• 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 Some mushroom!

  • 2 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 3 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 4 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 6 Bideford computer stars

  • 7 In their new robes and hats

  • 8 Parkham plan realised

  • 9 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 10 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 11 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 12 Clovelly custom

  • 13 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 14

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 15 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 16 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 17 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 18

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 19 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 20 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 21 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 22 They set out for Bideford and became lost

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

  • 24 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 25 Picking the pops

  • 26 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 27 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 28 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 29 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 30 Happy Days!

  • 31

    Exhibition of school work
  • 32 Bideford regatta

  • 33 Mobile missionary

  • 34 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 35 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 36 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 37 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 38 New look in the hayfields

  • 39 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 40 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 41 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 42 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 43 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 44 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 45 Waldon Triplets
  • 46 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 47 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 48 New life for Hartland organ

  • 49

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 50 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 51 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 52 Filming at Hartland

  • 53 When horses score over the tractor

  • 54 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 55 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 56 A man and his wheel

  • 57 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 58 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 59 School's link with cargo ship

  • 60 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 61 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 62 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 63 Just over a year old

  • 64 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 65 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 66 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 67 New shipyard on schedule

  • 68 No laughing matter

  • 69

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 70 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 71 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 72

    New gateway
  • 73 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 74 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 75 Caught in the act>
  • 76 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 77 Northam footballers of the future

  • 78 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 79 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 80 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 81 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 82 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 83 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 84 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 85 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 86 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 87 Revenge in style

  • 88 Bideford loses training ship

  • 89 Artisans' Club

  • 90 The Geneva marionettes

  • 91 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 92 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 93 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 94 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 95 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 96 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 97 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 98 What's the time?

  • 99 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 100

    Bidefordians
  • 101 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 102

    Building works
  • 103 Circus comes to town

  • 104 Hartland's invitation

  • 105 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 106 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 107 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 108 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 109 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 110 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 111

    Was a missionary
  • 112 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 113 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 114

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 115 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 116 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 117 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 118 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 119 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 120 He beat the floods

  • 121 The cab at the corner>
  • 122

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 123 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 124 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 125 Devil sent packing

  • 126 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 127 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 128 Capers on the cobbles

  • 129 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 130 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 131 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 132 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 133

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 134 Private home for public pump

  • 135 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 136 Bideford's new market opens next week

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

  • 138 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 139 Hartland postman retires

  • 140 Appledore's largest

  • 141 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 142 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 143 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 144

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 145 Light reading for the lighthouse

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

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

  • 148 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 149 Warmington's garage ad

  • 150 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 151 Afternoon tea in the park

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

  • 153 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 154 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 155 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 156 North Devon Driving School

  • 157 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 158 New addition to Quay front

  • 159 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 160 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 161

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 162 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 163 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 164 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 165 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 166 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 167 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 168 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 169 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 170 They are parted pro-tem

  • 171 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 172 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 173 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 174 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 175 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 176 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 177 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 178 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 179 Traditions and skills still there

  • 180 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 181 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 182 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 183 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 184 New choral society's growing response

  • 185 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 186 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 187 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 188 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 189 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 190 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 191 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 192 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 193 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 194 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 195 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 196 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 197 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

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

  • 199 Northam's almshouse

  • 200 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 201

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 202 Peter poses for TV film

  • 203 Variety in summer weather

  • 204 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 205 End of the line

  • 206 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 207 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 208 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 209 All for the love of a lady!

  • 210 School crossing patrol begins

  • 211

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 212 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 213 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 214

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 215 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 216 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 217 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 218 Service with a smile

  • 219 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 220 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 221 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 222 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 223

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 224 New art gallery opened

  • 225 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 226 Out of puff!

  • 227 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 228

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 229 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 230 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 231 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 232 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 233 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 234 Jumble sale fever

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

  • 236

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 237 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 238 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 239 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 240 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 241 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 242 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 243 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 244 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 245 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 246 First ship in 8 years

  • 247 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 248 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 249 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 250 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 251 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 252 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 253 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 254 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 255 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 256 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 257 Finished in 1876

  • 258 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 259

    Married in 1908
  • 260 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 261

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 262 Off on a great adventure

  • 263

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 264 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 265 From Bobby to Brian

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

  • 267 Littleham family's five generations

  • 268 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 269 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 270 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 271 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 272 Clovelly nightmare

  • 273 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 274 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 275 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 276 All aboard the ark

  • 277 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 278 Torrington children build igloo
  • 279 So this is the mainland!

  • 280 Six footed lamb

  • 281 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 282 Some 240 exhibits

  • 283 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 284 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 285 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 286 It really was the 'last time'

  • 287 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 288 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 289 Riverside mystery

  • 290 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 291 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 292 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 293 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 294 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 295 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 296 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 297 Last train from Torrington

  • 298 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 299 Pannier Market's future?

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

  • 301 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 302

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 303 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 304 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 305 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 306 Ships at Bideford

  • 307

    First prize
  • 308 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 309 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 310 New Lundy stamps

  • 311 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 312 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 313 Burnard family reunion

  • 314 Sweets derationing

  • 315 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 316 The art of the thatcher

  • 317 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 318 A roof-top view - where?

  • 319 Recognise this resort?

  • 320 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 321 Simple Item 138
  • 322 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 323 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 324 Life begins at 80

  • 325 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 326 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 327 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 328 For crying out loud!

  • 329 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 330 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 331 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 332 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 333 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 334 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 335 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 336 New civic medallions

  • 337 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

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

  • 339 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 340

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 341 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 342 Torrington's new amenity

  • 343 Loads of black and white

  • 344 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 345 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 346 No sale of Springfield House

  • 347 A bird of their own!

  • 348 Picking the pops

  • 349 Twenty-one yachts

  • 350 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 351 Blanchards ad.>
  • 352

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 353 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 354 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 355 Weare Giffard potato

  • 356 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 357 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 358 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 359 Over the bank together>
  • 360 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 361 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 362 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 363

    Relatives all over the world
  • 364 By pony and trap to market

  • 365 Decontrol of meat

  • 366 Puppet characters introduced

  • 367 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 368 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 369 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 370

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 371 Ten year old scrambler

  • 372 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 373 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 374 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 375 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 376 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 377 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 378 Police station view of Bideford

  • 379 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 380 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 381 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 382 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 383 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 384

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 385 Centenary of Gazette

  • 386 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

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

  • 388 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 389 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 390 Cruising down the river

  • 391 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 392 Modern living at Bideford

  • 393 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 394 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 395 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 396 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 397 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 398 Torrington in 1967

  • 399 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 400 Sight of a lifetime

  • 401 Emergency ferry services

  • 402 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 403

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 404 New Post Office

  • 405 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 406 Hartland Dancers
  • 407 113 years at Instow

  • 408 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 409 Penny for the guy

  • 410 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

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

  • 412 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 413 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 414 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 415 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 416 Can spring be far away?

  • 417 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 418

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 419 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 420 A story to tell!

  • 421 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 422 Bridging the stream

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Fiftieth Ship for Appledore Shipyard - 1978

Fiftieth Ship for Appledore Shipyard - 1978

20.10.1978 fiftieth ship
 

There was a distinct Scottish flavour about the naming this week of the 50th ship to be built by Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. The new ship was named City of Perth and she was named by Mrs Angela Weir, wife of Mr Donald Weir an Ellerman City Liners' managing director.
The first ship built under cover at Appledore was the Pen Stour. In the eight-and-a-half years since then, there have been more dredgers as well as tankers, supply vessels, container ships, bulk carriers and of course, the passenger-cargo ship Scillonian which was named by Prince Charles when he visited the yard.

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