• 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 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 2 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 3 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 4 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 5 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 6

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 7 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 8 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 9 Jumble sale fever

  • 10 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 11 Happy Days!

  • 12 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 13

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 14 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 15 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 16 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 17 Northam footballers of the future

  • 18 New addition to Quay front

  • 19 Modern living at Bideford

  • 20 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 21 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 22

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 23 Peter poses for TV film

  • 24 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 25 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 26 Bridging the stream

  • 27 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 28 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 29 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 30 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 31 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 32 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 33 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 34 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 35 Cruising down the river

  • 36 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 37 Ships at Bideford

  • 38 A sense of humour in advertising

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

  • 40 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 41

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 42 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 43 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 44 Bideford computer stars

  • 45 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 46 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 47 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 48 Puppet characters introduced

  • 49 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 50

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 51 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 52 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 53

    New gateway
  • 54

    Relatives all over the world
  • 55 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 56

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 57 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 58 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 59 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 60 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 61 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 62 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 63 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 64 Torrington in 1967

  • 65 Penny for the guy

  • 66 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 67 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 68

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 69 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 70 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 71

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 72 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 73 All aboard the ark

  • 74 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 75 Water Board mains spread through villages

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

  • 77 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 78 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 79 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 80 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 81 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 82 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 83 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 84 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 85 New look in the hayfields

  • 86 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 87 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 88 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 89 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 90 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 91 School's link with cargo ship

  • 92 Hartland's invitation

  • 93 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 94 They are parted pro-tem

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

  • 96 What's the time?

  • 97 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 98 New shipyard on schedule

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

  • 100 Finished in 1876

  • 101 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 102 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 103 Torrington children build igloo
  • 104 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 105 Weare Giffard potato

  • 106 A story to tell!

  • 107 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 108 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 109 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 110 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 111 Ten year old scrambler

  • 112 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 113 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 114 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 115 Clovelly custom

  • 116 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 117 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 118 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 119 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 120 Artisans' Club

  • 121 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 122 Parkham plan realised

  • 123 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 124

    Exhibition of school work
  • 125 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 126 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 127 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 128 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 129 All for the love of a lady!

  • 130 No laughing matter

  • 131 From Bobby to Brian

  • 132 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 133 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 134 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 135 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 136 Revenge in style

  • 137 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 138 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 139 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 140 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 141 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 142 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 143 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 144 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 145 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 146 The creative urge on Saturday morning

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

  • 148 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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

  • 150 Torrington's new amenity

  • 151 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 152 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 153 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 154 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 155 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 156 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 157

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 158 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 159 A roof-top view - where?

  • 160 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 161 Quads at Thornhillhead

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

  • 163

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 164 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 165 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 166 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 167

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 168 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 169 Service with a smile

  • 170 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 171 A man and his wheel

  • 172 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 173 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 174 Out of puff!

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

  • 176 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

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

  • 178 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 179 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 180 For crying out loud!

  • 181 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 182 First ship in 8 years

  • 183 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 184 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 185 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 186 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 187 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 188

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 189 Simple Item 138
  • 190 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 191 Picking the pops

  • 192 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 193 Just over a year old

  • 194 Circus comes to town

  • 195

    First prize
  • 196 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 197 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 198 Life begins at 80

  • 199 North Devon Driving School

  • 200 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 201 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 202 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 203 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 204 Decontrol of meat

  • 205 Safe door weighing two tons

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

  • 207 End of the line

  • 208 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 209

    Bidefordians
  • 210 Some 240 exhibits

  • 211 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 212 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 213 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 214 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 215 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 216 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 217 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 218 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 219 He beat the floods

  • 220 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 221

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 222 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 223 New art gallery opened

  • 224 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 225 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 226 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 227 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 228 When horses score over the tractor

  • 229 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 230 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 231 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 232 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

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

  • 234 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 235 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 236 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 237 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 238 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 239 113 years at Instow

  • 240 A bird of their own!

  • 241

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 242 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 243 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 244 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 245 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 246 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 247

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 248 Picking the pops

  • 249 Loads of black and white

  • 250 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 251 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 252 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 253 Police station view of Bideford

  • 254 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 255 Bideford regatta

  • 256 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 257 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 258 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 259 By pony and trap to market

  • 260 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 261 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 262 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 263 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 264 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

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

  • 266 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 267 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 268 New Post Office

  • 269 No sale of Springfield House

  • 270 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 271 Northam's almshouse

  • 272 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 273 Pannier Market's future?

