• 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 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 2 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 3 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 4 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 5 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 6

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 7 All aboard the ark

  • 8 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 9 All for the love of a lady!

  • 10 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 11 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 12 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 13

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 14 Torrington children build igloo
  • 15

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 16 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 17 Finished in 1876

  • 18 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 19 Happy Days!

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

  • 21 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 22 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 23 Centenary of Gazette

  • 24 Hartland Dancers
  • 25 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 26

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 27 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 28 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 29 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 30 From Bobby to Brian

  • 31

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 32 Parkham plan realised

  • 33 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 34 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 35 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 36 So this is the mainland!

  • 37 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 38 Picking the pops

  • 39 What's the time?

  • 40

    Relatives all over the world
  • 41 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 42

    Married in 1908
  • 43 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 44 No sale of Springfield House

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

  • 46 Blanchards ad.>
  • 47 Bideford loses training ship

  • 48

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 49 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 50 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 51 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 52 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 53 They are parted pro-tem

  • 54 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 55 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 56 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 57

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 58 New Post Office

  • 59

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 60 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 61 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 62 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 63 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 64 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 65 Traditions and skills still there

  • 66 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 67

    Was a missionary
  • 68 Circus comes to town

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

  • 70 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 71 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 72 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 73 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 74 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 75

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 76 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 77 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 78 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 79 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 80 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 81 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 82 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 83 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 84 North Devon Driving School

  • 85 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 86 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 87 Clovelly custom

  • 88 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 89 Modern living at Bideford

  • 90 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 91 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 92 Six footed lamb

  • 93 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 94 Bridging the stream

  • 95 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 96 Torrington's new amenity

  • 97 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 98 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 99 Capers on the cobbles

  • 100 Warmington's garage ad

  • 101

    Exhibition of school work
  • 102 Northam footballers of the future

  • 103 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 104 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 105 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 106 Ten year old scrambler

  • 107 Just over a year old

  • 108 Waldon Triplets
  • 109 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 110 Devil sent packing

  • 111 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 112 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 113 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 114 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 115 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 116 End of the line

  • 117 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 118 No laughing matter

  • 119 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 120 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 121 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 122 Some 240 exhibits

  • 123 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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

  • 125 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 126 Cruising down the river

  • 127 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 128 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 129 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 130 New shipyard on schedule

  • 131 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 132 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 133 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 134 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 135 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 136 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 137 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 138 In their new robes and hats

  • 139 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 140 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 141 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 142 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 143

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 144 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 145 New life for Hartland organ

  • 146 New addition to Quay front

  • 147 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 148 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 149 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 150 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 151 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 152

    Bidefordians
  • 153 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 154 It really was the 'last time'

  • 155 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 156 Picking the pops

  • 157

    New gateway
  • 158 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 159 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 160 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 161 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 162 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 163 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 164

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 165 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 166 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 167 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 168 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 169 Peter poses for TV film

  • 170 By pony and trap to market

  • 171 Northam's almshouse

  • 172 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 173

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 174 A man and his wheel

  • 175 Police station view of Bideford

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

  • 177 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 178 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 179

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 180 The Geneva marionettes

  • 181

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 182 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 183 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 184 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 185 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 186 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 187 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 188 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 189 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 190 Some mushroom!

  • 191 Bideford computer stars

  • 192 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 193 Variety in summer weather

  • 194 Clovelly nightmare

  • 195

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 196 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 197 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 198 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 199

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 200

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 201 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 202 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 203 Simple Item 138
  • 204 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 205 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 206 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 207 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 208 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 209 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 210 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 211 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 212 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 213 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 214 A roof-top view - where?

  • 215

    First prize
  • 216 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 217 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 218 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 219 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 220 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 221 Torrington in 1967

  • 222 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 223 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 224 New art gallery opened

  • 225 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 226 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 227

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 228 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 229 When horses score over the tractor

  • 230 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 231 A bird of their own!

  • 232 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 233 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 234 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 235 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 236 Life begins at 80

  • 237 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 238 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 239 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 240 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 241 Twenty-one yachts

  • 242 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 243 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 244 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 245 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 246 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 247 113 years at Instow

  • 248 Appledore's largest

  • 249 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 250 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 251 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 252

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 253 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

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

  • 255 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 256 Sweets derationing

  • 257 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 258 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 259 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 260 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 261 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 262 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 263 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 264 The cab at the corner>
  • 265 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 266 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 267 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 268 Littleham family's five generations

  • 269 School crossing patrol begins

  • 270 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 271 Revenge in style

  • 272 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 273 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 274 Torridge wins on time schedule

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

  • 276 The art of the thatcher

  • 277 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 278 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 279 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 280 Out of puff!

