• 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 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 2 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 3 Warmington's garage ad

  • 4 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 5 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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

  • 7 A bird of their own!

  • 8 For crying out loud!

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

  • 10 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 11 Cruising down the river

  • 12 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 13 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 14 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 15 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 16

    Bidefordians
  • 17 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 18 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 19 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 20 Devil sent packing

  • 21

    Relatives all over the world
  • 22 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 23 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 24 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 25 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 26 All aboard the ark

  • 27 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 28 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 29 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 30 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 31 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 32

    First prize
  • 33 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 34 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 35 North Devon Driving School

  • 36 All for the love of a lady!

  • 37

    Exhibition of school work
  • 38 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 39 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 40 A roof-top view - where?

  • 41 Police station view of Bideford

  • 42 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 43 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 44 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 45 Clovelly nightmare

  • 46 New art gallery opened

  • 47 Modern living at Bideford

  • 48 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 49 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 50 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 51 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 52 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 53 Hartland postman retires

  • 54 Pannier Market's future?

  • 55 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 56 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 57 Fishermen of Greencliff

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

  • 59 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 60

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 61 Picking the pops

  • 62 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 63 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 64 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 65 It really was the 'last time'

  • 66 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 67 When horses score over the tractor

  • 68 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 69 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 70 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 71 Bideford loses training ship

  • 72

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 73 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 74

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 75 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 76 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 77 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 78 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 79 Off on a great adventure

  • 80 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 81 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 82 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 83

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 84 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 85 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 86 Over the bank together>
  • 87

    Was a missionary
  • 88 Picking the pops

  • 89 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 90 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 91 Revenge in style

  • 92 New choral society's growing response

  • 93 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 94 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 95

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 96 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 97 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 98 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 99 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 100 Out of puff!

  • 101 By pony and trap to market

  • 102 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 103 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 104 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 105 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 106 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 107 Clovelly custom

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

  • 109 Northam footballers of the future

  • 110 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 111 Variety in summer weather

  • 112 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 113 Ten year old scrambler

  • 114 Torrington children build igloo
  • 115 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 116 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 117 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 118

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 119 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 120 113 years at Instow

  • 121 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 122 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 123 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 124 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 125 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 126 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 127 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 128 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 129 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 130 No sale of Springfield House

  • 131 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 132 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 133 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 134 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 135 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 136 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 137 From Bobby to Brian

  • 138 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 139 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 140 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 141 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 142 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 143 First ship in 8 years

  • 144 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 145 Burnard family reunion

  • 146 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 147 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 148 New life for Hartland organ

  • 149

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 150 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 151 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 152 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 153 Peter poses for TV film

  • 154 In their new robes and hats

  • 155 The art of the thatcher

  • 156

    New gateway
  • 157 Bideford regatta

  • 158 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 159 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 160 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 161 River scenes that enchant the visitors

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

  • 163 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 164 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 165 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 166 Littleham family's five generations

  • 167 New look in the hayfields

  • 168 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 169 Jumble sale fever

  • 170 A story to tell!

  • 171 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 172 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 173 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 174 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 175 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 176 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 177 Service with a smile

  • 178 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 179 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 180 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 181 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 182 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 183 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 184 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 185 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 186 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 187

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 188 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 189 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 190 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 191 Torrington's new amenity

  • 192 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 193 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 194 Bideford computer stars

  • 195 Sight of a lifetime

  • 196 Puppet characters introduced

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

  • 198 Ships at Bideford

  • 199 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 200 Some 240 exhibits

  • 201 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 202 The Geneva marionettes

  • 203 He beat the floods

  • 204 Blanchards ad.>
  • 205 Private home for public pump

  • 206 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 207 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 208 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 209 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 210 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 211 Northam's almshouse

  • 212

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 213 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 214 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 215

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 216 No laughing matter

  • 217 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 218 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 219 Filming at Hartland

  • 220 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 221 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 222 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 223

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 224 Riverside mystery

  • 225 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 226 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 227 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 228 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 229 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 230 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 231 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 232 New addition to Quay front

  • 233 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 234 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 235 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 236 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 237 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 238 A man and his wheel

  • 239 Can spring be far away?

  • 240 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 241

    Married in 1908
  • 242 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 243 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 244 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 245 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 246 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 247 Finished in 1876

  • 248 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 249

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 250 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 251 School crossing patrol begins

  • 252 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 253 New Lundy stamps

  • 254 Mobile missionary

  • 255 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 256 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 257

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 258 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 259 Artisans' Club

  • 260

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 261

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 262 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 263 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 264 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 265 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 266

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

  • 268 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 269 Penny for the guy

  • 270 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 271 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 272 Traditions and skills still there

  • 273 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 274 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 275 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 276 Some mushroom!