  • 274 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 276 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 277 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 278 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 279 Twenty-one yachts

  • 280 In their new robes and hats

  • 281 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 282 Emergency ferry services

  • 283 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 284 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 285 Burnard family reunion

  • 286 Private home for public pump

  • 287

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 288 New civic medallions

  • 289 Filming at Hartland

  • 290 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 291 Recognise this resort?

  • 292 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 293 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 294 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 295 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 296 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 297 Mobile missionary

  • 298 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 299 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 300 Capers on the cobbles

  • 301 Sight of a lifetime

  • 302 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 303 Sweets derationing

  • 304 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 305 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 306 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 307

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 308 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 309 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 310 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 311

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 312 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 313 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 314 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 315 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 316 Can spring be far away?

  • 317 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 318 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 319 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 320 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 321 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 322 Off on a great adventure

  • 323 Clovelly nightmare

  • 324 New Lundy stamps

  • 325

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 326 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 327 Some mushroom!

  • 328 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 329 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 330

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 331 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 332 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 333 The art of the thatcher

  • 334 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 335 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 336 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 337 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 338 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 339 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 340 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 341 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 342 Bideford loses training ship

  • 343 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 344 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 345 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 346 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 347 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 348

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 349 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 350 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 351 New life for Hartland organ

  • 352 Appledore's largest

  • 353 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 354 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 355 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 356 Warmington's garage ad

  • 357 So this is the mainland!

  • 358 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 359 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 360 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 361 Centenary of Gazette

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

  • 363 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 364 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 365

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 366 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 367 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 368 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 369 It really was the 'last time'

  • 370 Last train from Torrington

  • 371 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 372 Six footed lamb

  • 373 Future of Torrington almshouses

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    Building works
  • 375

    Was a missionary
  • 376 Hartland Dancers
  • 377 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 378 Riverside mystery

  • 379 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 380 New choral society's growing response

  • 381 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 382 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 383 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 384 The cab at the corner>
  • 385 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 386 Traditions and skills still there

  • 387 Variety in summer weather

  • 388 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 389 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 390 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 391 Devil sent packing

  • 392 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 393 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 394 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 395 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 396

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 397 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 398 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 399

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 400 School crossing patrol begins

  • 401 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 402 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 403 The Geneva marionettes

  • 404 Waldon Triplets
  • 405 Hartland postman retires

  • 406 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 407 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 408

    Married in 1908
  • 409 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 410 Littleham family's five generations

  • 411 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 412 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 413 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

Forty years of service

The end of another day on the farm and shepherd and cattleman – Mr Fred Brock, on the left, and Mr Alfred Prance – stop to exchange news at Bowden Farm, Buckland Brewer and to discuss the visit they will be paying to the Royal Show at Nottingham to receive Royal Agricultural Association awards for forty years’ service on the same farm.

24 June 1955 Buckland farm workers to receive awards

Mr Brock came to work at Bowden Farm for Mr George Heywood 40 years ago. As shepherd Mr Brock has charge of the flock of Devon Closewool ewes and Southdown rams.

Mr Prance has been 42 years at Burrough Farm, Buckland Brewer where he first worked for the late Mr Robert Tucker before the farm was bought by Mr George Heywood. He now works with the pedigree Ayrshire herd.

Gazette article 24 June 1955

 

Torrington enterprise’s new extensions

Now one of the country’s biggest and most modern creameries

Born seventy years ago out of the enterprise of a Torrington grocer and provision merchant, Mr Robert Sandford, bartering groceries for butter, eggs and poultry from local farmers, the Torridge Vale Dairies’ factory has grown into one of the biggest and most modern creameries in the country.

24 June 1955 Torringtons enterprises new extensions

Fifty farms began supplying cream to the dairy in 1931 but now the company buys milk from some 2,600 farms, the collections by its fleet of 50 lorries along the network of roads over an area extending from Hartland to Lynton, down east of South Molton, to the boundaries of Okehampton and across to the coast in North Cornwall south of Bude and Marhamchurch.

Gazette article 24 June 1955

 

 

Success to Festival of the Arts 20 June to 3 July

Booking office on Torridge-side

Customers have been trooping in to book seats this past week for the Taw and Torridge Society’s Devon Festival of the Arts.

17 June 1955 Success to festival of the arts

The above photograph shows some of the enthusiastic supporters of the Bideford section cheering the opening of the Bideford Booking Office adjoining the Rose of Torridge café.

Gazette article 17 June 1955

 

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