• 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 Weare Giffard potato

  • 2 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 4 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 5 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 6 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 7 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 8 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 9 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 10 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 11 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 12 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 13 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 14 Sight of a lifetime

  • 15 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 16 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 17 New look in the hayfields

  • 18 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

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

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    First prize
  • 21 North Devon Driving School

  • 22 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 23 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 24 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 25 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 26 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 27 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 28 Filming at Hartland

  • 29 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 30 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 31 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 32 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 33 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 34 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 35 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 36 Making way for the double-deckers

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

  • 38 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 39 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 40 Revenge in style

  • 41 Emergency ferry services

  • 42

    Was a missionary
  • 43

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 44 Bideford loses training ship

  • 45 Twenty-one yachts

  • 46 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 47 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 48 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 49 Bideford regatta

  • 50 Out of puff!

  • 51 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 52 Loads of black and white

  • 53 Pannier Market's future?

  • 54 New civic medallions

  • 55 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 56 All for the love of a lady!

  • 57 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 58 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 59 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 60 Jumble sale fever

  • 61 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 62 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 63 From Bobby to Brian

  • 64 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 65 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 66 Northam footballers of the future

  • 67 The cab at the corner>
  • 68 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 69 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 70 Off on a great adventure

  • 71 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 72 A man and his wheel

  • 73 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 74 When horses score over the tractor

  • 75 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 76 By pony and trap to market

  • 77 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 78

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 79 Some mushroom!

  • 80 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 81 Picking the pops

  • 82 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 83 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

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

  • 85 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 86 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 87 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 88 River scenes that enchant the visitors

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

  • 91 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 92 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 93 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 94

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 95 Afternoon tea in the park

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

  • 97 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 98 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 99 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 100 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 101 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 102

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 103 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 104 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 105 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 106 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 107 Devil sent packing

  • 108 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 109 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 110 New shipyard on schedule

  • 111 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 112 Recognise this resort?

  • 113 Hartland Dancers
  • 114 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 115 Torrington's new amenity

  • 116 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 117 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 118 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 119 Northam's almshouse

  • 120 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 121 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 122 Designed and made in Bideford

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

  • 124 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 125 A story to tell!

  • 126 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 127 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 128 New art gallery opened

  • 129 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 130

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 131 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 132 Puppet characters introduced

  • 133 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 134

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 135 So this is the mainland!

  • 136 Appledore's largest

  • 137

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 138 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 139 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 140 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 141 What's the time?

  • 142 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 143 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 144 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 145 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 146 113 years at Instow

  • 147 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 148 Clovelly nightmare

  • 149 Variety in summer weather

  • 150 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 151

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 152 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 153 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 154 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 155 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 156 Life begins at 80

  • 157 Just over a year old

  • 158 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 159 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 160 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 161 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 162 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 163 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 164

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 165 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 166 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 167 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 168 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 169 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 170 Riverside mystery

  • 171 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 172 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 173 Picking the pops

  • 174 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 175 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 176 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 177 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 178

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 179 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 180 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 181 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 182 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 183 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 184 Traditions and skills still there

  • 185 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 186 Torrington children build igloo
  • 187 Can spring be far away?

  • 188 Sweets derationing

  • 189

    Bidefordians
  • 190 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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

  • 192 For crying out loud!

  • 193 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 194

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 195 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 196 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 197 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 198 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 199 All aboard the ark

  • 200 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 201 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 202 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 203 School's link with cargo ship

  • 204 Police station view of Bideford

  • 205 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 206 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 207 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 208 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 209 Hartland postman retires

  • 210 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 211

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 212 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 213 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 214 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 215 Centenary of Gazette

  • 216 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 217 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 218 Clovelly custom

  • 219 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 220 It really was the 'last time'

  • 221 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 222 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 223 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 224

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 225 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 226 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 227 In their new robes and hats

  • 228

    Exhibition of school work
  • 229 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 230

    Relatives all over the world
  • 231 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 232 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 233 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 234 Sailing to victory at Appledore

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

  • 236 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 237

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 238 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 239 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 240 He beat the floods

  • 241 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 242 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 243 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 244 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 245 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 246

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 247 Hartland's invitation

  • 248 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 249 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 250 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 251 Bideford computer stars

  • 252 Circus comes to town

  • 253 Caught in the act>
  • 254 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 255 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 256

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 257 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 258 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 259 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 260 No laughing matter

  • 261 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 262 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 263 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 264 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 265 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 266 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 267 Over the bank together>
  • 268 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 269 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 270 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 271 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 272 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 273 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 274 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 275 First ship in 8 years

