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    ...The Gazette Newspaper 1856 onwards.

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    Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    ...The Gazette Newspaper 1856 onwards.

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  • 1 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

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

  • 3 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 4 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 5 Out of puff!

  • 6 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 7 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 8 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 9 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 10 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 11 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 12 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 13

    Was a missionary
  • 14 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 15 Hartland postman retires

  • 16 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 17 Off on a great adventure

  • 18 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 19 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 20 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 21 No sale of Springfield House

  • 22 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 23 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 24 The cab at the corner>
  • 25

    Married in 1908
  • 26 Traditions and skills still there

  • 27 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 28 North Devon Driving School

  • 29 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 30 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 31 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 32 What's the time?

  • 33 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 34 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 35 Last train from Torrington

  • 36 Waldon Triplets
  • 37 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 38 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 39 Emergency ferry services

  • 40 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 41 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 42 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 43 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 44 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 45 New Lundy stamps

  • 46 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 47 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 48 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 49 Sight of a lifetime

  • 50 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 51 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 52 Caught in the act>
  • 53 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 54 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 55 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 56

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 57 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 58 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 59 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 60 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 61 Bideford loses training ship

  • 62 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 63 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 64

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 65 New civic medallions

  • 66 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 67 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 68 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 69 A bird of their own!

  • 70 Cruising down the river

  • 71 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 72 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 73 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 74

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 75

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 76 School crossing patrol begins

  • 77

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 78 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 79 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 80

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 81 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

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

  • 83 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 84 New life for Hartland organ

  • 85 Finished in 1876

  • 86 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 87 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 88 113 years at Instow

  • 89 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 90 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 91

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 92 When horses score over the tractor

  • 93 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 94 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 95 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 96 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 97 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 98 Sweets derationing

  • 99 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 100 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 101 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 102 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 103 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 104 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 105 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 106 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 107 New shipyard on schedule

  • 108 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 109 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 110 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 111 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 112 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 113 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 114

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 115 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 116 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 117 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 118 Northam's almshouse

  • 119 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 120 They are parted pro-tem

  • 121 It really was the 'last time'

  • 122 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 123 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 124 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 125 Ten year old scrambler

  • 126 By pony and trap to market

  • 127 No laughing matter

  • 128 Bridging the stream

  • 129 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 130 Clovelly custom

  • 131 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 132 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 133 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 134 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 135 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 136 From Bobby to Brian

  • 137 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 138 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 139 All aboard the ark

  • 140 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 141 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

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

  • 143 Appledore's largest

  • 144 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 145 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 146 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 147 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 148 Service with a smile

  • 149 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 150 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 151

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 152 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 153 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 154 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 155 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 156 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 157 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 158 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 159

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 160 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 161 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 162 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 163 Ships at Bideford

  • 164 Life begins at 80

  • 165 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 166 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 167 School's link with cargo ship

  • 168 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 169 Private home for public pump

  • 170 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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

  • 172 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 173

    Exhibition of school work
  • 174 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 175 Torrington in 1967

  • 176 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 177

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 178 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 179 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 180 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

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

  • 182 Artisans' Club

  • 183 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 184 Simple Item 138
  • 185 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 186 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 187 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 188 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 189 Capers on the cobbles

  • 190

    Building works
  • 191 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 192 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 193 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 194 A story to tell!

  • 195 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 196 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 197 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 198 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 199

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 200 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 201 Revenge in style

  • 202 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 203 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 204 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 205 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 206 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 207 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 208 Some mushroom!

  • 209 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 210 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 211 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 212 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 213 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 214 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 215 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 216 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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

  • 218 Twenty-one yachts

  • 219 Parkham plan realised

  • 220 Peter poses for TV film

  • 221 The Geneva marionettes

  • 222 Decontrol of meat

  • 223 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 224

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 225 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 226 Variety in summer weather

  • 227 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 228 Littleham family's five generations

  • 229 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 230 New choral society's growing response

  • 231 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 232 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 233 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 234 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 235 Some 240 exhibits

  • 236 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 237 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 238 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 239

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 240 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 241 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 242 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 243 Over the bank together>
  • 244 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 245 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 246 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 247 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 248 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 249 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 250 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 251 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 252 First ship in 8 years

  • 253 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 254

    Relatives all over the world
  • 255 Hartland's invitation

  • 256 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 257 A man and his wheel

  • 258 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 259 Riverside mystery

  • 260

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 261 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 262 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 263 Penny for the guy

  • 264 Torrington's new amenity

  • 265

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 266 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 267 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 268 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 269 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 270 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 271 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 272 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 273 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 274 Police station view of Bideford

  • 275 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 276

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 277 Devil sent packing

  • 278 Mobile missionary

  • 279 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 280 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 281

    First prize
  • 282 Picking the pops

  • 283 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 284 Hartland Dancers
  • 285 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 286

    New gateway
  • 287 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 288

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 289 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 290 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 291 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 292 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 293 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 294 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 295 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 296

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 297 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 298 Recognise this resort?

