• 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 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 2 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 3 Penny for the guy

  • 4 Ten year old scrambler

  • 5 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 6 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 7 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 8 Bideford regatta

  • 9 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 10

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 11 Bideford country dancers on TV

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

  • 13 Hartland Dancers
  • 14 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 15

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 16 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 17 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 18 No sale of Springfield House

  • 19 The cab at the corner>
  • 20 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 21 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 22 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 23 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 24 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 25 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 26 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 27 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 28 Ships at Bideford

  • 29 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 30

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 31 A bird of their own!

  • 32 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 33 Decontrol of meat

  • 34 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 35

    Bidefordians
  • 36 Some mushroom!

  • 37 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 38 In their new robes and hats

  • 39 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

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

  • 41 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 42 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 43 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 44 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 45 Hartland postman retires

  • 46 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 47 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 48 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 49 Warmington's garage ad

  • 50 Can spring be far away?

  • 51 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 52 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 53 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 54 Life begins at 80

  • 55 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 56 Recognise this resort?

  • 57 North Devon Driving School

  • 58 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 59 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 60 Twenty-one yachts

  • 61 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 62 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 63 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 64 Little 'Big Ben'

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

  • 66

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 67 Just over a year old

  • 68 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 69 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 70 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 71

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 72 Devil sent packing

  • 73 Caught in the act>
  • 74 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 75 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 76 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 77

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 78 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 79 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 80 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 81 Artisans' Club

  • 82 Littleham family's five generations

  • 83 So this is the mainland!

  • 84 Capers on the cobbles

  • 85 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 86 Six footed lamb

  • 87 Some 240 exhibits

  • 88 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 89

    First prize
  • 90 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 91 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 92 Revenge in style

  • 93 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 94 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 95 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 96 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 97 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 98

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 99 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 100 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 101 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 102 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 103 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 104 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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

  • 106 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 107 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 108 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

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

  • 110 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 111

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 112 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 113 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 114

    New gateway
  • 115 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 116 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 117 Parkham plan realised

  • 118 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 119

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 120 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 121 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 122 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 123 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 124 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 125 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 126 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 127 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 128 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 129 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 130 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 131 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 132 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 133 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 134 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 135 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 136 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 137 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 138 Pannier Market's future?

  • 139 Northam's almshouse

  • 140 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 141

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 142 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 143 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 144 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 145 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 146 Torrington children build igloo
  • 147 Traditions and skills still there

  • 148 New choral society's growing response

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

  • 150 Last train from Torrington

  • 151 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 152 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 153 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 154 When horses score over the tractor

  • 155 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 156 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 157

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 158 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 159 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 160 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 161 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 162 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 163 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 164 Service with a smile

  • 165 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 166 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

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

  • 168 School's link with cargo ship

  • 169 Sight of a lifetime

  • 170 Torrington's new amenity

  • 171 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 172 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 173 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 174 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 175 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 176 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 177 New shipyard on schedule

  • 178 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 179 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 180 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 181 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 182 New Post Office

  • 183 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 184 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 185 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 186 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 187

    Exhibition of school work
  • 188 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 189 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 190

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 191 By pony and trap to market

  • 192 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 193 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 194 Puppet characters introduced

  • 195 New civic medallions

  • 196 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 197 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 198 Peter poses for TV film

  • 199 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 200 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 201 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 202 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 203 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 204 Out of puff!

  • 205 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 206 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 207 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 208 Clovelly custom

  • 209 Circus comes to town

  • 210 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 211 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 212 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 213 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 214 Variety in summer weather

  • 215 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 216 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 217 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 218 The art of the thatcher

  • 219 Mobile missionary

  • 220 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 221 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 222 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 223 Weare Giffard potato

  • 224 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 225

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 226 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 227 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 228 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 229 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 230 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 231 What's the time?

  • 232 A story to tell!

  • 233 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 234 First ship in 8 years

  • 235 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 236 The Geneva marionettes

  • 237 All for the love of a lady!

  • 238 New look in the hayfields

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

  • 240 Burnard family reunion

  • 241 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 242 Waldon Triplets
  • 243 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 244 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 245 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 246 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 247 Emergency ferry services

  • 248

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 249 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 250 Picking the pops

  • 251 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 252 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 253 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 254

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 255 For crying out loud!

