• 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 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 2 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 3 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 4 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 5 He beat the floods

  • 6 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 7 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 8

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 9 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 10 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 11 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 12 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 13 Torrington in 1967

  • 14

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 15 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 16 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 17 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 18

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 19 They set out for Bideford and became lost

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

  • 21 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 22 Littleham family's five generations

  • 23 Parkham plan realised

  • 24 Hartland's invitation

  • 25 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 26 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 27 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 28 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 29

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 30 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 31 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 32 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 33 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 34 Puppet characters introduced

  • 35 So this is the mainland!

  • 36 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 37 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 38 Appledore's largest

  • 39 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 40 Simple Item 138
  • 41 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 42 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 43 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 44 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 45 Daisy's pride and joy

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

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

  • 48 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 49 All for the love of a lady!

  • 50 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 51

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 52 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 53 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 54 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

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

  • 56 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 57 Picking the pops

  • 58 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 59 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 60 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 61 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 62 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 63 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 64 Just over a year old

  • 65 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 66 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 67 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 68 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 69

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 70 Clovelly custom

  • 71 New civic medallions

  • 72 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 73 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 74 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 75 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 76 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 77 For crying out loud!

  • 78 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 79 Filming at Hartland

  • 80 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 81 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 82 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 83 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 84 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 85 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 86 New Post Office

  • 87 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 88 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 89 Warmington's garage ad

  • 90 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 91 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 92 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 93 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 94 Ten year old scrambler

  • 95 Service with a smile

  • 96 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 97

    First prize
  • 98 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 99 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

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

  • 101 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 102 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 103 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 104

    Bidefordians
  • 105 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 106 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 107 The Geneva marionettes

  • 108 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 109 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 110 Modern living at Bideford

  • 111 New life for Hartland organ

  • 112 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 113 Circus comes to town

  • 114 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 115 New addition to Quay front

  • 116 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 117 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 118 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 119 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 120 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 121 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 122 Private home for public pump

  • 123 In their new robes and hats

  • 124 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 125 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 126 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 127 When horses score over the tractor

  • 128 Waldon Triplets
  • 129 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 130 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 131 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 132 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 133 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 134 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 135 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 136

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 137 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 138 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 139

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 140 The art of the thatcher

  • 141 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 142 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 143 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 144

    Relatives all over the world
  • 145 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 146 Six footed lamb

  • 147 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 148 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 149

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 150 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 151 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 152 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 153 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 154

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 155 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 156 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 157 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 158 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 159 Penny for the guy

  • 160 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 161 A bird of their own!

  • 162 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 163 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 164 Happy Days!

  • 165 Loads of black and white

  • 166 Decontrol of meat

  • 167 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 168 Weare Giffard potato

  • 169 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 170 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 171

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 172 Twenty-one yachts

  • 173 New choral society's growing response

  • 174 All aboard the ark

  • 175 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 176 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 177 Centenary of Gazette

  • 178

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 179 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 180 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 181 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 182 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 183 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 184

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 185 A man and his wheel

  • 186 Off on a great adventure

  • 187 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 188 Quads join a Langtree happy family

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

  • 190 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 191 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 192 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 193 Jumble sale fever

  • 194 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 195 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 196 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 197 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 198 Some 240 exhibits

  • 199 Out of puff!

  • 200 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 201 Bridging the stream

  • 202 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 203 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 204 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 205 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 206 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 207 No laughing matter

  • 208 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 209 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 210 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 211 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 212 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 213 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 214 They are parted pro-tem

  • 215 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 216 Life begins at 80

  • 217 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 218 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 219 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 220 A story to tell!

  • 221 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 222 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 223 New art gallery opened

  • 224 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 225 Emergency ferry services

  • 226 Mobile missionary

  • 227 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 228

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 229 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 230 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 231 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 232 First ship in 8 years

  • 233 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 234 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

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

  • 236 Revenge in style

  • 237 Bideford computer stars

  • 238 Farewell to passenger trains

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

  • 240 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 241 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 242 Variety in summer weather

  • 243 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 244 Burnard family reunion

  • 245 Northam's almshouse

  • 246

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 247 Sight of a lifetime

  • 248 Devil sent packing

  • 249

    Married in 1908
  • 250 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 251 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 252 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 253 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 254 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 255 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 256 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 257 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 258 Picking the pops

  • 259 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 260 Clovelly nightmare

  • 261 Torrington's new amenity

  • 262 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 263

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 264 It really was the 'last time'

  • 265 Can spring be far away?

