• 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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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 2 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 3 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 4 Puppet characters introduced

  • 5 Warmington's garage ad

  • 6 All aboard the ark

  • 7 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 8 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 9 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 10 The cab at the corner>
  • 11 Life begins at 80

  • 12 Emergency ferry services

  • 13 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 14 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 15 Clovelly nightmare

  • 16 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 17 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 18 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 19 Bideford regatta

  • 20

    First prize
  • 21 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 22 Sight of a lifetime

  • 23 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 24 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 25 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 26 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 27 New art gallery opened

  • 28 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 29 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 30 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 31 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 32 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 33 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 34 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 35 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 36 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 37 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 38 New shipyard on schedule

  • 39 Bideford's private wharves busier

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

  • 41 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 42 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 43 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 44 Some mushroom!

  • 45 Circus comes to town

  • 46 113 years at Instow

  • 47 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 48 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 49 Off on a great adventure

  • 50 Finished in 1876

  • 51 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 52 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 53 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 54 Six footed lamb

  • 55 End of the line

  • 56 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 57 A roof-top view - where?

  • 58

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 59 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 60 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 61 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 62 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 63 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 64 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 65 Twenty-one yachts

  • 66 Penny for the guy

  • 67 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 68 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 69

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 70 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 71 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 72 Torrington children build igloo
  • 73

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 74 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 75 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 76 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 77 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 78 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 79 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 80 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 81

    Exhibition of school work
  • 82 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 83 Jumble sale fever

  • 84 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 85 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 86 Riverside mystery

  • 87 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 88 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 89 The art of the thatcher

  • 90 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 91 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 92 They are parted pro-tem

  • 93 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 94 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 95 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 96 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 97 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 98 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 99

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 100 Hartland's invitation

  • 101 Traditions and skills still there

  • 102 Torrington's new amenity

  • 103 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 104 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 105

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 106 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 107 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 108 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 109 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 110 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 111 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 112 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 113 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 114 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 115 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 116 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 117 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 118 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 119 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 120 Police station view of Bideford

  • 121 Centenary of Gazette

  • 122 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 123 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 124 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 125

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 126 Service with a smile

  • 127 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 128 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 129 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 130 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 131 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 132 Over the bank together>
  • 133 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 134 What's the time?

  • 135 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 136 Cruising down the river

  • 137 New Post Office

  • 138 Bideford loses training ship

  • 139 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 140 Simple Item 138
  • 141 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 142 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 143 All for the love of a lady!

  • 144 Students help model St Sidwell

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

  • 146 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 147 Revenge in style

  • 148

    Building works
  • 149 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 150 Blanchards ad.>
  • 151 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 152

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 153 Just over a year old

  • 154 New civic medallions

  • 155

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 156 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 157 Sweets derationing

  • 158 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 159 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 160 Parkham plan realised

  • 161 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 162 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 163 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 164 No sale of Springfield House

  • 165 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 166 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 167 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 168 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 169 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 170 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 171 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 172 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 173 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 174 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 175 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 176 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 177 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 178 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 179 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 180 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 181 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 182 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 183 For crying out loud!

  • 184 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 185 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 186 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 187 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 188 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 189 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 190 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 191

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 192 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 193 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 194

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 195 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 196 Filming at Hartland

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

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

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

  • 200

    Bidefordians
  • 201 In their new robes and hats

  • 202

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 203 Mobile missionary

  • 204 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 205 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 206 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 207 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 208

    New gateway
  • 209 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 210 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 211 A bird of their own!

