• 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 The cab at the corner>
  • 2 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 3 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 4 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 5 A bird of their own!

  • 6 School's link with cargo ship

  • 7 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 8 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 9 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 10 Waldon Triplets
  • 11 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 12 Revenge in style

  • 13 New look in the hayfields

  • 14

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 15 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 16 Out of puff!

  • 17 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 18

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 19 Weare Giffard potato

  • 20 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 21 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 22 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 23 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 24 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 25 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 26 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 27 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 28 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 29

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 30 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 31 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 32 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 33 Some 240 exhibits

  • 34 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 35 A story to tell!

  • 36 Hartland Dancers
  • 37 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 38 Torrington's new amenity

  • 39 The Geneva marionettes

  • 40 Littleham family's five generations

  • 41 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 42 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 43 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 44 Pannier Market's future?

  • 45 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 46 Decontrol of meat

  • 47

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 48 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 49 Meredith's ironmongers

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

  • 51 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 52 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 53 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 54 Centenary of Gazette

  • 55 Sweets derationing

  • 56 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 57 Recognise this resort?

  • 58 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 59 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 60 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 61 Bideford computer stars

  • 62 No sale of Springfield House

  • 63 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 64 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 65 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 66

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 67 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 68 Service with a smile

  • 69 All for the love of a lady!

  • 70 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 71 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 72 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 73 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 74 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 75

    Building works
  • 76 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 77 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 78 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 79 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 80 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 81 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 82 Torrington children build igloo
  • 83 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 84 By pony and trap to market

  • 85 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 86 Circus comes to town

  • 87 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 88 New Post Office

  • 89 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 90 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 91 New addition to Quay front

  • 92

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 93 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 94 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 95 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 96

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 97 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 98

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 99 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 100 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 101 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 102 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 103 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 104 Filming at Hartland

  • 105 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 106 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 107 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 108 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 109 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 110 For crying out loud!

  • 111 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 112 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 113 A man and his wheel

  • 114 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 115 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 116 Appledore's largest

  • 117 North Devon Driving School

  • 118

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 119 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 120 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 121 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 122 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 123 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 124

    Relatives all over the world
  • 125 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 126 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 127 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 128 A roof-top view - where?

  • 129 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 130 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 131 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 132 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 133 Warmington's garage ad

  • 134 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 135 Ships at Bideford

  • 136 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 137 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 138 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 139 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 140 Clovelly custom

  • 141 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 142 Finished in 1876

  • 143 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 144 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 145 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 146 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 147 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 148 School crossing patrol begins

  • 149

    Exhibition of school work
  • 150 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 151 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 152 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 153 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 154 Picking the pops

  • 155

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 156 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 157 Torridge wins on time schedule

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

  • 159 Parkham plan realised

  • 160

    Was a missionary
  • 161 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

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

  • 163 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 164 What's the time?

  • 165 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 166 Simple Item 138
  • 167 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 168

    First prize
  • 169 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 170 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 171 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 172 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 173

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 174 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 175 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 176 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 177

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 178 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 179 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 180 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 181 New choral society's growing response

  • 182 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 183 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 184 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 185 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

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

  • 187 New civic medallions

  • 188 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 189 Northam footballers of the future

  • 190 Hartland postman retires

  • 191 A lost Bideford 'island'

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

  • 193 Private home for public pump

  • 194 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 195 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 196 Capers on the cobbles

  • 197 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 198 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 199 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 200 Caught in the act>
  • 201 Peter poses for TV film

  • 202 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 203 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 204 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 205 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 206 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 207 Happy Days!

  • 208 Sight of a lifetime

  • 209

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 210 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 211 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 212 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 213 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 214

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 215 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 216 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 217 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 218 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 219 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 220 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 221 Penny for the guy

  • 222

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 223 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 224 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 225 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 226 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 227 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 228 Puppet characters introduced

  • 229 Variety in summer weather

  • 230 New Lundy stamps

  • 231 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 232 Just over a year old

  • 233 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 234 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 235 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 236

    Bidefordians
  • 237 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 238 All aboard the ark

  • 239 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 240 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 241 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 242 First ship in 8 years

  • 243 Bridging the stream

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

  • 245 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 246 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 247

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 248 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 249 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 250 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 251 It really was the 'last time'

  • 252 Over the bank together>
  • 253 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 254 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 255 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 256 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 257 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 258 Cruising down the river

  • 259 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 260 Ten year old scrambler

  • 261 Devil sent packing

  • 262 From Bobby to Brian

  • 263 Twenty-one yachts

  • 264 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 265 Blanchards ad.>
  • 266 Some mushroom!

