• 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 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 2 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 3 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 4 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 5 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 6 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 7

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
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    Married in 1908
  • 9 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 10 Northam footballers of the future

  • 11 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 12 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 13 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 14 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 15 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 16 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 17 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 18 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 19 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 20 A roof-top view - where?

  • 21 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 22 New Post Office

  • 23 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 24 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 25 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 26 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 27 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 28 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 29 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 30 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 31 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 32 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 33 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 34 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 35 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 36 Traditions and skills still there

  • 37 Police station view of Bideford

  • 38 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 39 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 40 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 41 Just over a year old

  • 42 Hartland postman retires

  • 43 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 44 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 45 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 46 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 47 Devil sent packing

  • 48 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 49 Clovelly custom

  • 50 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 51

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 52 Private home for public pump

  • 53 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 54 Parkham plan realised

  • 55 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 56 Littleham family's five generations

  • 57 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 58 For crying out loud!

  • 59 Artisans' Club

  • 60 Life begins at 80

  • 61 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 62 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 63 By pony and trap to market

  • 64 In their new robes and hats

  • 65 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 66 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 67 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 68 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 69 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 70 Circus comes to town

  • 71 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 72 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 73 School's link with cargo ship

  • 74 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 75 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 76 Bideford regatta

  • 77

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 78 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 79

    First prize
  • 80 He beat the floods

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

  • 82 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 83

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 84 Finished in 1876

  • 85 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 86 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 87 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 88

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 89 All aboard the ark

  • 90 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 91 A bird of their own!

  • 92 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 93 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 94 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 95 Puppet characters introduced

  • 96 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 97 Some mushroom!

  • 98 Caught in the act>
  • 99 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 100 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 101 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 102 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 103 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 104 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 105 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 106 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 107 Calf thinks of mare as mum

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

  • 109 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 110 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 111 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 112 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 113 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 114 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 115 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 116 Torrington in 1967

  • 117 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 118 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 119 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 120 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 121 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 122 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 123 Bridging the stream

  • 124 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 125 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 126 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 127 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 128

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 129 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 130 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 131 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 132 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 133 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 134 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 135 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 136 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 137

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 138

    Building works
  • 139 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 140 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 141 Out of puff!

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

  • 143 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 144 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 145 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 146 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 147 Revenge in style

  • 148 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 149 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 150 Bideford computer stars

  • 151

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 152 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 153

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 154

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 155 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 156 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 157 Blanchards ad.>
  • 158 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 159 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 160 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 161 Picking the pops

  • 162

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 163 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 164 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 165 Riverside mystery

  • 166 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 167 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 168 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 169 No sale of Springfield House

  • 170 Hartland Dancers
  • 171 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 172 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 173 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 174 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 175 New Lundy stamps

  • 176 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 177 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 178 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 179 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 180 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 181 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 182 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 183

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 184 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 185 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 186 Torrington's new amenity

  • 187 Happy Days!

  • 188

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 189 A story to tell!

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

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

  • 192 Torrington children build igloo
  • 193 New shipyard on schedule

  • 194 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 195 Last train from Torrington

  • 196 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 197 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 198 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 199 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 200 Waldon Triplets
  • 201 So this is the mainland!

  • 202 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 203 The art of the thatcher

  • 204 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 205 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 206 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 207

    Relatives all over the world
  • 208 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

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

  • 210 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 211

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 212 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 213 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 214 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 215

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 216 Over the bank together>
  • 217 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 218 Warmington's garage ad

  • 219 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 220 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 221 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 222 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 223 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 224 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 225 Television comes to Torridge District

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

  • 227 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 228 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 229 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 230 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 231 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 232 Simple Item 138
  • 233 Appledore's largest

  • 234 New art gallery opened

  • 235 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 236 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 237

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 238 Mobile missionary

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

  • 240 Decontrol of meat

  • 241 The Geneva marionettes

  • 242 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 243 No laughing matter

  • 244

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 245 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 246 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 247 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 248 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 249 Centenary of Gazette

  • 250 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 251

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 252 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 253 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 254 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 255 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 256 North Devon Driving School

  • 257 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 258 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 259 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 260 Weare Giffard potato

  • 261 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 262 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 263 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 264 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 265 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 266 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 267 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 268 Pannier Market's future?

