• 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 Sweet success at Langtree School

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

  • 3 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 4 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 5 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 6 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 7 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 8 Recognise this resort?

  • 9 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 10 Variety in summer weather

  • 11 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 12 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 13 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 14 Simple Item 138
  • 15 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 16 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 17 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 18 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 19 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 20 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 21 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 22 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 23 Centenary of Gazette

  • 24 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 25 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 26 School's link with cargo ship

  • 27 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 28 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 29 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 30 The cab at the corner>
  • 31

    Relatives all over the world
  • 32 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 33 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 34 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 35 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 36

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 37 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 38 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 39 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 40

    First prize
  • 41

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 42 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 43 From Bobby to Brian

  • 44 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 45 Parkham plan realised

  • 46

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 47 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 48 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 49 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 50 Quads at Thornhillhead

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

  • 52 Hartland postman retires

  • 53 Torrington's new amenity

  • 54 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 55 Mobile missionary

  • 56 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 57 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 58 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 59 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 60 Pannier Market's future?

  • 61

    Building works
  • 62 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 63 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 64

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 65 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 66 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 67 They are parted pro-tem

  • 68 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 69 No sale of Springfield House

  • 70 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 71 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 72 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 73 Happy Days!

  • 74 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

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

  • 76 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 77 New addition to Quay front

  • 78 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 79 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

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

  • 81 Decontrol of meat

  • 82 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 83 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 84 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 85 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 86

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 87

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 88 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 89 End of the line

  • 90 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 91 What's the time?

  • 92 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 93 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 94 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 95 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 96

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 97

    Bidefordians
  • 98 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 99 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 100 Puppet characters introduced

  • 101 New art gallery opened

  • 102 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 103

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 104 New Lundy stamps

  • 105 Jumble sale fever

  • 106

    New gateway
  • 107 Picking the pops

  • 108 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 109 113 years at Instow

  • 110 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 111 A roof-top view - where?

  • 112 New look for Torrington Lane

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

  • 114 A bird of their own!

  • 115 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 116 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 117 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 118 Hartland's invitation

  • 119 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 120 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 121 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 122

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 123 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 124 Filming at Hartland

  • 125 Clovelly custom

  • 126

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 127 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 128 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 129 Ten year old scrambler

  • 130 Life begins at 80

  • 131 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 132 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 133 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 134 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 135 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 136 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 137 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 138 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 139 Last train from Torrington

  • 140 Just over a year old

  • 141 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 142 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 143 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 144 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 145 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 146 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 147 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 148 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 149 So this is the mainland!

  • 150 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 151 Private home for public pump

  • 152 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 153 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 154 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 155 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 156 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 157 New civic medallions

  • 158 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 159 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 160 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 161 Capers on the cobbles

  • 162

    Was a missionary
  • 163

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 164 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 165 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 166 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 167 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 168 Loads of black and white

  • 169 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 170 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 171 Weare Giffard potato

  • 172 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 173 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 174 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 175 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 176

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 177 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 178 Some 240 exhibits

  • 179 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 180 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 181 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 182

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 183 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 184 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 185

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 186 Sight of a lifetime

  • 187 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 188 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 189 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 190 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 191 Traditions and skills still there

  • 192 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 193 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 194 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 195 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 196 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 197 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 198 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 199 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 200 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 201 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 202 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 203 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 204 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 205 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 206 All aboard the ark

  • 207 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 208 Appledore's largest

  • 209 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 210 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 211 Riverside mystery

  • 212 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 213 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 214 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 215 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 216 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 217 Bideford computer stars

  • 218 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 219 Colour TV salesman at eight

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

  • 221

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 222 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 223 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 224 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 225 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 226 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 227 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 228 Emergency ferry services

  • 229 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 230 Ships at Bideford

  • 231 The Geneva marionettes

  • 232 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 233 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 234 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 235 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 236 Cruising down the river

  • 237

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 238

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 239 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 240 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 241 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 242 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 243 School crossing patrol begins

  • 244 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 245 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 246 A man and his wheel

  • 247 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 248 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 249 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 250 Warmington's garage ad

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

  • 252 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 253 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 254 Caught in the act>
  • 255 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 256 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 257 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 258 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 259 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 260 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 261 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 262 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 263 Bideford's first woman councillor

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

  • 265 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 266 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 267 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 268 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 269 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 270 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 271 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 272 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 273 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 274 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 275 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 276 New gateway to King George's Fields

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

  • 278 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 279 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 280 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 281 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 282 Bideford regatta

  • 283 New choral society's growing response

  • 284 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 285 Sweets derationing

  • 286 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 287 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 288 When horses score over the tractor

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

  • 290 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 291 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 292 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 293 Some mushroom!

  • 294 First ship in 8 years

  • 295 Devil sent packing

  • 296 East-the-Water sets town an example

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

  • 298 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 299 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 300 Out of puff!

