• 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 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 2 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 3 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 4 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 5 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 6 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 7 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 8 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 9 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 10 Circus comes to town

  • 11 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 12 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 13 Revenge in style

  • 14 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 15 Northam footballers of the future

  • 16 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 17 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

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

  • 19 Off on a great adventure

  • 20 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 21 End of the line

  • 22 Emergency ferry services

  • 23

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 24 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 25 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 26 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 27 Bideford regatta

  • 28 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 29 Artisans' Club

  • 30 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 31 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 32 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 33 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 34 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 35 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 36 Bideford loses training ship

  • 37 It really was the 'last time'

  • 38 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 39 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 40 Police station view of Bideford

  • 41 New life for Hartland organ

  • 42 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 43 Torrington's new amenity

  • 44 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 45 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 46 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 47 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 48 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 49 School crossing patrol begins

  • 50 Hartland Dancers
  • 51 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 52 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 53 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 54 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 55 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 56 Filming at Hartland

  • 57 School's link with cargo ship

  • 58 New Post Office

  • 59 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 60

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 61 Some 240 exhibits

  • 62 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 63 Ships at Bideford

  • 64 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 65 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 66

    New gateway
  • 67 No sale of Springfield House

  • 68 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 69 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 70 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 71 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 72 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 73 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 75 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 76 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 77 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 78 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 79 For crying out loud!

  • 80 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 81

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 82 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 83 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 84 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 85 Peter poses for TV film

  • 86 Torrington in 1967

  • 87 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 88 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 89 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 90 Some mushroom!

  • 91 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 92 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 93 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 94 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 95 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 96 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 97 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 98 Traditions and skills still there

  • 99 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 100 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 101 They are parted pro-tem

  • 102 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 103 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 104 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 105 Just over a year old

  • 106

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 107 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 108 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 109

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 110 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 111 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 112 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 113 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 114 The cab at the corner>
  • 115

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 116 When horses score over the tractor

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

  • 118 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 119 The art of the thatcher

  • 120 Bideford computer stars

  • 121 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 122 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 123 Variety in summer weather

  • 124 What's the time?

  • 125 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 126 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 127 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 128 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 129 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 130 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 131 First ship in 8 years

  • 132 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 133 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 134 Over the bank together>
  • 135 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 136 Can spring be far away?

  • 137 Weare Giffard potato

  • 138 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 139 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 140 All for the love of a lady!

  • 141 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 142 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 143 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 144 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 145 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 146

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 147 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 148 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 149 Burnard family reunion

  • 150 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 151 Torrington children build igloo
  • 152 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 153 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 154 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 155 Littleham family's five generations

  • 156 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 157 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 158 A roof-top view - where?

  • 159 Entente cordiale in Bideford

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

  • 161 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 162 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 163

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 164 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 165 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 166 New civic medallions

  • 167 Out of puff!

  • 168 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 169 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 170 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 171 New choral society's growing response

  • 172 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 173 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 174 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 175 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 176 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 177 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 178 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 179 By pony and trap to market

  • 180 Devil sent packing

  • 181 Puppet characters introduced

  • 182 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 183 New art gallery opened

  • 184 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 185 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 186 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 187 113 years at Instow

  • 188 A man and his wheel

  • 189 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

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

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

  • 192

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 193 In their new robes and hats

  • 194 So this is the mainland!

  • 195 North Devon Driving School

  • 196 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 197

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 198 Picking the pops

  • 199 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 200 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 201 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 202 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 203 Picking the pops

  • 204 Cruising down the river

  • 205 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 206 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 207 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 208 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 209 New shipyard on schedule

  • 210 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

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

  • 212 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 213 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 214 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 215 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 216 Last train from Torrington

  • 217 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 218 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 219 Six footed lamb

  • 220 Appledore's largest

  • 221 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 222 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 223

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 224

    Was a missionary
  • 225 Riverside mystery

  • 226 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 227 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 228 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 229 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 230 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 231 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 232 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 233 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 234 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 235 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 236 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 237 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 238 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 239 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 240 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 241 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 242

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 243 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 244 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 245 New addition to Quay front

  • 246 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 247 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 248 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 249 Polish custom on Pancake Day

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
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    Relatives all over the world
  • 252 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 253 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 254 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 255 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 256 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 257 Twenty-one yachts