  • 266 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 267 End of the line

  • 268 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 269 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 270 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 271 Blanchards ad.>
  • 272 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 273 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 274 Capers on the cobbles

  • 275 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 276 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 277 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 278 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 279 Riverside mystery

  • 280 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 281 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 282 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 283 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 284 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 285 Traditions and skills still there

  • 286 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 287

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 288 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 289 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 290 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 291 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 292 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 293 113 years at Instow

  • 294 Artisans' Club

  • 295 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 296 Police station view of Bideford

  • 297 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 298 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 299 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 300 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 301 School crossing patrol begins

  • 302 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 303 Hartland Dancers
  • 304 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 305 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 306 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 307 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 308 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 309 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 310 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 311 Some mushroom!

  • 312 Pannier Market's future?

  • 313 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 314

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 315

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 316 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 317 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 318 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 319 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 320 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 321 What's the time?

  • 322 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 323 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 324 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 325 Ships at Bideford

  • 326 Record pebble-throwing day

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

  • 328 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 329 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 330 No sale of Springfield House

  • 331 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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

  • 333 North Devon Driving School

  • 334 Record player of 80 years ago

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

  • 336 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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

  • 338 Bideford regatta

  • 339 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 340 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 341 Finished in 1876

  • 342 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 343 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 344 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 345 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 346 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 347 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 348 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 349 New look in the hayfields

  • 350 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 351 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 352 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 353 Torrington children build igloo
  • 354

    Building works
  • 355 Northam footballers of the future

  • 356 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 357 New shipyard on schedule

  • 358 The creative urge on Saturday morning

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

  • 360 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 361 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 362 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 363 School's link with cargo ship

  • 364 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 365 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 366 From Bobby to Brian

  • 367 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 368 Cruising down the river

  • 369 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 370 Over the bank together>
  • 371

    New gateway
  • 372 Sweets derationing

  • 373 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 374 Hartland postman retires

  • 375 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 376 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 377 New Lundy stamps

  • 378 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 379

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 380

    Exhibition of school work
  • 381 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

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

  • 383

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 384 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 385 Peter poses for TV film

  • 386 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 387 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 388

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 389 A roof-top view - where?

  • 390 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 391 Recognise this resort?

  • 392 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 393 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 394 By pony and trap to market

  • 395

    Was a missionary
  • 396 Last train from Torrington

  • 397 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 398 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 399 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 400 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 401

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 402 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 403 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 404 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 405 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 406 Caught in the act>
  • 407 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 408 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 409 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 410 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 411 The cab at the corner>
  • 412 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 413 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 414 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 415 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 416 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 417

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 418

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 419 Bideford loses training ship

  • 420 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 421 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 422 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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World War 1

Buckland Brewer

11.5.1918 Buckland Brewer wedding World War 1

A very pretty wedding took place at the Wesleyan Church, Bideford, on April 25th, between Pte Thomas Moore of Looe, Cornwall, and Miss Florence Elsie Gay, of Buckland Brewer.

The Rev E B Crocker officiated.

The bridegroom is one of four sons who are all doing their bit for their country, two in France and one in Mesopotamia. The bridegroom himself is convalescent in England suffering from gas wounds received in France. Mr W Pearce acted as best man. The bride, who was given away by her father, was dressed in white silk, with pearl necklace, white silk hat and veil, and carried a lovely bouquet composed chiefly of large white lilies, white lilac and maidenhair fern. The bridesmaids were Miss Rose Hamlyn, who was dressed in strawberry with large silk hat to match, also carried a lovely bouquet of white flowers and maidenhair fern, and three small nieces, Ileen Thomas, Lizzie Glidden and Muriel Glidden, who looked very dainty and charming in white dresses, white silk stockings, white kid shoes, wide pink silk sashes and white and pink silk hats. Each carried a pretty basket of white and pink roses, with long loops of pink silk ribbon. Some friends had secured a white kid shoe and horse shoe on national coloured ribbons to the back of the bride’s carriage.

The wedding group was photographed and the wedding breakfast was held at the bride’s parents’ home. Wedding presents were numerous and useful.

Gazette article dated 11 May 1918

Enthusiasm matched by skill!

Women skittlers' enthusiasm for the game is matched by skill, as reflected in this gathering at Buckland Brewer alley, the venue for special competitions recently. 

10.3.1972 skittles1

In the picture league players watch as Hermione Dennis, from Halsbury Cottages, sends a ball speeding towards the pins. 

10.3.1972 skittles

Gazette article is dated 10 March 1972

Quads At Thornhillhead

First quads the flock has produced

11.3.1955 quads Buckland Brewer

These quadruplet lambs pictured with their Devon Closewool mother were born last week on the farm of Mr Reggie Poole, of Veilstone, Buckland Brewer, and none are more proud than Mr and Mrs Poole’s five children, who are only too eager to help with the bottle feeding of the lambs. The eldest of them, eight-years-old Frederick, is seen with his father.
Despite the snow and bitter cold on this farm situated at the edge of Thornhillhead Moor, Mr Poole has had a very good lambing season and the quads are the first his flock has produced.
Gazette article dated 11 March 1955

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