• 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 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 2 Six footed lamb

  • 3 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 4 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 5 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 6 Revenge in style

  • 7 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 8 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 9 Picking the pops

  • 10 No sale of Springfield House

  • 11 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 12 New life for Hartland organ

  • 13 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 14 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 15 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 16 New civic medallions

  • 17 Last train from Torrington

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

  • 19 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 20 North Devon Driving School

  • 21 Just over a year old

  • 22

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 23 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 24 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 25 Emergency ferry services

  • 26 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 27 A roof-top view - where?

  • 28

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 29 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 30 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 31

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 32 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 33 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 34 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 35 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 36 Puppet characters introduced

  • 37 Bideford loses training ship

  • 38 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 39

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 40 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 41 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 42 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 43 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 44 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 45 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 46 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 47 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 48 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 49 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 50 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 51 Picking the pops

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

  • 53

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 54 Bridging the stream

  • 55

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 56 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 57 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 58 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 59 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 60

    Was a missionary
  • 61 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 62 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 63

    Exhibition of school work
  • 64 Mobile missionary

  • 65 Variety in summer weather

  • 66 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 67 New Lundy stamps

  • 68

    New gateway
  • 69 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 70 All for the love of a lady!

  • 71 It really was the 'last time'

  • 72 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 73 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 74 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 75

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 76 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 77 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 78 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 79 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 80 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 81 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

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

  • 83 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 84 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 85 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 86 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 87 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 88 Centenary of Gazette

  • 89 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 90 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 91 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 92 So this is the mainland!

  • 93 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 94 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 95 Circus comes to town

  • 96 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 97 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 98 Decontrol of meat

  • 99 What's the time?

  • 100

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 101 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 102 Off on a great adventure

  • 103 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 104 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 105 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 106 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 107 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 108 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 109 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 110 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 111 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 112 Cruising down the river

  • 113

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 114 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 115 Private home for public pump

  • 116 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 117 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 118 New Post Office

  • 119 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

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

  • 121 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 122 They are parted pro-tem

  • 123 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 124 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 125 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 126 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 127

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 128 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 129 Jumble sale fever

  • 130 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 131 The Geneva marionettes

  • 132 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 133 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 134

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 135 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 136 Torrington's new amenity

  • 137 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 138 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 139 Bideford regatta

  • 140 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 141 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 142 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 143

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 144 No laughing matter

  • 145

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 146

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 147 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 148 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 149 Sight of a lifetime

  • 150 113 years at Instow

  • 151 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 152 Out of puff!

  • 153 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 154 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 155 Devil sent packing

  • 156 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 157 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 158

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 159 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 160 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 161 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 162 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 163 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 164 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 165 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 166

    First prize
  • 167 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 168 For crying out loud!

  • 169 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 170 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 171 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 172 New choral society's growing response

  • 173 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 174 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 175

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 176 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 177 Appledore's largest

  • 178

    Relatives all over the world
  • 179 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 180 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 181 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 182 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 183

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 184 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 185 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 186 He beat the floods

  • 187

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 188

    Married in 1908
  • 189 Some mushroom!

  • 190 Pannier Market's future?

  • 191 Northam's almshouse

  • 192

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 193 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 194 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 195 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 196 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 197 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 198 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 199 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

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

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

  • 202 Riverside mystery

  • 203 By pony and trap to market

  • 204 Can spring be far away?

  • 205 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 206 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 207 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 208 Bideford computer stars

  • 209 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 210 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 211

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 212 A man and his wheel

  • 213 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 214 Artisans' Club

  • 215 Clovelly custom

  • 216 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 217 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 218 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 219 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 220 Parkham plan realised

  • 221

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 222 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 223 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 224 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 225 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 226 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 227 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 228 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 229 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 230 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 231 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 232 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 233 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 234 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 235 Waldon Triplets
  • 236 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 237 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 238 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 239 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 240 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 241 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 242 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 243 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 244 Some 240 exhibits

  • 245 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 246 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 247 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 248 Ships at Bideford

  • 249 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 250 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 251 Modern living at Bideford

  • 252 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 253 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

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

  • 255 Peter poses for TV film

  • 256 New addition to Quay front

  • 257 The art of the thatcher

  • 258 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 259 A story to tell!

