• 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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    Jinxed School Trip
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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 3 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 4 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 5 New Post Office

  • 6 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 7 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 8 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 9

    Married in 1908
  • 10 Future of Torrington almshouses

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

  • 12 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

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

  • 14 Service with a smile

  • 15 No sale of Springfield House

  • 16 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 17 Torrington in 1967

  • 18 Ten year old scrambler

  • 19 Northam's almshouse

  • 20 Happy Days!

  • 21 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 22 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 23 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 24

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 25 Devil sent packing

  • 26 Life begins at 80

  • 27

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 28 Variety in summer weather

  • 29 Artisans' Club

  • 30 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 31 Some 240 exhibits

  • 32

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 33 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 34 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 35 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 36 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 37 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 38 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 39

    New gateway
  • 40 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 41 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 42 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 43 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 44 What's the time?

  • 45 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 46 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 47 No laughing matter

  • 48 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 50 Simple Item 138
  • 51 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 52 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 53 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 54 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 55 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 56 The art of the thatcher

  • 57 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 58 Mobile missionary

  • 59 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 60 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 61 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 62 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 63 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 64 Waldon Triplets
  • 65 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 66 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 67 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 68 When horses score over the tractor

  • 69 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 70 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 71 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 72 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 73 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 74 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 75

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 76 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 77 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 78 Puppet characters introduced

  • 79 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 80 Appledore's largest

  • 81 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 82 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 83 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 84 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 85 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 86 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 87 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 88 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 89

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 90 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 91 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 92 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 93 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 94 All aboard the ark

  • 95 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 96 Circus comes to town

  • 97 So this is the mainland!

  • 98 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 99 Bridging the stream

  • 100 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 101 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 102 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

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    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 104 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 105 113 years at Instow

  • 106 Hartland postman retires

  • 107 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 108 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 109 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 110 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 111 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 112 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 113 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 114 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 115 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 116 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 117 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 118 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 119 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 120 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 121 New life for Hartland organ

  • 122 New art gallery opened

  • 123 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 124 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 125 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 126 Twenty-one yachts

  • 127 By pony and trap to market

  • 128 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 129

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 130 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 131 Centenary of Gazette

  • 132 New Lundy stamps

  • 133 New shipyard on schedule

  • 134 Penny for the guy

  • 135 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 136 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 137 Riverside mystery

  • 138 For crying out loud!

  • 139 New addition to Quay front

  • 140 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 141 In their new robes and hats

  • 142 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

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

  • 144 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 145 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 146 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 147 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 148 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 149 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 150 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 151 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 152 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 153 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 154 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 155 Can spring be far away?

  • 156 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 157 Bideford computer stars

  • 158 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 159 Picking the pops

  • 160 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 161 Off on a great adventure

  • 162 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 163 Hartland's invitation

  • 164 Finished in 1876

  • 165 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 166 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 167 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 168 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 169 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 170 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 171 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 172 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 174 Parkham plan realised

  • 175 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 176 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 178 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 179

    Exhibition of school work
  • 180 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 181 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 182 Clovelly custom

  • 183 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 184 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 185 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 186 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 187 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 188 He beat the floods

  • 189 Recognise this resort?

  • 190 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 191 Cruising down the river

  • 192 Bideford loses training ship

  • 193 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 194 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 195 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 196 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 197 Picking the pops

  • 198

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 199 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 200 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 201 Traditions and skills still there

  • 202 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 203 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 204

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 205 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 206 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 207 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 208 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 209

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 210

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 211 First ship in 8 years

  • 212

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 213 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 214 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 215 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 216 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 217 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 218 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 219 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 220 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

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

  • 222 New choral society's growing response

  • 223 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 224 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 225 Just over a year old

  • 226 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 227 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 228 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 229 Emergency ferry services

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

  • 231 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 232 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 233 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 234 Police station view of Bideford

  • 235 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

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    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 237 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 238 New civic medallions

  • 239 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 240 School's link with cargo ship

  • 241 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 242 Polish custom on Pancake Day

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    First prize
  • 244 Northam footballers of the future

  • 245 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 246

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 247

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 248 Revenge in style

  • 249 Torrington's new amenity

  • 250 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 251 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 253 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 254 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 255 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 256 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 257 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 258 Peter poses for TV film

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    Building works
  • 260 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 261 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 262 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 263 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 264 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 265 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 266 A bird of their own!