  • 299 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 300 Jumble sale fever

  • 301 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 302 Can spring be far away?

  • 303 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 304 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 305 New Post Office

  • 306 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 307 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 308 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 309 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 310 Centenary of Gazette

  • 311

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 312 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 313 All for the love of a lady!

  • 314 Circus comes to town

  • 315 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 316 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 317 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 318 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 319 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 320 Loads of black and white

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

  • 322 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 323 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 324 Clovelly nightmare

  • 325 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 326 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 327 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 328 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 329 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 330 Pannier Market's future?

  • 331 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 332 Torrington children build igloo
  • 333 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 334 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 335 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 336 Blanchards ad.>
  • 337 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 338 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 339 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 340 Northam footballers of the future

  • 341

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 342 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 343 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 344 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 345 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 346 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 347

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 348 In their new robes and hats

  • 349 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 350 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 351

    Bidefordians
  • 352 Modern living at Bideford

  • 353 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 354 Picking the pops

  • 355 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 356 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 357 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 358 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 359 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 360 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 361

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 362 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 363 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 364 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 365 New addition to Quay front

  • 366 End of the line

  • 367 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

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

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

  • 370 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 371 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 372 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 373 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 374 For crying out loud!

  • 375 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 376 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 377 Puppet characters introduced

  • 378 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 379 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 380 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 381 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 382 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 383 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 384 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 385 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 386 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 387 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 388 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 389 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 390 He beat the floods

  • 391 Bideford regatta

  • 392 Burnard family reunion

  • 393 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 394 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 395 Just over a year old

  • 396 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 397 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 398 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 399 New art gallery opened

  • 400 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 401 Bideford computer stars

  • 402 The art of the thatcher

  • 403 Warmington's garage ad

  • 404 Happy Days!

  • 405 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 406 New look in the hayfields

  • 407 Filming at Hartland

  • 408

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 409 Six footed lamb

  • 410 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 411 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 412

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 413 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 414 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 415 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 416 So this is the mainland!

  • 417 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 418 A roof-top view - where?

  • 419 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 420 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 421 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 422 Weare Giffard potato

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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  • 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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  • 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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Third Northam Brother Emigrates to Tasmania

Three generations link with Bone Hill Farm

Believing that farming abroad offers greater scope and is less hampered by restrictions, Mr Eric Withecombe, of Bone Hill Farm, Northam, is selling the whole of his farming stock and later this month sets sail for Tasmania with his wife and child.

3.10.1952 Northam Withecombe Bone Hill Farm

Two of his brothers, Bruce and Vernon, are already in Tasmania and are looking forward to welcoming their brother and his family to a new life.

Bone Hill Farm has been in the Withecombe family for three generations. Eric’s grandfather first farmed there and was followed by his son, the late Mr W E Withecombe, who carried on the farm until the end of the recent war. There will still be Withecombes at Bone Hill, however, for Colin, the youngest of the family, will now run the farm.

An Old Boy of West Buckland School, Eric, like his four brothers, Frank, Bruce, Vernon and Colin, is well known in the district. The five brothers are keen sportsmen and have all, at one time or another, been playing members of Bideford Rugby Football Club.

During the recent war, Eric was commissioned in the Royal Artillery and was at Arnhem with the Airborne forces.

In the six years he farmed at Bone Hill, he has built up a fine herd of 65 attested milk recorded Ayrshires. The herd was established in 1948 from selected animals, mostly from Scotland, and is now one of the highest yielding Ayrshire herds in the county. In addition to the dairy herd, 70 sheep and a collection of agricultural implements and machinery will be offered at the dispersal sale.

3 October 1952

Buckland Brewer Exhibitors

Bideford Show Trophies

24.12.1959 Buckland Brewer

Above: Mrs. G. M. Brimacombe, of Tythecott, Buckland Brewer, who won the trophy for the most points in the poultry-dairy produce classes at the Three Societies’ Show at Bideford last week.

Below: Mr. W. Scoble, of Waffapool, Buckland Brewer, winner of the “hoof” section trophy for the best pig exhibits. With him in the picture is his son-in-law, Mr. R. Barron, associated with him in the farm. The pigs are Landrace cross Large White. (Photos, Mill Street Studios).

Gazette article dated 24 December 1959

 

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