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    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 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 2 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 3 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 4 Burnard family reunion

  • 5 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 6

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 7 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 8 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 9 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 10

    Building works
  • 11 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 12 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 13 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 14 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

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

  • 16 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 17 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 18 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 19 Out of puff!

  • 20 School crossing patrol begins

  • 21 A roof-top view - where?

  • 22 Cruising down the river

  • 23 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 24 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 25 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 26 Sweets derationing

  • 27 New Post Office

  • 28 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 29 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 30 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 31 They are parted pro-tem

  • 32 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 33 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 34 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 35 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 36 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 37 School's link with cargo ship

  • 38 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 39 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 40 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 41

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 42 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 43 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 44 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 45 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 46 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 47 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 48 Can spring be far away?

  • 49 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 50 All for the love of a lady!

  • 51 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 52 End of the line

  • 53

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 54 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 55 Warmington's garage ad

  • 56 Modern living at Bideford

  • 57 In their new robes and hats

  • 58 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 59 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 60 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 61 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 62 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 63 Torrington children build igloo
  • 64 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 65 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 66

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

  • 68 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 69 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 70 Picking the pops

  • 71 Emergency ferry services

  • 72

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 73 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 74 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 75 A man and his wheel

  • 76 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 77

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 78 Private home for public pump

  • 79 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 80 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 81 Puppet characters introduced

  • 82 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 83 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 84 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 85 First ship in 8 years

  • 86 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 87 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 88 Bideford loses training ship

  • 89 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 90 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 91 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 92 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 93 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 94 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 95 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 97 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 98 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 99 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 100 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 101 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 102 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 103 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 104

    Bidefordians
  • 105 What's the time?

  • 106 Happy Days!

  • 107 From Bobby to Brian

  • 108 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 109 When horses score over the tractor

  • 110 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 111 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 112 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 113 Blanchards ad.>
  • 114 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 115 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 116 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 117 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 118 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 119 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 120 It really was the 'last time'

  • 121 Pannier Market's future?

  • 122 Peter poses for TV film

  • 123 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 124 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 125 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 126 New Lundy stamps

  • 127 Penny for the guy

  • 128 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 129 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 130

    Married in 1908
  • 131 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 132 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 133 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 134 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 135 New shipyard on schedule

  • 136 Northam footballers of the future

  • 137 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 138 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 139 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 140 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 141 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 142 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 143 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 144 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 145 All aboard the ark

  • 146 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 147 Littleham family's five generations

  • 148 113 years at Instow

  • 149 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 150 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 151 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 152 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 153 Appledore's largest

  • 154 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 155 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 156 Police station view of Bideford

  • 157 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 158 Caught in the act>
  • 159 Mobile missionary

  • 160 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 161 Bridging the stream

  • 162 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 163

    First prize
  • 164 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 165 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 166

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 167 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 168 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 169 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 170

    Exhibition of school work
  • 171 So this is the mainland!

  • 172 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 173 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 174 Sight of a lifetime

  • 175 Filming at Hartland

  • 176 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 177 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 178 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 179 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 180 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 181

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 182 Riverside mystery

  • 183 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 184

    New gateway
  • 185 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 186 Service with a smile

  • 187 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 188 Off on a great adventure

  • 189 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 190 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 191 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 192 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 193 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 194 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 195 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 196 No laughing matter

  • 197 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 198 Waldon Triplets
  • 199 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 200 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 201 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 202

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 203 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 204 He beat the floods

  • 205 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 206 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 207 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 208 Ships at Bideford

  • 209 For crying out loud!

  • 210 New choral society's growing response

  • 211 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 212 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 213 The Geneva marionettes

  • 214 New life for Hartland organ

  • 215 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 216 Loads of black and white

  • 217 New addition to Quay front

  • 218 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 219 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 220 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 221 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 222 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 223 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 224 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 225 Northam's almshouse

  • 226 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 227 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 228 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 229 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 230

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 231 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 232 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 233 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 234

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 235 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 236 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 237 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 238

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 239 Devil sent packing

  • 240 Over the bank together>
  • 241 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 242 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 243 Simple Item 138
  • 244 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 245 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 246 Circus comes to town

  • 247

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 248 Life begins at 80

  • 249 Bideford computer stars

  • 250 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 251 Torrington's new amenity

  • 252 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 253 Mural in the whimsical fashion

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

  • 255 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 256 Last train from Torrington

  • 257 Hartland postman retires

  • 258 Bideford regatta

  • 259 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 260 Clovelly custom

  • 261 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 262

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 263 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 264 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 265 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 266 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 267 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 268 By pony and trap to market

  • 269 Hartland's invitation

  • 270 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 271 The cab at the corner>
  • 272 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 273 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 274 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 275 Decontrol of meat

  • 276 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 277 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 278 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 279 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 280 Recognise this resort?

