• 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 Modern living at Bideford

  • 2 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 3 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

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

  • 5 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 6 He beat the floods

  • 7 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 8 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 9 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 10 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

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

  • 12 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 13 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 14 So this is the mainland!

  • 15 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 16 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 17 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 18 Six footed lamb

  • 19 Finished in 1876

  • 20 Some mushroom!

  • 21 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 22 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 23 Liked holidays here - so starts business

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

  • 25 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 26 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 27 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 28 Off on a great adventure

  • 29 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 30 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 31 End of the line

  • 32 New addition to Quay front

  • 33 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 34 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 35 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 36 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 37

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 38 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 39 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 40 Littleham family's five generations

  • 41

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 42 New shipyard on schedule

  • 43 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 44 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 45 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 46 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 47 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 48 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 49 Decontrol of meat

  • 50 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 51 Ten year old scrambler

  • 52 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 53 The art of the thatcher

  • 54 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 55 No laughing matter

  • 56 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 57 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 58

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 59 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 60 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 61 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 62 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 63 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 64 Riverside mystery

  • 65 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 66 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 67 Bridging the stream

  • 68 Can spring be far away?

  • 69 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 70 New art gallery opened

  • 71 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 72 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 73 In their new robes and hats

  • 74 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 75 From Bobby to Brian

  • 76 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 77 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 78 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 79

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 80 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 81

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 82 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 83 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 84 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 85 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 86 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

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

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

  • 89 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 90 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 91 All for the love of a lady!

  • 92 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 93

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 94 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 95

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 96 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 97 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 98 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 99 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 100 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 101 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 102 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 103 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 104 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 105 New Lundy stamps

  • 106 New civic medallions

  • 107 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 108 Waldon Triplets
  • 109 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 110

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 111 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 112 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 113 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 114 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 115 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 116 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 117 Bideford computer stars

  • 118

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 119 Devil sent packing

  • 120 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 121

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 122 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 123 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 124

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 125 Torrington in 1967

  • 126 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 127 Torrington children build igloo
  • 128 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 129 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 130 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 131 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 132 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 133

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 134 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 135 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 136 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 137 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 138 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 139 Variety in summer weather

  • 140 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 141

    First prize
  • 142 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 143 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 144 By pony and trap to market

  • 145 Centenary of Gazette

  • 146

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 147 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 148 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 149 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 150 Bideford loses training ship

  • 151 113 years at Instow

  • 152 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 153 Last of Bideford factory chimney

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

  • 155 Torrington's new amenity

  • 156 Ships at Bideford

  • 157 North Devon Driving School

  • 158

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 159 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 160 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 161 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 162 A bird of their own!

  • 163 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 164 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 165 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 166 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 167 For crying out loud!

  • 168 Peter poses for TV film

  • 169 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 170 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 171

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 172 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 173 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 174 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 175 Some 240 exhibits

  • 176 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 177 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 178 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 179 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 180 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 181 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 182 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 183 First ship in 8 years

  • 184 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 185 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 186 Clovelly custom

  • 187 Revenge in style

  • 188 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 189 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 190

    Married in 1908
  • 191 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 192 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 193 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 194 New choral society's growing response

  • 195 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 196 Traditions and skills still there

  • 197 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 198 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 199 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 200 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 201 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 202 A story to tell!

  • 203 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 204 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 205 The creative urge on Saturday morning

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

  • 207 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 208 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 209

    Exhibition of school work
  • 210 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 211 New life for Hartland organ

  • 212 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 213 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 214 Picking the pops

  • 215 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 216 Last train from Torrington

  • 217 A roof-top view - where?

  • 218 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 219 New look in the hayfields

  • 220 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 221 Sweets derationing

  • 222 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 223 Hartland Dancers
  • 224 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 225 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 226 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 227 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 228 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 229 Loads of black and white

  • 230 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 231 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 232 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 233 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 234 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 235 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

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

  • 237 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 238

    Relatives all over the world
  • 239 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 240 Just over a year old

  • 241 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 242 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 243 Sight of a lifetime

  • 244 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 245 Recognise this resort?

  • 246 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 247 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 248 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 249 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 250 Life begins at 80

  • 251 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 252 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 253 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 254 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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

  • 256 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 257 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 258 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 259 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 260 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 261 Filming at Hartland

  • 262 Hartland's invitation

  • 263 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 264

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 265 Bideford regatta

  • 266 Emergency ferry services

  • 267 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 268 No sale of Springfield House

  • 269

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 270 Over the bank together>
  • 271 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 272 Police station view of Bideford

  • 273 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 274 Twenty-one yachts

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

  • 276 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 277 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 278 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 279 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 280 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 281 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 282 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 283 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 284 Private home for public pump

  • 285 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 286 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 287 What's the time?

