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    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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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 2 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 3 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 4 A roof-top view - where?

  • 5 Off on a great adventure

  • 6 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 7 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 8 North Devon Driving School

  • 9 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 10 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 11 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 12 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 13 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 14 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 15 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 16 Warmington's garage ad

  • 17 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 18 So this is the mainland!

  • 19

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 20 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 21 Blanchards ad.>
  • 22 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 23 Hartland postman retires

  • 24

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 25 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 26 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 27

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 28 Loads of black and white

  • 29

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 30

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 31 Calligrapher extraordinary

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

  • 33 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 34 Torrington in 1967

  • 35 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 36 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 37

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 38 A bird of their own!

  • 39 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 40 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 41 Hartland's invitation

  • 42 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 43 New choral society's growing response

  • 44 Some 240 exhibits

  • 45 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 46 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 47

    First prize
  • 48 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 49 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 50 Appledore's largest

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

  • 52 All for the love of a lady!

  • 53 New addition to Quay front

  • 54 All aboard the ark

  • 55 School's link with cargo ship

  • 56 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 57 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 58 Service with a smile

  • 59 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 60 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 61 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 62 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 63 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 64 The art of the thatcher

  • 65 Finished in 1876

  • 66 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 67 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 68 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 69 What's the time?

  • 70

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 71 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 72 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 73 Littleham family's five generations

  • 74

    Building works
  • 75 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 76

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 77 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 78 Simple Item 138
  • 79 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 80 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 81 Bideford loses training ship

  • 82 Artisans' Club

  • 83 Filming at Hartland

  • 84 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 85 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 86 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 87 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 88

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 89 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 90 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 91 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 92 They are parted pro-tem

  • 93 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 94 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 95 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 96 No laughing matter

  • 97 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 98 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 99 Sweets derationing

  • 100 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 101 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 102 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 103 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 104 Success to Festival of the Arts

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

  • 106 Recognise this resort?

  • 107 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 108 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 109 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 110 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 111 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 112 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 113 Penny for the guy

  • 114 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 115 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 116 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 117 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 118 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 119 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 120 Peter poses for TV film

  • 121 Beach search for mines takes longer

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

  • 123 No sale of Springfield House

  • 124 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 125 Waldon Triplets
  • 126 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 127 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 128

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 129 Picking the pops

  • 130 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 131 Parkham plan realised

  • 132

    Relatives all over the world
  • 133 Puppet characters introduced

  • 134 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 135 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 136 The cab at the corner>
  • 137 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 138 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 139 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 140 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 141 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 142

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 143 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 144 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 145 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 146 For crying out loud!

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

  • 148 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 149 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 150 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 151 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 152 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 153 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 154 Decontrol of meat

  • 155 Police station view of Bideford

  • 156 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 157 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 158 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 159 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 160 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 161 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 162 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 163 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 164 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

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

  • 166 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 167

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 168

    Bidefordians
  • 169 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 170

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 171 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 172 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 173 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 174 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 175 New Lundy stamps

  • 176 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 177 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 178 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 179 Last train from Torrington

  • 180 Clovelly nightmare

  • 181 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 182 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 183 Modern living at Bideford

  • 184 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 185 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 186 Can spring be far away?

  • 187 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 188 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 189 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 190 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 191 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 192 113 years at Instow

  • 193 A story to tell!

  • 194 It really was the 'last time'

  • 195 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 196 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 197 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 198 New shipyard on schedule

  • 199 The Geneva marionettes

  • 200 Six footed lamb

  • 201 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 202 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 203 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 204 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 205 New civic medallions

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

  • 207 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 208 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 209 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 210 First ship in 8 years

  • 211 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 212 Picking the pops

  • 213 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 214 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 215 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 216 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 217 Bideford regatta

  • 218 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 219 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 220 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 221 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 222 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 224 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 225 In their new robes and hats

  • 226 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 227 Bideford's new market opens next week

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

  • 229 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 230 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 231 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 232 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 233 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 234 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 235 Some mushroom!

  • 236 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 237 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 238 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 239 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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    New gateway
  • 241 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 242

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 243 Weare Giffard potato

  • 244 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 245 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 246 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 247

    Exhibition of school work
  • 248 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 249 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 250 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 251 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 252 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 253 A man and his wheel

  • 254 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 255 Life begins at 80

  • 256 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 257 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 258 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 259 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 260

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 261

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 262 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 263 Northam footballers of the future

  • 264 Mobile missionary

  • 265 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 266 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 267 Torrington's new amenity

  • 268 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 269 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 270 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 271 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 272 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 273 Pannier Market's future?

