• 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 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 2 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 3 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 5 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 6 No sale of Springfield House

  • 7 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 8 All aboard the ark

  • 9 Ten year old scrambler

  • 10 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 11 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 12 Six footed lamb

  • 13 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 14 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 15 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 16 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 17 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 18 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 19 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 20 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 21 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 22 Picking the pops

  • 23 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 24 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 25 The Geneva marionettes

  • 26 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 27 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 28 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 29 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 30 Appledore's largest

  • 31 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 32 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 33 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 34

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 35 Hartland postman retires

  • 36

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 37

    Bidefordians
  • 38 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 39 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 40 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 41 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 42 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 43 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 44

    Building works
  • 45 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 46 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 47 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 48 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 49 Can spring be far away?

  • 50 In their new robes and hats

  • 51 Variety in summer weather

  • 52 New look in the hayfields

  • 53 Riverside mystery

  • 54 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 55 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 56 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 57 Northam footballers of the future

  • 58 So this is the mainland!

  • 59 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 60 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 61 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 62 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 63 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 64 Waldon Triplets
  • 65 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 66 North Devon Driving School

  • 67 A roof-top view - where?

  • 68 First ship in 8 years

  • 69 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 70 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 71 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 72 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 73 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 74 Picking the pops

  • 75 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 76 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 77 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 78

    Married in 1908
  • 79 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 80 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 81 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 82 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 83 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 84 It really was the 'last time'

  • 85 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 86 Decontrol of meat

  • 87 All for the love of a lady!

  • 88 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 89 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 90 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 91 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 92 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 93 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 94 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 95 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 96

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 97 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 98 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 99 Police station view of Bideford

  • 100 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 102 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

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

  • 104 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 105 Centenary of Gazette

  • 106 A bird of their own!

  • 107

    Was a missionary
  • 108 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 109 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 110 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 111 Burnard family reunion

  • 112 A man and his wheel

  • 113 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 114 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 115 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 116 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 117 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 118 Just over a year old

  • 119 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 120 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 121 Northam's almshouse

  • 122 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 123 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 124

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 125 Service with a smile

  • 126 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 127 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 128

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 129 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 130 Pannier Market's future?

  • 131 New Lundy stamps

  • 132 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 133 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 134 What's the time?

  • 135 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 136 Off on a great adventure

  • 137 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 138 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 139 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 140 Out of puff!

  • 141 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 142 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 143 Filming at Hartland

  • 144 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 145 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 146 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 147 New choral society's growing response

  • 148 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 149 Torrington's shelter for the aged

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

  • 151

    First prize
  • 152 End of the line

  • 153 Jumble sale fever

  • 154 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 155 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 156 Cruising down the river

  • 157 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 158 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 159 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 160 Up-to-date Bideford!

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

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

  • 163 Twenty-one yachts

  • 164 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 165 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 166 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 167 Torrington in 1967

  • 168

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 169 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 170 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 171 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 172 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 173 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 174 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 175 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 176 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 177 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 178 Penny for the guy

  • 179 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 180 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 181

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 182 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 183 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 184 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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

  • 186 Hartland's invitation

  • 187 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 188 Parkham plan realised

  • 189 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 190 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 191 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 192 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 193 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 194 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 195 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 196 Emergency ferry services

  • 197 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 198

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 199 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 200 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 201 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 202 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 203 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 204 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 205 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 206 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 207 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 208 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 209 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 210 Weare Giffard potato

  • 211 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 212 From Bobby to Brian

  • 213 Warmington's garage ad

  • 214 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 215 Blanchards ad.>
  • 216

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 217 New look for Torrington Lane

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

  • 219 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 220

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 221 Happy Days!

  • 222 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 223 School crossing patrol begins

  • 224 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 225 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 226 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 227 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 228 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 229 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 230 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 231 Sight of a lifetime

  • 232 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 233 What is future of railway goods yard?

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    New gateway
  • 235 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 236 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 237 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 238 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 239 Capers on the cobbles

  • 240 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 241 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 242 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 243 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 244 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 245 Modern living at Bideford

  • 246 Peter poses for TV film

  • 247 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 248

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 249 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 250 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 251 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 252 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 253 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 254 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 255 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 256

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

  • 258 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 259 Meredith's ironmongers

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

  • 261 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 262 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 263 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 264 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 265 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 266 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 267 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 268 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 269 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 270 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 271 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 272 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 273 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 274 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 275 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 276 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 277 113 years at Instow

  • 278 Bideford computer stars

  • 279 Revenge in style

  • 280 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 281 Some 240 exhibits

  • 282 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 283 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 284 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 285 Recognise this resort?

