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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 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 2 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 4 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 5 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 6 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 7

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 8 No laughing matter

  • 9 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 10 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 11 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 12 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 13 Sweets derationing

  • 14 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 15 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 16 Traditions and skills still there

  • 17 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 18 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 19 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 20 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 21 Emergency ferry services

  • 22 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 23 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 24 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 25 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 26 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 27 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 28 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 29 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 30 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 31 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 32 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 33

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 34 Warmington's garage ad

  • 35 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 36 Simple Item 138
  • 37 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 38 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 39

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 40 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 41 New art gallery opened

  • 42 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 43 Picking the pops

  • 44 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 45 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 46 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 47 Variety in summer weather

  • 48

    Relatives all over the world
  • 49 Life begins at 80

  • 50 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 51 Clovelly custom

  • 52 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 53 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 54 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 55 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 56 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 57 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 58 All for the love of a lady!

  • 59 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 60 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 61 Bideford regatta

  • 62 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 63 First ship in 8 years

  • 64 Torrington's new amenity

  • 65 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 66 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 67 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 68 For crying out loud!

  • 69 Service with a smile

  • 70 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 71 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 72 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 73

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 74 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 75 Loads of black and white

  • 76 The Geneva marionettes

  • 77 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 78 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 79 A man and his wheel

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

  • 81 Devil sent packing

  • 82 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 83 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 84 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 85 Cruising down the river

  • 86 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 87

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 88 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 89

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 90 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 91 He beat the floods

  • 92 Revenge in style

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

  • 94 Some 240 exhibits

  • 95

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 96 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 97 Filming at Hartland

  • 98

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 99 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 100 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 101 Sight of a lifetime

  • 102 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 103 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 104 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 105 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 106 Littleham family's five generations

  • 107 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 108 New look in the hayfields

  • 109 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 110 Northam footballers of the future

  • 111 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 112 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 113 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 114 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 115 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 116 Burnard family reunion

  • 117

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 118 By pony and trap to market

  • 119 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 120 Blanchards ad.>
  • 121 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 122 A story to tell!

  • 123 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 124 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 125 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 126 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 127 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

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

  • 129 Mobile missionary

  • 130 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 131 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 132 Ships at Bideford

  • 133 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 134 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 135 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 136 Twenty-one yachts

  • 137 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 138 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 139 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 140 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 141 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 142 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 143 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 144 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 145 Hartland postman retires

  • 146 Last train from Torrington

  • 147 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 148 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 149 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 150 No sale of Springfield House

  • 151 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 152 New life for Hartland organ

  • 153 New civic medallions

  • 154

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 155 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 156 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 157 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 158 End of the line

  • 159 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 160 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 161 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 162 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 163 Clovelly nightmare

  • 164

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 165 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 166 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 167 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 168 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 169 Modern living at Bideford

  • 170 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

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

  • 172

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 173 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 174 Riverside mystery

  • 175 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 176 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 177 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 178 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 179 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 180 Penny for the guy

  • 181 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 182 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 183 A bird of their own!

  • 184 Artisans' Club

  • 185

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 186 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 187 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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

  • 189 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 190 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 191 When horses score over the tractor

  • 192 New Lundy stamps

  • 193 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 194 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 195

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 196 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 197 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 198 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 199 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 200 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 201 From Bobby to Brian

  • 202 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 203 Private home for public pump

  • 204 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 205 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 206 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 207 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 208 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 209 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 210 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 211 Torrington in 1967

  • 212 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 213 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 214 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 215 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 216 Pannier Market's future?

  • 217 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 218 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 219 The art of the thatcher

  • 220 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 221 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 222 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 223 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 224

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 225 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 226 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 227 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 228 Torrington children build igloo
  • 229 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 230 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 231 Down at the 'Donkey House'

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

  • 233 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 234 Parkham plan realised

  • 235 So this is the mainland!

  • 236 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 237 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 238 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 239 School crossing patrol begins

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

  • 241 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 242 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 243 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 244 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 245 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 246 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

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

  • 248 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 249 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 250 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 251 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 252 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 253 Northam's almshouse

  • 254 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 255 New shipyard on schedule

  • 256 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 257 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 258 Finished in 1876

  • 259 New choral society's growing response

  • 260 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 261 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 262 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 263 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 264

    Exhibition of school work
  • 265 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 266 Centenary of Gazette

  • 267 Success to Festival of the Arts

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

  • 269 New addition to Quay front

  • 270 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 271 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 272 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 273 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 274 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 275 Ten year old scrambler

  • 276 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 277 All aboard the ark

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

  • 279 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 280 Circus comes to town

  • 281 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 282 Six footed lamb

  • 283 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 284 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 285 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 286 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 287 Over the bank together>
  • 288 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 289 Police station view of Bideford

  • 290 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 291 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 292 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 293 What's the time?