  • 269 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 270 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 271 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 272 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 273 Picking the pops

  • 274 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 275 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 276 A man and his wheel

  • 277 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 278 Penny for the guy

  • 279

    Bidefordians
  • 280 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 281 When horses score over the tractor

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

  • 283 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 284 Ships at Bideford

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

  • 286 What's the time?

  • 287 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 288 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 289 Bideford loses training ship

  • 290 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 291 First ship in 8 years

  • 292

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 293 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 294 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 295 Burnard family reunion

  • 296

    Was a missionary
  • 297

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 298 Hartland's invitation

  • 299 New choral society's growing response

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 301 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 302

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 303 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 304 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 305 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 306

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 307 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 308 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 309 Northam's almshouse

  • 310 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 311 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 312 Sight of a lifetime

  • 313 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 314 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 315 New civic medallions

  • 316 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 317 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 318 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 319 Holiday scene near Sandymere

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

  • 321 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 322 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 323 Modern living at Bideford

  • 324 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 325 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 326 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 327 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 328 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 329 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 330 Six footed lamb

  • 331 The cab at the corner>
  • 332 It really was the 'last time'

  • 333 113 years at Instow

  • 334 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 335 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 336

    Exhibition of school work
  • 337 From Bobby to Brian

  • 338 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 339 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 340 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 341 Emergency ferry services

  • 342 New life for Hartland organ

  • 343 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 344

    New gateway
  • 345 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 346 All for the love of a lady!

  • 347 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 348 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 349 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 350 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 351 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 352 School crossing patrol begins

  • 353 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 354 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 355 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 356 Some 240 exhibits

  • 357 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 358 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 359 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 360 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 361 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 362 Recognise this resort?

  • 363 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 364 Sweets derationing

  • 365 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 366 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 367 Service with a smile

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

  • 369 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 370 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 371 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 372 Cruising down the river

  • 373 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 374 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 375 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 376 Jumble sale fever

  • 377 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 378 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 379 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 380 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 381 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 382 Twenty-one yachts

  • 383 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 384 New addition to Quay front

  • 385

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 386 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 387 Peter poses for TV film

  • 388 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 389 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 390 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 391 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 392 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 393 Off on a great adventure

  • 394 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 395 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 396 Clovelly nightmare

  • 397 Appledore schooner broadcast

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

  • 399 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 400 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 401 New look in the hayfields

  • 402 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 403 Ten year old scrambler

  • 404 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 405 End of the line

  • 406 Filming at Hartland

  • 407 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 408 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 409 They are parted pro-tem

  • 410 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 411 Loads of black and white

  • 412 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 413 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 414 Capers on the cobbles

  • 415 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 416 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 417 Variety in summer weather

  • 418 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 419 Can spring be far away?

  • 420 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 422 Sweet success at Langtree School

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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"What are they talking about?"

"What are they talking about?" 7th October 1955

What are they talking aboutPhotograph shows a representative of a well-known North Country firm (on the left) and the well-known Appledore ship-builder and repairer, Mr Percy Harris (Chairman of P K Harris Shipbuilders Ltd) on the right.

Torridge wins on time schedule! 30th September 1955

Torridge wins on time schedule! 30th September 1955

Torridge wins on time schedulePicture of Richmond Dock of Messrs P K Harris & Sons Ltd, the old established Appledore firm, shows three tugs in course of fitting out or construction.

In the background is the Alnwick, 4th of six vessels being delivered to Messrs France, Fenwick, Tyne & Wear Ltd, of Newcastle.  The smaller hull on the left is of a tug ordered by the Iraq Petroleum Company.

The Bamburgh is expected to be christened just before Christmas and the Mersden in the New Year.

From Torridge-side to the Pool of London 16th July 1954

From Torridge-side to the Pool of London 16th July 1954

From Torridge side to the Pool of London"Jaycee" is a striking tribute to the Torridge-side shipwrights who built her.

She was launched from Appledore yards of P K Harris & Sons Ltd where she had been built to the hydroconic design of Dr E C B Corlett, Director of the London shipbuilding consultants, Burness, Kendall and Partners Ltd.

"Jaycee" has a length of 62ft, a beam of 16ft, is diesel powered and carries a crew of four including the master.

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