• 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 Finished in 1876

  • 2 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 3 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 4 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

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

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 7 Bideford computer stars

  • 8 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 9 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 10 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 11 Traditions and skills still there

  • 12 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 13 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 14 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 15 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 16 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 17

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 18 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 19 The cab at the corner>
  • 20 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 21 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 22 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 23 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 24 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 25 New shipyard on schedule

  • 26 Six footed lamb

  • 27 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

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

  • 29 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 30 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 31 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 32 School's link with cargo ship

  • 33 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 34 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 35 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 36 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 37 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 38 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 39 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 40 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 41 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 42 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 43 School crossing patrol begins

  • 44 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 45

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 46 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 47 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 48 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 49 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 50 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 51 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 52 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 53 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 54 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 55 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 56 New civic medallions

  • 57 All aboard the ark

  • 58 End of the line

  • 59 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 60 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 61 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 62 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 63 Peter poses for TV film

  • 64 Hartland's invitation

  • 65 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 66 Bridging the stream

  • 67 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 68 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 69 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 70 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 71 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 72 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 73 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 74 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 75 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 76 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 77 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 78 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 79 By pony and trap to market

  • 80 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 81 Clovelly custom

  • 82 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 83 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 84 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 85 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 86 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 87 Life begins at 80

  • 88 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 89 Sweets derationing

  • 90 Parkham plan realised

  • 91 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 92

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 93 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 94 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

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

  • 96 Hartland postman retires

  • 97 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 98 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 99

    Married in 1908
  • 100 Filming at Hartland

  • 101 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 102 He beat the floods

  • 103 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 104 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 105 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 106 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 107 Ten year old scrambler

  • 108 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 109 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 110 Bideford loses training ship

  • 111 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 112 Artisans' Club

  • 113 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 114

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 115 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 116 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 117 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 118 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 119

    Bidefordians
  • 120 Centenary of Gazette

  • 121 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 122 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 123 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 124 Penny for the guy

  • 125 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 126 New art gallery opened

  • 127 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 128 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 129 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 130 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 131 From Bobby to Brian

  • 132 A story to tell!

  • 133 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 134 Can spring be far away?

  • 135 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 136 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 137 Just over a year old

  • 138 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 139 Ships at Bideford

  • 140 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 141 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 142 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 143

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 144 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 145 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

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

  • 147 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 148 Some 240 exhibits

  • 149 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 150 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 151 Hartland Dancers
  • 152 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 153 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 154

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 155 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 156 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 157 Out of puff!

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

  • 159 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 160 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 161 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 162 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 163 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 164 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 165 First ship in 8 years

  • 166 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 167

    Building works
  • 168 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 169

    First prize
  • 170 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 171 Recognise this resort?

  • 172 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 173 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 174 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 175 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 176 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 177 Appledore's largest

  • 178 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 179 New look in the hayfields

  • 180 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 181 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 182 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 183 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 184 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 185 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 186 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 187 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 188 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 189 New addition to Quay front

  • 190

    New gateway
  • 191

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 192 In their new robes and hats

  • 193 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 194

    Relatives all over the world
  • 195 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 196

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 197 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 198

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 199 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 200

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 201 A roof-top view - where?

  • 202 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 203 No sale of Springfield House

  • 204

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 205 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 206 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 207 Circus comes to town

  • 208 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 209 New choral society's growing response

  • 210 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 211

    Was a missionary
  • 212 Clovelly nightmare

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

  • 214 The Geneva marionettes

  • 215 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 216 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 217

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 218 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 219 Torrington children build igloo
  • 220 Picking the pops

  • 221 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 222 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 223 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 224 113 years at Instow

  • 225 So this is the mainland!

  • 226

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 227 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 228 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 229 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 230 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 231 A bird of their own!

  • 232 Loads of black and white

  • 233 New Post Office

  • 234 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 235 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 236 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 237 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 238 Warmington's garage ad

  • 239 A man and his wheel

  • 240 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 241 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 242 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 243 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 244 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 245 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 246

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 247 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 248 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 249 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 250 Cruising down the river

  • 251 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 252

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 253 All for the love of a lady!