  • 258 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 259 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 260 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 261 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 262 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 263 Bridging the stream

  • 264 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 265 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 266 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 267 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 268 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 269

    Exhibition of school work
  • 270 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 271 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 272 Modern living at Bideford

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

  • 274 Mobile missionary

  • 275 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 276 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 277 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 278 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 279 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 280 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 282 Penny for the guy

  • 283 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 284 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 285 Private home for public pump

  • 286 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 287 No laughing matter

  • 288 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 289 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 290

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 291 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 292 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 293 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 294 Sight of a lifetime

  • 295 Finished in 1876

  • 296 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 297 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 298 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 299 Jumble sale fever

  • 300 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 301 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 302 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 303 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 304 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 305 Ten year old scrambler

  • 306 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 307

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 308 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 309 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 310 Caught in the act>
  • 311 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 312 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 313 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 314 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 315 Decontrol of meat

  • 316 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 317 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 318 Blanchards ad.>
  • 319 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 320 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 321

    Married in 1908
  • 322 Pannier Market's future?

  • 323 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 324 A bird of their own!

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

  • 326 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 327 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 329 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 330

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 331 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 332 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 333 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 334

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 335 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 336

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 337 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 338 New Lundy stamps

  • 339 The Geneva marionettes

  • 340 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 341 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 342 All aboard the ark

  • 343 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 344 Bideford's private wharves busier

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

  • 346

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 347 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 348 Loads of black and white

  • 349

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 350 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 351 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 352 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 353 Northam's almshouse

  • 354 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 355 Simple Item 138
  • 356 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 357 Hartland's invitation

  • 358 Life begins at 80

  • 359 New look in the hayfields

  • 360 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 361 Parkham plan realised

  • 362 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 363 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 364 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 365 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 366 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 367 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 368 Centenary of Gazette

  • 369 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 370 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 371 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 372 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 373 Clovelly nightmare

  • 374 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 375 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 376 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 377 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 378 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 379 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 380 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 381 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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

  • 383

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 384 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 385

    First prize
  • 386

    Bidefordians
  • 387 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 388 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 389 Clovelly custom

  • 390 He beat the floods

  • 391 Happy Days!

  • 392 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 393 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 394

    Building works
  • 395 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 396

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 397 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 398

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 399 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 400 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 401 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 402 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 403

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 404 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 405 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 406 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 407 Service with a smile

  • 408 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 409 Warmington's garage ad

  • 410 Sweets derationing

  • 411 Hartland postman retires

  • 412 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 413 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 414 Recognise this resort?

  • 415 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 416 Capers on the cobbles

  • 417 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 418 From Bobby to Brian

  • 419 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 420 Waldon Triplets
  • 421 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 422 A story to tell!

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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  • 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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  • 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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Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

Village milk now in bottles

They have gone on the bottle – the milk bottle – at Clovelly, for the village milk is no longer delivered from cans carried on a yoke.

6 February 1959 Can carrying over cobbles

Photographed above in his last week of yoke-carrying duties is Mr Peter Symons of Burnstone Farm. The young helper on the left is Jonathan Rowe, of High Street, Clovelly.

Gazette article 6 February 1959

 

Sixty-two year old Picaroonar makes ready for season

Clovelly's oldest fishing boat

Being prepared for the holiday season is Clovelly’s oldest fishing boat – a Picaroonar, which is a vessel peculiar to the world-famed village.

24 May 1968 Sixty two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

She was built in 1906 and is used for trips around the coast and occasionally for fishing. She was built by the late Mr Philip Waters of Appledore for Mr William Hamlyn of Bucks Mills.

Gazette article 24 May 1968

 

 

Pretty pennies at Beaford

Film star's first public engagement at Beaford

It was indeed a ‘pretty penny’ occasion at the Globe Hotel, Beaford, on Monday evening when Miss Penny Baker of Exeter, carried out her first solo public engagement as a film starlet by pushing over a pile of 2,600 pennies collected there on behalf of cancer research funds.

17 June 1966 Pretty pennies at Beaford

Later this week Penny reported for work in the new Norman Wisdom film ‘Press for time’. She was spotted at Devon County Show, where she was modelling fashions, by the producer of the film, and offered a screen test, the film part following.

Gazette article 17 June 1966

 

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