  • 286 School's link with cargo ship

  • 287 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 288 Circus comes to town

  • 289 New shipyard on schedule

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

  • 291 The cab at the corner>
  • 292 Life begins at 80

  • 293 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 294 When horses score over the tractor

  • 295 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 296 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 297 Puppet characters introduced

  • 298 New life for Hartland organ

  • 299 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 300 Caught in the act>
  • 301

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 302 Last train from Torrington

  • 303 Simple Item 138
  • 304 Private home for public pump

  • 305 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 306 The art of the thatcher

  • 307 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 308 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 309

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 310 Clovelly custom

  • 311 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 312 Torrington children build igloo
  • 313 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 314 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 315 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 316 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 317 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 318

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 319 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 320 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 321

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 322 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 323 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 324 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 325 They are parted pro-tem

  • 326 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 327 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 328

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 329 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 330 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 331 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 332 Mobile missionary

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

  • 334 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 335 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 336 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 337 New addition to Quay front

  • 338 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 339 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 340 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 341 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 342 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 343 By pony and trap to market

  • 344 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 345 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 346

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 347 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 348 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 349 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 350 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 351 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 352 Bideford regatta

  • 353 For crying out loud!

  • 354 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 355 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 356 Bideford loses training ship

  • 357 Traditions and skills still there

  • 358 Finished in 1876

  • 359 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 360 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 361 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 362 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 363 New civic medallions

  • 364 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 365 A story to tell!

  • 366 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 367 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 368 Loads of black and white

  • 369 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 370 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 371 No laughing matter

  • 372

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 373 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 374 Sweets derationing

  • 375 Devil sent packing

  • 376 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 377 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 378 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

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

  • 380 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 381 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 382 Ships at Bideford

  • 383

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 384 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 385 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 386 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 387

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 388

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 389 Clovelly nightmare

  • 390 Some mushroom!

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

  • 392 He beat the floods

  • 393 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 394 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 395 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 396 Hartland Dancers
  • 397 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 398 Torrington's new amenity

  • 399 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 400 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 401 New art gallery opened

  • 402 Bringing shopping home by goat

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

  • 404 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 405 Over the bank together>
  • 406 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 407 Bridging the stream

  • 408 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 409 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 410 New Post Office

  • 411 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 412 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 413 Artisans' Club

  • 414 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 415

    Exhibition of school work
  • 416 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 417

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 418

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 419 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 420 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 421 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 422 Littleham family's five generations

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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Bonfire and Fireworks Fun at Buckland in 1958

Most of the villagers of Buckland Brewer turned out on Friday night to see a bonfire and fireworks display organised by the village Boys’ Club.

Buckland bonfire 1958

The display, the first of its kind held there, heralded Buckland Brewer’s celebration of National Boys’ Club Week.
A part of the funds raised by clubs all over the country during the week goes to the Boys’ Club General Headquarters, the remainder going to the individual clubs.
Friday’s gathering was held in Mr Percy Heal’s field. A 10 foot bonfire was lit. Members of the Buckland Club gathered material for the bonfire, some given by local farmers and took two afternoons to build it.
At the fireworks display, organised by Rear-Admiral G H Stokes, leader of the Buckland Boys’ Club. members collected among the crown for funds.
A social was held on Saturday night in Buckland Brewer Parish Room and a whist drive was organised at The Glen, home of Rear-Admiral Stokes, on Wednesday. A dance at the Parish Room, tonight will end this year’s boys’ club week for Buckland.

Gazette article dated 31 October 1958

Five New Members For Buckland WI

Five New Members For Buckland WI - 3rd March 1967

3.3.1967 Buckland Brewer WI
 

Five new membes, Mesdames J Hockin, L Blight, S Burt, and Misses M Sines and M Mantell, were welcomed at the monthly meeting of Buckland Brewer W.I.
Mr and Mrs Kemp showed slides on Europe and organised a quiz. They were thanked by Mrs Simpson.
Mrs W Lawrence won the penny bag competition.
Tea hostesses were Mesdames M Blight, W Stoneman, K Cornish, B Brown and C Ashton.

Chosen For Great Britain

Chosen For Great Britain - 5th August 1977

5.8.1977 Buckland Brewer Sarah Woolf
 

Sarah Woolf of Goutisland, Buckland Brewer, has been chosen to ride for Great Britain at the European junior three-day event championships to be held at Fontainbleu in France.
Sarah, the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Gerald Woolf with be riding Mrs Heather Holgate's 'Dubonnet' which has already won when ridden by Mrs Holgate's daughter Virginia three years ago.
Sarah is an Old Girl of Edgehill College.

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