• 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 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 2 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 3 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 4 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 5 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 6 New addition to Quay front

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

  • 8 It really was the 'last time'

  • 9 Devil sent packing

  • 10 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 11 Warmington's garage ad

  • 12 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 13 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 14 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 15 Emergency ferry services

  • 16

    Bidefordians
  • 17 Torrington in 1967

  • 18 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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

  • 20 New shipyard on schedule

  • 21 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 22 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 23 Jumble sale fever

  • 24 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 25 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 26 The Geneva marionettes

  • 27 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 28 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 29 From Bobby to Brian

  • 30 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 31 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 32 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 33 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 34 X-ray shoe fitting

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

  • 36 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 37 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 38 North Devon Driving School

  • 39 Sweets derationing

  • 40 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 41 Bridging the stream

  • 42 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 43 Capers on the cobbles

  • 44 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 45 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 46 Decontrol of meat

  • 47 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 48 Over the bank together>
  • 49 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 50 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 51

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 52 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 53

    Relatives all over the world
  • 54 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 55 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 56 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 57 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 58 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 59 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 60 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 61

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 62 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 63 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 64 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 65 What's the time?

  • 66 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 67 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 68 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 69

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 70 Six footed lamb

  • 71 New Lundy stamps

  • 72 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 73 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 74 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 75 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 76 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 77 Ships at Bideford

  • 78 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 79 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 80 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 81 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 82 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 83 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 84 Waldon Triplets
  • 85 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 86 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 87

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 88 New Post Office

  • 89 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 90 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 91 Can spring be far away?

  • 92 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 93 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 94 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 95 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 96 Mobile missionary

  • 97 No laughing matter

  • 98 Ten year old scrambler

  • 99 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 100 Traditions and skills still there

  • 101 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 102

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 103 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 104 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 105 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 106 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 107 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 108

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 109 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 110 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 111 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 112 Northam footballers of the future

  • 113 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 114 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 115 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 116 Bideford regatta

  • 117 Some 240 exhibits

  • 118 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 119 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 120 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 121 Riverside mystery

  • 122 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 123 Circus comes to town

  • 124 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 125 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 126 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 127 By pony and trap to market

  • 128 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 129 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 130 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 131 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 132 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 133

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 134 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 135 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 136 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 137 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 138 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 139 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 140 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 141 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 142 113 years at Instow

  • 143 First steel ship built at Bideford

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

  • 145 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 146 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 147 Hartland postman retires

  • 148 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 149 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 150

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 151 Little 'Big Ben'

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

  • 153 He beat the floods

  • 154 Appledore schooner broadcast

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

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

  • 157 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 158 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 159 New civic medallions

  • 160 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 161

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 162

    First prize
  • 163 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 164 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 165 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 166 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 167 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 168 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 169 School's link with cargo ship

  • 170 New life for Hartland organ

  • 171 Sight of a lifetime

  • 172 Life begins at 80

  • 173 Weare Giffard potato

  • 174 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 175 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 176 First ship in 8 years

  • 177 Happy Days!

  • 178 Up-to-date Bideford!

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

  • 180 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 181 Parkham plan realised

  • 182 Burnard family reunion

  • 183 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 184 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 185 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 186 Bideford computer stars

  • 187 Littleham family's five generations

  • 188 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 189 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 190 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 191

    Building works
  • 192 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 193 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 194 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 195 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 196 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 197 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 198 Police station view of Bideford

  • 199 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 200 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 201 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 202 Blanchards ad.>
  • 203 New look in the hayfields

  • 204 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 205 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 206 Picking the pops

  • 207 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 208 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 209 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 210 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 211 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

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

  • 213 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 214 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 215 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 216

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 217 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 218 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 219 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 220 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 221 Modern living at Bideford

  • 222

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 223 Last train from Torrington

  • 224 A bird of their own!

  • 225 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 226 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 227 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 228 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 229

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 230 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 231 Torrington's new amenity

  • 232 Torrington children build igloo
  • 233 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 234

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 235 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 236 New choral society's growing response

  • 237 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 238 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 239 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 240 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 241 Recognise this resort?

  • 242 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 243 In their new robes and hats

  • 244 Pannier Market's future?

  • 245 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 246 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 247 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 248 Dismantling of wireless mast

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

  • 250 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 251 Simple Item 138
  • 252 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 253 Penny for the guy

  • 254 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 255 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 256 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 257 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 258 Clovelly custom

  • 259 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 260 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 261 No sale of Springfield House

  • 262 Pretty pennies at Beaford

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

  • 264 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 265 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 266 All for the love of a lady!

