• 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 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 2 The Geneva marionettes

  • 3 Centenary of Gazette

  • 4 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 5

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 6 Torrington children build igloo
  • 7 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 8 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 9 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 10 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 11 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 12 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 13 School's link with cargo ship

  • 14 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 15 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 16 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 17 Artisans' Club

  • 18 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 19 Some mushroom!

  • 20 New art gallery opened

  • 21 Second Monte Carlo Rally

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

  • 23 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 24 Twenty-one yachts

  • 25 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 26

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 27 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 28

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 29

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 30 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 31 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 32 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 33 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 34 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 35 School crossing patrol begins

  • 36 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 37 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 38 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 39 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 40 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 41 Decontrol of meat

  • 42 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 43 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 44 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 45 Police station view of Bideford

  • 46

    Building works
  • 47 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 48 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 49 A bird of their own!

  • 50 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 51 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 52 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 53 So this is the mainland!

  • 54 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 55 Bideford computer stars

  • 56 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 57 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 58 Littleham family's five generations

  • 59 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 60 Clovelly nightmare

  • 61 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 62 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 63 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 64

    Relatives all over the world
  • 65 Burnard family reunion

  • 66 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 67 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 68 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 69 North Devon Driving School

  • 70 Life begins at 80

  • 71

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 72

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 73 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 74 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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

  • 76 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 77 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 78 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 79 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 80

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 81 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 82 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 83

    Exhibition of school work
  • 84 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 85 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 86 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 87 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 88 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 89 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 90 Hartland's invitation

  • 91 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 92 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 93 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 94 Devil sent packing

  • 95 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 96 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 97 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 98 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 99 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 100 The art of the thatcher

  • 101 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 102 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 103

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 104 Warmington's garage ad

  • 105 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 106 Filming at Hartland

  • 107 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 108 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 109 New look in the hayfields

  • 110 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 111 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 112

    Bidefordians
  • 113 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 114 Revenge in style

  • 115 Mobile missionary

  • 116 Beach search for mines takes longer

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

  • 118 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 119 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 120 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 121 Off on a great adventure

  • 122 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 123 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 124 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 125 For crying out loud!

  • 126 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 127 Ten year old scrambler

  • 128 First ship in 8 years

  • 129 End of the line

  • 130 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 131 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 132 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 133 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 134 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 135 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 136 Bideford's first woman councillor

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

  • 138 Out of puff!

  • 139 Service with a smile

  • 140 New addition to Quay front

  • 141 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 142 Over the bank together>
  • 143 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 144 All for the love of a lady!

  • 145 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 146 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 147 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 148 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 149 Ships at Bideford

  • 150 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 151 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 152 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 153 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 154 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 155 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 156 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 157

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 158 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 159 New life for Hartland organ

  • 160 Torrington in 1967

  • 161 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 162 Emergency ferry services

  • 163

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 164 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 165 All aboard the ark

  • 166 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 167 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 168

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 169 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 170 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 171 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 172 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 173 Can spring be far away?

  • 174 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 175 No sale of Springfield House

  • 176 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 177 They are parted pro-tem

  • 178 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 179

    New gateway
  • 180 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 181 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 182 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 183 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 184

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 185 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 186 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 187 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 188 The cab at the corner>
  • 189 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 190 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 191

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 192 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 193 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 194 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 195 New choral society's growing response

  • 196 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 197

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 198 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 199 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 200 Sweets derationing

  • 201 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 202

    Was a missionary
  • 203 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 204 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 205 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 206 Simple Item 138
  • 207 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 208 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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

  • 210 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 211 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 212 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 213 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 214 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 215 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 216

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 217 Jumble sale fever

  • 218 Cruising down the river

  • 219 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 220 Peter poses for TV film

  • 221 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 222 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 223 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 224 A roof-top view - where?

  • 225 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 226 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 227 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 228 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 229

    Married in 1908
  • 230 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 231 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 232 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 233 Recognise this resort?

  • 234 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 235 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 236 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 237 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 238 In their new robes and hats

  • 239 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 240 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

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

  • 242 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 243 He beat the floods

  • 244 Variety in summer weather

  • 245

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 246 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 247 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 248 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 249 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 250 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 251 Parkham plan realised

  • 252 Happy Days!

