• 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 Ship-in-bottle world record

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

  • 3 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 4 New Post Office

  • 5 Warmington's garage ad

  • 6 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 7 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 8 Torrington in 1967

  • 9 Waldon Triplets
  • 10

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 11 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 12 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 13 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 14 Bideford loses training ship

  • 15 Artisans' Club

  • 16

    Exhibition of school work
  • 17 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 18 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 19 New choral society's growing response

  • 20

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 21 The cab at the corner>
  • 22 Picking the pops

  • 23 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 24 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 25 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 26 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 27 Clovelly nightmare

  • 28 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 29

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 30 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 31 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 32 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 33 Hartland postman retires

  • 34 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 35 No laughing matter

  • 36 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 37 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 38 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 39 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 40 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 41 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 42 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 43 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 44 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 45 Revenge in style

  • 46 Private home for public pump

  • 47 Penny for the guy

  • 48 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 49 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 50 Hartland Dancers
  • 51 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 52 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 53

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 54 They are parted pro-tem

  • 55 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 56 Hartland's invitation

  • 57 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 58 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

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

  • 60 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 61 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 62 Weare Giffard potato

  • 63 End of the line

  • 64 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 65 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 66 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 67 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 68 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 69 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 70 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 71 Northam footballers of the future

  • 72 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 73 Some 240 exhibits

  • 74 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 75 Traditions and skills still there

  • 76 So this is the mainland!

  • 77 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 78 Bideford regatta

  • 79 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 80 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 81 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 82 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 83 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 84 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 85 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 86 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 87 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 88 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 89 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 90 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 91 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 92 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 93

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 94 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 95 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 96 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 97 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 98 Out of puff!

  • 99 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 100 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 101 Can spring be far away?

  • 102

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 103

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 104 Police station view of Bideford

  • 105 Variety in summer weather

  • 106 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 107

    Married in 1908
  • 108 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 109 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 110 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 111 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 112 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 113 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 114 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 115 School's link with cargo ship

  • 116 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 117 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 118 Picking the pops

  • 119

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 120 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 121 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 122 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 123 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 124 Bideford computer stars

  • 125 Centenary of Gazette

  • 126 Bideford country dancers on TV

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

  • 128 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 129 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 130 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 131 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 132 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 133 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 134 Burnard family reunion

  • 135 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 136 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 137 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 138 A man and his wheel

  • 139 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 140 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 141 A roof-top view - where?

  • 142 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 143 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 144 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 145 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 146 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 147 All for the love of a lady!

  • 148 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 149 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 150 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 151 Just over a year old

  • 152 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 153 All aboard the ark

  • 154 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 155 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 156 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 157 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 158 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 159 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 160 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 161 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 162

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 163 Twenty-one yachts

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

  • 165 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 166 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 167 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 168 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 169 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 170 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 171 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 172 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 173 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 174 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 175 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 176 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 177 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 178 Six footed lamb

  • 179 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 180 An early 'special' to Bideford

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

  • 182 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 183 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 184 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 185 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 186 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 187 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 188 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 189

    Was a missionary
  • 190 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 191

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 192 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 193 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 194 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 195 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 196 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 197 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 198 New life for Hartland organ

  • 199 Simple Item 138
  • 200 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 201 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 202 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 203 Circus comes to town

  • 204 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 205 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 206 Filming at Hartland

  • 207 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 208 Littleham family's five generations

  • 209 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 210 Sweets derationing

  • 211 Modern living at Bideford

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

  • 213 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 214

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 215 Loads of black and white

  • 216 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 217

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 218 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 219 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 220 Some mushroom!

  • 221 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 222 Puppet characters introduced

  • 223 In their new robes and hats

  • 224 Parkham plan realised

  • 225 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 226 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 227 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 228 Service with a smile

  • 229 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

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

  • 231 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 232 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 233 Northam's almshouse

  • 234 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 235 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 236 Ships at Bideford

  • 237 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 238 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 239 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 240 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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

  • 242 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 243 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

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

  • 245 It really was the 'last time'

  • 246

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 247 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 248 The Geneva marionettes

  • 249 Recognise this resort?

  • 250 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 251 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 252 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 253 Pannier Market's future?

  • 254 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 255 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 256 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 257 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 258 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 259 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 260 New look in the hayfields

  • 261 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 262 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 263 New civic medallions

  • 264 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 265 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 266 New addition to Quay front

  • 267 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 268 113 years at Instow

  • 269 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 270 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 271 What's the time?

