• 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 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 3 End of the line

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

  • 5 Torrington's new amenity

  • 6 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 7 New art gallery opened

  • 8 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 9 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 10 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 11 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 12 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 13 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 14 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 15 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

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

  • 17 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 18 Clovelly custom

  • 19 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 20 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 21 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 22 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 23 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 24 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 25 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 26 A man and his wheel

  • 27 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 28

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 29 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 30 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 31 A roof-top view - where?

  • 32 Some 240 exhibits

  • 33 Revenge in style

  • 34 Hartland Dancers
  • 35 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 36

    Married in 1908
  • 37 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 38 Filming at Hartland

  • 39 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 40 113 years at Instow

  • 41 Ten year old scrambler

  • 42 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 43 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 44 Burnard family reunion

  • 45 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 46

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 47 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 48 Artisans' Club

  • 49 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 50 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 51 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 52 The art of the thatcher

  • 53 They are parted pro-tem

  • 54 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 55 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 56 Clovelly nightmare

  • 57 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 58 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 59 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 60 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 61 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 62 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 63 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 64 No laughing matter

  • 65 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 66 New Post Office

  • 67 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 68 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 69

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 70 School's link with cargo ship

  • 71 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 72 Penny for the guy

  • 73 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 74 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 75 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 76 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 77 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 78 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 79 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 80

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 81 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 82 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 83

    Building works
  • 84 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 85

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 86 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 87 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

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

  • 89 North Devon Driving School

  • 90 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 91 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

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

  • 93 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 94 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 95 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 96 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 97 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 98 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 99 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 100 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 101 Appledore's largest

  • 102 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 103 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 104 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 105 Bridging the stream

  • 106

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 107 New life for Hartland organ

  • 108 Picking the pops

  • 109 Jumble sale fever

  • 110 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 111 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 112 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 113 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 114

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 115 Capers on the cobbles

  • 116 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 117 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 118 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 119

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 120

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 121 Private home for public pump

  • 122 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 123 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 124 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 125 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 126 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 127 Centenary of Gazette

  • 128 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 129 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 130 Bideford loses training ship

  • 131 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 132 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 133 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 134 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 135 Warmington's garage ad

  • 136 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 137 Pannier Market's future?

  • 138 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 139 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 140 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 141 Northam's almshouse

  • 142 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 143 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 144 Torridge wins on time schedule

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

  • 146 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 147 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 148 Picking the pops

  • 149 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 150 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 151 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 152 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 153 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 154 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 155 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 156 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 157 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 158

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 159 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 160 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 161 Caught in the act>
  • 162 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 163 Hartland postman retires

  • 164 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 165 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 166 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 167 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 168 First ship in 8 years

  • 169 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 170 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 171 A story to tell!

  • 172 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 173 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 174 Northam footballers of the future

  • 175 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 176 Puppet characters introduced

  • 177 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 178

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 179

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 180 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 181 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 182 Sweets derationing

  • 183 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 184 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 185 Last train from Torrington

  • 186 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 187 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 188 What's the time?

  • 189 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 190 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 191 The Geneva marionettes

  • 192 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 193 A bird of their own!

  • 194 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 195 Six footed lamb

  • 196 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 197 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 198 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 199 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 200 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 201 Twenty-one yachts

  • 202 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 203 Finished in 1876

  • 204 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 205 Emergency ferry services

  • 206 Peter poses for TV film

  • 207 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 208 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 209 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 210 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 211 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 212 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 213 Loads of black and white

  • 214 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 215

    First prize
  • 216 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 217 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 218 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 219 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 220 Recognise this resort?

  • 221 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 222 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 223 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 224 Over the bank together>
  • 225 Ships at Bideford

  • 226 New look in the hayfields

  • 227 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 228 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 229 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 230 New Lundy stamps

  • 231 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 232 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 233 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 234 Simple Item 138
  • 235 In their new robes and hats

  • 236 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 237 All aboard the ark

  • 238 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 239 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 240 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 241

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 242 Modern living at Bideford

  • 243 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 244 For crying out loud!

  • 245 Cruising down the river

  • 246 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 247 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 248 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 249 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 250

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 251 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 252

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 253 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 254 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 255 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 256 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 257

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 258 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 259 New addition to Quay front

  • 260 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 261 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

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

  • 263 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 264 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 265 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 266 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 267 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 268 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 269 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 270 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 271 Off on a great adventure

  • 272 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 273 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 274 So this is the mainland!

