• 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 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 2 In their new robes and hats

  • 3 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 4 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 5 Last train from Torrington

  • 6 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 7

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 8 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 9 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 10

    Building works
  • 11

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 12 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 13 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 14 Jumble sale fever

  • 15 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 16 Mobile missionary

  • 17 Penny for the guy

  • 18

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 19 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 20 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 21 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 22 Filming at Hartland

  • 23 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 24 Parkham plan realised

  • 25

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 26 Traditions and skills still there

  • 27 From Bobby to Brian

  • 28 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 29 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 30 Cruising down the river

  • 31 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 32 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 33

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 34 The Geneva marionettes

  • 35 Recognise this resort?

  • 36 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 37 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 38 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 39 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 40 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 41 Water Board mains spread through villages

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

  • 43 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 44 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 45 Service with a smile

  • 46

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 47 Waldon Triplets
  • 48 For crying out loud!

  • 49 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 50 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 51 No laughing matter

  • 52 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 53 Torrington in 1967

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

  • 55 Torrington children build igloo
  • 56 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 57

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 58 Some 240 exhibits

  • 59 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 60 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 61 Sweets derationing

  • 62 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 63 Decontrol of meat

  • 64 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 65 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 66 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 67 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 68

    New gateway
  • 69 Picking the pops

  • 70 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 71 A story to tell!

  • 72 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 73 Circus comes to town

  • 74 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 75 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 76 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 77 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 78 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

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

  • 80 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 81 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 82 So this is the mainland!

  • 83 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 84 Littleham family's five generations

  • 85 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 86 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 87 Can spring be far away?

  • 88 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 89 Six footed lamb

  • 90 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 91 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 92 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 93 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 94 Just over a year old

  • 95 The art of the thatcher

  • 96 End of the line

  • 97 A roof-top view - where?

  • 98 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 99 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 100 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 101 Emergency ferry services

  • 102 Burnard family reunion

  • 103 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 104 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 105

    Exhibition of school work
  • 106 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 107 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 108 Northam's almshouse

  • 109 New Post Office

  • 110 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 111 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 112 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 113 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 114 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 115 Twenty-one yachts

  • 116

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 117 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 118 Hartland postman retires

  • 119 New life for Hartland organ

  • 120 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 121 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 122

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 123 Bridging the stream

  • 124 Riverside mystery

  • 125 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 126 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 127 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 128 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 129 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 130 The cab at the corner>
  • 131 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 132 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 133 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 134 New look in the hayfields

  • 135 X-ray shoe fitting

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

  • 137 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 138 A bird of their own!

  • 139 Puppet characters introduced

  • 140 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 141 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 142 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 143

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 144 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 145 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 146 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 147 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 148 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 149 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 150 Police station view of Bideford

  • 151 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 152 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 153 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 154 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 155 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 156 Sight of a lifetime

  • 157 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 158 He beat the floods

  • 159 Meredith's ironmongers

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

  • 161 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 162 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 163 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 164 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 165 Revenge in style

  • 166 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 167

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 168 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 169 A craftsman's 'potted' history

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

  • 171 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 172 Weare Giffard potato

  • 173 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 174 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 175 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 176 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 177

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 178 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 179 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 180 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 181 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 182 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 183 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 184 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 185 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 186 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 187 Peter poses for TV film

  • 188 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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

  • 190 Appledore's largest

  • 191 Modern living at Bideford

  • 192 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 193 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 194 School crossing patrol begins

  • 195 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 196 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 197 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 198 Capers on the cobbles

  • 199 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 200 Warmington's garage ad

  • 201 What's the time?

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

  • 203 School's link with cargo ship

  • 204 Ships at Bideford

  • 205 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 206 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 207 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 208 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 209 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 210 All for the love of a lady!

  • 211

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 212 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 213 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 214 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 215 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 216 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 217 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 218

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 219 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 220 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 221 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 222 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 223 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 224 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 225 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 226

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 227 A man and his wheel

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

  • 229 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 230 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 231 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 232 When horses score over the tractor

  • 233 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 234 Torrington's new amenity

  • 235 113 years at Instow

  • 236 Hartland Dancers
  • 237 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 238 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 239 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 240 Picking the pops

  • 241 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 242 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 243 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 244 Ten year old scrambler

  • 245 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 246

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 247 No sale of Springfield House

  • 248 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 249 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 250 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 252 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 253 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 254 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 255 Centenary of Gazette

  • 256 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 257 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 258 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 259 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 260 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 261 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 262 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 263 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 264 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 265 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 266 All aboard the ark

  • 267 Pannier Market's future?