  • 301

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 302 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 303 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 304 In their new robes and hats

  • 305 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 306 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 307 Northam footballers of the future

  • 308 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 309 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 310 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 311 Revenge in style

  • 312 Waldon Triplets
  • 313 Police station view of Bideford

  • 314 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 315 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 316

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 317 Picking the pops

  • 318 New Post Office

  • 319 Northam's almshouse

  • 320 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 321 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 322 Can spring be far away?

  • 323 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 324 Modern living at Bideford

  • 325 He beat the floods

  • 326 North Devon Driving School

  • 327 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 328 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 329 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 330 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 331 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 332 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 333 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 334 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 335 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 336 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 337 Six footed lamb

  • 338 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 339 Bridging the stream

  • 340 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 341 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 342 Off on a great adventure

  • 343 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 344

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 345 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 346 Over the bank together>
  • 347 No laughing matter

  • 348 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 349 Circus comes to town

  • 350 Peter poses for TV film

  • 351 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 352 Blanchards ad.>
  • 353 Finished in 1876

  • 354 Service with a smile

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

  • 356 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 357 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 358 A story to tell!

  • 359 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 360 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 361 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 362 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 363 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 364 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 365 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 366 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 367 Torrington children build igloo
  • 368 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 369

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 370

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 371 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 372 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 373 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 374 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 375

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 376 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 377 It really was the 'last time'

  • 378 Penny for the guy

  • 379 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 380 Hartland Dancers
  • 381 Twenty-one yachts

  • 382

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 383 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 384 New life for Hartland organ

  • 385 By pony and trap to market

  • 386 For crying out loud!

  • 387 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 388 Artisans' Club

  • 389 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 390 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 391 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 392 Littleham family's five generations

  • 393 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 394 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 395 Bideford loses training ship

  • 396 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 397 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 398 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 399 Torrington in 1967

  • 400 The art of the thatcher

  • 401 Water Board mains spread through villages

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

  • 403

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 404

    Married in 1908
  • 405 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 406 New look in the hayfields

  • 407 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 408 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 409 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 410

    Exhibition of school work
  • 411 New shipyard on schedule

  • 412 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 413 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 414 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 415 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 416 Burnard family reunion

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

  • 418 All for the love of a lady!

  • 419 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 420 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 421 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 422 Clovelly nightmare

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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Births and Marriages

30 October 1945

30.10.1945

Fagan – October 24 1945 at the Grenville Nursing Home, Bideford, to Joyce (nee Harris), wife of SPO Fagan, RN, a son, David, lived 6½ hours
Gore – October 25 1945 at the Grenville Nursing Home, Bideford, to Mary, wife of Petty Officer H Gore, a son, David Charles
James – October 28 1945 at the Grenville Nursing Home, Bideford, to Dora, wife of Frank James, a brother for Alwyn and Derek

Daley-Ford – October 22 1945 at the Methodist Church, Appledore, by the Rev S M Pillinger, Gunner G Daley, RA, son of Mr and Mrs Daley, Walthamstow, London, to Elsie Christine, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ford, 19 One End Street, Appledore
Piper-Richards – October 20 1945 at St Mary’s Church, Appledore, by the Rev R W Robinson, Gordon L Piper, Corporal, Royal Corps of Signals, son of Mrs W J Walters of Westleigh, to Elsie Doreen Richards, daughter of Mr and Mrs W Richards, Dock Cottage, Appledore

Births

5 November 1954

5 November 1954 births

Lewis – On November 1st 1954, at 14 Lancaster Avenue, Fakenham, Norfolk, to Ruth (nee Nethercott), wife of R H Lewis, a son (Geoffrey Dennis Bruce), a brother for Terrence.
Newcombe – On November 2nd 1954, at the Grenville Nursing Home, to Ruth (nee Kelly) and William, a son (Andrew Granville).
Rimmer – On November 3rd 1954, at Hakin, Milford Haven, to Doreen (nee Squires) and Gerald, the gift of a son. Both well.
Swain – On November 1st 1954, at the Grenville Nursing Home, to Phyllis (nee Fulford) and John, a daughter, sister for Anthony.

Births, Engagement and Marriage

4 December 1945

4.12.1945

Eastman – November 29 at The Nursing Home, Torrington, to Margaret (nee Stacey), wife of Dvr J H Eastman, sister for Sheila, Jean Margaret
Purcell – November at 7 Joy Street, Barnstaple, to Lavinia (nee Vaughan, wife of Cpl J Purcell, RAF, a daughter

Clark-Usher – engagement is announced between Victor, son of Mr and Mrs E J M Clark, Dalhousie, Chudleigh Avenue, Bideford, and Edna, daughter of PC and Mrs Usher, Avalon, Alcombe, Minehead

Moody-Hallett – December 4 1920 at St Mary’s Church, Appledore, by the Rev J S Shenton, Hector O’S Moody, Marine Parade, to K Hallet, South Street, Newport, Barnstaple. Present address: Richmond Park Road, East…., London

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