• 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 Clovelly custom

  • 2 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 3 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 4 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 5 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 6 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 7 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 8 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 9 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 10 Service with a smile

  • 11 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 12 A man and his wheel

  • 13 The Geneva marionettes

  • 14

    First prize
  • 15 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 16 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 17 Ten year old scrambler

  • 18 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 19 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 20 Cruising down the river

  • 21 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 22

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 23

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 24 All for the love of a lady!

  • 25 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 26 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 27 Hartland postman retires

  • 28 Recognise this resort?

  • 29 Capers on the cobbles

  • 30 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 31 A bird of their own!

  • 32

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 33 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 34 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 35 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 36 Northam footballers of the future

  • 37 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 38 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 39 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 40 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 41 Police station view of Bideford

  • 42 Life begins at 80

  • 43 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 44 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 45 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 46

    New gateway
  • 47 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 48 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 49 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 50 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 51 A roof-top view - where?

  • 52 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 53 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 54 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 55 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 56 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 57 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 58 Picking the pops

  • 59 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 60 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 61 Revenge in style

  • 62 Off on a great adventure

  • 63 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 64 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 65 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 66 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 67 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 68 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 69 Just over a year old

  • 70 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 71 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 72 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 73 Littleham family's five generations

  • 74 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 75 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 76 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 77 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 78 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 79 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 80 Private home for public pump

  • 81 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 82

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 83 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 84 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 85 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 86 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 87 The cab at the corner>
  • 88 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 89 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 90 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 91 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 92 In their new robes and hats

  • 93 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 94 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 95 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 96 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 97 Six footed lamb

  • 98 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 99

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 100 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 101 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 102

    Was a missionary
  • 103 Burnard family reunion

  • 104 Bideford's private wharves busier

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

  • 106 New addition to Quay front

  • 107 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 108 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 109 New shipyard on schedule

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

  • 111 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 112 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 113 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 114 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 115 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 116 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 117 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 118 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 119 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 120 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 121 Waldon Triplets
  • 122 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 123 Decontrol of meat

  • 124 School's link with cargo ship

  • 125 They are parted pro-tem

  • 126

    Bidefordians
  • 127 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 128

    Building works
  • 129 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 130 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 131 Variety in summer weather

  • 132

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 133 Clovelly nightmare

  • 134 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 135 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 136 New look in the hayfields

  • 137 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 138 What's the time?

  • 139 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 140 East-the-Water sets town an example

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

  • 142 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 143 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 144 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 145 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 146 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 147 Bideford loses training ship

  • 148

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 149 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 150 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 151 It really was the 'last time'

  • 152 Some mushroom!

  • 153 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 154 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 155

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 156 No sale of Springfield House

  • 157 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 158 Practical sympathy at Northam

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

  • 160 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 161 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 162 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 163 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 164 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 165

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 166 Centenary of Gazette

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

  • 168 Ships at Bideford

  • 169 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 170 New life for Hartland organ

  • 171

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 172 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 173 Last train from Torrington

  • 174 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 175

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 176 Artisans' Club

  • 177 Bideford regatta

  • 178 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 179 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 180 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 181 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 182 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 183 Weare Giffard potato

  • 184 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 185 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 186 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 187 Bideford computer stars

  • 188 Puppet characters introduced

  • 189

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 190 A story to tell!

  • 191 By pony and trap to market

  • 192 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 193 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

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

  • 195 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 196 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 197 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 198 Some 240 exhibits

  • 199 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 200 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 201 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 202 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 203

    Relatives all over the world
  • 204 Sight of a lifetime

  • 205 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 206 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 207 Can spring be far away?

  • 208 End of the line

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

  • 210

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 211 School crossing patrol begins

  • 212 Filming at Hartland

  • 213 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 214 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 215 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 216 113 years at Instow

  • 217 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 218 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 219 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 220 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 221 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 222 Hartland Dancers
  • 223 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 224 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 225 He beat the floods

  • 226 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 227 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 228 Mobile missionary

  • 229 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 230 No laughing matter

  • 231 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 232 From Bobby to Brian

  • 233 Modern living at Bideford

  • 234 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 235 New choral society's growing response

  • 236 Happy Days!

  • 237

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 238 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 239 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 240 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 241 Out of puff!