  • 294 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 295 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 296

    Married in 1908
  • 297 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 298 Hartland Dancers
  • 299 Unique holiday adventure!

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    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 301 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 302 The cab at the corner>
  • 303 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 304 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 305 Peter poses for TV film

  • 306 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 307 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 308 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 309 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 310 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 311 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 312 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 313 Happy Days!

  • 314 Jumble sale fever

  • 315 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 316 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 317 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 318 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 319

    Was a missionary
  • 320 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 321 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 322 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 323 Bridging the stream

  • 324 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 325 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 326 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 327 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 328

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 329

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 330 In their new robes and hats

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

  • 332

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 333 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 334 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 335 Bideford computer stars

  • 336 Recognise this resort?

  • 337 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 338 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 339 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 340 Appledore's largest

  • 341 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 342 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 343

    New gateway
  • 344 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 345 Decontrol of meat

  • 346 Caught in the act>
  • 347 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 348 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 349

    Bidefordians
  • 350

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 351 It really was the 'last time'

  • 352

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 353 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 354 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 355 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 356 A roof-top view - where?

  • 357 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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

  • 359 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 360 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 361 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 362 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 363 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 364 Just over a year old

  • 365

    First prize
  • 366 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 367 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

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

  • 369

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 370 Picking the pops

  • 371 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 372 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 373 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 374 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 375 Can spring be far away?

  • 376 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 377 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 378 Puppet characters introduced

  • 379 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 380 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 381 Out of puff!

  • 382

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 383 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 384 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 385 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 386 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 387 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 388 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 389 Capers on the cobbles

  • 390 Hartland's invitation

  • 391 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 392 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 393 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 394 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 395 Weare Giffard potato

  • 396 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 397 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 398 Bideford loses training ship

  • 399 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 400 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 401 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 402 They are parted pro-tem

  • 403 Waldon Triplets
  • 404 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 405 North Devon Driving School

  • 406 Off on a great adventure

  • 407 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 408

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 409 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 410 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

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

  • 412 113 years at Instow

  • 413 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 414 School's link with cargo ship

  • 415 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 416 Some mushroom!

  • 417 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 418 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 419 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 420 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 421

    Building works
  • 422 New Post Office

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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Laying of Foundation Stone Of Northam’s New School

The foundation stone of Northam’s new junior school, the starting date of which was brought forward to be included in the 1967/68 building programme following pressure about conditions at the existing school, was laid on Tuesday by Mr George Northcott, chairman of the Northam Urban Council, who was a pupil at Northam school over 60 years ago.

12.7.1968 Foundation stone St Margarets

To be known as St Margaret’s and sited in Seaview Road, the new school is expected to be ready by next summer.
The new school will be an educational show piece when completed – “We are thrilled with it” said the headmaster, Mr George Harrison. All the 260 children of the present school were among those assembled for the ceremony on Tuesday. Others present included members of the Urban Council; the Vicar of Northam, Rev J M Lucas, chairman and other School Managers, parents and friends.
Mr Northcott was invited to lay the stone by two pupils of the present school, Alister Whyte and Trudy Hookway, and the Archdeacon of Barnstaple, Ven A F Ward, was asked to bless it by the head pupils, Geoffrey Cloke and Hilary Barber.
The full Gazette article is dated 12 July 1968

http://www.st-margarets-junior.devon.sch.uk/web

£19,500 For Limers Lane Bungalow

Brambleberry, Limers Lane, Northam, a 12 year old four bedroomed detached bungalow, was sold for £19,500 at an auction conducted by Messrs John C Webber and Son. It was bought by Mr H Marsh of Harrow.

12.5.1972 Limers Lane

Bidding for the bungalow, described as having delightful gardens overlooking the Torridge estuary, began at £15,000. The vendor was Miss J E Fulford.
Gazette article dated 12 May 1972

World War 1

Northam

4.5.1918 Northam World War 1

At the King's Head, Northam, on Monday afternoon, Mr A W Cock FAI, sold by auction the dwelling house and garden, cottage and store at the corner of Lennard's Road, as advertised.

Mr W Heaman became the purchaser at £242. Messrs Bazeley, Barnes and Bazeley were the solicitors for the vendor. 

Gazette article dated 4 May 1918

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