• 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 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 2 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 3 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 4 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 5 Waldon Triplets
  • 6 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 7 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 8 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 9 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 10 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 11 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 12 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 13 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 14 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 15 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 16 All for the love of a lady!

  • 17 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 18 Hartland postman retires

  • 19 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 20 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 21 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 22 Circus comes to town

  • 23 Parkham plan realised

  • 24 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 25 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 26 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 27 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

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

  • 29 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 30 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 31 Littleham family's five generations

  • 32 Warmington's garage ad

  • 33 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 34 Police station view of Bideford

  • 35 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 36 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 37 Caught in the act>
  • 38 Traditions and skills still there

  • 39 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 40 Twenty-one yachts

  • 41

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 42 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 43 Penny for the guy

  • 44 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 45

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 46 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 47 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 48 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 49 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 50 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 51 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 52 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 53 From Bobby to Brian

  • 54 So this is the mainland!

  • 55

    First prize
  • 56 Sight of a lifetime

  • 57 Puppet characters introduced

  • 58 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 59 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 60 Emergency ferry services

  • 61 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 62

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 63 End of the line

  • 64 Life begins at 80

  • 65 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 66 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 67 Clovelly nightmare

  • 68 Burnard family reunion

  • 69 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 70 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 71 School's link with cargo ship

  • 72 A roof-top view - where?

  • 73 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 74 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 75 Out of puff!

  • 76 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 77 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 78

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 79 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 80 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 81 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 82

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 83

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 84 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 85 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 86 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 87 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 88 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 89 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 90 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 91 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 92 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 93 Decontrol of meat

  • 94

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 95 Ten year old scrambler

  • 96 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 97 Centenary of Gazette

  • 98 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 99 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 100 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 101 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 102 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 103 Some mushroom!

  • 104

    Relatives all over the world
  • 105 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 106 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 107 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 108 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 109 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 110 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 111 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 112 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 113 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 114 He beat the floods

  • 115 Bideford loses training ship

  • 116 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 117 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 118 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 119 Hartland's invitation

  • 120 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 121 All aboard the ark

  • 122 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 123 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 124 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 125 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 126 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 127 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 128 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 129 When horses score over the tractor

  • 130 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 131 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 132 Capers on the cobbles

  • 133 Just over a year old

  • 134

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 135 Appledore's largest

  • 136 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 137 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 138 New civic medallions

  • 139 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 140 113 years at Instow

  • 141 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 142 New Post Office

  • 143 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

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

  • 145 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 146 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 147 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 148 New addition to Quay front

  • 149 Revenge in style

  • 150 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 151 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 152 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 153 Torrington children build igloo
  • 154 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 155 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 156 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 157 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 158 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 159 Last train from Torrington

  • 160

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 161 A bird of their own!

  • 162 Peter poses for TV film

  • 163 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 164 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 165 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 166 First steel ship built at Bideford

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

  • 168 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 169 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 170 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 171 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 172 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 173 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 174 Picking the pops

  • 175 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 176 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 177 Private home for public pump

  • 178 Recognise this resort?

  • 179 Ships at Bideford

  • 180

    Married in 1908
  • 181 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 182 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 183 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 184 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 185 Over the bank together>
  • 186

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 187

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 188

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 189 Happy Days!

  • 190

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 191 School crossing patrol begins

  • 192 Bideford computer stars

  • 193 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 194 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 195 Clovelly donkey film star

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

  • 197 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 198 In their new robes and hats

  • 199 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 200 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 201 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 202 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 203 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 204 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 205 Bridging the stream

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

  • 207 Torrington's new amenity

  • 208 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 209 Cruising down the river

  • 210 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 211 New Lundy stamps

  • 212 No sale of Springfield House

  • 213 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 214 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 215 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 216 Northam's almshouse

  • 217 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 218 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 219 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 220

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 221 Sweets derationing

  • 222 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 223

    Bidefordians
  • 224 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 225 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 226

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 227 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 228 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 229 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 230 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 231 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 232 Some 240 exhibits

  • 233 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 234 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 235 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 236

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 237 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 238 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 239 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 240 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 241 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 242 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 243 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 244 Artisans' Club

  • 245 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 246 Can spring be far away?

  • 247 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 248 Mobile missionary

  • 249 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

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

  • 251 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 252 No laughing matter

  • 253 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 254 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 255 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 256 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 257 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 258 Variety in summer weather

  • 259 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 260 What's the time?

