• 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 Sweets derationing

  • 2 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 3

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 4 Puppet characters introduced

  • 5 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 6 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 7 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 8 Emergency ferry services

  • 9 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 10 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 11 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 12 Loads of black and white

  • 13 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 14 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 15 Service with a smile

  • 16 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 17 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 18 Penny for the guy

  • 19 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 20 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 21 Decontrol of meat

  • 22 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 23 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 24 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 25 Twenty-one yachts

  • 26 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 27 Sight of a lifetime

  • 28 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 29

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 30 Caught in the act>
  • 31 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 32 Police station view of Bideford

  • 33 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 34 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 35 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 36 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 37 For crying out loud!

  • 38 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 39 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 40 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 41 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 42 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 43 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 44 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 45 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 46 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 47 Hartland postman retires

  • 48

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 49 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 50 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 51 From Bobby to Brian

  • 52

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 53 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 54 Just over a year old

  • 55 Record player of 80 years ago

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

  • 57 Some mushroom!

  • 58 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 59 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 60 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 61 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 62 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 63 Centenary of Gazette

  • 64 Ten year old scrambler

  • 65

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 66 A man and his wheel

  • 67 Riverside mystery

  • 68 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 69 All for the love of a lady!

  • 70 Off on a great adventure

  • 71 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 72 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 73

    Building works
  • 74 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 75 Private home for public pump

  • 76 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 77 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 78 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 79 It really was the 'last time'

  • 80 What's the time?

  • 81

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 82 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

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

  • 84 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 85 First ship in 8 years

  • 86 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 87 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

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

  • 89 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 90 A roof-top view - where?

  • 91 Devil sent packing

  • 92 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 93 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 94 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 95

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 96

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 97 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 98 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 99 Artisans' Club

  • 100 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 101 The art of the thatcher

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

  • 103 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 104 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 105 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 106 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 107

    Bidefordians
  • 108 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 109 Clovelly nightmare

  • 110 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 111 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 112 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 113 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 114

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 115 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 116 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 117 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 118 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 119 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 120

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 121 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 122 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 123 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 124 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 125 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 126

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 127

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 128 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

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

  • 130 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 131 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 132 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 133 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 134 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 135 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 136 Blanchards ad.>
  • 137 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 138 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 139 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 140 Some 240 exhibits

  • 141 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 142

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 143 Waldon Triplets
  • 144 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 145 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 146 Bideford computer stars

  • 147 School's link with cargo ship

  • 148 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 149

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 150 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 151 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 152 The Geneva marionettes

  • 153 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 154

    New gateway
  • 155 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 156 Hartland's invitation

  • 157 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 158 Variety in summer weather

  • 159 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 160 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 161 The cab at the corner>
  • 162 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 163 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 164 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 165 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 166 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 167 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 168 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 169 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 170 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 171 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 172 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 173 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 174 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 175 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 176 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 177 New addition to Quay front

  • 178 Bideford regatta

  • 179 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 180 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 181 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 182 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 183 New shipyard on schedule

  • 184 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 185 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 186 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 187

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 188 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 189 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 190 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 191 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 192 Revenge in style

  • 193 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 194 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 195 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 196

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 197 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 198 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 199 Six footed lamb

  • 200 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 201 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 202 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

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

  • 204 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 205 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 206 School crossing patrol begins

  • 207 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 208 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 209 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 210 Finished in 1876

  • 211 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 212

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 213 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 214 Littleham family's five generations

  • 215 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 216 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 217 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 218 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 219 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 220 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 221 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 222 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 223 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 224 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 225 Torrington in 1967

  • 226 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 227 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 228 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 229 Peter poses for TV film

  • 230 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 231 Mobile missionary

  • 232 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 233 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 234 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 235 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 236 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 237 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 238 North Devon Driving School

  • 239 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 240 Simple Item 138
  • 241 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 242 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 243 Happy Days!