  • 288 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 289 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

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

  • 291 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 292 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 293 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 294 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 295 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 296 Weare Giffard potato

  • 297 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 298 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 299 Landmark at Bradworthy

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

  • 301 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 302 Parkham plan realised

  • 303 Jumble sale fever

  • 304 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 305 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 306 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 307 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 308 Picking the pops

  • 309

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 310 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 311 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 312 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 313 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 314 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 315 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 316

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 317 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 318 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 319 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 320 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 321 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 322 The Geneva marionettes

  • 323 Hartland postman retires

  • 324

    Building works
  • 325 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 326 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 327 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 328 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 329

    Was a missionary
  • 330 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 331 All aboard the ark

  • 332 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 333 Burnard family reunion

  • 334 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 335 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 336 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 337 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 338 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 339 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 340 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 341 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 342

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 343 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 344 School's link with cargo ship

  • 345 Northam footballers of the future

  • 346 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 347 They are parted pro-tem

  • 348 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 349 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 350 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 351 Mobile missionary

  • 352 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 353 Cruising down the river

  • 354 Appledore's new lifeboat

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    Bidefordians
  • 356 The cab at the corner>
  • 357 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 358 School crossing patrol begins

  • 359 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 360 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 361 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 362 Warmington's garage ad

  • 363 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 364

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 365 Out of puff!

  • 366 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 367 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 368 Caught in the act>
  • 369 Clovelly nightmare

  • 370 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 371 Simple Item 138
  • 372 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 373 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 374 Appledore's largest

  • 375 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 376 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 377 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 378 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 379 Happy Days!

  • 380 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 381 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 382 A man and his wheel

  • 383 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 384 Circus comes to town

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

  • 386

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 387 When horses score over the tractor

  • 388 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 389 Penny for the guy

  • 390 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 391 Capers on the cobbles

  • 392 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 393 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 394 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 395 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 396 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 397 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 398 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 399 It really was the 'last time'

  • 400 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 401 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 402 Pannier Market's future?

  • 403 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 404 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 405 Blanchards ad.>
  • 406 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 407

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 408 Northam's almshouse

  • 409

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 410

    New gateway
  • 411 Artisans' Club

  • 412

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 413 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 414 Service with a smile

  • 415 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 416 Puppet characters introduced

  • 417 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 418 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 419 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 420 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 421 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 422 New Post Office

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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Symbol of Lundy independence

Oldest inhabitant of Lundy 

This picture shows Mr F.W. Gade, oldest inhabitant and agent of Lundy in defiant attitude. He leans against a tablet at the beach ‘threshold.’ It reads ‘This island is entirely private property. There are no public roads, footpaths or rights of ways whatever hereon.’

2 March 1951 Symbol of Lundy independence

The tablet was placed there early last century when the ‘pirates’ of Trinity House had the ‘audacity’ to put a ‘landing place’ tablet of their own there.

Gazette article 2 March 1951

 

New Lundy air mail stamps

Celebrating Lundy's bird-life 

The forthcoming issue of a new series of air mail stamps for Lundy have been designed and drawn by Mr John C.A Dyke of Fairy Cross, near Bideford. The stamps have the dual purpose of revenue producing and assisting the visitor in the identification of bird life on Lundy’s rocky cliffs

9 February 1951 New Lundy air mail stamps

With the disappearance of the postmaster as a Lundy official, charges were made to cover the cost of conveying mails to and from the mainland. Every letter or parcel leaving or incoming must have the island’s stamps added in addition to ordinary stamps to cover the cost of conveying mails to the island.

Gazette article 9 February 1951

 

 

Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

Greeting of 'grand old man' 

Here is the smiling greeting of Hartland’s Grand Old Man, 91 Years old Mr Daniel Headon, better known to many as ‘Uncle Dan’

26 January 1951 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

Hardly a day passes but Uncle Dan can be seen out on the main Bideford-Bude road for his three or four mile walk, often carrying a large bundle of firewood, as he makes his way home to Baxworthy Corner, Hartland, where he lives with his son and daughter-in-law.

January 12 is Mr Headon’s great day; not only is it his own birthday but also that of his great-grandson Vernon Henry Keen.

Gazette article 26 January 1951

 

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