• 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 So this is the mainland!

  • 2 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 3 He beat the floods

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

  • 5 The cab at the corner>
  • 6 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 7 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 8 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 9 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 10 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 11 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 12 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 13 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 14 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 15 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 16 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 17 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 18 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 19 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 20 Weare Giffard potato

  • 21 Northam footballers of the future

  • 22 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 23 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 24 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 25 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 26 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 27 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 28 No sale of Springfield House

  • 29 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 30 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 31 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 32 Big develolpment at Calveford

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

  • 34 Sweets derationing

  • 35 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 36 Clovelly custom

  • 37 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 38 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 39 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 40 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 41 A man and his wheel

  • 42 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 43 All for the love of a lady!

  • 44 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 45 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 46 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 47

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 48 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 49 Emergency ferry services

  • 50 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 51 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 52 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 53 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 54 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 55 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 56

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 57

    Was a missionary
  • 58 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 59 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 60 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 61 Six footed lamb

  • 62 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 63 Centenary of Gazette

  • 64 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 65 Circus comes to town

  • 66 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 67 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 68 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 69 Sight of a lifetime

  • 70 Torrington children build igloo
  • 71 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 72

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 73 Fishermen of Greencliff

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

  • 75

    First prize
  • 76 Picking the pops

  • 77 Pannier Market's future?

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

  • 79 Puppet characters introduced

  • 80 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 81 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 82 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 83 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 84 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 85 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 86 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 87 Some 240 exhibits

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

  • 89 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 90 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 91 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 92 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 93 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 94 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 95 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 96 Just over a year old

  • 97 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 98 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 99 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 100 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 101 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 102 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 103 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 104 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 105 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 106 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 107 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 108 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 109 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 110 Littleham family's five generations

  • 111 Blanchards ad.>
  • 112 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 113 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 114

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 115

    Building works
  • 116 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 117

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 118 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 119 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 120 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 121 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 122 Torrington in 1967

  • 123 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 124 Traditions and skills still there

  • 125 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 126 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 127 Riverside mystery

  • 128

    Bidefordians
  • 129 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 130 Train returns to Westleigh straight

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

  • 132 Bideford regatta

  • 133 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 134 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 135 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 136

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 137 New Post Office

  • 138 Hartland's invitation

  • 139 New civic medallions

  • 140 Twenty-one yachts

  • 141 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 142 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 143 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 144 A story to tell!

  • 145 New Lundy stamps

  • 146 New addition to Quay front

  • 147 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 148 Last train from Torrington

  • 149 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 150 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 151 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 152 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 153 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 154 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 155 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 156 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 157 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 158 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 159 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 160 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 161 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 162 Jumble sale fever

  • 163 It really was the 'last time'

  • 164 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 165

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 166 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 167 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 168 Burnard family reunion

  • 169 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 170

    Exhibition of school work
  • 171 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 172

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 173 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 174 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 175 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 176 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 177 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 178 Torrington's new amenity

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

  • 180 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 181 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 182 North Devon Driving School

  • 183 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 184 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 185 Cruising down the river

  • 186 Out of puff!

  • 187 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 188 Can spring be far away?

  • 189 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 190 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 191 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 192 New choral society's growing response

  • 193 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 194 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 195 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 196 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 197 Clovelly nightmare

  • 198

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 199 Warmington's garage ad

  • 200

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 201 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 202 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 203

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 204 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 205 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 206 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 207 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 208 Police station view of Bideford

  • 209 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 210 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 211 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 212 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 213 Bridging the stream

  • 214 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 215 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 216 Steep street of old Bideford

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

  • 218 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 219 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 220 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 221 Life begins at 80

  • 222 Simple Item 138
  • 223 New art gallery opened

  • 224 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 225 Caught in the act>
  • 226 The Geneva marionettes

  • 227 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 228 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 229 Hartland Dancers
  • 230 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 231 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 232 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 233

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 234 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 235 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 236

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 237

    Relatives all over the world
  • 238 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 239 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 240 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 241 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 242 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 243 School crossing patrol begins

  • 244 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 245

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 246 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 247 From Bobby to Brian

  • 248 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 249 Bideford computer stars

  • 250 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 251 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 252

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 253

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 254 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 255 By pony and trap to market

  • 256

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 257 Modern living at Bideford

  • 258 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

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

  • 260 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 261 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 262 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 263 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 264 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 265 The art of the thatcher

  • 266 Parkham plan realised

  • 267 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 268 Some mushroom!