  • 256 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 257 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 258

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 259 Northam footballers of the future

  • 260 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 261 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 262 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 263 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 264 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 265 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 266 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 267 New life for Hartland organ

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

  • 269

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 270 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 271 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 272 Loads of black and white

  • 273 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 274 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 275 End of the line

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    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 277 Revived market off to splendid start

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

  • 279 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 280 New Lundy stamps

  • 281 Sweets derationing

  • 282 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 283 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 284 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 285 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 286 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 287 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 288 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 289 Picking the pops

  • 290 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 291 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 292 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 293 Clovelly nightmare

  • 294 Appledore's largest

  • 295 Torrington in 1967

  • 296 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 297 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 298 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 299 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 300 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 301 From Bobby to Brian

  • 302 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 303 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 304 Dismantling of wireless mast

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

  • 307 Happy Days!

  • 308 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 309 They are parted pro-tem

  • 310 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 311 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 312 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 313 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 314 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 315 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 316 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 317 Finished in 1876

  • 318 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 319 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 320 Off on a great adventure

  • 321 113 years at Instow

  • 322

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 323 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 324 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 325 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 326 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 327 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 328 It really was the 'last time'

  • 329 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 330 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 331 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 332

    Married in 1908
  • 333 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 334 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 335 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 336 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 337 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 338 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 339 Private home for public pump

  • 340 Symbol of Lundy independence

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

  • 342 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

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

  • 344 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 345 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 346 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 347 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 348 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 350 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 351 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 352 He beat the floods

  • 353 Cruising down the river

  • 354 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 355 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 356 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 357 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 358 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 359 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

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

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 362 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 363 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 364 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 365 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 366

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 367 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 368 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 369 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 370 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 371 All aboard the ark

  • 372 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 373 Jumble sale fever

  • 374 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 375 A roof-top view - where?

  • 376

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 377 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 378 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 379 Bideford loses training ship

  • 380 Centenary of Gazette

  • 381 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 382 Bideford computer stars

  • 383

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 384 New art gallery opened

  • 385 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 386 Simple Item 138
  • 387 Filming at Hartland

  • 388 Bridging the stream

  • 389 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 390 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 391

    Building works
  • 392 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 393

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 394 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 395 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 396 Riverside mystery

  • 397 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 398 No laughing matter

  • 399 A man and his wheel

  • 400

    Was a missionary
  • 401 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 402 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 403 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 404 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 405 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 406 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 407

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 408 Modern living at Bideford

  • 409 Over the bank together>
  • 410 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 411 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 412 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 413 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 414 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 415 School crossing patrol begins

  • 416 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 417 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 418 Police station view of Bideford

  • 419 New addition to Quay front

  • 420 Blanchards ad.>
  • 421 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 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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  • 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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CLOVELLY'S LIFEBOAT DAY PROMPTS MEMORIES 14TH JULY 1950

CLOVELLY'S LIFEBOAT DAY PROMPTS MEMORIES GRAVE AND GAY 14TH JULY 1950

clovellys lifeboat

New boat arrived from the builder's hands.  It was a real gathering of the clans and the remarks made by the President of the R.N.L.I. branch, Mr J C Hilton, brought back many happy memories of their boyhood days.

What a gathering this June day was and what a mixture of men, women and children assembled on the old Quay and beach.  There are old members of the lifeboat crew who have served well and faithfully over the years, but now age demands their passing over the job to younger men.

One outstanding rescue occured when the boat was sent out to the Norwegian brig Haabet, about 50 years ago.  Coxswain Tom Pengilly took the boat out in the teeth of a N.W. gale to the vessel which was drifting across towards Baggy Point.  After 6 hours' gruelling work, they got alongside and rescued the crew before she struck and became a total wreck.

Mr Richard Headon was another Coxswain, who was a local preacher, Mr Robert Headon, another Coxswain was a Sunday School Teacher.

 

Appledore's new lifeboat April 19th 1962

Appledore's new lifeboat April 19th 1962

appledores new lifeboat

Appledore's new lifeboat, which has undergone engine trials, will, it is hoped, be ready to leave the yards of her Isle of Wight builders next month.  Provisional date for delivery is May 15th.

The second photograph shows the view of the wheelhouse and engine casing from the fo'c'sle.  Travelling to the Isle of Wight to fetch her will probably be Coxswain Sydney Cann, the mechanic, Mr Leon Richards (who has been with the vessel on her trials) and Capt. Pat Brennan (local secretary of the R.N.L.I.).  She will be handed over by Sir Eric Seal, representing the committee of management.

Lifeboat launch from Bideford Quay in 1910 - 31st May 1938

Lifeboat launch from Bideford Quay in 1910

lifeboat launch

Naming ceremony of the new Appledore Lifeboat at Bideford this year. 

Picture shows the launching of the 'Jane Hannah Macdonald' from Bideford Quay in September 1910, for service at Appledore No. 1 Station, inside the Bar. 

In May 1912 the 'Robert and Catherine' was also launched from Bideford Quay for service at Appledore No. 2 Station, on Braunton Burrows.

Article dated 31 May 1938

 

 

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