  • 281 Private home for public pump

  • 282 Riverside mystery

  • 283 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 284 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 285 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 286 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 287 Emergency ferry services

  • 288

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 289 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 290 Jumble sale fever

  • 291 Puppet characters introduced

  • 292 Can spring be far away?

  • 293 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 294 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 295 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 296 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 297

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 298

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 299 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 300 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 301 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 302 Pannier Market's future?

  • 303 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 304 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 305 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 306 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 307 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 308 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 309 New look in the hayfields

  • 310 Service with a smile

  • 311 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 312 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 313 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 314 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 315 Burnard family reunion

  • 316

    Building works
  • 317 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 318 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 319 New civic medallions

  • 320 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 321 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

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

  • 323 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 324 Penny for the guy

  • 325 Weare Giffard potato

  • 326 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 327 New choral society's growing response

  • 328 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 329 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 330 Over the bank together>
  • 331 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 332 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 333 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 334 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 335 School's link with cargo ship

  • 336 For crying out loud!

  • 337 Last train from Torrington

  • 338 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 339 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 340 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 341 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 342 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 343 Hartland postman retires

  • 344 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 345 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 346 Recognise this resort?

  • 347 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 348 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 349 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 350 Bideford regatta

  • 351 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 352 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 353 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 354 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

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

  • 356 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 357 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 358 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

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

  • 360 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 361 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 362 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 363 Loads of black and white

  • 364 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 365 Caught in the act>
  • 366 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 367 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 368 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 369 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 370 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 371 A story to tell!

  • 372 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 373 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 374 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 375 Filming at Hartland

  • 376

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 377

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 378 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 379 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 380 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 381 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 382 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 383 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 384 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 385 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 386 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 387 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 388 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 389 Artisans' Club

  • 390 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 391 Ships at Bideford

  • 392 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 393 First ship in 8 years

  • 394 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 395 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 396 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

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

  • 398 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 399 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 400

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 401 Sight of a lifetime

  • 402 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 403 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 404 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 405 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 406 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 407 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 408 Off on a great adventure

  • 409 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 410 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 411 Mobile missionary

  • 412 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 413 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 414 Decontrol of meat

  • 415 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 416 New Lundy stamps

  • 417 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 418 He beat the floods

  • 419 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 420 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 421 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 422 Hartland's invitation

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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Tennacott Heights

Detached and Semi-detached homes at Tennacott Heights, Bideford from £3,150 freehold

4.8.1967 Tennacot Heights buy a house

by A W Kingdom & Ltd of Braunton
....with the added advantage of OIL CENTRAL HEATING through Shell-Max and B.P. Ltd

These architect designed houses are set adjacent to the open countryside in a delightful spot with panoramic views of the river
estuary. Although moderately priced, these bungalows and houses are of high quality construction and there are no hidden extras.
SHOWHOUSE NOW OPEN FOR INSPECTION
Mortgages are available now - details from Sole Selling Agents
John C Webber & Son
22 Mill Street
Bideford, North Devon
Telephone 2344

4 August 1967

 

Property

Appledore North Devon

Appledore North Devon - 4th February 1972

4.2.1972 Endsleigh for sale
 

Braddicks Limited have received instructions from the Executors of the late Mrs Lavinia Lamey to offer for sale by Public Auction the Freehold End Terrace Property known as 'Endsleigh' 13 Richmond Road Appledore
The house is situated in a high elevated position at the entrance to the village and immediately outside the property is a bus stop giving convenient access to all parts of the district.
The house is approached through a front garden.
Entrance porch, entrance hall, cloakroom with low level WC, sitting room, living room, kitchen. First floor: bathroom, bedroom 1, bedroom 2. Outside: back garden with concrete path and lawn. Wooden fuel store. Back entrance.
All main services. RV £48
Vacant possession on completion of purchase.
The above freehold property will be offered for sale by Public Auction on the premises on Wednesday, February 23rd 1972, at 2.30pm.
Immediately following the property sale the whole of the household furniture, furnishings and effects will also be offered for sale by Public Auction.
For further details apply the Auctioneers, 37 Mill Street, Bideford. Tel 2564/5/6, or Messrs T Oerton and Martin, Solicitors, 29 Bridgeland Street, Bideford.

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