• 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 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 2 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 3 New Lundy stamps

  • 4 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 5 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 6 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 7 Just over a year old

  • 8 First ship in 8 years

  • 9 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 10 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 11

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 12 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 13 113 years at Instow

  • 14 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 15 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 16 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 17 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 18 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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

  • 20 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 21

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 22 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 23 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 24 Over the bank together>
  • 25 The Geneva marionettes

  • 26 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 27 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 28 Meredith's ironmongers

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

  • 30 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 31 Traditions and skills still there

  • 32 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 33 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 34 Pannier Market's future?

  • 35 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 36 Puppet characters introduced

  • 37 Ships at Bideford

  • 38 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 39 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 40 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 41 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 42 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 43 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 44 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 45 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 46 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 47 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 48 School's link with cargo ship

  • 49 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 50 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 51

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 52 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 53

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 54 Revenge in style

  • 55 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 56 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 57 Picking the pops

  • 58 When horses score over the tractor

  • 59

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 60 Mobile missionary

  • 61 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 62 Caught in the act>
  • 63 Hartland postman retires

  • 64 By pony and trap to market

  • 65

    Building works
  • 66 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 67 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 68 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 69 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 70 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 71 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 72 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 73

    Bidefordians
  • 74 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 75 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 76 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 77 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 78 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 79 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 80 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 81 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 82 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 83 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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

  • 85 North Devon Driving School

  • 86 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 87 Bridging the stream

  • 88

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 89 The cab at the corner>
  • 90 A story to tell!

  • 91 Life begins at 80

  • 92 Cruising down the river

  • 93 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 94 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 95 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 96 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 97 Capers on the cobbles

  • 98 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 99 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 100

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 101 It really was the 'last time'

  • 102 They never miss a game at Torrington

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

  • 104 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 105 Loads of black and white

  • 106 Twenty-one yachts

  • 107 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 108 Torrington's new amenity

  • 109 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 110 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 111 Bideford regatta

  • 112 Waldon Triplets
  • 113 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 114 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 115 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 116 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 117

    First prize
  • 118 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 119 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 120 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 121

    Exhibition of school work
  • 122 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 123 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 124 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 125 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 126

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 127 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 128 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 129 Off on a great adventure

  • 130 Mural in the whimsical fashion

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

  • 132 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 133 Sweets derationing

  • 134 Variety in summer weather

  • 135 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 136 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 137 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 138 Last train from Torrington

  • 139 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 140 Northam's almshouse

  • 141 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 142 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 143

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 144 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 145

    Married in 1908
  • 146 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 147

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 148 Hartland Dancers
  • 149 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 150 Happy Days!

  • 151 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 152 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 153 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 154 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 155 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 156 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 157 Centenary of Gazette

  • 158 For crying out loud!

  • 159 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 160 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 161

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 162 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 163 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 164 What's the time?

  • 165 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 166 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 167 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 168 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 169 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 170 Clovelly custom

  • 171 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 172 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 173 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 174 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 175 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 176 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 177 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 178 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 179 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 180 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 181

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 182 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 183 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 184 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 185 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 186

    Was a missionary
  • 187 Recognise this resort?

  • 188 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 189 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 190 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 191 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 192 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 193 Artisans' Club

  • 194 Emergency ferry services

  • 195 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 196

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 197 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 198

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 199

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 200 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 201 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 202 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 203 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 204 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 205 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 206 Can spring be far away?

  • 207 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 208 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 209 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 210 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 211 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 212 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 213

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 214 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 215 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 216 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 217 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 218 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 219 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 220 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 221 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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

  • 223 New Post Office

  • 224

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 225 He beat the floods

  • 226 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 227 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 228 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 229 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 230 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 231

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 232 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 233 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 234 Ten year old scrambler

  • 235 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 236 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 237 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 238 Simple Item 138
  • 239 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

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

  • 241 Burnard family reunion

  • 242 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 243 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 244 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 245 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 246 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 247 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 248 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 249 Fish nearly pulled him in

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

  • 251 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 252 New art gallery opened

  • 253 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 254 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 255 Riverside mystery

  • 256 End of the line

  • 257 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 258 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 259 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 260 So this is the mainland!

  • 261 Torrington children build igloo
  • 262 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 263 Modern living at Bideford

  • 264 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 265 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 266 A man and his wheel

  • 267 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 268 Out of puff!

  • 269 Private home for public pump

  • 270 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 271 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 272 All aboard the ark

  • 273 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 274 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 275 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 276 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 277 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 278 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 279 In their new robes and hats

  • 280 Fleet of foot and fair of face

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

  • 282 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 283 Peter poses for TV film

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

  • 285 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 286 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 287 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 288 New addition to Quay front

  • 289 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 290 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 291 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 292 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 293 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 294 Police station view of Bideford

  • 295 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 296 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 297 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 298 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 299 A bird of their own!