  • 254 Revenge in style

  • 255 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 256 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 257 Torrington's new amenity

  • 258 Littleham family's five generations

  • 259 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 260 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 261 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 262 Modern living at Bideford

  • 263 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 264 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 265 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 266 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 267 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 268 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 269 Simple Item 138
  • 270 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 271 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 272 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 273 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 274 North Devon Driving School

  • 275 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 276 Sight of a lifetime

  • 277 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 278 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 279 New life for Hartland organ

  • 280 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 281 The art of the thatcher

  • 282 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 283 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 284 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 285 Last train from Torrington

  • 286 Happy Days!

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

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

  • 289 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 290 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 291 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 292 For crying out loud!

  • 293 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 294 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 295 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 296 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 297 Private home for public pump

  • 298 Mobile missionary

  • 299 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 301 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 302 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 303 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 304 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 305 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 306 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 307 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 308 When horses score over the tractor

  • 309 Bideford regatta

  • 310 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 311 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 312 They are parted pro-tem

  • 313 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 314

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 315 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 316

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 317 Waldon Triplets
  • 318 Variety in summer weather

  • 319 Off on a great adventure

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 321 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 322 Pannier Market's future?

  • 323 Northam's almshouse

  • 324

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 325 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 326 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 327 Police station view of Bideford

  • 328 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 329 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 330 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 331 Decontrol of meat

  • 332 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 333 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 334 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 335 Emergency ferry services

  • 336 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 337 Puppet characters introduced

  • 338 Some mushroom!

  • 339 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 340 Northam footballers of the future

  • 341 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 342 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 343 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 344 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 345 The creative urge on Saturday morning

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

  • 347 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 348 Devil sent packing

  • 349 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 351 No laughing matter

  • 352 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 353 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 354 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 355 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 356 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 357 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 358

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 359 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 360 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 361 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 362 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 363 Jumble sale fever

  • 364 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 365 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 366 Saving money, wear and tear

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

  • 368 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 369 Weare Giffard potato

  • 370 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 371 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 372 Capers on the cobbles

  • 373 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 374 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 375 Burnard family reunion

  • 376 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 377 New Lundy stamps

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

  • 379

    Exhibition of school work
  • 380 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 381 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 382 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 383 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 384 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 385 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 386 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 387

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 388 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 389 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 390 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 391 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 392 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 393 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 394 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 395 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 396 What's the time?

  • 397 It really was the 'last time'

  • 398 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 399 Torrington in 1967

  • 400 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 401 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 402

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 403 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 404 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 405 Twenty-one yachts

  • 406

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 407 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 408 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 409 Service with a smile

  • 410 Riverside mystery

  • 411 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 412 Picking the pops

  • 413 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

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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Sweet success at Langtree School

Bee-Keepers' record harvest

Members of Langtree Primary School Bee-Keepers’ Club have every reason to be proud of their first year’s harvest, for well over 60 lb. of honey and a number of sections of comb honey were taken off the School hive.

25 September 1959 Sweet success at Langtree school

The hive and bees were loaned by the North Devon Bee Keeping Association to the School and the headmaster (Mr R.A. Yeo Jenn) has supervised the work of the Club. The pupils have themselves carried out all the necessary jobs in connection with the bees.

Gazette article 25 September 1959

 

 

 

Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

Five generations of local family

When, five months ago, Paul was born to Mrs P. Jeffery, wife of Mr Jeffery, of Clovelly Road, Bideford, he made the fifth generation of a family that has lived in the Woolsery and Clovelly areas for many years.

4 September 1959 Five generations

In this celebration picture great-great-grandmother Mrs C. Prouse, aged 92, is seen nursing young Paul. On the top left is her only daughter, Mrs F. Knight of Sunnyside, Woolsery, with whom she makes her home. Next to Mrs Knight is her only daughter, Mrs W. Jewell, of Lower Burscott Farm, Clovelly, and, bottom left, is Mrs Jeffery, Mrs Jewell’s daughter, who has a sister and a brother.

Gazette article 4 September 1959

 

When horses score over the tractor

Horses working near Gammaton Cross

The photo taken during the past few days shows Violet (on the left) and Prince tilling dredge corn (oats and barley) in a six-acre field near Gammaton Cross for Mr William Short who farms with his brother at Venon, Weare Giffard.

17 April 1959 When horses score over the tractor

Violet is 26 years old and her son 22 years and they have been worked ever since they arrived on the farm by Mr Lewis Cole, also seen in the picture.

Mr Short said that there are occasions when he cannot use his tractor because the wheels trample down the seed too heavily but where horses are at an advantage. It takes longer but it means an extra day’s sowing when the ground would not be fit for the tractor to do the work.

Gazette article 17 April 1959

 

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