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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 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 2 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 3 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 4 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 5 Twenty-one yachts

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

  • 7 From Bobby to Brian

  • 8 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 9 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 10 Riverside mystery

  • 11 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 12 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 13 What's the time?

  • 14 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 15 When horses score over the tractor

  • 16 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 17 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 18 Ships at Bideford

  • 19 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 20 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 21 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 22 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 23 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 24 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 25 Blanchards ad.>
  • 26 Out of puff!

  • 27 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 28 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 29 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
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    First prize
  • 31 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 32 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 33 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 34 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 35 Hartland's invitation

  • 36 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 37

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 38 Capers on the cobbles

  • 39 113 years at Instow

  • 40

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 41 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 42 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 43 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 44 A story to tell!

  • 45 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 46 Simple Item 138
  • 47 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 48 Penny for the guy

  • 49 Caught in the act>
  • 50 Centenary of Gazette

  • 51 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 52

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 53 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

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

  • 55 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 56 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 57 Torrington children build igloo
  • 58 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 59 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 60 Circus comes to town

  • 61 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 62 No laughing matter

  • 63 Mobile missionary

  • 64 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 65 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 66 Warmington's garage ad

  • 67 Parkham plan realised

  • 68 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

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

  • 70 School's link with cargo ship

  • 71 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 72

    Married in 1908
  • 73 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 74 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 75 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 76 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 77 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 78 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 79 Can spring be far away?

  • 80 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 81 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 82 Life begins at 80

  • 83 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 84 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 85 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 86 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 87 Variety in summer weather

  • 88 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 89 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 90 Private home for public pump

  • 91 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 92 Decontrol of meat

  • 93 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 94 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 95 New gateway to King George's Fields

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    Bidefordians
  • 97 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 98 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 99 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 100 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 101 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 102 For crying out loud!

  • 103 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

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

  • 105 Littleham family's five generations

  • 106 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 107 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 108 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 109 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 110 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 111 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 112 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 113 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 114 Sweets derationing

  • 115 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 116 Some 240 exhibits

  • 117 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 118 Waldon Triplets
  • 119 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 120 New civic medallions

  • 121 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 122 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 123 Cruising down the river

  • 124 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 125 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 126 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 127 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 128 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 129 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 130 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 131 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 132 The art of the thatcher

  • 133 He beat the floods

  • 134 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 135 By pony and trap to market

  • 136 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 137 Police station view of Bideford

  • 138 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 139 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 140 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 141 Revenge in style

  • 142 Service with a smile

  • 143 Burnard family reunion

  • 144 Hartland postman retires

  • 145 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 146 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 147 New Lundy stamps

  • 148 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 149 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 150

    Exhibition of school work
  • 151

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 152 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 153 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 154 A bird of their own!

  • 155 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 156 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 157 So this is the mainland!

  • 158 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 159 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 160

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 161 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 162

    Relatives all over the world
  • 163 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 164 Recognise this resort?

  • 165

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 166 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 167 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 168 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 169 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 170 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 171 Six footed lamb

  • 172 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

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

  • 174 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 175 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 176 Puppet characters introduced

  • 177

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 178 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 179 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 180 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 181 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 182 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 183 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 184 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 185 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 186 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 187 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 188 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 189 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 190 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 191 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 192 Over the bank together>
  • 193 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 194 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 195 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 196 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 197 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 198

    Was a missionary
  • 199 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 200 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 201 Bideford computer stars

  • 202

    Building works
  • 203 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 204 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 205 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 206 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 207 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 208 New life for Hartland organ

  • 209 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 210 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 211 Picking the pops

  • 212 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 213 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 214 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 215 Torrington in 1967

  • 216 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 217 New addition to Quay front

  • 218 Bideford loses training ship

  • 219 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 220 Northam's almshouse

  • 221 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 222

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 223 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 224 Devil sent packing

  • 225 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 226 Hartland Dancers
  • 227 Happy Days!

  • 228 New look in the hayfields

  • 229 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 230 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 231 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 232 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 233 Weare Giffard potato

  • 234

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 235 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 236 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 237 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 238 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 239 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

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

  • 241 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 242

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 243 They are parted pro-tem

  • 244 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 245 A craftsman's 'potted' history

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

  • 247 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 248 Loads of black and white

  • 249 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 250 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 251 New shipyard on schedule

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

  • 253 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 254 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 255 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 256 Torridge wins on time schedule

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

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

  • 259 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 260 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 261 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 262 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 263 Pannier Market's future?

