• 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 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 2 Sweet success at Langtree School

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 4 Simple Item 138
  • 5 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 6 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 7 He beat the floods

  • 8 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 9 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 10

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 11 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 12 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 13 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 14 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 15 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 16 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 17 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 18 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 19 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 20

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 21 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 22 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 23 Centenary of Gazette

  • 24 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 25 Jumble sale fever

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

  • 27 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 28 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 29 Appledore's largest

  • 30 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 31 The art of the thatcher

  • 32 Torrington in 1967

  • 33 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 34 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 35 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 36 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 37 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 38 First ship in 8 years

  • 39 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 40 Ships at Bideford

  • 41 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 42 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 43 In their new robes and hats

  • 44 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 45 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 46 Off on a great adventure

  • 47 A man and his wheel

  • 48 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 49 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 50 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 51 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 52 Bideford loses training ship

  • 53 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 54 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 55 New civic medallions

  • 56 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 57 A roof-top view - where?

  • 58 A story to tell!

  • 59 Circus comes to town

  • 60 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 61 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 62 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 63 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 64 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 65 Finished in 1876

  • 66 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 67 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 68 The Geneva marionettes

  • 69 Puppet characters introduced

  • 70 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 71 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 72

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 73 No laughing matter

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

  • 75 Bideford computer stars

  • 76 Some 240 exhibits

  • 77 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 78 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 79 Out of puff!

  • 80

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 81 Littleham family's five generations

  • 82 Burnard family reunion

  • 83 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 84 Sweets derationing

  • 85 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 86 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 87 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 88 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 89 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 90 Bridging the stream

  • 91

    Relatives all over the world
  • 92 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 93 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 94 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 95 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 96 Clovelly custom

  • 97 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 98 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 99 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 100

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 101 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 102 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 103 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 104 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 105 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 106 What's the time?

  • 107 New Post Office

  • 108 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 109

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 110 Recognise this resort?

  • 111 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 112 Waldon Triplets
  • 113 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 114 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 115 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 116 Devil sent packing

  • 117 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 118 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 119 Happy Days!

  • 120 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 121 Mobile missionary

  • 122 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 123 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 124 School's link with cargo ship

  • 125 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 126 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 127 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 128 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 129 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 130 Life begins at 80

  • 131 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 132 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 133 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 134 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 135 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 136 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 137 Emergency ferry services

  • 138 New art gallery opened

  • 139 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 140 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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

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

  • 143 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 144 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 145 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 146 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 147 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 148 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 149 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 150 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 151 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 152 From Bobby to Brian

  • 153

    Was a missionary
  • 154 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 155 New choral society's growing response

  • 156

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 157 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 158

    First prize
  • 159 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 160 Artisans' Club

  • 161 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 162

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 163 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 164 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 165

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 166 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 167 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 168 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 169 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 170 Torrington children build igloo
  • 171 Northam's almshouse

  • 172

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 173 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 174 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 175

    New gateway
  • 176 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 177 Northam footballers of the future

  • 178 Clovelly nightmare

  • 179 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

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

  • 181 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 182 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 183 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 184 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 185 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 186 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 187 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 188 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 189 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 190 North Devon Driving School

  • 191 Twenty-one yachts

  • 192 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 193 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 194 Ten year old scrambler

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

  • 196 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 197 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 198 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 199 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 200 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 201 Private home for public pump

  • 202 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 203 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 204 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 205 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 206 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 207 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 208 Pannier Market's future?

  • 209 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 210 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 211 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 212 New look in the hayfields

  • 213 Revenge in style

  • 214 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 215 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 216 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 217 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 218 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 219 Picking the pops

  • 220 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

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

  • 222 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 223 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 224 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 225 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 226 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 227 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 228 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 229 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 230 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 231 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 232

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 233 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 234 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 235 Hartland's invitation

  • 236 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 237 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 238 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 239 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 240 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 241 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 242

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 243 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 244 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 245 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 246 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 247

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 248

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 249 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 250 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 251 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 252 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 253 New Lundy stamps

  • 254 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 255 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 256 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 257 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 258 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 259 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 260 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 261 Getting up steam for tomorrow

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

  • 263 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 264 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 265 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 266 Sight of a lifetime

  • 267 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 268 The cab at the corner>
  • 269 Wishing well is pixielated

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 271 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 272 Variety in summer weather

  • 273 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 274 Loads of black and white

  • 275

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 276 Parkham plan realised

  • 277

    Exhibition of school work
  • 278 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 279 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 280 A bird of their own!

