• 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 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 2 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 3 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

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

  • 5 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 6 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 7 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 8 Hartland Dancers
  • 9 When horses score over the tractor

  • 10 Loads of black and white

  • 11 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 12 New art gallery opened

  • 13 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 14 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 15

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 16 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 17 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 18 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 19 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 20 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 21 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 22 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 23 From Bobby to Brian

  • 24 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 25 Torrington children build igloo
  • 26 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 27 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 28

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 29 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 30

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 31 Weare Giffard potato

  • 32 School's link with cargo ship

  • 33 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 34 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 35 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 36 Some mushroom!

  • 37 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 38 Clovelly custom

  • 39 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 40 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 41 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 42 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 43 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 44 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 45 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 46 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 47 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 48 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 49 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 50 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 51 New choral society's growing response

  • 52 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 53 Police station view of Bideford

  • 54 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 55 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 56 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

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

  • 58 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 59 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 60 Artisans' Club

  • 61

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 62 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 63 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 64 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 65 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 66 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 67 Some 240 exhibits

  • 68 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 69 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 70 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 71 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 72 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 73 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 74 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 75 Clovelly nightmare

  • 76 Blanchards ad.>
  • 77

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 78 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 79 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 80 A man and his wheel

  • 81 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 82 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 83 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 84 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 85 They are parted pro-tem

  • 86 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 87 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 88 Centenary of Gazette

  • 89 Penny for the guy

  • 90 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 91 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 92 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 93 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 94 End of the line

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

  • 96 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 97 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 98 Ships at Bideford

  • 99

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 100 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 101 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 102 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 103 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 104 Variety in summer weather

  • 105

    Exhibition of school work
  • 106 North Devon Driving School

  • 107 Ten year old scrambler

  • 108 Hartland postman retires

  • 109 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 110 Life begins at 80

  • 111 Parkham plan realised

  • 112

    First prize
  • 113 New civic medallions

  • 114 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 115 113 years at Instow

  • 116 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 117 Sweets derationing

  • 118 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 119 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 120 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 121 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 122 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 123 Twenty-one yachts

  • 124 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 125 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 126 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 127 Emergency ferry services

  • 128 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 129 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 130 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 131 Decontrol of meat

  • 132 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 133 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 134 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 135 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 136 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 137 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 138 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 139 Record player of 80 years ago

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

  • 141 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 142

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 143 Torrington in 1967

  • 144 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 145 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 146 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 147 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 148 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 149 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 150

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 151

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 152 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 153 Torrington's new amenity

  • 154 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 155 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 156

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 157 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 158 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 159 Pannier Market's future?

  • 160 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 161 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 162 Over the bank together>
  • 163 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 164 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 165 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 166 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 167 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 168 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 169 Northam's almshouse

  • 170 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 171

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 172 Jumble sale fever

  • 173 Bideford computer stars

  • 174

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 175 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 176 Appledore's largest

  • 177 Finished in 1876

  • 178 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 179 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 180 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 181

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 182 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 183 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 184 Picking the pops

  • 185 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 186 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 187 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 188 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 189 All for the love of a lady!

  • 190 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 191 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 192 The art of the thatcher

  • 193 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 194 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 195 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 196 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 197 For crying out loud!

  • 198 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 199 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 200 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 201 Bridging the stream

  • 202 Riverside mystery

  • 203 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 204 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 205 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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

  • 207 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 208 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 209 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 210 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 211 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 212

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 213 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 214 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 215 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 216 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 217 First ship in 8 years

  • 218 Circus comes to town

  • 219 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 220 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 221 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 222 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 223 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 224 Just over a year old

  • 225 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 226 School crossing patrol begins

  • 227 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 228 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 229 The cab at the corner>
  • 230 Sight of a lifetime

  • 231 What's the time?

