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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 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 2 Circus comes to town

  • 3 A man and his wheel

  • 4 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 5 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 6 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 7 Penny for the guy

  • 8 What's the time?

  • 9 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 10 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 11

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 12 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 13 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 14

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 15 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 16 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 17 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 18 Littleham family's five generations

  • 19 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 20 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 21 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 22 Bideford computer stars

  • 23 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 24 Bideford regatta

  • 25 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 26 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 27 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 28 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 29 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 30 The cab at the corner>
  • 31 Riverside mystery

  • 32 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 33 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 34

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 35 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 36 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 37 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 38 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 39 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 40 Modern living at Bideford

  • 41 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 42 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 43 North Devon Driving School

  • 44

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 45 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 46 Traditions and skills still there

  • 47 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 48 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 49 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 50 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 51 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 52 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 53

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 54 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 55 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 56

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 57 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 58 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 59 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 60 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 61 Bideford loses training ship

  • 62 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 63 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 64 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 65 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 66 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 67 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 68 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 69 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 70

    New gateway
  • 71 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 72 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 73 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 74 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 75 Pannier Market's future?

  • 76 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 77

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 78 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 79 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 80 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 81 Over the bank together>
  • 82 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 83 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 84 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 85 Service with a smile

  • 86 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 87 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 88 Happy Days!

  • 89 All for the love of a lady!

  • 90 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 91 First ship in 8 years

  • 92 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 93 No laughing matter

  • 94 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 95 Bridging the stream

  • 96 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 97 A bird of their own!

  • 98 New choral society's growing response

  • 99 Puppet characters introduced

  • 100 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 101 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 102 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 103

    Married in 1908
  • 104 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 105 The art of the thatcher

  • 106 New shipyard on schedule

  • 107 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 108 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 109 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 110 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 111 New Lundy stamps

  • 112 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 113

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 114 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 115 Clovelly custom

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

  • 117 Waldon Triplets
  • 118 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 119 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 120 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 121 Centenary of Gazette

  • 122 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 123 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 124 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 125 Torrington Church's new organ

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

  • 127 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 128 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 129 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 130 By pony and trap to market

  • 131 End of the line

  • 132 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 133 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 134 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 135 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

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

  • 137 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 138 Torrington in 1967

  • 139 Police station view of Bideford

  • 140 Some mushroom!

  • 141

    Bidefordians
  • 142 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 143 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 144 Bideford Bridge re-opens

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

  • 146 113 years at Instow

  • 147 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 148 Filming at Hartland

  • 149 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 150 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 151 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 152 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 153 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 154

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 155 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 156 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 157 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 158 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 159 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 160 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 161 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 162 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 163 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 164 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 165 New civic medallions

  • 166 Picking the pops

  • 167

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 168 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 169 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 170 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 171 Simple Item 138
  • 172 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 173 Decontrol of meat

  • 174 He beat the floods

  • 175 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 176 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 177 Revenge in style

  • 178 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 179 No sale of Springfield House

  • 180 Loads of black and white

  • 181 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 182 Torrington's new amenity

  • 183 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 184 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 185 For crying out loud!

  • 186 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 187 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 188 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 189 Can spring be far away?

  • 190 School crossing patrol begins

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

  • 192 In their new robes and hats

  • 193 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 194 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 195 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 196 Torrington children build igloo
  • 197 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 198 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 199

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 200 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 201 Sweets derationing

  • 202 Life begins at 80

  • 203 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 204 Last train from Torrington

  • 205 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 206 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 207 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 208 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 209 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 210 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 211 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 212 New look in the hayfields

  • 213 A roof-top view - where?

  • 214 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 215 New life for Hartland organ

  • 216

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 217 Mobile missionary

  • 218 Hartland postman retires

  • 219 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 220 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 221 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 222 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 223 Devil sent packing

  • 224 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 225

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 226 Hartland Dancers
  • 227

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 228

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 229 Capers on the cobbles

  • 230

    Exhibition of school work
  • 231 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 232 Artisans' Club

  • 233 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 234

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 235 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 236 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 237 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 238 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 239 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 240 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 241

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 242 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 243 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 244

    Was a missionary
  • 245 Blanchards ad.>
  • 246 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 247 Cruising down the river

  • 248 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

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

  • 250 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 251 Picking the pops

  • 252 Sight of a lifetime

  • 253 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 254 Six footed lamb

  • 255 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 256 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 257 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 258

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 259 Peter poses for TV film

  • 260 Variety in summer weather

  • 261 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 262 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 263 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 264 Clovelly nightmare

  • 265 Jumble sale fever

  • 266

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 267 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 268 Out of puff!

