• 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 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 2 No sale of Springfield House

  • 3 Devil sent packing

  • 4 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 5

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 6 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 7 Twenty-one yachts

  • 8 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 9 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 10 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 11 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 12 First ship in 8 years

  • 13 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 14 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 15 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 16 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 17 Picking the pops

  • 18 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 19 School crossing patrol begins

  • 20 Six footed lamb

  • 21 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 22 Off on a great adventure

  • 23 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 24

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 25 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 26 No laughing matter

  • 27

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 28 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 29 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 30 Finished in 1876

  • 31 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 32 113 years at Instow

  • 33 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 34 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 35 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 36 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 37 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 38 Recognise this resort?

  • 39 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 40 They are parted pro-tem

  • 41 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 42 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 43 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 44 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 45 Decontrol of meat

  • 46 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 47 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 48 All for the love of a lady!

  • 49 Weare Giffard potato

  • 50 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

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

  • 52 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 53 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 54 The art of the thatcher

  • 55 School's link with cargo ship

  • 56 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 57 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 58 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 59 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 60 Appledore's largest

  • 61

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 62

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 63 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 64

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 65 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 66 Peter poses for TV film

  • 67 Artisans' Club

  • 68 The cab at the corner>
  • 69 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 70 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 71 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 72 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 73 When horses score over the tractor

  • 74 Waldon Triplets
  • 75 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 76 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 77 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 78 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 79 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 80 Traditions and skills still there

  • 81 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 82 Sweets derationing

  • 83 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 84 Modern living at Bideford

  • 85 Hartland postman retires

  • 86 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 87 New shipyard on schedule

  • 88 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 89

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 90 Circus comes to town

  • 91 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 92

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 93 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 94 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 95 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 96 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 97 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 98 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 99 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 100 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 101 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 102

    Relatives all over the world
  • 103 Hartland Dancers
  • 104 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 105 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 106 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 107

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 108 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 109 Clovelly custom

  • 110 So this is the mainland!

  • 111 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 112 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 113 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 114 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 115 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 116 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 117 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 118 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 119 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 120 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 121 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 122 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 123 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 124 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 125 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 126 Warmington's garage ad

  • 127

    Bidefordians
  • 128 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 129 A story to tell!

  • 130 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 131 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 132 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 133 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 134 Torrington in 1967

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

  • 136 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

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

  • 138 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 139 Bideford regatta

  • 140 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 141 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 142 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 143 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 144 Pannier Market's future?

  • 145 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 146 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 147 Riverside mystery

  • 148 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 149 Littleham family's five generations

  • 150 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 151 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 152 New life for Hartland organ

  • 153 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 154 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 155 Loads of black and white

  • 156 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 157

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 158 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 159 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 160

    New gateway
  • 161

    First prize
  • 162 Revenge in style

  • 163 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 164 Sight of a lifetime

  • 165 Hartland's invitation

  • 166

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 167 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 168 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 169 From Bobby to Brian

  • 170 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 171 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 172 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 173 Ten year old scrambler

  • 174 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 175 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 176

    Was a missionary
  • 177 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 178 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 179 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 180 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 181 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 182 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

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

  • 184 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 185 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 186 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 187 He beat the floods

  • 188 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 189 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

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

  • 191 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 192 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 193 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 194 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 195 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 196 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 197 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 198 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 199 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 200 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 201 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 202 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 203 By pony and trap to market

  • 204 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 205 Puppet characters introduced

  • 206 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 207 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 208 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 209 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 210 Bideford's private wharves busier

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

  • 212 Picking the pops

  • 213 Clovelly nightmare

  • 214 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 215 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 216 Happy Days!

  • 217 Police station view of Bideford

  • 218

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 219 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 220 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 221 Life begins at 80

  • 222 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 223 Private home for public pump

  • 224 Penny for the guy

  • 225 Northam's almshouse

  • 226 Torrington's new amenity

  • 227 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 228 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 229

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 230

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 231 Blanchards ad.>
  • 232 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 233 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 234 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 235 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 236 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 237 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 238 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 239 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 240 East-the-Water sets town an example

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

  • 242 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 243 New choral society's growing response

  • 244 Emergency ferry services

  • 245 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 246 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 247 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 248 Capers on the cobbles

  • 249 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 250 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 251 Polish custom on Pancake Day

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 253 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 254 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 255 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 256 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 257 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 258 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 259 Just over a year old

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    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 261 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 262 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 263 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 264 It really was the 'last time'

  • 265 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 266 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 267 A man and his wheel

  • 268 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 269 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 270 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 271 New look in the hayfields

  • 272 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 273 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 274 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 275 Caught in the act>
  • 276 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 277 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 278 Ships at Bideford

  • 279 New art gallery opened

  • 280 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 281 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 282 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 283

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 284 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 285 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 286 New Post Office

  • 287

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 288 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 289 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 290 Centenary of Gazette

  • 291 Bridging the stream

  • 292 Service with a smile

  • 293 End of the line

  • 294 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 295 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 296 All aboard the ark

  • 297 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 298 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 299 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 300 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 301

    Married in 1908
  • 302 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 303 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 304

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 305 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 306 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 307 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 308

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 309 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 310 What's the time?

  • 311

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 312 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 313

    Building works
  • 314 Bideford computer stars

  • 315 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 316 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 317 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 318 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 319 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 320 Bideford loses training ship

  • 321 New addition to Quay front

  • 322 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 323 Some mushroom!

  • 324 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 325 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 326 Over the bank together>
  • 327 Symbol of Lundy independence

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

  • 329 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 330 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 331 Some 240 exhibits

  • 332 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 333 Mobile missionary

  • 334 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 335 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 336

    Exhibition of school work
  • 337 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 338 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 339 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 340 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 341 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 342 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 343 New Lundy stamps

  • 344 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 345 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 346 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 347 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 348 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 349 Cruising down the river

  • 350 Simple Item 138
  • 351 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 352 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 353 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 354 Filming at Hartland

  • 355 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 356 In their new robes and hats

  • 357 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 358

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 359 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 360 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 361 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 362 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 363 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 364 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 365 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 366 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 367 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 368 Jumble sale fever

  • 369 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 370 Last train from Torrington

  • 371 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 372 The Geneva marionettes

  • 373 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 374 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 375 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 376 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 377 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 378 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 379 Parkham plan realised

  • 380 Variety in summer weather

  • 381 New civic medallions

  • 382 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 383 A lost Bideford 'island'

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

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

  • 386 A roof-top view - where?

  • 387 A bird of their own!

  • 388 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 389

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 390 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 391 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 392 Can spring be far away?

  • 393 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 394 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 395 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 396 For crying out loud!

  • 397 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 398 Out of puff!

  • 399 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 400 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 401 Northam footballers of the future

  • 402 Burnard family reunion

  • 403 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 404 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 405

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 406 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 407 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 408 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 409 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 410 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 411 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 412 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 413

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 414 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 415 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 416 North Devon Driving School

  • 417 Torrington children build igloo
  • 418 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 419 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 420 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 421 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 422 They never miss a game at Torrington

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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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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