  • 253 Riverside mystery

  • 254 From Bobby to Brian

  • 255 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 256 By pony and trap to market

  • 257 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

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

  • 259 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 260 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 261 Waldon Triplets
  • 262 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 263 Loads of black and white

  • 264 Some 240 exhibits

  • 265 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 266 Just over a year old

  • 267 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 268 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 269 Hartland Dancers
  • 270 Capers on the cobbles

  • 271 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 272 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 273 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 274 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 275 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 276 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 278 Private home for public pump

  • 279 Westward Ho! combined op

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

  • 281 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 282 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 283 Northam footballers of the future

  • 284 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 285 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 286 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 287 Finished in 1876

  • 288 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 289 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 290 Caught in the act>
  • 291 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 292 Six footed lamb

  • 293 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 294 Bideford's private wharves busier

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

  • 296 New Lundy stamps

  • 297 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 298 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 299

    First prize
  • 300 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 301 New Post Office

  • 302 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 303 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 304 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 305

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 306

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 307 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 308 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 309 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 310 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 311

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 312 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

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

  • 314 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 315 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 316 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 317 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 318 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 319 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 320 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 321 Bideford regatta

  • 322 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 323 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 324 Bridging the stream

  • 325 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 326 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 327 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 328 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 329 When horses score over the tractor

  • 330 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 331 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 332 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 333 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 334 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 335

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 336

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 337 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 338 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 339 A man and his wheel

  • 340 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 341 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 342 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 343 Picking the pops

  • 344 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 345 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 346 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 347 Northam's almshouse

  • 348 Pannier Market's future?

  • 349 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 350 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 351 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 352 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 353 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 354 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 355 Blanchards ad.>
  • 356 New civic medallions

  • 357 Last train from Torrington

  • 358 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 359 Clovelly custom

  • 360 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 361 Appledore's largest

  • 362 Torrington's new amenity

  • 363 A story to tell!

  • 364 Penny for the guy

  • 365 Picking the pops

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

  • 367 Bideford loses training ship

  • 368 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 369 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 370 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 371 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 372 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 373

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 374 Modern living at Bideford

  • 375 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 376 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 377 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 378 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 379 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 380 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 381 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 382 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 383 113 years at Instow

  • 384 What's the time?

  • 385 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 386 Sight of a lifetime

  • 387

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 388 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 389 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 390 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 391 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 392 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 393 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 394 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 395 Puppet characters introduced

  • 396 Hartland postman retires

  • 397 Weare Giffard potato

  • 398 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 399 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 400 It really was the 'last time'

  • 401 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 402

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 403 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 404 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 405 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 406 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 407 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 408 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 409 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 410 Traditions and skills still there

  • 411 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 412 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 413 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 414 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 415 Circus comes to town

  • 416 New shipyard on schedule

  • 417 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 418 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 419

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 420 No laughing matter

  • 421 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 422 Brothers reunion 1947
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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  • 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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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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Sentenced for smashing windows at Criccieth

'Phyllis North'

who at Carnarvon Sessions was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for breaking windows at Criccieth on the occasion of Mr Lloyd George's visit, is a name that was intended to hide the name of Olive Whary, the Holsworthy girl who in 1913 was sentenced for being concerned in the burning of the Kew Gardens tea pavilion. Miss Wharry, three years ago, inherited between £85,000 and £90,000. For a time she was a student at the Exeter RAM College.

She had to be carried into the dock at the Sessions and had her boots taken off.

9 July 1914 Holsworthy Suffragette Lloyd George Wharry

The evidence was called, and the accused put no questions, but in the course of the proceedings she exclaimed: "I see one of the torturers on the jury. I suppose it is the jury. He is the prison doctor."

Gazette article 9 July 1914

Holsworthy-Bideford Wedding

At St Mary’s Church, Bideford, on June 21st, the wedding took place of Mr Raymond Courtney Kerslake, only child of Mr and Mrs Kerslake, 16 Victoria Street, Holsworthy, and Miss Muriel Broad, third daughter of Mr and Mrs Broad, Upcott Cottage, Bideford.

1958 Holsworthy Bideford wedding

The Rector of Bideford, Rev T Derwent Davies, conducted the service. Mr J R Trigger was at the organ. Mr J Hawkins, brother-in-law of the bride, undertook the duties of the best man and the ushers were Mr Leslie Broad and Mr Michael Harris. Attending the bride as matron of honour was her sister, Mrs J Hawkins.
The reception was held at the Athletic Club Room, Bideford, and Essex chosen for the honeymoon, the bride travelling in a coffee box suit.
Among many presents were a cheque and travelling clock from the management and patients at Dawfield Hospital, Holsworthy, where the bride has been employed. Good luck tokens were presented to the bride by Mrs Hope, Matron of Dawfield Hospital, and Miss June Broad.
The bridegroom is a well known member of Holsworthy Town Band and the Rhythmaires Dance Band.
Gazette article dated 4 July 1958

World War 1

Holsworthy Market

4.5.1918 Holsworthy Market

Slip pigs 50s to 110s, suckers 20s to 30s.

Old hens 1s 9d to 2s per lb, chicken 2s to 3s, butter 2s 21/2d, eggs 3s to 3s 2d per dozen.

Oats 6s to 6s 2d, maizemeal 49s, brand 14s to 14s 6d, sharps 15s, flour 50s, bread 9d per 4lb loaf.

Rabbits 1s 9d each. 

Gazette article dated 4 May 1918

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