  • 275 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 276 Decontrol of meat

  • 277 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 278 Parkham plan realised

  • 279 Sight of a lifetime

  • 280 Service with a smile

  • 281 By pony and trap to market

  • 282 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 283 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 284 No sale of Springfield House

  • 285

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 286

    Bidefordians
  • 287 School crossing patrol begins

  • 288 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 289 Can spring be far away?

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

  • 292 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 293 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 294 Life begins at 80

  • 295 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 296 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 297 Some mushroom!

  • 298 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 299 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 300 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 301 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 302 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 303 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 304 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 305 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 306 Waldon Triplets
  • 307 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 308 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 309 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 310 Devil sent packing

  • 311 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 312 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 313

    Exhibition of school work
  • 314 Circus comes to town

  • 315 Torrington children build igloo
  • 316 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 317 Blanchards ad.>
  • 318 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 319 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 320 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 321

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 322 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 323 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

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

  • 325 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 326 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 327 Torrington in 1967

  • 328 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 329 Weare Giffard potato

  • 330 Police station view of Bideford

  • 331 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 332 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 333 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 334 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 335 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 336 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 337 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 338 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 339 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 340 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 341 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 342

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 343 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 344

    Was a missionary
  • 345 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 346 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 347 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 348 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 349 Just over a year old

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

  • 351 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 352 Mobile missionary

  • 353 The cab at the corner>
  • 354 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 355 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 356 Hartland's invitation

  • 357 All for the love of a lady!

  • 358 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 359 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 360 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

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

  • 362 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 363 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 364 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 365 Bideford regatta

  • 366 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 367 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 368 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 369 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 370 New choral society's growing response

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 372

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 373 Out of puff!

  • 374 Traditions and skills still there

  • 375 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 376 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 377 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 378 A craftsman's 'potted' history

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

  • 380 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 381 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 382 It really was the 'last time'

  • 383 New civic medallions

  • 384 Westward Ho! combined op

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

  • 386 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 387 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 388 Bideford computer stars

  • 389 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 390 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 391 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 392 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 393 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 394 He beat the floods

  • 395

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 396 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 397 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 398 Littleham family's five generations

  • 399 When horses score over the tractor

  • 400 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 401 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 402

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 403 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 404 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 405 Riverside mystery

  • 406 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 407 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 408 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 409 New shipyard on schedule

  • 410 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 411 From Bobby to Brian

  • 412 Happy Days!

  • 413 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 414 Variety in summer weather

  • 415 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 416

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 417 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 418 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 419 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

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    New gateway
  • 421 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 422

    Hamburger is part of modern life
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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Retirement Presentations to Bideford Headmaster

Two presentations

29.7.1960 Down retirement

On the last day of his 19 years as headmaster of Bideford County Secondary School and his retirement after 35 years as a teacher, Mr J E Down is seen her with Mr A C Lavers, senior master, and head girl and boy, Elizabeth Pidler and Kenneth Hocking, and the school’s prefects.

Both presentations followed the normal morning assembly, and both were greeted by thunderous applause.

29.7.1960 Down retirement1

The full Gazette article is dated 29 July 1960

Their Fun Extended A Helping Hand

The charm and zest of children ‘dressing up’ is ever new.

14.7.1950 school dressing up

What fun it can be to them, and how entertaining to friends of their own age and grown-ups. These pupils of Strathmore School, Bideford, not only enjoyed themselves, and gave enjoyment, when they took part in the Dr Barnado’s Helpers’ League concert at Rosehill, Northam, on Saturday, but they also had the extra satisfaction of knowing they were helping children less fortunate than themselves.

Strathmore pupils gave a performance of ‘The Rhyming Princess’ and those taking part were: A Gordon, P Hearn, M Hardman, M Lane, B Harding, M Lee, D Wadey, D Squire, V Broad, J Baglow, M Whitefield, A Blackhurst, J Harding.

Gazette article dated 14 July 1950

Even Better Than Mother Makes!

This mouth-watering display of Christmas cakes is not the work of skilled chefs, but of fourth-year girls of Torrington County Secondary School. The sweets, no less appetising, were made by first-year girls.

18.12.1959 Torrington School1

Cookery has a large part in their curriculum, which is as it should be in a farming community.

The domestic science teacher, Miss M. Stevens, told the Gazette that there was a basic recipe so that the cakes were of an economic size, but apart from that the girls were allowed to use their own ingenuity. That they had certainly done, some even having manufactured the decorations,

Most of the pupils in 4a had successfully undertaken elaborate piping, but many of the snow scenes chosen by 4b pupils were no less effective. In the picture, in addition to Miss Stevens, are some of the girls and their mothers who, on Monday, were invited to inspect the pupils’ handiwork. Some of them agreed that the cakes were even better than those mother makes.

Gazette article dated 18 December 1959

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