• 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 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 2 New Post Office

  • 3 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 4 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 5 Happy Days!

  • 6 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 7 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

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

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

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 11 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 12 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 13 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 14 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 15 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 16 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 17 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 18 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 19 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 20 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 21 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 22 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 23 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 24 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 25 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 26 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 27 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 28 Waldon Triplets
  • 29 Puppet characters introduced

  • 30 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 31 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 32 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 33 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 34 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 35 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 36 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 37 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 38 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 39 Weare Giffard potato

  • 40 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 41 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 42 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 43 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 44

    First prize
  • 45

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 46 Variety in summer weather

  • 47 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 48 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 49 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 50 New Lundy stamps

  • 51

    Married in 1908
  • 52 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 53 Service with a smile

  • 54

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 55 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 56 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 57 School's link with cargo ship

  • 58 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 59 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 60 Sweets derationing

  • 61 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 62 So this is the mainland!

  • 63 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 64 Finished in 1876

  • 65

    New gateway
  • 66 What's the time?

  • 67 Designed and made in Bideford

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

  • 69

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 70 Police station view of Bideford

  • 71 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 72 Centenary of Gazette

  • 73 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 74 Some 240 exhibits

  • 75 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 76

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 77 Hartland postman retires

  • 78 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 79 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 80 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 81 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 82 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 83 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 84 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 85 Mobile missionary

  • 86 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 87 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 88 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 89 Clovelly custom

  • 90 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 91 Bridging the stream

  • 92 Just over a year old

  • 93 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 94 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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

  • 96 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 97 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 98 No sale of Springfield House

  • 99 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 100

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 101 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 102

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 103 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 104

    Was a missionary
  • 105 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 106 Life begins at 80

  • 107 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 108

    Exhibition of school work
  • 109 Warmington's garage ad

  • 110 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 111 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 112 Out of puff!

  • 113 New art gallery opened

  • 114 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 115 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 116 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 117 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 118 Six footed lamb

  • 119 A story to tell!

  • 120 Pannier Market's future?

  • 121

    Bidefordians
  • 122 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 123 Traditions and skills still there

  • 124 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 125 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 126 A roof-top view - where?

  • 127 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 128 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 129 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 130

    Building works
  • 131 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 132 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 133 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 134 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 135 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 136 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 137 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 138 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 139 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 140 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 141 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 142 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 143 Torrington in 1967

  • 144 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 145 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 146 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 147 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 148 Bideford regatta

  • 149 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 150 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 151 Private home for public pump

  • 152 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 153 New life for Hartland organ

  • 154

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 155 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 156 Some mushroom!

  • 157 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 158 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 159 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 160 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 161 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 162 Riverside mystery

  • 163 Ships at Bideford

  • 164

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 165 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 166 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 167 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 168 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 169 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 170

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 171 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 172 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 173 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 174 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 175 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 176 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 177 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 178 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 179 When horses score over the tractor

  • 180 Appledore's largest

  • 181 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 182 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 183 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 184 Burnard family reunion

  • 185 Simple Item 138
  • 186 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 187 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 188 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 189 Bideford loses training ship

  • 190 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 191 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 192 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 193 New shipyard on schedule

  • 194 School crossing patrol begins

  • 195 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 196 Ten year old scrambler

  • 197 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 198 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 199 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 200 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 201

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 202 All for the love of a lady!

  • 203 Bideford's private wharves busier

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

  • 205 New civic medallions

  • 206 Filming at Hartland

  • 207 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 208 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 209 Fish nearly pulled him in

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

  • 211 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 212 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 213 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 214 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 215 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 216 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 217 Northam's almshouse

  • 218 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 219 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 220 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 221 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 222 Torrington's new amenity

  • 223 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 224 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 225 For crying out loud!

  • 226 Recognise this resort?

  • 227 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 228 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 229

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 230

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 231 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 232 They are parted pro-tem

  • 233 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 234 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 235 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 236 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 237 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 238 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 239

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 240 In their new robes and hats

  • 241 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 242 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 243 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 244 He beat the floods

  • 245 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 246 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 247 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 248 Picking the pops

  • 249 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 250 Jumble sale fever

  • 251 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 252 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 253 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 254 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 255 By pony and trap to market

  • 256 Modern living at Bideford

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

  • 258 A bird of their own!