  • 274 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 275 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

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    Was a missionary
  • 277 Bicycle now does donkey work

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

  • 279 Just over a year old

  • 280 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 281 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 282 Torrington children build igloo
  • 283 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 284 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 285 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 286 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 287 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 288 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 289 He beat the floods

  • 290

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 291 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 292 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 293 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 294 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 295 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 296 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 297 Jumble sale fever

  • 298 Burnard family reunion

  • 299 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 300 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 301 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 302 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 303 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 304 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 305 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 306 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 307 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 308 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 309 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 310 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 311 Variety in summer weather

  • 312 Northam's almshouse

  • 313 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 314

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 315 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 316 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 317 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 318 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 319 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 320 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 321 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 322 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 323 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 324 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 325 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 326 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 327 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 328 Caught in the act>
  • 329 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 330 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 331 Clovelly custom

  • 332 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 333 Bideford computer stars

  • 334 Over the bank together>
  • 335 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 336 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 337 By pony and trap to market

  • 338 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 339 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 340 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 341 From Bobby to Brian

  • 342 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 343 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 344 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 345 Twenty-one yachts

  • 346 Circus comes to town

  • 347 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 348 When horses score over the tractor

  • 349 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 350 Happy Days!

  • 351 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 352 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 353 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 354 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 355 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 356 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 357 Centenary of Gazette

  • 358 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 359 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 360 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 361 School crossing patrol begins

  • 362

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 363 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 364 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 365 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 366 Out of puff!

  • 367 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 368 Capers on the cobbles

  • 369 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 370 Riverside mystery

  • 371

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 372 New Post Office

  • 373 Private home for public pump

  • 374 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 375

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 376 Sight of a lifetime

  • 377 Ten year old scrambler

  • 378 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 379 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 380 Unique holiday adventure!

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    Married in 1908
  • 382 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 383 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 384 New life for Hartland organ

  • 385 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 386 Emergency ferry services

  • 387 Cruising down the river

  • 388 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 389 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 390 End of the line

  • 391 Revenge in style

  • 392 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 393 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 394 Hartland Dancers
  • 395 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 396

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 397 Ships at Bideford

  • 398 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 399 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 400 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 401 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 402 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 404 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 405 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 406 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 407 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 408 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 409 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 410 New art gallery opened

  • 411 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 412 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 413 New look in the hayfields

  • 414 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 415 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 416 Traditions and skills still there

  • 417 Bridging the stream

  • 418 Devil sent packing

  • 419 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 420 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 421 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 422 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

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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The shy four who may soon be rich August 1971

The shy four who may soon be rich August 1971

SHY FOUR

Thomas Melhuish signed away his family's inheritance for 200 years.  Now the time is up and four people wait anxiously for the result of their claim to the estate, worth nearly £300,000.

The four claim to be the sole survivors of about 400 claimants to the Melhuish estate in North Devon.  Three live in Britain and one in Australia, but solcitor Mr Claude Richardson who is representing them says he is 'under strict instructions' not to reveal their identity.

Thomas Melhuish was a trustee in 1770 when the Melhuish 700 acreas were leased - for 200 years - to obtain ready cash.  Today the estate includes more than 100 leasehold houses at Northam and Appledore, part of a golf course and Northam Burrows, a local beauty spot.

Mr Andrew Gardner, clerk to Northam Council said:  'This latest news from the solicitors acting for the four claimants could change everything.

Golf club to negotiate 26th August 1960

Golf club to negotiate 26th August 1960

golf club to negotiate

At the annual meeting of the Royal North Devon Golf Club the following resolution was unanimously passed with regard to its lease, as Lords of the Manor of Northam Burrows.

Northam Council first enquired of the Lords of the Manor (appointed by the Golf Club) in July 1959 whether the Club was interested in assigning the residue of its lease to the Council to enable them to exercise some measure of control over the Northam Burrows.  The lease has 10 years to run to complete its 200 years' term.  Mr John Phillips, is one of the Lords of the Manor.

Still no grants for Melhuish property 13th August 1971

Still no grants for Melhuish property 13th August 1971

Still no grantsAn attempt to obtain improvement grants for a number of Appledore properties under the Government's extended scheme has failed.  Now the matter may be taken up by Mr Peter Mills, M.P.

Mr Alan Gardner (Clerk of Northam Urban Council said that when the Government announced the higher grants that could be given in development areas the Minister for Housing and Construction, Mr Julian Amery, sent personal letters to the heads of all local authorities in such areas impressing upon them the need to encourage people to apply for grants and so make extra work for people in their districts.  Chairman of Northam Council (Mr R Evers) took up with the Minister the problem in this area of the Melhuish property for which grants could not be paid because the occupiers had not adequate title.

 

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