• 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 It really was the 'last time'

  • 2 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 3 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 4 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 5

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 6

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 7 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 8 Northam footballers of the future

  • 9 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 10 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 11 Sweets derationing

  • 12 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 13 New Lundy stamps

  • 14 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 15 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 16 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 17 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 18 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 19 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 20 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

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

  • 22 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 23 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 24 Can spring be far away?

  • 25 A story to tell!

  • 26

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 27 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

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

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

  • 30 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 31 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 32 Finished in 1876

  • 33 Parkham plan realised

  • 34 New Post Office

  • 35 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 36 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 37 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 38 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 39 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 40 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 41 Private home for public pump

  • 42 Sight of a lifetime

  • 43 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 44 By pony and trap to market

  • 45 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 46 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 47 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 48 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 49 Decontrol of meat

  • 50 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 51 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 52 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 53 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 54 Artisans' Club

  • 55 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 56 Some mushroom!

  • 57 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 58 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 59 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 60 Hartland Dancers
  • 61 No laughing matter

  • 62 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 63 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 64 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 65 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 66 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 67

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 68 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 69 All for the love of a lady!

  • 70

    Exhibition of school work
  • 71

    First prize
  • 72 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 73 First ship in 8 years

  • 74

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 75 Last train from Torrington

  • 76 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 77 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 78 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 79 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 80 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 81 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 82 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 83

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 84 Hartland postman retires

  • 85 Simple Item 138
  • 86 Emergency ferry services

  • 87 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 88 Northam's almshouse

  • 89 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 90 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 91 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 92 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 93 Police station view of Bideford

  • 94 A man and his wheel

  • 95 So this is the mainland!

  • 96 Torrington children build igloo
  • 97 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 98 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 99 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 100 Service with a smile

  • 101 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 102 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 103 Some 240 exhibits

  • 104 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 105 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 106 A bird of their own!

  • 107 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 108 In their new robes and hats

  • 109 Modern living at Bideford

  • 110 New addition to Quay front

  • 111

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 112 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 113 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 114 School crossing patrol begins

  • 115 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 116 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 117 Caught in the act>
  • 118 All aboard the ark

  • 119 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 120 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 121 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 122 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 123 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 124 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 125 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 126 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 127 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

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

  • 129 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 130

    Building works
  • 131

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 132 Bideford loses training ship

  • 133 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 134

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 135 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 136 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 137 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 138 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 139 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 140 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 141 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 142 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 143 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 144 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 145 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 146

    Married in 1908
  • 147 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 148 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 149 The Geneva marionettes

  • 150 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 151 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 152 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 153 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 154

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 155 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 156 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 157 Circus comes to town

  • 158 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 159 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 160

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 161 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 162 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 163 New choral society's growing response

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

  • 165 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 166 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 167 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 168 Penny for the guy

  • 169 Ten year old scrambler

  • 170 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 171

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 172 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 173 Recognise this resort?

  • 174 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 175 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 176 Torrington in 1967

  • 177 No sale of Springfield House

  • 178

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 179 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 180 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 181 Jumble sale fever

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

  • 183 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 184 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 185 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 186 Life begins at 80

  • 187 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 188 Variety in summer weather

  • 189 New civic medallions

  • 190 Warmington's garage ad

  • 191 Clovelly nightmare

  • 192 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 193 When horses score over the tractor

  • 194 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 195 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 196 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 197 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 198 A roof-top view - where?

  • 199 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

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

  • 201 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 202 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 203 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 204

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 205 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 206 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 207 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 208 What's the time?

  • 209 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 210 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 211 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 212 New art gallery opened

  • 213 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 214 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 215 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 216 Bideford regatta

  • 217

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 218 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 219 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 220 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 221 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 222 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 223 North Devon Driving School

  • 224 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 225 Appledore's largest

  • 226 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 227 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 228 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 229 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 230 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 231 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 232 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 233 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 234 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 235 Bridging the stream

  • 236 Traditions and skills still there

  • 237 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 238 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 239 Torrington's new amenity

  • 240 Burnard family reunion

  • 241 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 242 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 243 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 244

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 245 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 246 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 247 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 248 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 249 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 250 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 251 Picking the pops

  • 252 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 253 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 254 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 255 Waldon Triplets
  • 256 Riverside mystery

  • 257 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 258 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 259 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 260 The art of the thatcher

  • 261

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 262 From Bobby to Brian

  • 263 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 264 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 265 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 266 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 267 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 268 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 269 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 270 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 271 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 272 The cab at the corner>
  • 273 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 274 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 275 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 276 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 277 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 278 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 279 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 280 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 281