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

  • 262 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 263 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 264 Blanchards ad.>
  • 265 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 266 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 267 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 268 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 269 Passing of a Torrington landmark

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    Was a missionary
  • 271 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 272 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 273 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 274 By pony and trap to market

  • 275 A man and his wheel

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

  • 277 Clovelly custom

  • 278 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 279 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 280 For crying out loud!

  • 281 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 282 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 283 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 284 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 285 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 286 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 287 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 288 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 289 New art gallery opened

  • 290 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 291 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 292 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 293 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 294 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 295 Picking the pops

  • 296 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 297 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 298

    New gateway
  • 299 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 300 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 301 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 302 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 303 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 304 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 305 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 306 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 307 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 308 Devil sent packing

  • 309 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 310 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 311 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 312 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 313 Loads of black and white

  • 314 North Devon Driving School

  • 315

    Exhibition of school work
  • 316 Finished in 1876

  • 317 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 318 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 319 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 320 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 321 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 322 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 323 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 324 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 325 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 326 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 327 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 328

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 329 Service with a smile

  • 330 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 331 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 332

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 333 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 334 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 335 New choral society's growing response

  • 336 Weare Giffard potato

  • 337 Pannier Market's future?

  • 338 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 339 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 340 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 341 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 342 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 343

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 344 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 345 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 346 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 347 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 348 Six footed lamb

  • 349 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 350 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 351 Bideford regatta

  • 352 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 353 Spray dodging - the new pastime

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 355 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 356 Jumble sale fever

  • 357 A story to tell!

  • 358 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 359 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 360 Filming at Hartland

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

  • 363 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 364 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 365 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 366 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 367

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 368 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 369 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 370 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 371 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 372 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 373 The Geneva marionettes

  • 374 Northam footballers of the future

  • 375 Off on a great adventure

  • 376 Torrington in 1967

  • 377 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 378 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 379

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 380 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 381 New life for Hartland organ

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

  • 383 Children's procession with foxgloves

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

  • 385 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 386 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 387 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 388 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 389 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 390 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 391 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 392 New look in the hayfields

  • 393 The cab at the corner>
  • 394 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

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

  • 396 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 397 Simple Item 138
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    Building works
  • 399 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 400 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 401 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 402 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 403 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 404 New shipyard on schedule

  • 405 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 406 The art of the thatcher

  • 407 Riverside mystery

  • 408 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 409 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 410 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 411 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 412 Hartland Dancers
  • 413 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 414 Modern living at Bideford

  • 415 They are parted pro-tem

  • 416 First ship in 8 years

  • 417 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 418

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 419 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 420

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 421 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 422 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Appledore Shipyard Training School

Appledore Shipyard Training School - February 1968

Appledore Shipyard Training School
 

Good news mentioned in the Gazette in 1968! Appledore Shipyard is to establish a training school for apprentices.

 

The Kathleen and May - 1978

The Kathleen and May - 13th January 1978

13.1.1978 Kathleen and May
 

Exeter Maritime Museum have offered to give a home to the Kathleen and May, the 77-year-old schooner with strong Appledore associations which the Maritime Trust are considering moving from Plymouth to London.
The Trust say the viewing fees from the public visiting the schoome at Sutton do not cover maintenance costs and they think a move to London could remedy this situation. The Exeter Museum think she should stay in the area.
The Kathleen and May, built at Connah's Quay in North Wales, was at one time a familiar part of the Bristol Channel coasting trade and particularly well known at Appledore. It was in North Devon that she was restored in 1965 before being acquired by the Trust in 1970.

The Golden Hind - 1972

The Golden Hind - 18th February 1972

18.2.1972 Golden Hind
18.2.1972 Golden Hind2
 

Replica of Golden Hind to be Built in Appledore

Assembly of the framework of the replica of Drake's Golden Hind, being bult at the yard of J Hinks and Son, Appledore.
The replica has been ordered by an American firm and the work of the building will take until next spring.
Meanwhile, on the Isle of Wight, 58-year-old Mr Jack Whitehead is working on a hind figurehead for the vessel. He was also responsible for the carvings on the replica of the Nonsuch for the Hudson's Bay Company, which was built at Hink's yard and launched in the summer of 1968.

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