  • 212 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 213 Clovelly custom

  • 214 School crossing patrol begins

  • 215 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 216 Waldon Triplets
  • 217 Artisans' Club

  • 218 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 219 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 220 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 221 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 222 Decontrol of meat

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

  • 224 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 225 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 226 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 227 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 228 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 229 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 230 Picking the pops

  • 231

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 232

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 233 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 234 Variety in summer weather

  • 235 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 236 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 237 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 238 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 239 When horses score over the tractor

  • 240 He beat the floods

  • 241 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 242 Hartland postman retires

  • 243 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 244 Peter poses for TV film

  • 245 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 246

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 247 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 248 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 249 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 250 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 251 New choral society's growing response

  • 252 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 253 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 254 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 255 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 256 A man and his wheel

  • 257 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 258 Loads of black and white

  • 259 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 260 North Devon Driving School

  • 261 So this is the mainland!

  • 262 Recognise this resort?

  • 263 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 264 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 265 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 266 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

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

  • 268 Bideford computer stars

  • 269 Modern living at Bideford

  • 270 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 271 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 272 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 273 Capers on the cobbles

  • 274 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 276 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 277 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 278 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 279 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 280 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 281 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 282 New life for Hartland organ

  • 283 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 284 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 285 Torrington in 1967

  • 286 Can spring be far away?

  • 287 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 288 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 289 School's link with cargo ship

  • 290 New addition to Quay front

  • 291 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 292 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 293 Bridging the stream

  • 294 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 295 Last train from Torrington

  • 296 No laughing matter

  • 297 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 298 Weare Giffard potato

  • 299 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 300 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 301 Ten year old scrambler

  • 302

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 303 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 304 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 305 Burnard family reunion

  • 306 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 307 Pannier Market's future?

  • 308 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 309 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 310 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 311 From Bobby to Brian

  • 312

    Was a missionary
  • 313 Private home for public pump

  • 314 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 315 By pony and trap to market

  • 316 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 317 Northam's almshouse

  • 318 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 319 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 320 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 321 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 322 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 323 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 324 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 325 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 326 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 327 Appledore's largest

  • 328 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 329 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 330 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 331 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 332

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 333

    Relatives all over the world
  • 334 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 335

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 336 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

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

  • 338 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 339 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 340 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 341 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 342 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 343 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

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

  • 345 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 346 Picking the pops

  • 347 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 348 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 349 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 350 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 351 Devil sent packing

  • 352 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 353 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 354 Out of puff!

  • 355 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 356 Caught in the act>
  • 357 A story to tell!

  • 358 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 359 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 360 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 361 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 362 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 363 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 364 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 365 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 366 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 367 It really was the 'last time'

  • 368 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 369 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 370 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 371 Ships at Bideford

  • 372 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 373 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 374 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 375 New look in the hayfields

  • 376

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 377 Some 240 exhibits

  • 378 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 379 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 380 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 381 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 382 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 383 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 384

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 385 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 386 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 387 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 388 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 389 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 390

    Married in 1908
  • 391 The Geneva marionettes

  • 392

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 393 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 394

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 395 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 396 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 397 New Lundy stamps

  • 398 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 399 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 400 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 401 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 402 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 403

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 404 Happy Days!

  • 405 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 406

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 407 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

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

  • 409 Hartland Dancers
  • 410 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 411 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 412 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 413 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 414 Northam footballers of the future

  • 415 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 416 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 417 Littleham family's five generations

  • 418 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 419 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 420 First ship in 8 years

  • 421 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 422 East-the-Water's call for new 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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  • 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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Mrs M Labbett Dies At 89

Mrs M Labbett Dies At 89 - 22nd April 1977

22.4.1977 Appledore Mary Labbett
 

Mrs Mary Ellen Harris Labbett of 34 Irsha Street, Appledore, who died at her home aged 89 was the widow of Mr William James Labbett. The funeral took place at North Devon crematorium.
Immediate mourners were: Mrs M Bond, Mr A Rees, Miss M Rees, Miss A Rees, Mr and Mrs G White, Captain and Mrs J Hopkins, Mr and Mrrs A Cawsey, Mr G Bond, Mrs B White, Mr and Mrs Jacobs.
Mrs A Jewell, Mrs E Reed, Mrs V Rees were absent.

Appledore News

Buckland Brewer News

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