  • 281 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 282 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 283 Faints as she wins national competition

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

  • 285 Just over a year old

  • 286 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 287 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 288 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 289 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 290 Hartland postman retires

  • 291 When horses score over the tractor

  • 292 It really was the 'last time'

  • 293 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 294

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 295 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 296 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 297 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 298 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 299 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 300 Weare Giffard potato

  • 301 Modern living at Bideford

  • 302 School crossing patrol begins

  • 303 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 304 So this is the mainland!

  • 305 Bideford regatta

  • 306 For crying out loud!

  • 307 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 308 Last train from Torrington

  • 309 Cruising down the river

  • 310 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 311 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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

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

  • 314 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 315 New life for Hartland organ

  • 316 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 317 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 318 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 319

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 320

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 321 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 322 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 323 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 324 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 325 Peter poses for TV film

  • 326 Traditions and skills still there

  • 327 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 328 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 329 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 330 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 331 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 332 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 333 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 334 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 335 Some mushroom!

  • 336 Picking the pops

  • 337 Hartland Dancers
  • 338

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 339 Allhalland Street - then and now

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

  • 341 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 342 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 343 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 344 All for the love of a lady!

  • 345 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 346 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 347 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 348 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 349 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 350 Riverside mystery

  • 351 By pony and trap to market

  • 352 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 353 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 354

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 355 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 356 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 357

    Building works
  • 358

    Bidefordians
  • 359 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 360 Filming at Hartland

  • 361 All aboard the ark

  • 362 No sale of Springfield House

  • 363 Capers on the cobbles

  • 364 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 365

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 366 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 367 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 368 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 369 New shipyard on schedule

  • 370 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 371 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 372 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 373 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 374 Torrington's new amenity

  • 375

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 376 Penny for the guy

  • 377 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 378 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 379 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 380 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 381 New addition to Quay front

  • 382 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 383 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 384 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 385 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 386 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 387 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 388 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 389 Six footed lamb

  • 390 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 391 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 392 Can spring be far away?

  • 393 Service with a smile

  • 394 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 395 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 396 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 397 113 years at Instow

  • 398 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 399 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 400 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 401 Decontrol of meat

  • 402 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 403 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 404 End of the line

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    Birgitta Whittaker
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    Married in 1908
  • 407 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 408 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 409 Warmington's garage ad

  • 410 They are parted pro-tem

  • 411 Police station view of Bideford

  • 412 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 413 Appledore Juniors Football
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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  • 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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  • 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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150 years link - Church Closure Proposal

Bridge Street Church to close

Bridge Street Church, which it is proposed to close under a re-organisation of Methodist activities in Bideford around one Church (High Street), adjoins a site where there has been a Methodist place of worship for over 150 years. A petition against the closure was presented at a trustees’ meeting on Monday, at which the trustees agreed by a margin of two votes to endorse the commission’s recommendation.

28 May 1965 150 years link

In 1813 a Methodist chapel was erected on the site now occupied by Bridge Street Methodists’ assembly hall and it was enlarged 18 years later. In 1881 consideration began of a proposal to erect a new church facing on to Bridge Street. This came to fulfilment in November 1892 and the assembly hall was erected in the following June.

One of the largest Methodist churches in the Westcountry, it seats 1,000 people.

Gazette article 28 May 1965

Buckland goes to County Show

Young farmers get ready for show

Buckland Y.F.C. are among those contributing to the ‘farming down the ages’ cavalcade at Devon County Show this week. They were requested by the County Show Committee to provide something in the form of a horse and cart. The club decided that they would have a horse drawing a cart containing calves, to be under the supervision of four members wearing Victorian costume.

21 May 1965 Buckland goes to County Show

A horse and cart have been made available by Mr J.T. Stoneman, of Thornhillhead and Y.F.C. members have been busy giving its woodwork extra painting and attaching brass fittings and preparing the various trappings to be worn by the horse.

Gazette article 21 May 1965

 

Daisy’s pride and joy

New arrival at Hartland Abbey

14 May 1965 Daisys pride and joy

Daisy, a donkey belonging to Lady Stucley at Hartland Abbey, gave birth to a foal on the Queen’s birthday last month. The new arrival was appropriately named ‘Queenie’. As can be seen from the photograph above, mother and daughter are doing very well.

Gazette article 14 May 1965

 

 

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