  • 300 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 301 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 302 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 303 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 304 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 305 No laughing matter

  • 306 Filming at Hartland

  • 307

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 308 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 309 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 310 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 311 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 312

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 313 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 314 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 315 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 316

    Relatives all over the world
  • 317 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 318 Circus comes to town

  • 319 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 320 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 321 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 322 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 323 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 324 Some 240 exhibits

  • 325 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 326 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 327 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 328 Devil sent packing

  • 329 Blanchards ad.>
  • 330 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 331 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 332 School crossing patrol begins

  • 333 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 334 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 335 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 336 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 337 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 338 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 339 Torrington in 1967

  • 340 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 341 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 342 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 343 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 344 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 345 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 346 Some mushroom!

  • 347 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 348 A roof-top view - where?

  • 349 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 350 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 351 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 352 Parkham plan realised

  • 353 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 354 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 355 All for the love of a lady!

  • 356 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 357 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 358 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 359 Hartland's invitation

  • 360

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 361 Weare Giffard potato

  • 362 No sale of Springfield House

  • 363 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 364 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 365 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 366 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 367 Bideford computer stars

  • 368 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 369 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 370 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 371 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 372 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 373

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 374

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 375 New life for Hartland organ

  • 376 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 377 Six footed lamb

  • 378 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 379 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 380 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 381 Clovelly nightmare

  • 382 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 383 Picking the pops

  • 384 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 385 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 386 From Bobby to Brian

  • 387 Bideford loses training ship

  • 388 Decontrol of meat

  • 389 Warmington's garage ad

  • 390 New choral society's growing response

  • 391 They are parted pro-tem

  • 392

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 393 Littleham family's five generations

  • 394 The art of the thatcher

  • 395 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 396

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 397 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 398 Jumble sale fever

  • 399 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 400 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 401 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 402 Finished in 1876

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

  • 404 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 405 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 406 New shipyard on schedule

  • 407 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 408 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 409 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 410 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 411 Sight of a lifetime

  • 412 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 413

    New gateway
  • 414 Northam footballers of the future

  • 415 Appledore's largest

  • 416 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 417 Penny for the guy

  • 418 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 419 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 420 New look in the hayfields

  • 421 New civic medallions

  • 422 Service with a smile

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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  • 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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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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Student’s Escape In Cliff Fall

Falling 60ft down a cliff face on to rocks at Hartland Quay,

9.2.1973 Hartland rescue

when out for a midnight walk on Friday with a friend, a geology student had a remarkable escape from serious injury. 

Mr Paul Day, aged 22, who lives at Willenhall, Staffordshire, one of a party of students from Leeds University staying at Hartland Quay Hotel, escaped with a fractured elbow and scalp wounds.

With him on the walk was Mr Graham Wilkinson, aged 24, who ran back to the hotel after the accident to raise the alarm. 

Hartland Coastguards and Hartland Cliff Rescue Team were alerted and made their way to the bottom of the cliff. They placed Mr Day in a stretcher and hoisted him to the top of the cliff where he was put into a waiting ambulance and taken to the North Devon Infirmary.

He was able to leave hospital on Sunday to return to his university. 

Gazette article published 9 February 1973

Injured Seamen Brought Ashore By Clovelly Lifeboat

Explosion aboard Guernsey Collier

28.9.1951 Clovelly Lifeboat1

Holiday makers and residents helped St John Ambulance men as they carried a seriously injured seaman by stretcher up Clovelly’s cobbled High Street.
The seaman, Patrick Hagan, of Gleneravon, County Antrim, was one of three brought ashore by Clovelly lifeboat following an explosion aboard the 95- tons ss Rocquaine while she was sheltering in Lundy Roads. The two other men were Able Seaman Alexander Oboyle and Able Seaman Patrick Murray, both of Glenariff, County Antrim.
The Rocquaine, owned by Messrs Dorey and Sons, Guernsey, was on her way from Cardiff to Guernsey with a cargo of coal.
At 9.30am the three injured men were engaged in trimming cargo in the forward hold when an explosion occurred.
Hartland Point Coastguards picked up the distress call and passed the message to Clovelly where the lifeboat was launched under Coxswain George Lamey.
The two less seriously injured men were able to walk ashore from the lifeboat and they were taken by the Red Lion jeep to the top of the village.
At the Quayside, the men were attended by Dr W McIntosh, the locum tenens for Dr W K Somerton, of Hartland, and by members of the Bideford St John Ambulance Brigade.
Through the courtesy of Mr R G Lovell, of HM Customs, Appledore, and Capt John Hobbs, ship broker, the Vicar of Appledore, Rev H C A S Muller, who is honorary representative of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society, was advised of the arrival of the two sailors at Bideford Hospital. He was to arrange to communicate with their relatives and also advised Rev Father C Scanlan.

 

Gazette article dated 28 September 1951

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