  • 259 Penny for the guy

  • 260 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 261 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 262 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 263

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 264 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 265 Bideford computer stars

  • 266 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 267 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 268 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 269 Devil sent packing

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 271 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 272 Picking the pops

  • 273 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 274 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 275 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 276 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 277 North Devon Driving School

  • 278 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 279 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 280 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 281 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 282 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 283 Loads of black and white

  • 284 From Bobby to Brian

  • 285 New look in the hayfields

  • 286 Last train from Torrington

  • 287

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 288 New addition to Quay front

  • 289 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 290

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 291 Wishing well is pixielated

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

  • 293 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 294 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 295 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 296 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 297 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 298 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 299 End of the line

  • 300 Northam footballers of the future

  • 301 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 302 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 303 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 304 It really was the 'last time'

  • 305 Revenge in style

  • 306 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 307 Can spring be far away?

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

  • 309 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 310 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 311

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 312 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 313 The cab at the corner>
  • 314 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 315 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 316 A man and his wheel

  • 317 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 318 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 319 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 320 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 321 First ship in 8 years

  • 322 Parkham plan realised

  • 323 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 324 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 325 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 326 Capers on the cobbles

  • 327 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 328

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 329 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 330 Polish custom on Pancake Day

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

  • 332

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 333 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 334 All aboard the ark

  • 335

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 336 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 337 Clovelly nightmare

  • 338 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 339 Hartland Dancers
  • 340 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 341 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 342 Hartland's invitation

  • 343 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 344 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 345 Off on a great adventure

  • 346 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 347 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 348 The art of the thatcher

  • 349 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 350 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 351 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 352 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 353 Peter poses for TV film

  • 354 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

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

  • 356 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 357 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 358 Twenty-one yachts

  • 359 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 360 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 361 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 362 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 363

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 364 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 365 Dismantling of wireless mast

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

  • 367 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 368

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 369 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 370 New choral society's growing response

  • 371 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 372 Littleham family's five generations

  • 373 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 374 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 375 Decontrol of meat

  • 376 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 377 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 378 Torrington children build igloo
  • 379 Artisans' Club

  • 380 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 381 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 382 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 383 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 384 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 385 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 386 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 387 No laughing matter

  • 388 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 389 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 390 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 391 Cruising down the river

  • 392 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 393 Circus comes to town

  • 394 113 years at Instow

  • 395 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 396

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 397 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 398 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 399 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 400 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 401

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 402 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 403 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 404 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 405 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 406 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 407 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 408 The Geneva marionettes

  • 409 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 410 Emergency ferry services

  • 411 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 412 Sight of a lifetime

  • 413 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

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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Supply Stores, Westward Ho!

Money saving offers

Mace Grocer, Atlantic Way, Westward Ho!

 

3.3.1967 Supply Stores

Gazette article 3 March 1967

Elliotts

Quick-Service Petrol Station

1.4.1955 Elliotts

Gazette dated 1 April 1955

Designed and Made in Bideford

Work For London Church Named After Devon Saint

An artist and a blacksmith, near neighbours in Bideford, are playing a part in the re-building of a church in Whitechapel, London, dedicated to a Devon saint, St. Boniface.

20.5.1960 Stained glass Lloyd

The church was completely demolished during the war by a bomb dropped during the German blitz.

Mr. Lloyd, whose church decoration work is becoming increasingly known, was invited to design the 36-feet long Communion rails, an oratory screen and pulpit carvings. The pulpit will be of pre-cast concrete with slate panels, and Mr. Lloyd will himself carve the panels in his Bideford studio. Four of the panels will be of the evangelists and four with symbols of St. Boniface.

The Communion rails, being in a set of four nine-feet lengths, are being made by Mr. Harding. Represented in their design are symbols of Christ’s message and the Communion.

At the time the above photograph was taken last week-end two of the panels were complete, except for finishing off. The remainder will be completed in the next month.

Woodwork for the surrounds of the Communion rails is being supplied by the North Devon firm of Rawle, Gammon and Baker, Ltd.

The oratory screen, which will be seven feet high and thirteen and a half feet long, is being made by A. E. Norris and Co., of Barnstaple. This depicts the Nativity, Crucifixion and Resurrection.

Mr. Lloyd, whose artistic talents find scope in painting and other forms, told the Bideford Gazette he regards it as particularly appropriate that Devon men should play such a part in the rebuilding of a church dedicated to a Devon Saint.

St. Boniface was born at Crediton in 680 and as a youth was admitted to Exeter monastery. He was appointed Bishop in 722. For many years he was engaged in Preaching and establishing churches in Germany and he has been described as “The Apostle of Germany.”

Gazette article dated 20 May 1960

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