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    Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    ...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 regatta

  • 2 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 3 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 4 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 5 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 6 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 7 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 8 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 9 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 10 Picking the pops

  • 11

    Bidefordians
  • 12 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 13 Penny for the guy

  • 14 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 15

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 16 Peter poses for TV film

  • 17 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 18 Big develolpment at Calveford

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

  • 20 Service with a smile

  • 21 Filming at Hartland

  • 22 A roof-top view - where?

  • 23

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 24 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 25 A man and his wheel

  • 26 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 27 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 28 School's link with cargo ship

  • 29 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 30 Picking the pops

  • 31 First ship in 8 years

  • 32 Ten year old scrambler

  • 33 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 34 Emergency ferry services

  • 35 Capers on the cobbles

  • 36 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 37 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 38

    Was a missionary
  • 39 Centenary of Gazette

  • 40 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 41 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 42 Last train from Torrington

  • 43 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 44 Private home for public pump

  • 45 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 46 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 47 Burnard family reunion

  • 48 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 49 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 50 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 51 Recognise this resort?

  • 52 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 53 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 54 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 55 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 56 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 57 Six footed lamb

  • 58 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 59 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 60 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 61 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 62 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

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

  • 64 By pony and trap to market

  • 65 Northam footballers of the future

  • 66 Clovelly custom

  • 67 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 68 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 69 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 70 Sight of a lifetime

  • 71 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 72 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 73

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 74 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 75 Traditions and skills still there

  • 76 Decontrol of meat

  • 77 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 78 In their new robes and hats

  • 79 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 80 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 81 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 82 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

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

  • 84 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 85 Revenge in style

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

  • 87 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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

  • 89 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 90 Modern living at Bideford

  • 91 Some 240 exhibits

  • 92 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 93 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 94 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 95 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 96 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 97 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 98 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 99 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 100 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 101 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 102

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 103

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 104 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 105 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 106 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 107 Finished in 1876

  • 108 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 109 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 110 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 111 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 112

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 113

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 114 All for the love of a lady!

  • 115 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 116

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 117 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 118 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 119 Northam's almshouse

  • 120 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 121 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 122 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 123 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 124 Hartland Dancers
  • 125

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 126 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 127 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 128 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 129 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 130 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 131 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 132 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 133 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 134

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 135 He beat the floods

  • 136 When horses score over the tractor

  • 137 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 138 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 139 New choral society's growing response

  • 140 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 141 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 142 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 143 Variety in summer weather

  • 144 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 145 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 146 Over the bank together>
  • 147 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 148 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 149 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 150 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 151

    Married in 1908
  • 152 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 153 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 154 Can spring be far away?

  • 155

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 156 Parkham plan realised

  • 157 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 158 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 159 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 160 Loads of black and white

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

  • 162 Bideford loses training ship

  • 163 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 164 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 165 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 166 All aboard the ark

  • 167 Off on a great adventure

  • 168 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 169 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 170 New Post Office

  • 171 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 172 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 173 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 174 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

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

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

  • 177 Bideford computer stars

  • 178 Bridging the stream

  • 179

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 180 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 181 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 182 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 183 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 184 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 185 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 186 Mobile missionary

  • 187 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 188 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 189 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 190 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 191 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 192 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 193 Twenty-one yachts

  • 194 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 195 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 196 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 197 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 198

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 199 For crying out loud!

  • 200 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 201 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 202 Just over a year old

  • 203 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 204 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 205 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 206 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 207 Simple Item 138
  • 208 North Devon Driving School

  • 209 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 210 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 211 Happy Days!

  • 212 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 213

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 214 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 215 The art of the thatcher

  • 216 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 217 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 218 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 219 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 220 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 221 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 222 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 223 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 224 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 225 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 226 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 227 Jumble sale fever

  • 228 Torrington's new amenity

  • 229 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 230 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 231 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 232 Artisans' Club

  • 233

    New gateway
  • 234 Appledore's largest

  • 235 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 236 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 237 The cab at the corner>
  • 238 Riverside mystery

  • 239 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 240 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 241

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 242 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 243 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 244 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 245 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 246 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 247 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

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

  • 249 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 250 Police station view of Bideford

  • 251 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 252 New art gallery opened

  • 253 Caught in the act>
  • 254 Some mushroom!

  • 255

    Relatives all over the world
  • 256 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 257

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 258 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 259 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 260

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 261 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 262 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 263

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 264 It really was the 'last time'

  • 265 Pannier Market's future?

  • 266 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 267 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 268 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 269 New shipyard on schedule

  • 270 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 271 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 272 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 273 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 274 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 275 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 276 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 277 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 278 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 279 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 280 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 281 End of the line

  • 282 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 283 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 284 No laughing matter

  • 285

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 286 A story to tell!