  • 276 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 277 Ten year old scrambler

  • 278 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 279 New Lundy stamps

  • 280 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 281 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 282 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 283 Modern living at Bideford

  • 284 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 285 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

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

  • 287 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 288 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 289 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 290 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 291 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 292 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 293 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 294

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 295 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 296 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 297 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 298 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 299 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 300 Simple Item 138
  • 301 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 302 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 303 Six footed lamb

  • 304 Penny for the guy

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

  • 306 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 307 Private home for public pump

  • 308 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 309 Ships at Bideford

  • 310 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 311 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 312 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 313 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 314 Torrington in 1967

  • 315 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 316 The Geneva marionettes

  • 317 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 318 Artisans' Club

  • 319 Last train from Torrington

  • 320 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

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

  • 322 New life for Hartland organ

  • 323 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 324 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 325

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 326 A bird of their own!

  • 327 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 328 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 329 Burnard family reunion

  • 330 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 331 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 332 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 333 Parkham plan realised

  • 334 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 335 Decontrol of meat

  • 336 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 337 Peter poses for TV film

  • 338 Warmington's garage ad

  • 339 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 340 Bridging the stream

  • 341 New Post Office

  • 342 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 343

    New gateway
  • 344 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 345 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 346 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 347 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 348 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 349 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 350 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 351 Mobile missionary

  • 352 Cruising down the river

  • 353 No sale of Springfield House

  • 354 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 355 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 356 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 357

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 358

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 359 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 360 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 361 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 362 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 363 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 364 Littleham family's five generations

  • 365 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 366 Service with a smile

  • 367 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 368 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 369 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 370 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 371 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 372 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 373 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 374 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 375 Capers on the cobbles

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

  • 377 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 378 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 379 The art of the thatcher

  • 380 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

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

  • 382 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 383 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 384 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 385 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

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

  • 387 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 388 End of the line

  • 389 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 390 Finished in 1876

  • 391 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 392 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 393 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 394 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 395 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 396 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 397

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 398

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 399 Happy Days!

  • 400 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 401

    Building works
  • 402 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 403 A roof-top view - where?

  • 404 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 405 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 406 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 407 School crossing patrol begins

  • 408 New addition to Quay front

  • 409 Some 240 exhibits

  • 410 New choral society's growing response

  • 411 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 412 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 413

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 414 Blanchards ad.>
  • 415

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 416 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 417 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 418

    Married in 1908
  • 419 They are parted pro-tem

  • 420 Waldon Triplets
  • 421 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 422 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

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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Comedy-thriller presented by Drama Group

In the Church Hall,

on Thursday and Friday evenings of last week, Hartland Drama Group added to their list of successes with a presentation of the three-act comedy-thriller 'Brush with a body' (Maurice McLoughlin).

9.2.1968 Hartland Drama Group

Audience reaction voted it very entertaining and well performed and, as someone added, 'a pleasant change from some of the sexy plays shown on TV.' Harold Lockyear (off-stage the Vicar of Hartland) was a particular favourite as Mr Flaherty, the Irish sweep.

9.2.1968 Hartland Drama Group2

Draw winners were: Jean Ashton and Mrs R Short. Tickets were sold by Jeremy Mugford, Keith Jeffery, Caroline and Rosemary Jeffery, Katherine Lockyear and Thelma Bolton.

Gazette dated February 9, 1968

Jubilee of Hartland’s Third Methodist Church

When on Midsummer Day 1915,

Hartland Methodists officially opened their new church, the schools closed all day and the shops were shut in the afternoon. The celebrations included a luncheon which was attended by 400 people – although this was wartime.

June 1965 Hartland Methodist Church2

June 1965 Hartland Methodist Church anniversary

When the jubilee is celebrated next Thursday June 24th, there will again be a luncheon and the number expected is 200. Guests invited include Sir Dennis and Lady Stucley and the Vicar of Hartland, the Rev Andrew Jones, a gesture which would, no doubt, have amazed those Bible Christians who, 149 years ago, began their work in Hartland and conducted services in the kitchen of Ford Farm.

June 1965

Hartland News

Traffic flow and Hartland Band

Officers elected for the Playing Fields Association - Messrs Heard, Fulford, Goaman, Cross, Pengilly, Middle, Burrow, Short, O'Donnell, Prouse and Burrow; Mesdames Conibear and Mugford.

Mr Heywood reports a credit balance at the annual meeting of Hartland Town Band, and Mr Way is to continue as band master.

20 May 1966 2 Hartland

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