  • 267 Out of puff!

  • 268 Hartland Dancers
  • 269 Torrington children build igloo
  • 270 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 271 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 272 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 273 Some mushroom!

  • 274 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 275 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 276 New look in the hayfields

  • 277 Jumble sale fever

  • 278 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 279 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 280 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 281 Clovelly nightmare

  • 282 Last train from Torrington

  • 283 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 284 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 285 Pannier Market's future?

  • 286 Warmington's garage ad

  • 287 Gloves fit for a king!

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    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 289 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 290 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 291 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 292 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

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    Was a missionary
  • 294 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 295 Weare Giffard potato

  • 296 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 297 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 298 Ships at Bideford

  • 299 New Estate's view of estuary activities

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 301 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 302 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 303 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 304 Burnard family reunion

  • 305 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 306 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 307 A story to tell!

  • 308 School crossing patrol begins

  • 309 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 310 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 311 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 312 All for the love of a lady!

  • 313 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 314 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 315 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 316 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

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

  • 318 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 319 It really was the 'last time'

  • 320 Sight of a lifetime

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

  • 322 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

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

  • 324 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 325 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 326 Modern living at Bideford

  • 327 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 328 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 329 Private home for public pump

  • 330 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 331 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 332

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 333 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 334 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 335 A man and his wheel

  • 336 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 337 Alwington School closing after 120 years

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    Bidefordians
  • 339 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 340 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 341 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 342 North Devon Driving School

  • 343 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 344 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 346 Decontrol of meat

  • 347 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 348 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 349 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 350

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 351 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 352 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

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

  • 354

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 355 Loads of black and white

  • 356 Six footed lamb

  • 357 Capers on the cobbles

  • 358 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 359 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 360 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 361 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 362 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 363 The Geneva marionettes

  • 364 Littleham family's five generations

  • 365 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 366 Bideford regatta

  • 367 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 368 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 369 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 370 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 371 They are parted pro-tem

  • 372 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 373 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 374 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 375 A roof-top view - where?

  • 376 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 377 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 378 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 379 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 380 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 381 End of the line

  • 382 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 383 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 384 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 385 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

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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Hartland’s invitation

New sign at Hartland

A new ‘Welcome to Hartland’ sign, to be erected at the end of the approach roads from the new by-pass at Baxworthy, has been delivered this week.

Hartland traders consider that since the by-pass was constructed, an increasing number of visitors, who might otherwise have been glad to visit Hartland, seemed to be unaware of its existence. A 70 mph stretch of road meant that cars were flashing past, and, said one trader, even a traveller who had been visiting the district for 30 years had missed the turning.

7 July 1961 Hartlands invitation

The sign has a cream background, blue lettering and the crest is in blue, gold and silver. This is derived from the sixth-century crest of the Abbot of Hartland and incorporates a ram’s head and a cross, the latter signifying the link with the church.

Gazette article 7 July 1961

 

 

School crossing patrol begins

Bideford children safely cross busy road

These children from the infants and junior schools in Coronation Road, Bideford, can now feel quite safe as they cross the busy main Bideford-Clovelly road four times a day.

30 June 1961 School crossing patrol begins

After five years’ advocacy a Clovelly road crossing patrol has been sanctioned by the County Council . Mrs E. Scoines of Grenville Estate has been appointed warden, competently taking charge of the children.

‘I like my work very much – especially when it is fine. In wet weather she has been supplied with wellington boots and a thick raincoat. ‘The only trouble is my hat,’ she added. ‘It’s far too big!’

Gazette article 30 June 1961

 

School crossing patrol begins

Bideford children safely cross busy road

These children from the infants and junior schools in Coronation Road, Bideford, can now feel quite safe as they cross the busy main Bideford-Clovelly road four times a day.

30 June 1961 School crossing patrol begins

After five years’ advocacy a Clovelly road crossing patrol has been sanctioned by the County Council . Mrs E. Scoines of Grenville Estate has been appointed warden, competently taking charge of the children.

‘I like my work very much – especially when it is fine. In wet weather she has been supplied with wellington boots and a thick raincoat. ‘The only trouble is my hat,’ she added. ‘It’s far too big!’

Gazette article 30 June 1961

 

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