  • 267 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 268 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 269 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 270 End of the line

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

  • 272 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 273 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 274 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 275 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 276

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 277 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 278 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 279 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 280 Can spring be far away?

  • 281 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 282 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 283 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 284 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 285 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 286 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 287 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 288 Traditions and skills still there

  • 289 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 290 Afternoon tea in the park

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

  • 292 Mobile missionary

  • 293 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 294 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 295

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 296 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 297 When horses score over the tractor

  • 298

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 299 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 300 No laughing matter

  • 301 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 302

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 303 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 304 He beat the floods

  • 305 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 306

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 307 Last train from Torrington

  • 308 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 309 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 310 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 311 Burnard family reunion

  • 312 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 313 Life begins at 80

  • 314

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 315 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 316 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 317 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 318 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 319 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 320 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 321 Northam's almshouse

  • 322

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 323 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 324 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 325 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 326 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 327 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 328 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 329 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 330 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 331

    Married in 1908
  • 332 Emergency ferry services

  • 333 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 334 Riverside mystery

  • 335 The art of the thatcher

  • 336 Passing of a Torrington landmark

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

  • 338 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 339 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 340 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 341 Jumble sale fever

  • 342 New shipyard on schedule

  • 343 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 344 Torrington in 1967

  • 345 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 346 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 347 Bideford loses training ship

  • 348 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 349 Off on a great adventure

  • 350 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 351 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 352 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 353 New art gallery opened

  • 354 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 355 113 years at Instow

  • 356 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 357 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 358 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 359 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 360 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 361 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 362 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 363 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 364 Clovelly nightmare

  • 365 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 366 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 367 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 368 Artisans' Club

  • 369 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 370 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 371 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 372 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 373 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 374 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 375 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 376 So this is the mainland!

  • 377 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 378 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 379 Bideford regatta

  • 380 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 381 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 382 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 383 Hartland's invitation

  • 384 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 385

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 386 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 387 In their new robes and hats

  • 388 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 389 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 390

    New gateway
  • 391 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 392 They are parted pro-tem

  • 393 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 394 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 395 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 396 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 397 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 398 Police station view of Bideford

  • 399 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 400 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 401 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 402

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 403 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

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

  • 405 Loads of black and white

  • 406 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 407 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 408 Modern living at Bideford

  • 409 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 410 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 411 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 412 Picking the pops

  • 413 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 414 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 415 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 416 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 417 New life for Hartland organ

  • 418 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 419 Six footed lamb

  • 420 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 421 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 422 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

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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  • 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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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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Taw Development Scheme - £8,500,000

View of Taw and Torridge estuary

This arial photograph gives an excellent general perspective of the Taw and Torridge Estuary including the site at east Yelland where a generating station is being erected at a cost of £8,500,000 and will take seven years to complete.

19 January 1951 Taw development scheme

Gazette article 19 January 1951

 

Do you recall the old windmill at Northam?

Demolished in 1922

Memories of the old windmill which once stood off the road between Northam and Appledore have been revived by the recent demolition of Chanter’s Folly. The mill stood in a field known to this day as ‘Windmills’ which lies on the Appledore side of the lane leading to Bidna off the main Northam to Appledore road just past Knapp House. The tower fell into disrepair and became a danger to cattle wandering around its base and even inside.

28 November 1952 Do recall the old windmill at Northam

The windmill tower was of brick on a stone base. A good deal of the base remains but the brick walling, which was some three feet thick, was later used to build a sea-wall under Watertown farm which can be seen today.

Gazette article 28 November 1952

 

Bideford 73 year old’s championship display

Grown on his allotment

Everyone at last week’s annual show of Bideford and District Horticultural Society and Allotments Association was talking about and admiring the magnificent leeks and other vegetables grown by 73 year old Mr Roland Davis of 18 Torridge Street, Bideford E.

14 November 1952 Bideford 73 year olds champtionship display

Mr Davis, known to a host of friends as ‘Pinwire’, is seen in the photograph above proudly displaying some of his ‘wonder’ leeks and the trophy awarded to the exhibitor gaining most points in amateur and allotment holders’ classes in the show. Mr Davis’s prize-winning vegetables were grown on his allotment at Nutaberry.

Gazette article 14 November 1952

 

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