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 282 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 283 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 284 113 years at Instow

  • 285 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 286 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 287 Making way for the double-deckers

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

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 290 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 291 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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

  • 293 Blanchards ad.>
  • 294 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 295 Revenge in style

  • 296 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 297 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 298 End of the line

  • 299 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

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    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 301 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 302 New look in the hayfields

  • 303 Weare Giffard potato

  • 304 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

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

  • 306 Over the bank together>
  • 307 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 308 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 309 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 310 He beat the floods

  • 311 School's link with cargo ship

  • 312 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 313 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 314 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 315 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 316 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 317 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 318 Mobile missionary

  • 319 New life for Hartland organ

  • 320 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 321 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 322

    Was a missionary
  • 323 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 324 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 325 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 326 Capers on the cobbles

  • 327 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 328 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 329 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 330 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 331 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 332

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 333 Clovelly custom

  • 334

    Bidefordians
  • 335 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 336 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 337 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 338 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 339 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 340

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 341 Pannier Market's future?

  • 342 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 343 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 344 Ships at Bideford

  • 345 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 346 Picking the pops

  • 347 Centenary of Gazette

  • 348 Out of puff!

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

  • 350 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

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

  • 352 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 353 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 354 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 355 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 356

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 357 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 358 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 359 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 360 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 361 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 362 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 363

    Relatives all over the world
  • 364 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 365 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 366 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 367 Twenty-one yachts

  • 368 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 369 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 370 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 371 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 372 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 373 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 374

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 375 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 376 Bideford computer stars

  • 377 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 378 Devil sent packing

  • 379 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 380 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 381 Cruising down the river

  • 382 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 383 Littleham family's five generations

  • 384 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 385 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 386 Happy Days!

  • 387 Hartland's invitation

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    New gateway
  • 389 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 390 Puppet characters introduced

  • 391 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 392 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 393 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 394 Six footed lamb

  • 395 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 396 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 397 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 398 Off on a great adventure

  • 399 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 400 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 401 Just over a year old

  • 402 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 403 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 404 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 405 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 406 Filming at Hartland

  • 407 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 408 New shipyard on schedule

  • 409 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 410 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 411 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 412 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 413 They are parted pro-tem

  • 414 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 415

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 416 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 417 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 418 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 419 Loads of black and white

  • 420 For crying out loud!

  • 421 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 422 Peter poses for TV film

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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World War 1

Horwood and Newton Tracey

18.5.1918 Horwood World War 1

Miss Pennell examined the scholars of the Council School in religious knowledge on Wednesday morning. 

Special intercession services for the war were held at St Michael’s Church, Horwood, and also at St Thomas a Becket’s Church, Newton Tracey, on Sunday last. 

Gunner G Gill (RFA), only son of Mr Gill, Hunters’ Inn, Newton Tracey, had been sent to a Bournemouth hospital, suffering from a severe wound in his left foot. Gunner Gill had been in France about six months. 

A successful whist drive and dance, organised by Mrs E Cawsey, ‘Prospect’, in aid of the British Red Cross, took place at Newton Cross House, by kind permission of Mr J Paton. There was a large attendance, and a goodly sum was raised. Mr James Oatway, Lovacott, was an efficient MC. The prizes for the whist drive were given by Mesdames Dene and Balman, and Mr H Symons. The winners were: Miss Daisy Youatt, Mr E Cawsey (playing as a lady); Miss W Brace; J Andrew; Coates; W Hooper. Miss Rocky (Huntshaw) presided at the piano during the dance. 

Gazette article dated 18 May 1918

National award goes to locally-trained horse 11th June 1971

National award goes to locally-trained horse 11th June 1971

National award goes to locally trained horseGolden Batman, the pride and joy of the point-to-point stables run by Mr & Mrs Anthony Hartnoll at East Barton, Horwood, has capped a great season by winning a national award.

Golden Batman who was sired by Golden Surprise and bred by Mr Leonard Bond, of Bradworthy, was spotted in a field in Cornwall by Mr Hartnoll.  Mr C M C Hancock, a Truro solicitor and point-to-point enthusiast purchased him.

national award

Rosemary Shute Ration Book

Rosemary Shute Ration Book - 1953 - 1954

Rosemary Shute ration book
 

Ministry of Food 1953-1954 (child's) ration book - Rosemary Shute, Park, Horwood, Barnstaple

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