• 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 North Devon Driving School

  • 2 Picking the pops

  • 3 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 4 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 5 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 6 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 7 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 8 What's the time?

  • 9

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 10 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 11 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 12 Torrington's new amenity

  • 13 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 14 Six footed lamb

  • 15 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 16 They are parted pro-tem

  • 17 New art gallery opened

  • 18 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 19 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 20 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 21 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 22

    Married in 1908
  • 23 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 24 Circus comes to town

  • 25 It really was the 'last time'

  • 26 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 27 Just over a year old

  • 28 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 29 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 30 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 31 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 32 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 33 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 34 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 35 Cruising down the river

  • 36 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 37 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 38 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 39 Burnard family reunion

  • 40 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 41 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 42 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 43 A man and his wheel

  • 44 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 45 When horses score over the tractor

  • 46 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 47 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 48 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 49 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 50 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 51 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 52 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 53 Can spring be far away?

  • 54 Out of puff!

  • 55 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 56 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 57 Variety in summer weather

  • 58 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 59 The cab at the corner>
  • 60 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 61 Clovelly custom

  • 62 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 63 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 64

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 65 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 66 Northam footballers of the future

  • 67 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 68 A bird of their own!

  • 69 In their new robes and hats

  • 70 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 71 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 72 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 73 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 74 Huntshaw TV mast

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

  • 76 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 77 113 years at Instow

  • 78 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 79 Photo of town's first car wins prize

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

  • 81 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 82 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 83 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 84 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 85 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 86 From Bobby to Brian

  • 87 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 88 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 89 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 90 New civic medallions

  • 91

    First prize
  • 92

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 93 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 94 New choral society's growing response

  • 95 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 96 School crossing patrol begins

  • 97

    Exhibition of school work
  • 98

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 99 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 100 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 101 Appledore's largest

  • 102

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 103 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 104 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 105 Off on a great adventure

  • 106 Bideford regatta

  • 107 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 108 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 109 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 110 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 111 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 112 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 113 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 114 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 115 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 116 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 117 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 118 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 119 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 120 Loads of black and white

  • 121 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 122

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 123 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 124 Traditions and skills still there

  • 125 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 126 Parkham plan realised

  • 127 School's link with cargo ship

  • 128 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 129

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 130 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 131 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 132 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 133 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 134 Finished in 1876

  • 135

    Relatives all over the world
  • 136 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 137 Twenty-one yachts

  • 138 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 139 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 140 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 141 Some 240 exhibits

  • 142 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 143 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 144 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

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

  • 146 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 147 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 148 Capers on the cobbles

  • 149 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 150 Recognise this resort?

  • 151 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 152 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 153 Private home for public pump

  • 154 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 155 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 156 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 157 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 158 Bridging the stream

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

  • 160 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 161

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 162 Hartland Dancers
  • 163 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 164 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 165 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 166 Mobile missionary

  • 167 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 168 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 169 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 170 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 171 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 172 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 173 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 174 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 175 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 176

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 177 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 178 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 179 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 180 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 181 New look in the hayfields

  • 182 He beat the floods

  • 183 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 184 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 185 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

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

  • 187 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 188

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 189 Some mushroom!

  • 190

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 191 End of the line

  • 192 New life for Hartland organ

  • 193

    Building works
  • 194 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 195 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 196 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 197 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 198 Emergency ferry services

  • 199 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 200 Puppet characters introduced

  • 201 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 202 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 203 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 204 Simple Item 138
  • 205 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 206 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 207 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 208 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 209 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 210 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 211 Space dominates Hartland carnival

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

  • 213 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 214 All aboard the ark

  • 215 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 216 Peter poses for TV film

  • 217 Hartland's invitation

  • 218

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 219 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 220

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 221

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 222 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 223 Ships at Bideford

  • 224 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 225 Hartland postman retires

  • 226 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 227 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 228 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 229 Clovelly nightmare

  • 230 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 231 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 232 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 233 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 234 Sight of a lifetime

  • 235 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 236 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 237 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 238 Bideford loses training ship

  • 239 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 240 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 241 First ship in 8 years

  • 242 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 243 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 244

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 245 Sweets derationing

  • 246 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 247

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 248 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 249 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 250 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 251 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 252 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 253 Appledore schooner broadcast

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

  • 255 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

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

  • 257 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 258 By pony and trap to market

  • 259 Picking the pops

  • 260 Filming at Hartland

  • 261

    Bidefordians
  • 262 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 263 Devil sent packing

  • 264 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 265 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 266 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 267 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 268

    New gateway
  • 269 Weare Giffard potato

  • 270 The art of the thatcher

  • 271 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 272 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 273

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 274 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 275 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 276 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 277 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 278 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 279 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 280 For crying out loud!

