revived racing across Bideford Bridge to beat the striking of the Parish Church clock at 8 o’clock last Thursday evening. Bridge racing was last held in 1936 and this time it will be from west to east.

9 June 1950 Eight to strike and a race to sin

Many hundreds enjoyed the novel sporting event. Four selected local amateur athletes raced and the winner was the oldest competitor, W.'Bill' Vickery, aged 28,  in a time of 24 2/5 seconds. However the strike of eight was over in 21 4/5 seconds.

Gazette article 9 June 1950

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