  • 277

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 278 Emergency ferry services

  • 279

    Building works
  • 280 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 281 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 282 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 283 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 284 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 285 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 286 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 287 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 288 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 289 Capers on the cobbles

  • 290 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 291 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 292 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 293 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 294 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 295 Waldon Triplets
  • 296 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 297 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 298 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 299

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 300 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 301 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 302 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 303 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 305 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 306 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 307 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 308 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 309 The cab at the corner>
  • 310 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 311 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 312 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

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

  • 314 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 315 Torrington in 1967

  • 316 Loads of black and white

  • 317 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 318 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 319 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 320 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 321 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 322 Weare Giffard potato

  • 323 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 324 New Post Office

  • 325 Six footed lamb

  • 326 A sense of humour in advertising

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

  • 328 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 329 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 330 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 331 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 332 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 333 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 334 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 335 Life begins at 80

  • 336 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 337 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

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

  • 339 What's the time?

  • 340 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 341 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 342 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 343 Circus comes to town

  • 344 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 345 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 346 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 347 Recognise this resort?

  • 348 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 349 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 350 So this is the mainland!

  • 351 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 352 Hartland's invitation

  • 353 Bridging the stream

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

  • 355 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 356 They are parted pro-tem

  • 357 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 358 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 359 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 360 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 361 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 362 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 363 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 364 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 365 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 366 Simple Item 138
  • 367 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 368 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 369 Just over a year old

  • 370 Twenty-one yachts

  • 371 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 372 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 373 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 374 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 375 Caught in the act>
  • 376 Eight to strike and a race to win

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

  • 378

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 379 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 380 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 381 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 382 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 383 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 384

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 385 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 386 Appledore's largest

  • 387 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 388

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 389 Happy Days!

  • 390 Parkham plan realised

  • 391 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 392

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 393 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 394 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 395 Decontrol of meat

  • 396 Last train from Torrington

  • 397 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 398 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 399 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 400 Centenary of Gazette

  • 401 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 402 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 403 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 404 Hartland Dancers
  • 405 School's link with cargo ship

  • 406 New civic medallions

  • 407 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 408 New shipyard on schedule

  • 409 Sweets derationing

  • 410 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 411 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 412 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

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

  • 414 End of the line

  • 415

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 416

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 417 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 418 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 419 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 420 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 421 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 422 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

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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50 Years’ Service to Golf Club

Presentation to Mr J Rowe

Jack Rowe

As a token of their appreciation of his fifty years’ service as professional to the Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club, the members of the club have presented to Mr Arthur John (Jack) Rowe a handsomely framed illuminated address and an envelope containing War Savings Certificates.
Mr Rowe, who is 72, is a native of Westward Ho! A founder member of the Northam Artisans’ Golf Club, Mr Rowe has been elected President of the club for the duration of the war. It was in 1888 that Mr Jack Rowe was the Westward Ho! representative who went up to Northam to help form the first Artisan Golf Club in England.

Plans for Unique Rowing Reunion at Bideford 30.03.1962

Plans for Unique Rowing Reunion at Bideford 30.03.1962

Plans for Unique Rowing Reunion at Bideford 30.03.1962

 

Sport. A unique rowing reunion is being planned for Easter Saturday at Bideford. It is the idea of Mr E.Frank Day, former secretary of Bideford Amateur Rowing Club (the Reds)  Messrs J.James; Stan Rendle; Desmond Moyse; P.Oke; M.Holm; J.Mitchell; J.Bale; Walter Johns; Harry Johns; P.Oke; C.Morris; S.Rendle; A.K.Chope; N.Wiltshire; R.Hocking; W.Eastman; F.Montague; C.Hammond; R.Kellaway; F.Gayette; S.Moore; R.Moore; A.Day; W.Thisby; S.Cawsey; L.Lamey; I.Lamey; D.Moyse; M.Holm; F.R.Way; C.Lamey; R.Hancock; G.Tithecott; W.Lee; L.Bright; J.Edwards; B.Taylor; K.Hearn; F.J.Evans

New H.Q. For B.A.R.C. 24.01.1939

New H.Q. For B.A.R.C. 24.01.1939

New H.Q. for B.A.R.C. 24.01.1939

Sport. £3,400 Scheme - local appeal launched. Provision of new headquarters, specially designed and equipped with all the latest "Keep Fit" appliances, is announced by the Bideford Amateur Rowing Club. The National Fitnress Council have made a grant of £1,000. Sir Hugh Stucley; Messrs C.Morris; J.T.M.Mitchell; C.G.Metherell; E.Frank Day; Reg Galsworthy; C.Dicker; E.J.Day; J.Tilke; Sergt.-Major Johns

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