  • 281 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 282 Parkham plan realised

  • 283 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 284

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 285 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 286 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

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

  • 288 The art of the thatcher

  • 289 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 290 Weare Giffard potato

  • 291 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 292 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 293 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 294 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 295 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 296 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 297 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 298 Floral dancing at Appledore

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

  • 300 North Devon Driving School

  • 301 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 302 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 303 Torrington in 1967

  • 304 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 305 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 306 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 307 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 308

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 309 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 310 Ten year old scrambler

  • 311 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 312 Revenge in style

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

  • 314

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 315 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 316 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 317 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 318 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 319 Just over a year old

  • 320 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 321

    Relatives all over the world
  • 322 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 323 Artisans' Club

  • 324 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 325 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 326 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 327 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 328 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 329 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 330 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 331 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 332 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 333 No sale of Springfield House

  • 334 Variety in summer weather

  • 335 New art gallery opened

  • 336

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 337 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 338

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 339 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 340 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 341 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 342 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 343 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 344 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 345 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 346 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

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

  • 348 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 349 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 350 Finished in 1876

  • 351 A story to tell!

  • 352 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 353 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 354 New look in the hayfields

  • 355 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 356 Centenary of Gazette

  • 357 Picking the pops

  • 358 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 359 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 360 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 361 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 362 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 363 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 364 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 365 New civic medallions

  • 366 Six footed lamb

  • 367 Some mushroom!

  • 368 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 369

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 370 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 371 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 372 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 373 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 374 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 375 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 376 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 377 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 378 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 379 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 380 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

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

  • 382 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 383 Some 240 exhibits

  • 384 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

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

  • 386 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 387 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 388 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 389

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 390 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 391 Jumble sale fever

  • 392 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 393 Traditions and skills still there

  • 394 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 395 A bird of their own!

  • 396

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 397 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 398 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 399 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 400 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 401 Sooty is quick on the draw

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    Was a missionary
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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 404

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 405 Clovelly nightmare

  • 406 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 407 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 408 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 409 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 410 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 411 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 412 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 413 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 414 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 415 Hartland Dancers
  • 416

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 417 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 418 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 419 Twenty-one yachts

  • 420 Capers on the cobbles

  • 421 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 422 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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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  • 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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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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Almshouses to be demolished?

Hartland's four almshouses may be demolished.

29.10.1965 almhouses at Hartland

Even if they were re-roofed it was questionable whether the houses would be fit for habitation, Bideford Rural Council have been told.
The Council's surveyor, Mr L J Dunn, has suggested the houses be demolished and the tenants re-housed. The trustees will be told that the Council are contemplating taking over the considerable liability of the houses and that they may also be prepared to re-house the tenants, if the land on which the almshouses stand is given to the Council free.

Pig Sty Was Airborne But Hartland Escaped Lightly in Gale

Although Hartland suffered some damage in the weekend gales – a pig sty became airborne and a large greenhouse was demolished – the town counted itself fortunate to have escaped so lightly.

5.10.1962 airborne pigsty in Hartland

The pig sty belonged to Mr J Jeffery and the greenhouse – in the Vicarage garden – disintegrated. All that was left were racks nailed on the rear wall but parts were found 30 to 40 yards away.
A bungalow being erected by Mr W Gifford at Lutsford was damaged, many houses lost slates and a number of TV aerials became casualties.
In the early hours of the morning the sky was lit up by flashes resembling a firework display. The branch of a tree had fallen across the power lines near Pattard, bringing them close together and causing an arc. The supply was not cut off, however, and the flashing and showers of sparks continued until Electricity Board linesmen removed the obstruction later in the day.

Gazette article dated 5 October 1962

Hartland’s ‘Bring Back Resident PC’ Call in 1972

Hartland Parish Council is supporting a move to get a resident policeman stationed in the township, as was the case until comparatively recently.

1972 Hartland policeman

They were asked to do so by Mrs Muriel Henwood who told them she had been ‘nearly killed’ in an incident just after 5pm a few days previously, and she was campaigning to have a policeman stationed in Hartland.
The chairman, Mr Arthur George, said he understood there had been complaints about the riding of motorcycles, adding ‘I have to stand back in the hedge when I’m walking up the road and they come along’.
Later the Parish Council were told that child cyclists were causing danger in the town by riding on the high pavement in Fore Street and around old people’s bungalows. ‘It only needs a word in the right place to stop this’ they were told.

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