• 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 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 2 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 3 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 4 Capers on the cobbles

  • 5 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 6 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 7 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 8 New look in the hayfields

  • 9 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 10 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 11 He beat the floods

  • 12 Service with a smile

  • 13 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 14 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 15 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 16 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 17 Burnard family reunion

  • 18 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 19 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 20 Simple Item 138
  • 21 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 22 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 23 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 24 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 25 Police station view of Bideford

  • 26 Twenty-one yachts

  • 27 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 28 Last train from Torrington

  • 29 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 30 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 31 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 32 The art of the thatcher

  • 33 Loads of black and white

  • 34 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 35 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 36 Mobile missionary

  • 37 No laughing matter

  • 38

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 39 A story to tell!

  • 40 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 41 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 42 113 years at Instow

  • 43 Ten year old scrambler

  • 44 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 45 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 46 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 47 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 48

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 49 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 50 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 51

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 52

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 53

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 54 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 55 Emergency ferry services

  • 56

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 57 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 58 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 59 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 60 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 61 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 62 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 63 New art gallery opened

  • 64 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 65 New civic medallions

  • 66 Six footed lamb

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

  • 68 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 69 The cab at the corner>
  • 70 Puppet characters introduced

  • 71 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 72 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 73 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 74 So this is the mainland!

  • 75 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 76 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 77 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 78 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 79 Pannier Market's future?

  • 80 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 81 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 82 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 83 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 84 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 85 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 86 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 87 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 88 No sale of Springfield House

  • 89 Decontrol of meat

  • 90 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 91 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 92 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 93 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 94 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 95 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 96 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 97 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 98 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 99 Modern living at Bideford

  • 100 Private home for public pump

  • 101 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 102 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 103 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 104 A man and his wheel

  • 105 By pony and trap to market

  • 106

    Relatives all over the world
  • 107 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 108 A roof-top view - where?

  • 109 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 110

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 111

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 112 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 113 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 114 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 115 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 116 Centenary of Gazette

  • 117 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 118 Hartland postman retires

  • 119 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 120 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 121 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 122 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 123 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 124 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 125 Ships at Bideford

  • 126 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 127 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 128 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 129 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 130 Bideford computer stars

  • 131 Recognise this resort?

  • 132 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 133 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 134 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 135 Out of puff!

  • 136 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 137 Traditions and skills still there

  • 138 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 139 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 140 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 141 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 142 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 143 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 144 School's link with cargo ship

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

  • 146 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 147

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 148 Peter poses for TV film

  • 149 End of the line

  • 150 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 151 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 152 New life for Hartland organ

  • 153

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 154 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 155

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 156 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 157

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 158 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 159 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 160 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 161 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 162 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 163 Off on a great adventure

  • 164

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 165 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 166 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 167 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 168 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 169 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 170 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 171 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 172 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 173 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 174 Hartland's invitation

  • 175 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 176 Penny for the guy

  • 177 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 178 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 179 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 180 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 181 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 182 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 183 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 184 North Devon Driving School

  • 185 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 186 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 187 Weare Giffard potato

  • 188 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 189 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 190 It really was the 'last time'

  • 191 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 192 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 193 Bideford regatta

  • 194 For crying out loud!

  • 195 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 196 Some 240 exhibits

  • 197 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 198 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 199 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 200 Revenge in style

  • 201 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 202 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 203 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 204 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 205 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 206

    Exhibition of school work
  • 207

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 208 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 209 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 210 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 211

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 212 The Geneva marionettes

  • 213 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 214

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 215 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 216 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 217

    Building works
  • 218 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 219 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 220 They are parted pro-tem

  • 221

    Bidefordians
  • 222 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 223 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 224 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 225 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 226 Beach search for mines takes longer

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

  • 228 New gateway to King George's Fields

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

  • 230

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 231 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 232 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 233 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 234 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 235 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 236 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 237 New Post Office

  • 238 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 239 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 240 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 241 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 242 Devil sent packing

  • 243 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 244 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

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

  • 246 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 247 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 248 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 249 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 250 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 251 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 252 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 253 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 254 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 255 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 256 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 257 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 258 Waldon Triplets
  • 259 New addition to Quay front

  • 260 Hartland Dancers
  • 261 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 262 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 263 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 264 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 265 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

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

  • 267 In their new robes and hats

  • 268 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 269

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 270 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 271 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 272 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 273 Variety in summer weather

  • 274 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

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    First prize
  • 276 Torrington's new amenity

  • 277 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 278 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 279 Torrington in 1967

  • 280 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 281 Sight of a lifetime

  • 282 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 283 Littleham family's five generations

  • 284

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 285 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 286 Happy Days!

  • 287 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 288 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 289 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 290 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 291 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 292 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 293 Torrington children build igloo
  • 294 Northam's almshouse

  • 295 Warmington's garage ad

  • 296 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 297 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 298 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 299 Buckland goes to County Show

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    Was a missionary
  • 301 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 302 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 303 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

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    New gateway
  • 305 Clovelly nightmare

  • 306 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 307 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 308 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 309 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 310 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 311 All aboard the ark

  • 312 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 313 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 314 Circus comes to town

  • 315 Parkham plan realised

  • 316 Bideford loses training ship

  • 317 New Lundy stamps

  • 318 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 319 New choral society's growing response

  • 320 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 321 Picking the pops

  • 322 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 323 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 324 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 325 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 326 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 327 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 328

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 329 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 330 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 331 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 332 What's the time?

  • 333 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 334 A bird of their own!

  • 335 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 336 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 337 Northam footballers of the future

  • 338 Train returns to Westleigh straight

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

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

  • 341 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 342 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 343

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 344 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 345 From Bobby to Brian

  • 346 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 347 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 348 Filming at Hartland

  • 349 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 350 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 351 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 352 Just over a year old

  • 353 Sweets derationing

  • 354 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 355 Appledore's largest

  • 356 Cruising down the river

  • 357 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 358 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 359 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 360 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 361 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 362 Artisans' Club

  • 363 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

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

  • 365 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 366

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 367 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 368 Bridging the stream

  • 369 Picking the pops

  • 370 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 371 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 372 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 373 School crossing patrol begins

  • 374

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 375 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 376

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 377 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 378 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 379 Some mushroom!

  • 380 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 381 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 382 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 383 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 384 All for the love of a lady!

  • 385 What is future of railway goods yard?

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

  • 387 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 388 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 389

    Married in 1908
  • 390 Clovelly custom

  • 391 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 392 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 393 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 394 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 395 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 396 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 397 Riverside mystery

  • 398 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 399 Jumble sale fever

  • 400 Finished in 1876

  • 401 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 402 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 403 When horses score over the tractor

  • 404 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 405 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 406 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 407 New shipyard on schedule

  • 408 Life begins at 80

  • 409 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 410 Can spring be far away?

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

  • 412

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 413 First ship in 8 years

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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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