  • 244

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 245 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 246 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 247 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 248 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 249 Parkham plan realised

  • 250 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 251 Last train from Torrington

  • 252 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 253 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 254 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

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

  • 256

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 257 Clovelly custom

  • 258 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 259 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 260

    Relatives all over the world
  • 261 Warmington's garage ad

  • 262 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 263 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 264 New Post Office

  • 265 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 266 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 267 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 268 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 269 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 270 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 271 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 272 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 273 He beat the floods

  • 274 Torrington children build igloo
  • 275 By pony and trap to market

  • 276 Jumble sale fever

  • 277

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 278 End of the line

  • 279

    Was a missionary
  • 280 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 281 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 282 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 283 No laughing matter

  • 284 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 285 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 286 Filming at Hartland

  • 287 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 288 Pannier Market's future?

  • 289 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 290

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 291 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 292 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 293 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 294 Picking the pops

  • 295 113 years at Instow

  • 296 Torrington's new amenity

  • 297 Cruising down the river

  • 298 Bridging the stream

  • 299 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 300 Weare Giffard potato

  • 301 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 302 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 303 New civic medallions

  • 304

    Married in 1908
  • 305 Ships at Bideford

  • 306

    Exhibition of school work
  • 307 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 308 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 309 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 310 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 311 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 312 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 313 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 314 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 315

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 316 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 317 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 318 Can spring be far away?

  • 319 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 320 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 321 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 322 Hartland Dancers
  • 323 Traditions and skills still there

  • 324 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 325 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 326 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 327 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 328 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 329 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 330 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 331 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 332 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 333 Picking the pops

  • 334 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 335 Northam's almshouse

  • 336 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 337 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 338 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 339 Burnard family reunion

  • 340 New choral society's growing response

  • 341 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 342 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 343 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 344 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 345 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 346 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 347 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 348 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 349 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 350 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 351 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 352 All aboard the ark

  • 353 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 354 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 355 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 356 They are parted pro-tem

  • 357 A story to tell!

  • 358 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 359 New life for Hartland organ

  • 360 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 361 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 362 Out of puff!

  • 363 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 364 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 365 When horses score over the tractor

  • 366 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 367 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 368 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 369 No sale of Springfield House

  • 370 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 371 New art gallery opened

  • 372 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 373 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 374 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 375 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 376 Capers on the cobbles

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

  • 378

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 379 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 380 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 381 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 382 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

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

  • 384

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 385 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 386 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 387 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 388 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 389 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 390 Circus comes to town

  • 391 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 392 A bird of their own!

  • 393 Life begins at 80

  • 394 New look in the hayfields

  • 395 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 396 Water Board mains spread through villages

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

  • 398 So this is the mainland!

  • 399 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 400 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 401 Recognise this resort?

  • 402 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 403 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 404 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 405 Northam footballers of the future

  • 406 New Lundy stamps

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

  • 408 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 409 Over the bank together>
  • 410 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 411 Appledore's largest

  • 412 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 413

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 414 In their new robes and hats

  • 415 Modern living at Bideford

  • 416 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 417 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 418 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 419 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 420 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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    First prize
  • 422 Bideford loses training ship

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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  • 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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  • 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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'Jock' of Woolsery Does Well

Owned by Mr G P Uglow

1954 Uglow Woolsery

Three and a half years old 'Jock' an Aberden Angus-Galloway cross-bred steer, owned by Mr G P Uglow, of Three Gables, Woolsery, was reserve champion to a Devon steer belonging to Mr B Down of Brampford Speke, at Barnstaple Christmas Fat Stock Show last week, but the positions wer reversed the previous week at Okehampton Show.
The above picture taken at the Barnstaple Show, shows Mr and Mrs Uglow and 'Jock' with the silver challenge bowl presented by the North Devon Bakeries for the best cross-bred beast.
Mr Uglow came to Three Gables seven years ago, having previously farmed at Holsworthy.

Gazette article dated 10 December 1954

New Head of Woolsery School in 1972

Bideford Westcroft County Primary School teacher, Mr Richard Chamings, has been appointed headmaster of Woolsery County Primary School.

1972 Woolsery School

Mr Chamings, who is 29, and will take up his new post at the beginning of next month, succeeds Mr C B Griffiths who retired last July. Educated at Barnstaple Grammar School, Mr Chamings trained at King Alfred's College, Winchester, and taught in London and Middlesex before coming to Bideford last year.

For Young And Old

For Young And Old - 11th March 1977

11.3.1977 Woolsery Silver Jubilee
 

Collections have been made from every house in the parish of Woolsery towards sports prizes and tea for the children and a tea for the senior citizens to commemorate the Queen's silver jubilee.

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