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    Jinxed School Trip
  • 273 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 274 Jumble sale fever

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

  • 276 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 277 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 278 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 279 First ship in 8 years

  • 280 Torrington children build igloo
  • 281 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 282 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 283 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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    Bidefordians
  • 285 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 286 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 287 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 288

    Building works
  • 289 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 290 The art of the thatcher

  • 291 Ten year old scrambler

  • 292 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 293 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 294

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 295

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 296 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 297 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 298 He beat the floods

  • 299 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 300 Sight of a lifetime

  • 301 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 302 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 303 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

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

  • 305 Torrington's new amenity

  • 306 Last train from Torrington

  • 307 Riverside mystery

  • 308 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 309

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 310 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 311 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 312 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 313 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 314

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 315 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 316 No sale of Springfield House

  • 317 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 318 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 319 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 320 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 321 Bridging the stream

  • 322 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 323 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 324 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 325 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 326 Capers on the cobbles

  • 327 Cruising down the river

  • 328 Decontrol of meat

  • 329 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 330 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 331 By pony and trap to market

  • 332 Devil sent packing

  • 333 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 334 A bird of their own!

  • 335 When horses score over the tractor

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 337 Appledore's largest

  • 338 For crying out loud!

  • 339 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 340 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 341 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 342 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 343

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 344 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 345 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 346 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 347 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 348 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 349 New art gallery opened

  • 350 Off on a great adventure

  • 351 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 352 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 353 Emergency ferry services

  • 354 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 355 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 356

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 357 Happy Days!

  • 358 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 359 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 360 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 361 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 362 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 363

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 364 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 365 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 366 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 367 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 368 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 369 New shipyard on schedule

  • 370 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

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    First prize
  • 372 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 373

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 374 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

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    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 376 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 377 Bideford's first woman councillor

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    New gateway
  • 379 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 380 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 381 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

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

  • 383 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 384 Life begins at 80

  • 385 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 386 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 387 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 388 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 389 North Devon Driving School

  • 390 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 391 New Lundy stamps

  • 392 Mobile missionary

  • 393

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 394 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 395 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 396 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 397 A story to tell!

  • 398 Peter poses for TV film

  • 399 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 400 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 401 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 402 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 403 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 404 School crossing patrol begins

  • 405 Clovelly custom

  • 406 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 407 Finished in 1876

  • 408 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 410 From Bobby to Brian

  • 411 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 412 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 413 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

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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Has designed all furnishings of new chapel

Bideford artist Reginald Lloyd

and his work featured in a recent issue of ‘Canvas’ Westward Television’s monthly magazine of the arts. He finds his inspiration as an artist in the Westcountry, painting abstract landscapes, sculpting and – one of his keenest interests – gaining international recognition as a designer of church interiors.

Designs all furnishings of new chapel

In the new chapel at the Stella Maris Convent School at Bideford he is doing something he believes no other artist has had the chance to do – design every article and piece of furniture and paint the pictures. This will include the altar, the ironwork altar rails and screen, the pews, the candlesticks and the paining of the Crucifixion.

Gazette article 27 April 1962

Appledore’s new lifeboat

Appledore’s new lifeboat,

which has undergone engine trials, will, it is hoped, be ready to leave the yards of her Isle of Wight builders next month. Provisional date for delivery is 15 May. Travelling to the Isle of Wight to fetch her will probably be Coxswain Sydney Cann, the mechanic Mr Leon Richards and Capt. Pat Brennan (local secretary of the R.N.L.I.). Provisional date for the naming ceremony is 27 June. She will be handed over by Sir Eric Seal, representing the committee of management.

Appledores new lifeboat

Gazette article 19 April 1962

Quads join a Langtree happy family

All pals together on Barns Farm, Langtree, the home of the Mills family

The proud mother of quads is a Closewool and she is the first ewe to present Mr L.G. Mills with a foursome since he began farming about 18 years ago. All the offspring are thriving, for which three-year-old Helen, Mr and Mrs Mills’ youngest child, can take some credit. She is always on hand with the feeding bottle when the need arises.

Quads join a Langtree happy family

The rabbits being held by sons Brian and Peter were given to the sons some three years ago and after a while they were found a home in a disused fowl pen. They soon got out and they have never been penned since and roam the farm at will. They help themselves to food from the fowl pen and the meal house but have remained as tame as when in a hutch.

Gazette article 2 March 1962

 

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