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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 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 2 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 3 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 4 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 5 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

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

  • 7 Last train from Torrington

  • 8 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 9 Modern living at Bideford

  • 10 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 11 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 12 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 13 Off on a great adventure

  • 14 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 15 A story to tell!

  • 16 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 17

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 18

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 19 Centenary of Gazette

  • 20 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 21 Blanchards ad.>
  • 22 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 23

    Was a missionary
  • 24 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 25 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 26

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 27 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 28 Watch the dicky bird!

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

  • 30 Mobile missionary

  • 31 Caught in the act>
  • 32 Jumble sale fever

  • 33 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 34 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 35 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

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

  • 37 A roof-top view - where?

  • 38

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 39 Capers on the cobbles

  • 40 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 41 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 42 Burnard family reunion

  • 43 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 44

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 45 Sweets derationing

  • 46

    Bidefordians
  • 47 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 48 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 49

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 50 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 51 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 52 Puppet characters introduced

  • 53 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 54 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 55 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 56 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 57 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 58 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 59 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 60 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 61 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 62 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 63 Bideford loses training ship

  • 64 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 65 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 66 He beat the floods

  • 67 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 68 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 69 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 70 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 71 All aboard the ark

  • 72 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 73 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 74 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 75 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 76 Artisans' Club

  • 77 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 78 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 79 Police station view of Bideford

  • 80

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 81 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 82 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 83

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 84 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 85 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 86 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 87 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 88 End of the line

  • 89 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 90 Warmington's garage ad

  • 91 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 92 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 93 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 94 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 95 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 96

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 97 Bridging the stream

  • 98 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 99 Cruising down the river

  • 100 Devil sent packing

  • 101

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 102 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 103 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 104 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 105 Peter poses for TV film

  • 106 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 107 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 108 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 109 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 110 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 111 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 112 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 113 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 114 School crossing patrol begins

  • 115 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 116 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

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

  • 118 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 119 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 120 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 121 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 122 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 123 Finished in 1876

  • 124 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 125 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 126 Ships at Bideford

  • 127 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 128 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 129 New civic medallions

  • 130 Private home for public pump

  • 131 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 132 New Lundy stamps

  • 133 Traditions and skills still there

  • 134 From Bobby to Brian

  • 135 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 136 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 137 Twenty-one yachts

  • 138

    First prize
  • 139

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 140 A craftsman's 'potted' history

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

  • 142 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 143 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 144 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 145 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 146 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 147 What's the time?

  • 148 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 149 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 150 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 151 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 152 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 153 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 154 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 155 Appledore's largest

  • 156 New life for Hartland organ

  • 157 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 158 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 159 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 160 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 161 Northam footballers of the future

  • 162 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 163 Riverside mystery

  • 164 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 165 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 166 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 167

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

  • 169 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 170 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 171 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 172 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 173 Happy Days!

  • 174 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 175 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 176 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 177 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 178 Sweet success at Langtree School

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

  • 180 By pony and trap to market

  • 181 Over the bank together>
  • 182 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 183 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 184 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 185 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 186 Picking the pops

  • 187 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 188 Penny for the guy

  • 189 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 190 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 191 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 192 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 193 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 194 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 195 Can spring be far away?

  • 196 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 197 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 198 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 199 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 200 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 201 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 202 113 years at Instow

  • 203 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 204 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 205 Ten year old scrambler

  • 206 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 207

    Building works
  • 208 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 209 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 210

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 211 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 212 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 213 In their new robes and hats

  • 214 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 215 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 216 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 217 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 218 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 219 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 220 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 221 New look in the hayfields

  • 222 Picking the pops

  • 223 Hartland's invitation

  • 224 Hartland Dancers
  • 225 Revenge in style

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

  • 227 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 228 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 229 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 230 Just over a year old

  • 231 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 232 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 233 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 234 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 235 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 236 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 237 Hartland postman retires

  • 238 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 239 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 240 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 241 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 242 No laughing matter

  • 243 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 244 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 245 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 246 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 247 Torrington's new amenity

  • 248 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 249 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 250 School's link with cargo ship

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

  • 252 Sight of a lifetime

  • 253 No sale of Springfield House

  • 254 North Devon Driving School

  • 255 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 256 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 257 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 258 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 259 Parkham plan realised

  • 260 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 261 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 262 So this is the mainland!

  • 263 Shoes certainly not made for walking

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

  • 265 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 266 Beach search for mines takes longer

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

  • 268 A bird of their own!

  • 269 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 270 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 271 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 272 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 273 Recognise this resort?

  • 274 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 275 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 276 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 277 Life begins at 80

  • 278 New choral society's growing response

  • 279 Clovelly nightmare

  • 280

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 281 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 282 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 283 When horses score over the tractor

  • 284 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 285 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 286 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 287 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 288 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 289 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 290 The art of the thatcher

  • 291 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 292 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 293

    Relatives all over the world
  • 294 Torrington in 1967

  • 295 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 296 Sooty is quick on the draw

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

  • 298 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 299 Circus comes to town

  • 300 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 301 New art gallery opened

  • 302

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 303 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 304 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 305 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 306 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 307 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 308 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 309 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 310 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 311 Loads of black and white

  • 312 Littleham family's five generations

  • 313 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 314 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 315 They set out for Bideford and became lost

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

  • 317 Six footed lamb

  • 318 New addition to Quay front

  • 319 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 320 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 321 Bideford computer stars

  • 322 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 323

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 324 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 325 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 326 Some 240 exhibits

  • 327 New shipyard on schedule

  • 328 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 329 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 330 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 331 The Geneva marionettes

  • 332 Out of puff!

  • 333 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 334

    Married in 1908
  • 335 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 336 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 337 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 338 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 339 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 340 The cab at the corner>
  • 341 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 342 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 343 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 344 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 345 It really was the 'last time'

  • 346 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 347 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 348 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 349

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 350

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 351 Emergency ferry services

  • 352 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 353 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 354 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 355 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 356

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 357 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 358 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 359 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 360

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 361 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 362 Service with a smile

  • 363 Bideford regatta

  • 364 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 365 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 366 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 367 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 368 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 369 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 370 Waldon Triplets
  • 371 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 372 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 373 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 374

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 375 Weare Giffard potato

  • 376 For crying out loud!

  • 377 New Post Office

  • 378 Torrington children build igloo
  • 379 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 380 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 381 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 382 Some mushroom!

  • 383 Variety in summer weather

  • 384 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 385 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 386 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 387 Simple Item 138
  • 388

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 389

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 390

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 391 Alwington School closing after 120 years

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

  • 393 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 394 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 395 Northam's almshouse

  • 396 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 397 Pannier Market's future?

  • 398 Clovelly custom

  • 399 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 400 Decontrol of meat

  • 401 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 402 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 403 All for the love of a lady!

  • 404 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 405 Filming at Hartland

  • 406 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 407 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 408 They are parted pro-tem

  • 409 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 410

    New gateway
  • 411 A man and his wheel

  • 412 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 413 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 414 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 415 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 416 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 417

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 418 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 419

    Exhibition of school work
  • 420 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 421 First ship in 8 years

  • 422 Do recall the old windmill 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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  • 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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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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