  • 232 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 233 New Lundy air-mail stamps

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

  • 235 New addition to Quay front

  • 236 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 237 In their new robes and hats

  • 238 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 239 It really was the 'last time'

  • 240 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 241 Warmington's garage ad

  • 242 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 243 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 244 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 245 Caught in the act>
  • 246 Traditions and skills still there

  • 247 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 248 Littleham family's five generations

  • 249 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 250 Bideford loses training ship

  • 251 New shipyard on schedule

  • 252 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 253 New Lundy stamps

  • 254 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 255 Waldon Triplets
  • 256 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 257 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 258 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 259 Northam footballers of the future

  • 260 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

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

  • 262 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 263 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 264 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 265 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 266 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 267 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 268

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 269 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 270 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 271 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 272 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

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    Bidefordians
  • 274 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 275 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 276 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 277 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 278 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 279 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 280 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 281 The Geneva marionettes

  • 282 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 283 New life for Hartland organ

  • 284 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 285 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 286 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 287 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 288

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 289

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 290 Puppet characters introduced

  • 291 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 292 No sale of Springfield House

  • 293 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 294 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 295 Bideford regatta

  • 296 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 297 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 298 Out of puff!

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    New gateway
  • 300 Six footed lamb

  • 301 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 302 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 303 Devil sent packing

  • 304 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 305 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 306 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 307 Last train from Torrington

  • 308 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 309 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 310 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 311 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 312 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 313 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 314 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 315 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 316 A story to tell!

  • 317 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 318 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 319 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 320 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 321 Picking the pops

  • 322 So this is the mainland!

  • 323 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 324 Can spring be far away?

  • 325 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 326 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 327 He beat the floods

  • 328 By pony and trap to market

  • 329 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 330 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 331 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 332 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 333 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 334 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 335 New Post Office

  • 336 Filming at Hartland

  • 337 A roof-top view - where?

  • 338 Peter poses for TV film

  • 339 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 340 Capers on the cobbles

  • 341 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 342 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

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

  • 344 A bird of their own!

  • 345 No laughing matter

  • 346 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 347 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 348 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

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

  • 350 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 351 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 352 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 353 Simple Item 138
  • 354

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 355 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 356 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 357 Cruising down the river

  • 358 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 359 Hartland's invitation

  • 360 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 361 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

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

  • 363 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 364 Recognise this resort?

  • 365 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 366 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 367

    Relatives all over the world
  • 368 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 369 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 370 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 371 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 372 All aboard the ark

  • 373 Happy Days!

  • 374

    Building works
  • 375

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 376 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 377 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 378 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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    Married in 1908
  • 380 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 381

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 382 Revenge in style

  • 383 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 384 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 385 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 386 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 387 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 388 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 389 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

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

  • 391 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 392 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 393 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 394

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 395 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 396 Mobile missionary

  • 397 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 398 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 399

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 400

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 401 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 402 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 403

    Was a missionary
  • 404

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 405 Service with a smile

  • 406 Private home for public pump

  • 407 Burnard family reunion

  • 408 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 409 Modern living at Bideford

  • 410 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 411 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 412 New look in the hayfields

  • 413 Off on a great adventure

  • 414 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 415 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 416 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 417 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 418 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 419

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 420 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 421 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 422 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

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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  • 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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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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Cattle On The Road

‘I plead guilty, although it was no fault of mine’ wrote John Colwill, of Ford Farm, Hartland, when he was summoned before Bideford Magistrates on Tuesday for allowing seven yearling cattle to stray on the Hartland-Baxworthy Cross road on January 30th.

4.3.1955 Hartland cattle

Police Constable Richards told the Bench the cattle were straying a mile from Colwill’s farm. Defendant’s son had said the cattle had been in the orchard and had admitted there was no fence at the top of the road bank. Witness added that he found a path of some standing down over the bank to the road.
In a letter to the Bench, Colwill stated the yearlings had not been in the orchard – he and his son had each thought the other had pastured them there – but had been in the farmyard. The cattle had strayed because someone had left the yard gate open.
The magistrates imposed a fine of 10s.
Gazette article dated 4 March 1955

Crime

Cars without lights

Five local people were each fined £4 by Bideford magistrates for leaving their cars at night without lights.

1972 fines for people driving cars without lights

The five – Desmond Joseph Thorn of 2 Silver Street, Appledore; Rodney James Burland of 12 Forresters Road, Holsworthy; Andrew John Pedrick of 30 Brookfield Street, Bideford; David Harvey of 2 Quay House, Appledore; Christen Ronny Rudolf Svensson of 7a Dartinton Fields – all pleaded guilty.
For a similar offence John William Hacker of 4 Myrtle Grove, Bideford, was fined £3.

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