  • 260 Hartland Dancers
  • 261 Weare Giffard potato

  • 262 All aboard the ark

  • 263 Symbol of Lundy independence

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

  • 265 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 266 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 267 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 268 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 269 Clovelly nightmare

  • 270 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 271 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 272

    Bidefordians
  • 273 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 274 Torrington children build igloo
  • 275 Torrington in 1967

  • 276 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 277 Mural in the whimsical fashion

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    Building works
  • 279 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 280 Capers on the cobbles

  • 281 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 282 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 283 Littleham family's five generations

  • 284 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 285 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 286 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 287 When horses score over the tractor

  • 288 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 289 Police station view of Bideford

  • 290 Loads of black and white

  • 291 Finished in 1876

  • 292 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 293 Burnard family reunion

  • 294 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 295 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 296 Warmington's garage ad

  • 297

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 298 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 299

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 300 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 301 Simple Item 138
  • 302 Television comes to Torridge District

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

  • 304 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 305 In their new robes and hats

  • 306 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 307 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 308

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 309 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 310 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 311 Northam footballers of the future

  • 312 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 313 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 314 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 315 Eight to strike and a race to win

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

  • 317 New art gallery opened

  • 318 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 319 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 320 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 321 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 322 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 323 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 324 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 325 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 326 New shipyard on schedule

  • 327 Life begins at 80

  • 328 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 329 New look in the hayfields

  • 330 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 331 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 332 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 333 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 334 A bird of their own!

  • 335 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 336 Twenty-one yachts

  • 337 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 338 Hartland's invitation

  • 339 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 340 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 341 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 342 School's link with cargo ship

  • 343 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 344 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 345 First ship in 8 years

  • 346 School crossing patrol begins

  • 347 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 348 Recognise this resort?

  • 349 Happy Days!

  • 350 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 351 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 352 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 353 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 354 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 355 Service with a smile

  • 356 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 357 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 358 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 359

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 360 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 361 End of the line

  • 362 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 363 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 364 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 365 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 366 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 367 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 368 Ten year old scrambler

  • 369 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 370 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 371 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 372 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 373 Traditions and skills still there

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

  • 375 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 376 Hartland postman retires

  • 377 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 378 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 379 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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

  • 381 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 382 Penny for the guy

  • 383 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 384 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 385 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

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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Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

Orders worth £15,000 already received

Manufacture of a paint that is claimed to be the answer to the home decorator’s prayer – the tin can be knocked over and the paint will not spill – has been begun by a Bideford firm, Devon Paints Ltd. at its factory at the Pill, Bideford.

13 January 1956 Bideford firm develolps new non spill paint

Experiments to produce the new paint began when the firm’s managing director, Mr E.N. Osborne, heard of two new types of jelly varnish produced in America. The firm will be building up a production of a thousand gallons a week at the first stage and nine men are employed at the factory at present. A new store is in the process of erection in the vicinity to cope with the demand for the new paint.

Gazette article 13 January 1956

 

Instow local art show was ‘tremendous success’

Over 100 pictures from all ages

Over a hundred pictures, all the work of artists living in Instow and the immediate neighbourhood of Westleigh and Yelland, most of whom had not exhibited before, were on view at the Rifle Hall, Instow on Saturday.

The idea of the exhibition, organised by Mrs Katharine Tottenham, was to show the unknown talent among the residents of the local community. The opening ceremony was performed by Mr Ronald Duncan, poet, writer and farmer of Welcombe.

25 October 1957 Instow local art show was tremendous success

In the picture, Mr Ronald Duncan congratulates 11 year old Terry Curtis on his work. From left to right: Mrs K. Tottenham, Mrs J. Louden (assistant organiser), Terry Curtis, Mr R. Duncan, Mr Henry Williamson, Mrs Duncan.

Gazette article 25 October 1957

 

Torridge ‘graveyard’ of wooden hulks

Old ships left to rot

These once proud wooden vessels, stripped of masts and superstructure, are left to rot and decay in what was once their home water. The presence of these hulks up and down the Torridge has given rise to concern for the danger they may cause, as they break up, to other craft using the river.

18 October 1957 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

Seen in the picture are (from left to right) the ketch ‘Maude’, the schooner ‘Margaret Hobley’, the bow of the ketch ‘H.F. Bolt’, the ketch ‘Ketch’ and in the background the schooner ‘Welcome’.

Gazette article 18 October 1957

 

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