  • 267 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 268 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

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

  • 270 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 271 Off on a great adventure

  • 272 The cab at the corner>
  • 273 A story to tell!

  • 274 Centenary of Gazette

  • 275 Private home for public pump

  • 276 Variety in summer weather

  • 277 Hartland's invitation

  • 278 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 279 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 280 Picking the pops

  • 281

    Married in 1908
  • 282 Caught in the act>
  • 283 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 284 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 285 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 286 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 287

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 288 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 289 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 290

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 291 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 292

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 293 Just over a year old

  • 294 The art of the thatcher

  • 295 Out of puff!

  • 296

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 297 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 298 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 299 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 300 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 301 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 302 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 303

    Was a missionary
  • 304 Clovelly nightmare

  • 305 Northam's almshouse

  • 306 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 307 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 308 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 309 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 310 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 311 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 312 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 313 Puppet characters introduced

  • 314 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 315 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 316 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 317 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 318 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 319 Watch the dicky bird!

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    New gateway
  • 321 School crossing patrol begins

  • 322 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 323 Artisans' Club

  • 324 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 325 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 326

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 327 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 328 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 329 End of the line

  • 330 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 331 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 332 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 333 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 334 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 335 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 336 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 337 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 338 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 339

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 340 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 341 Filming at Hartland

  • 342 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 343 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 344 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 345 Finished in 1876

  • 346 Last of Bideford factory chimney

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

  • 348

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 349 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 350 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 351 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 352 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 353 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 354 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 355 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 356 A man and his wheel

  • 357 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 358 Cruising down the river

  • 359

    Exhibition of school work
  • 360 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 361 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 362 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 363 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 364 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 365 Bideford loses training ship

  • 366 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 367 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 368 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 369 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 370 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 371 Service with a smile

  • 372 New art gallery opened

  • 373 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 374 Some mushroom!

  • 375 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 376 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 377 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 378 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 379 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 380 Appledore's largest

  • 381

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 382 Twenty-one yachts

  • 383 Hartland Dancers
  • 384 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 385

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 386 Revenge in style

  • 387 A roof-top view - where?

  • 388 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 389 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 390 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 391 When horses score over the tractor

  • 392 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 393 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 394 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 395 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 396 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 397 All aboard the ark

  • 398 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 399 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 401 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 402 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 403

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 404

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 405 For crying out loud!

  • 406 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 407 Loads of black and white

  • 408 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 409 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 410 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 411 So this is the mainland!

  • 412 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 413 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 414 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 415 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 416 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 417 Peter poses for TV film

  • 418 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 419 They are parted pro-tem

  • 420 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 421 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 422 River scenes that enchant the visitors

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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Born 1883, still going strong

Last ketch left at sea

The ketch Emma Louise, photographed recently upon the Hubbastone patent slip, Appledore, for repairs, is the last of the ships built at Westacott’s yard, Barnstaple, left at sea. In the eighteen eighties there were at least 30 of them.

6 June 1952 Born 1883 still going strong

Built in 1883 she was John Westacott’s last ship in his Barnstaple yard before moving to the river Torridge at Lower Cleavehouses. She is registered at Bideford and is owned at Minehead.

Gazette article 6 June 1952

 

400 Ton cargo landed at East-the-Water

Vessel at Clarence Wharf

No trading vessel of size had berthed at Clarence Wharf owned by the Devon Trading Company at East-the-Water, Bideford for eight years until the m.v. Futurity docked on Friday morning of last week.

16 May 1952 400 ton cargo landed at East the Water

The company decided to dredge an eight years accumulation of silt from the Quay wall at their wharf and to re-open it for heavier vessels. It is now possible for vessels up to 400 tons to come alongside.

The Futurity arrived from the Medway with 400 tons of cement at 5.45 a.m. and orders placed were already being delivered, some going to the East Yelland Power Station.

Gazette article 16 May 1952

 

 

Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

New headquarters for Rural Council

The photograph shows th new headquarters-to-be of Bideford Rural Council, the draft of the lease from Bideford Bridge Trust having been approved by their special committee and the tenancy dated from 9 May.

2 May 1952 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

The Western National Bus Co. had been tenants of Grenville House for ten years. At one time it was the private residence of a Dr Thompson. In those days it was known as ‘The Mansion House’. It is believed to be just over 100 years old. When repairs to the building were being carried out it was found that some of its bricks had been made at Cleavehouses, Northam.

Gazette article 2 May 1952

 

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