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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 282 Penny for the guy

  • 283 Riverside mystery

  • 284

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 285 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

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

  • 287 Littleham family's five generations

  • 288 Pannier Market's future?

  • 289 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 290 Revenge in style

  • 291 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 292 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 293 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 294 A roof-top view - where?

  • 295 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 296 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 297 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 298 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 299 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 300 Northam's almshouse

  • 301 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 302 So this is the mainland!

  • 303 Torrington in 1967

  • 304 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 305 No laughing matter

  • 306

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 307 New Lundy stamps

  • 308 Torrington children build igloo
  • 309 Life begins at 80

  • 310 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 311 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 312 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 313 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 314 A story to tell!

  • 315 New Lundy air-mail stamps

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

  • 317 The Geneva marionettes

  • 318 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 319 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 320 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 321 Jumble sale fever

  • 322 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 323 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 324 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 325 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 326 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 327

    Was a missionary
  • 328 Last train from Torrington

  • 329 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 330 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 331 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 332 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 333

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 334 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 335 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 336 Artisans' Club

  • 337 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 338 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 339 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 340 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 341 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 342 Police station view of Bideford

  • 343 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 344

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 345 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 346 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 347 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 348 New addition to Quay front

  • 349 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 350 Quads join a Langtree happy family

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

  • 352 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 353 Ten year old scrambler

  • 354 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 355 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 356 Waldon Triplets
  • 357 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 358 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 359 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 360 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 361 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 362

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 363 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 364 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 365 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 366 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 367 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 368 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 369 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 370 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 371 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 372 New Post Office

  • 373 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 374

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 375 No sale of Springfield House

  • 376 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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

  • 378 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 379 Bideford computer stars

  • 380 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 381 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 382 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 383 New shipyard on schedule

  • 384

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 385 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 386 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 387 Decontrol of meat

  • 388 Centenary of Gazette

  • 389 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 390 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 391 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 392 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 393 All for the love of a lady!

  • 394 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 395 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 396 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 397 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 398 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 399 Service with a smile

  • 400 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 401 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 402 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 403 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 404 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 405 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 406 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 407 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 408 Modern living at Bideford

  • 409 Warmington's garage ad

  • 410 Happy Days!

  • 411 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 412 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 413 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

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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Lundy Memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

Friends gather at his favourite boyhood spot

On the fifth anniversary of the publication of the citation announcing the V.C. in the London Gazette a large party of personal friends of Mr Martin Coles Harman, owner of Lundy, assembled in the ‘ V.C. Quarry’ named by Mr Harman as the spot which his son made his playground.

24 June 1949 Lundy Memorial to John Pennington

Lance-Corporal Harman was 29 when he lost his life in action in some of the bitterest fighting of the Burma Campaign in 1944.

Gazette article 24 June 1949

 

Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

‘Realisation of hopes and dreams’

The opening ceremony of the new community centre was carried out by Mr Hadyn Wood, the distinguished violinist and composer who resided in the district for some years.

10 June 1949 Community centre opened at Westward Ho

The centre, formerly known as the Kingsley Gym and originally built as part of the old Roman Catholic College at Clevelands Terrace, is believed to be the first of its kind in North Devon. Now to be known as Kingsley Hall, the centre was purchased by the local Community Association by means of gifts and loans and with the aid of a grant from the Ministry of Education.

Gazette article 10 June 1949

 

Floral dancing at Appledore

Headed by May Queen

Headed by the May Queen, 13 year old Eunice Simms with her four attendants – Wendy Simms, Frances Hailwood, Ann Harding and June Pinnick – a floral dance procession wended its way through the streets of Appledore on Saturday.

20 May 1949 Floral dancing at Appledore

The event was in aid of the building fund of the Appledore Branch, British Legion, and was organised by the Branch Social Committee.

Gazette article 20 May 1949

 

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