  • 268 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 269 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 270 Clovelly nightmare

  • 271 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 272 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 273 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 274 Simple Item 138
  • 275 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

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    Married in 1908
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    Bidefordians
  • 278 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 279 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 280 Bideford computer stars

  • 281

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 282

    Was a missionary
  • 283 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 284 Artisans' Club

  • 285 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 286 Hartland's invitation

  • 287 Some mushroom!

  • 288 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 289 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 290 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 291 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 292 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 293 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 294 Happy Days!

  • 295 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 296 Northam footballers of the future

  • 297 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 298 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 299 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 300 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 301 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 302 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 303 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 304 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 305 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 306 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 307 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 308 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 309 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 310 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 311 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 312 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 313 Loads of black and white

  • 314 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 315 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 316 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 318 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 319 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 320 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 321 Out of puff!

  • 322 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 323 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 324 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 325

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 326 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 327 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 328 Finished in 1876

  • 329 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 330

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 331 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 332 Bideford regatta

  • 333 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 334 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 335 North Devon Driving School

  • 336 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 337 Private home for public pump

  • 338 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

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

  • 340 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 341 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 342 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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    First prize
  • 344 Westward Ho! combined op

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

  • 346 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 347 First ship in 8 years

  • 348 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 349 They are parted pro-tem

  • 350 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 351 Clovelly custom

  • 352

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 353 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 354 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 355 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 356 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 357 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 358 By pony and trap to market

  • 359 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 360 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 361 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 362 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 363 Variety in summer weather

  • 364 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 365 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 366

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 367 New addition to Quay front

  • 368 New choral society's growing response

  • 369 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 370

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
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    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 372 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 373 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 374 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 375 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 376 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 377 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 378 It really was the 'last time'

  • 379 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 380 New civic medallions

  • 381 New art gallery opened

  • 382 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 383 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 384 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 385 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 386 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 387 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 388 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 389 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

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    Jinxed School Trip
  • 391 New shipyard on schedule

  • 392 Off on a great adventure

  • 393 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

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

  • 395 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 396 New Lundy stamps

  • 397 Life begins at 80

  • 398 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 399 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 400 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 401 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 402 Devil sent packing

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

  • 404 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 405 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 406 Bideford loses training ship

  • 407 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 408 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 409 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 410 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 411 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 412 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 413 Appledore's new lifeboat

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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  • 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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  • 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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Bideford And North Devon Building Society

The ninety-sixth Annual General Meeting of Bideford and North Devon Building Society was held on Thursday of last week.

3.2.1950 Building Society

In moving the adoption of the Directors’ Report and Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st October 1949, the Chairman (Mr C J Martin) said: “At the end of the previous year the Mortgage assets of the Society amounted to £189, 916 and this has risen, at the 31st October 1949, to £218, 435 – an increase of £28,519. During the past Financial Year a total of £65,290 was advanced on Mortgages, as compared with £61,765 in the previous year, and I would like to mention that a considerably greater sum could have been advanced, but it is the settled policy of your Directors to have full regard to possible future conditions and to make advances based on prudent valuations only.”

“The passage of years inevitably brings losses in our friends and it is with the deepest regret that I have to refer to the loss suffered by the Society, during the past year, by the death of Alderman H A Willett Huxham.”

The report and the Statement of Accounts were duly adopted, following the seconding of the motion by Alderman T Burton, who referred to the sound policy of the Society in again carrying the surplus for the year to the Reserve Fund.

Mr C J Martin, Mr C J Smith and Mr J W Ward, the Directors retiring by rotation, were re-elected and Mr C M D Mountjoy, the Members’ Auditor, was also re-elected.

Tributes to the work of the Officials and Staff during the past year were expressed and a vote of thanks to the Chairman for presiding concluded the meeting.

The full Gazette article is dated 3 February 1950

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