  • 269 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 270 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 271

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 272 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 273 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

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

  • 275 Recognise this resort?

  • 276 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 277 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 278 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 279 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 280 New art gallery opened

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

  • 282 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 283

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 284 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 285 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 286 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 287 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 288 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 289

    First prize
  • 290 Off on a great adventure

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

  • 292 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 293 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 294 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 295 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 296 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 297 Weare Giffard potato

  • 298

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 299 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 300 Ships at Bideford

  • 301 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 302 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 303 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 304 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 305 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 306

    Relatives all over the world
  • 307 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 308 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 309 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 310 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

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

  • 312 It really was the 'last time'

  • 313 New Post Office

  • 314 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 315 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 316 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 317 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 318 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 319 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 320 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 321 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 322 Burnard family reunion

  • 323 New addition to Quay front

  • 324 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 325 Just over a year old

  • 326 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 327 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 328 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 329 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 330 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 331 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 332 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 333 The Geneva marionettes

  • 334 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 335 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 336 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 337 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 338 Caught in the act>
  • 339 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

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

  • 341 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 342 So this is the mainland!

  • 343

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 344 Hartland's invitation

  • 345 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 346 From Bobby to Brian

  • 347 Finished in 1876

  • 348 A story to tell!

  • 349 Ten year old scrambler

  • 350 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 351 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 352 Some 240 exhibits

  • 353 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 354 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 355 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 356 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 357 Northam footballers of the future

  • 358 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 359 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 360 Private home for public pump

  • 361 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 362 They are parted pro-tem

  • 363 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 364 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 365 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 366 When horses score over the tractor

  • 367 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 368 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 369 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 370 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 371 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 372 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 373 Parkham plan realised

  • 374 Twenty-one yachts

  • 375 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 376 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 377 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

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

  • 379 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 380 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 381 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 382 Appledore's largest

  • 383 School's link with cargo ship

  • 384 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 385 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 386 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 387 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 388 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 389 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 390 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 391 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 392 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 393 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 394 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 395 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 396 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 397 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 398 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 399 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 401 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 402 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 403 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 404 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 405 Emergency ferry services

  • 406 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 407 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 408 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 409 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 410

    Building works
  • 411 All aboard the ark

  • 412 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 413 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 414 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 415 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 416 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 417 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 418 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 419 Warmington's garage ad

  • 420 Northam's almshouse

  • 421 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 422

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Tenants Warned About Parking

Following a report calling attention to the difficulties caused by parking on roads on the Dartington Fields estate, Torrington Town Council are to send a circular letter to tenants asking them to comply with their tenancy agreements, and pointing out that if this is not done, the matter will be brought to the attention of the police for further action.

12.12.69 Dartington Fields

Cllr J W Martin said that eight o’clock the previous evening he had counted 23 cars, one van, two motor cycles, and a bicycle all within 100 yards, and in an emergency it would have been quite impossible for a fire engine to have got through.

Gazette article dated 12 December 1969

New English teacher appointed

Mr R Hunkin, BA (Oxon), of Torrington, has recently been appointed to the staff of the Torrington Secondary Modern School where he will be responsible for work in English.

1950 Hunkin Torrington

While a pupil at Bideford Grammar School from 1929-36, Mr Hunkin won a Choral Exhibition at Exeter College, Oxford, where he subsequently took an Honours Degree in English. Mr Hunkin is now an assistant master at Redruth Grammar School, Cornwall, and will take up his new appointment in January 1951.

Somewhere a Huntsman is Calling

The judges, Mr Jack Molyneus and Mrs F W B Smyth, sit in the rain on the roof of the Drill Hall, Torrington, on Thursday evening of last week, where they listened through an open skylight to competitors in the hunting horn blowing contest at Torrington Farmers’ Hunt Ball.

8.12.1950 horn blowing Torrington

The event was won by Mr A Harris, huntsman to the South Devon Foxhounds, for the second year in succession, and he thus wins the cup outright.
Mr Tom Bunch was second and Mr Frank Heal, third. The eight competitors included one woman, Miss Sarah-Jane Slade, who blew one short blast and then retired. The competitors were tested on three calls and at the conclusion they sounded a fanfare. The prizes were presented by Mrs R D D Birdwood, wife of the chairman of the hunt, Lieut-Col R D D Birdwood.
There was a large attendance at the ball. Mr C Quick was the Mc and organiser of the dance with a committee.
Lucky numbers for gifts kindly donated were announced during the evening: F Stevens; R V Pope; Mrs Irwin; C A Squire; R G Sussex; Margaret Hookway; and G White.

The Gazette article is dated 8 December 1950

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