  • 264 Traditions and skills still there

  • 265 In their new robes and hats

  • 266 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 267

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 268 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 269 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 270 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 271 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 272 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 273 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 274 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 275 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 276 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 277 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 278 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 279 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 280 Last train from Torrington

  • 281

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 282 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 283 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 284 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 285 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 286 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 287 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 288 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 289 Bridging the stream

  • 290 It really was the 'last time'

  • 291

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 292 Sight of a lifetime

  • 293 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 294

    New gateway
  • 295 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 296

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 297

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 298 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 299 Artisans' Club

  • 300 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

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

  • 302 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 303 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 304 No sale of Springfield House

  • 305 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 306 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 307 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 308 New choral society's growing response

  • 309 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 310 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 311 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 312 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 313 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 314 Clovelly custom

  • 315 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 316 North Devon Driving School

  • 317 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 318 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 319 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 320 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 321 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 322 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 323 All aboard the ark

  • 324 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 325 Filming at Hartland

  • 326 Finished in 1876

  • 327 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 328 All for the love of a lady!

  • 329 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 330 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 331 First ship in 8 years

  • 332

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 333 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 334

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 335 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 336 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 337 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 338 Jumble sale fever

  • 339 Ten year old scrambler

  • 340 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 341 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 342 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 343 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 344

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 345 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 346 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 347 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 348 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 349 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 350 Quads at Thornhillhead

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

  • 352 Appledore's largest

  • 353 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 354 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 355 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 356 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 357

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 358

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 359 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 360 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 361 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 362 Just over a year old

  • 363 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 364 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 365 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 366 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 367 Faints as she wins national competition

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

  • 369

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 370 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 371 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 372 A roof-top view - where?

  • 373 Picking the pops

  • 374 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 375 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 376 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 377 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 378 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 379 End of the line

  • 380 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 381 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 382 Torrington's new amenity

  • 383 Peter poses for TV film

  • 384 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 385 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 386 New Post Office

  • 387

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 388 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 389 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 390 Northam footballers of the future

  • 391 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 392 School crossing patrol begins

  • 393 Off on a great adventure

  • 394

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 395 The Geneva marionettes

  • 396 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 397 Modern living at Bideford

  • 398 A man and his wheel

  • 399 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 401 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 402 Some mushroom!

  • 403 Clovelly nightmare

  • 404

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 405 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 406 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 407 Emergency ferry services

  • 408 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 409 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 410 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 411 The cab at the corner>
  • 412 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 413 Bideford regatta

  • 414 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 415 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 416 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 417 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 418 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 419 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 420 New art gallery opened

  • 421 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 422 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

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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Holiday Help

Defies sea at Bucks Mills

Accompanying pictures show how ‘self-help’ by inhabitants of Bucks Mills has met the menace of the high seas which threatened to destroy the only slip-way.

Above a trader resident carries a hundred-weight sack of cement down the steep track

22.8.1952 Bucks Mills 2

The general public gave generous monetary and physical response to the appeal of local initiative. The situation has been saved and the expenditure probably hundreds of pounds of public money has been avoided thereby. Bideford Rural District Council have their blessing! Donations from friends of Bucks should be sent to Mr A K Chope (acting hon. secretary), Bideford.

22.8.1952 Bucks Mills 3

22 August 1952

Mr Davey In Battle Over Bucks Beach

Mr Trevor Davey, of Bucks Cross, skipper of the Lundy Gannet, has applied to the Crown Commissioners for the rights of about a mile of foreshore at Bucks Mills.

31.7.1964 Mr Davey Bucks Mills

He has done so, he said this week, on behalf of local people and the public.
But the new owner of the Walland Cary estate, Mr E E T Wood, a property director, whose claim to the foreshore has been allowed by the Crown Estate Commissioners, said he did not intend to anything to hinder the public. “I doubt whether I could anyway” he added.
He claimed that his deeds proved ownership of the road, the slipway and the beach. But he had bought Walland Cary for its beauty and he wished the public to share it with him.
Mr Wood also revealed that he given notice to quit to two tenants of boat sheds he owned near the slipway. One of them, he said, was Mr Davey.
Gazette article dated 31 July 1964

Chocolate Sticks Were Gelignite

The label on the box said chocolate bars; but Mr David Powell, who clutched it as he fell when part of a loft he was clearing in a derelict cottage at Bucks Mills collapsed, found that it contained 10 sticks of gelignite in a ‘sweating’ condition.

13.2.1976 gelignite

Mr Powell, who lives at Winsworthy, Clovelly, was clearing out Corner Cottage which belongs to his mother. It had been empty for nine months and to his knowledge, he said, no-one had been in the loft for more than 20 years.
An Army bomb disposal expert flew in by helicopter from Salisbury and disposed of the explosives, plus 100 detonators also found, by blowing them up on the beach.
Gazette article dated 13 February 1976

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