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

  • 243 Riverside mystery

  • 244 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 245 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 246 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 247 North Devon Driving School

  • 248 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 249 Circus comes to town

  • 250 Torrington children build igloo
  • 251 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 252 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 253 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 254 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 255 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 256 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 257 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 258 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 259 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 260 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 261 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 262 Finished in 1876

  • 263 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 264 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 265 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 266 Simple Item 138
  • 267 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 268 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 269 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 270 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 271 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 272 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 273 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 274 Torrington's new amenity

  • 275 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 276 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 277 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 278 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 279 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 280 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 281 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 282 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 283 The art of the thatcher

  • 284 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 285

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 286

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 287 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 288 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 289 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 290

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 291 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 292 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 293 Penny for the guy

  • 294 Traditions and skills still there

  • 295 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 296 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 297 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 298 Jumble sale fever

  • 299 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 300 New Post Office

  • 301 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 302 Sweets derationing

  • 303

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 304 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 305 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 306 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 307 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 308 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 309 Bridging the stream

  • 310 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 311 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 312 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 313 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 314 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 315 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 316 When horses score over the tractor

  • 317

    Married in 1908
  • 318 Hartland's invitation

  • 319 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 320 For crying out loud!

  • 321 Warmington's garage ad

  • 322 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 323 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 324 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 325 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 326 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 327 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 328 New Lundy stamps

  • 329 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 330 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 331 Appledore's largest

  • 332 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 333 Pannier Market's future?

  • 334 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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

  • 336 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 337 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 338 Devil sent packing

  • 339

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 340 Peter poses for TV film

  • 341 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 342 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 343

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 344 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 345 Picking the pops

  • 346 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 347 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 348 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 349 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 350 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 351 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 352 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 353 Twenty-one yachts

  • 354 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 355 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 356 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 357

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 358 New civic medallions

  • 359 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 360

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 361 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 362 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 363 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 364 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 365 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 366 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 367 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 368 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 369 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 370 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 372 Northam's almshouse

  • 373 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 374 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 375 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 376 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 377 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 378

    Exhibition of school work
  • 379 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 380 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 381 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 382 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 383 Parkham plan realised

  • 384 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 385 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 386 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 387 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 388 First ship in 8 years

  • 389 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 390 Emergency ferry services

  • 391

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 392

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 393 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 394 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 395 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 396 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 397 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 398 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 399 Loads of black and white

  • 400 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 401 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 402 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 403 New art gallery opened

  • 404 So this is the mainland!

  • 405 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 406 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 407 All aboard the ark

  • 408 Torrington in 1967

  • 409 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 410 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 411 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 412 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 413 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

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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New choral society’s growing response

Preparing for Christmas concert

Members of the recently-formed Bideford Choral Society under their conductor Mr T. Arundel-Timms (music master at Bideford Secondary Modern School), are busy practising for their singing of Handel’s Messiah which they plan to give in Bideford Parish Church shortly before Christmas.

17 October 1958 New Choral Societys growing response

At present the choir numbers about 30, but it increases every week. ‘I am very well satisfied with the response,’ said Mr Arundel-Timms, who also praised the enthusiastic work of the choir.

Gazette article 17 October 1958

 

Tibbles home again – and fish for supper

Carried to London on spare wheel of lorry

Safe at home on Monday afternoon after a 250-mile mistake journey, was Tibbles, the five year old ginger and white cat who was carried all the way from Appledore to London on the spare wheel of a lorry. For three days 18 year old Miss Mary Williams of Market Street, Appledore, searched for her lost pet.

29 August 1958 Tibbles home again

In London Tibbles was found by driver Harry Wilson who was taking a load of flowerpots to Hillingdon, Middlesex. After making the Appledore-London journey, he found the cat, splashed with mud and grit, curled up on top of the spare wheel, and took it to the London headquarters of the RSPCA. When a national newspaper carried the story of a cat’s arrival in London, complete with picture, the cat was recognised by its owners. Tibbles was returned via the Atlantic Coast Express in a basket to Bideford Station where Mary was waiting, then it was home to Appledore for a special feed of fish.

Gazette article 29 August 1958

 

Revived market off to splendid start

First sale by new auctioneers

Bideford Town Council were going to back the town’s new cattle market enterprise by 100 per cent the Mayor, Mr A.C. Hooper, told a large crowd on Tuesday when he opened the first sale at Bideford Cattle Market by the auctioneering firm of Messrs. Kivell and Sons. A senior member of the firm, Mr Tom Kivell, said that entries had been overwhelming. The market attracted many people from the surrounding area and on Tuesday morning parked vehicles stretched in an unbroken line from the top of High Street to the top of Belvoir and in some other streets adjoining the market.

15.8.58 Revived market off to splendid start

Gazette article 15 August 1958

 

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