  • 287 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 288

    Building works
  • 289 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 290 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 291 Weare Giffard potato

  • 292 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 293 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 294 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 295 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 296 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 297 No sale of Springfield House

  • 298 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 299 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 300 School crossing patrol begins

  • 301 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 302

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 303 Out of puff!

  • 304 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 305 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 306 Ships at Bideford

  • 307 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 308 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 309 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 310 New look in the hayfields

  • 311 Cruising down the river

  • 312 Torrington children build igloo
  • 313 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 314 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 315 Blanchards ad.>
  • 316 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 317 From Bobby to Brian

  • 318 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 319 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 320 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 321 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 322 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

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

  • 324 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 325 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 326 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 327 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 328 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 329 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 330 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 331 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 332 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 333 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 334

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 335 113 years at Instow

  • 336 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 337 Warmington's garage ad

  • 338 Hartland postman retires

  • 339 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 340 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 341

    First prize
  • 342 New Lundy stamps

  • 343 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 344 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 345 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 346 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 347 The Geneva marionettes

  • 348 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 349 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 350 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 351 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 352 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 353

    Exhibition of school work
  • 354 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 355 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 356 Puppet characters introduced

  • 357 New civic medallions

  • 358 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 359 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

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

  • 361 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 362 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 363 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 364 Circus comes to town

  • 365 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 366

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 367 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 368

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 369 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 370 Sweets derationing

  • 371 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 372 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 373 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 374 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 375 What's the time?

  • 376 So this is the mainland!

  • 377 New life for Hartland organ

  • 378 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 379 Littleham family's five generations

  • 380

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 381 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 382 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 383 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 384 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 385 Ship-in-bottle world record

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

  • 387 A bird of their own!

  • 388 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 389 Torrington in 1967

  • 390

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 391 New addition to Quay front

  • 392 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 393 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 394 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 395 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 396 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 397 Afternoon tea in the park

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

  • 399 They are parted pro-tem

  • 400 Life begins at 80

  • 401 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 402 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 403 Clovelly nightmare

  • 404 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 405 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 406 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 407 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 408 Devil sent packing

  • 409 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 410 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

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

  • 412 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 413 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 414 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 415 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 416 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 417 Waldon Triplets
  • 418 Hartland's invitation

  • 419 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 420 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 421 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 422 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

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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Torrington Division Political Candidates

Candidates

Mr Thomas B H Chappell, the Labour candidate in the Torrington Division, is 50 and was born near High Wycombe. In the first world war he put on his age to enlist and was wounded on the Somme at the age of 15. Later he became a sergeant in the Coldstream Guards and completed seven years’ regular service. In 1926 he joined Exeter City Police and served until 1939 when he resigned on winning £13,000 in a football pool. He has since been a license at North Tawton and Hatherleigh and in 1948 returned to Exeter. From 1946 until last year he was chairman of the South Molton Division Labour Party. Mr and Mrs Chappell have brought up a family of thirteen, of whom four boys and three girls served in the last war. Their third son was killed on the Glorious in 1940.

The Hon G Lambert, the National Liberal-Conservative candidate, is the elder son of Viscount Lambert, and lives in the family home, Spreyton, Devon.
Viscount Lambert first entered Parliament as Liberal member for South Molton in 1891 and except for a break of four years represented the Division continuously until 1945.
The Hon G Lambert, who is 39, was educated at Harrow and New College, Oxford. He joined the Territorials (RA) in 1938. During the war he served as a regimental officer and on the staff in AA command and in 1942 was promoted Lieut-Col in command of an Ack-Ack OCTU. Appointed a War Office liaison officer in 1944, he visited Central Mediterranean, PAI Force, India and South East Asia Command.
Mrs Lambert was formerly Miss Patricia Quinn of London. They have a son and a daughter.

Mrs Elizabeth Rashleigh, the Liberal candidate for the Torrington division, is the wife of Dr J C S Rashleigh, of Throwleigh, Devon.
In 1946, Mrs Rashleigh took a leading part in forming the Torrington Division Liberal Association, becoming chairman of the Okehampton Committee. She is a vice-president of the Devon and Cornwall Liberal Federation.
Mrs Rashleigh, who is a Justice of the Peace for Devon, has undertaken much public work.
She is one of the County Voluntary Organisers and a public speaker for the Women’s Institute movement and serves on the County WI Agricultural Sub-Committee.
During the war she helped the Red Cross and was also associated with the National Saving Movement.

17.2.1950 prospective candidate1

 

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Gazette article dated 17 February 1950

 

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