  • 269 New life for Hartland organ

  • 270 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 271 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 272 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 273 For crying out loud!

  • 274 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 275 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 276 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 277 A bird of their own!

  • 278 When horses score over the tractor

  • 279 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 280 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 281 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 282 Variety in summer weather

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

  • 284 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 285 Off on a great adventure

  • 286 New look in the hayfields

  • 287 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 288 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 289 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 290 Filming at Hartland

  • 291 In their new robes and hats

  • 292 All aboard the ark

  • 293 Ships at Bideford

  • 294 Decontrol of meat

  • 295 Appledore's largest

  • 296 Hartland postman retires

  • 297 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 298 Devil sent packing

  • 299 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 300 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 301 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 302 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 303 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 304 Happy Days!

  • 305 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 306 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 307 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 308 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 309 Waldon Triplets
  • 310 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 311 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 312 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 313 Over the bank together>
  • 314 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 315 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 316 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 317 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 318 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 319 Bideford loses training ship

  • 320 Recognise this resort?

  • 321 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 322 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 323 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 324 Private home for public pump

  • 325 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 326 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 327 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 328 Northam's almshouse

  • 329 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 330 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 331 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 332 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 333

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 334 A roof-top view - where?

  • 335

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 336 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 337 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 338

    Married in 1908
  • 339 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 340 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 341 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 342 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 343 New shipyard on schedule

  • 344 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 345 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 346 Revenge in style

  • 347 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 348 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 349 Artisans' Club

  • 350 Mobile missionary

  • 351 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 352 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 353 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 354 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 355 No laughing matter

  • 356 Picking the pops

  • 357 School's link with cargo ship

  • 358 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 359

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 360 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 361 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 362 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 363 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 364 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 365 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 366 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 367 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 368 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 369 Ten year old scrambler

  • 370 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 371 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 372 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 373

    New gateway
  • 374 They are parted pro-tem

  • 375 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 376 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 377 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 378 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 379 Peter poses for TV film

  • 380 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 381 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 382 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 383 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 384 Service with a smile

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

  • 386 Capers on the cobbles

  • 387 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 388 End of the line

  • 389 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 390 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 391 113 years at Instow

  • 392 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 393 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 394 Loads of black and white

  • 395 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 396

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 397 First ship in 8 years

  • 398 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 399 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 400

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 401 What's the time?

  • 402

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 403 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 404 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 405 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 406 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 407 Finished in 1876

  • 408 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 409 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 410 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 411 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 412 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 413 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 414

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 415 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 416 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 417 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 418 Penny for the guy

  • 419 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 420

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 421 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 422 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
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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Appledore Tugs Fete London Tower!

These Appledore built tugs, ‘Prestwick’ and ‘George V’ were ‘on inspection’ at Tower Pier, London, last week, together with a smaller tug, the ‘Dart’ built for exclusive use on the Thames.

1.4.1955 Appledore tugs

Behind can be seen the famous landmark, the Tower of London. Up to 100 tug owners from leading British and some Continental ports, came to appraise the new design of these vessels, and Mr Gordon Harris, director and manager of  Messrs P K Harris and Sons, Appledore, told the Bideford Gazette he hoped to have good news shortly of further orders as a result of this inspired touch of salesmanship by the designers, Messrs Burness, Kendall and Partners Ltd.

Gazette article dated 1 April 1955

Appledore Couple Reach Barbados

Mr and Mrs Jeffery Clarkson, whose home is at The Gaiety, Irsha Street, Appledore, recently reached Barbados after having taken 29 days to complete the 2,760 miles Atlantic crossing in their 30ft sloop Pile Cap.

10.3.1972 appledore couple

In a message to Mr Alec Proven, the steward at the North Devon Yacht Club, of which the Clarksons are members and where their progress is being mapped, they explain they took it easy on the crossing.
The Clarksons, who spent Christmas at Lanzarote in the Canaries, plan to sail across the Caribbean to Panama via Curacao before continuing their voyage to Seattle.
Gazette article is dated 10 March 1972.

Egyptian Editors Visit

Four newspaper editors from the Arab Republic of Egypt toured Appledore Shipbuilders' covered yard on Wednesday during a 10 day visit to this country arranged by the Central Office of Information on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

24.3.1972 Egyptian visitors Appledore

On Tuesday they were shown Concorde at Bristol and yesterday they were at the House of Commons. The party spent Tuesday night at the Durrant House Hotel as guests of Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.
Gazette article dated 24 March 1972

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