• 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 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

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

  • 3 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 4 Weare Giffard potato

  • 5 New life for Hartland organ

  • 6 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 7 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 8 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 9 They are parted pro-tem

  • 10 Torrington children build igloo
  • 11 Traditions and skills still there

  • 12 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 13 Cruising down the river

  • 14 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 15 Decontrol of meat

  • 16 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 17 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 18 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 19 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 20 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 21 Bideford Bridge re-opens

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

  • 23

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 24 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 25 Simple Item 138
  • 26 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 27 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 28 Hartland's invitation

  • 29 Artisans' Club

  • 30 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 31 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 32 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 33 Appledore's largest

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

  • 35 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 36 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 37 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 38 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 39 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 40 Littleham family's five generations

  • 41 Picking the pops

  • 42 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 43 New shipyard on schedule

  • 44 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 45

    New gateway
  • 46 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 47 New choral society's growing response

  • 48 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 49 From Bobby to Brian

  • 50 By pony and trap to market

  • 51 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 52 No laughing matter

  • 53 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 54 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 55 Northam's almshouse

  • 56 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 57 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 58 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 59 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 60 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 61 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 62 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 63

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 64 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 65 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 66 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 67

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 68 Life begins at 80

  • 69 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 70 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 71 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 72 Emergency ferry services

  • 73 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 74 Hartland postman retires

  • 75 Sweets derationing

  • 76 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 77 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 78

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 79 A man and his wheel

  • 80 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 81 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 82 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 83 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 84 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 85 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 86 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 87

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 88 End of the line

  • 89 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 90 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 91 Happy Days!

  • 92 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 93 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 94 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 95 Warmington's garage ad

  • 96 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 97 New addition to Quay front

  • 98

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 99 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 100 Bridging the stream

  • 101 Hartland Dancers
  • 102 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 103 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 104 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 105 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 106 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 107 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 108 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 109 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 110 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 111

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 112 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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

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

  • 115

    Married in 1908
  • 116 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 117 New look in the hayfields

  • 118 Out of puff!

  • 119 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 120 113 years at Instow

  • 121 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 122 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 123 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 124 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 125 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 126 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 127 Police station view of Bideford

  • 128 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 129 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 130 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 131 Puppet characters introduced

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

  • 133 In their new robes and hats

  • 134 Parkham plan realised

  • 135 Clovelly custom

  • 136 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 137 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 138

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 139 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 140 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 141 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 142 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 143 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 144 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 145 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 146 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 147 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 148 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 149 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 150 Last train from Torrington

  • 151 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 152 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 153 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 154 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 155 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 156 Peter poses for TV film

  • 157 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 158 New Post Office

  • 159 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 160 The Geneva marionettes

  • 161

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 162 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 163 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 164 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 165 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 166

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 167 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 168 All for the love of a lady!

  • 169 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 170 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 171 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 172 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 173 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 174 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 175 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 176 Jumble sale fever

  • 177 A bird of their own!

  • 178 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 179 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 180 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 181 Burnard family reunion

  • 182 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 183

    Relatives all over the world
  • 184 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 185 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 186 Riverside mystery

  • 187 Children's procession with foxgloves

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

  • 189 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 190 Pannier Market's future?

  • 191 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 192 Bideford computer stars

  • 193 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 194 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 195

    Building works
  • 196 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 197 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 198 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 199 No sale of Springfield House

  • 200 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 201 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 202

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 203 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 204 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 205 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 206 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 207 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 208 The cab at the corner>
  • 209 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 210 Penny for the guy

  • 211 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 212 Ships at Bideford

  • 213 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 214 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 215 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 216 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 217 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 218 North Devon Driving School

  • 219 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 220

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 221 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 222 The art of the thatcher

  • 223 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 224 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 225 A roof-top view - where?

  • 226 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 227 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 228

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 229 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 230 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 231 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 232 It really was the 'last time'

  • 233 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 234 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 235 Devil sent packing

  • 236 Ten year old scrambler

  • 237 Saving money, wear and tear

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

  • 239 Mobile missionary

  • 240 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 241

    First prize
  • 242 For crying out loud!

  • 243 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 244 When horses score over the tractor

  • 245 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 246 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 247 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 248 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 249 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 250 Circus comes to town

  • 251 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 252

    Was a missionary
  • 253 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 254 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 255 Some mushroom!

  • 256 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

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    Bidefordians
  • 258 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 259 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 260 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 261 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 262 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 263 Capers on the cobbles

  • 264 Private home for public pump

  • 265 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 266 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 267 New Lundy stamps

  • 268 Service with a smile

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

  • 270 Revenge in style

  • 271 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 272 Some 240 exhibits

  • 273 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 274 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 275 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 276 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 277 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 278 No ancient Grecian temple this

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    Jinxed School Trip
  • 280 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 281 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 282

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 283 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 284 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 285 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 286 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 287

    Exhibition of school work
  • 288 Finished in 1876

  • 289 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 290 Torrington's new amenity

  • 291 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 292 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 293

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 294 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 295 Twenty-one yachts

  • 296 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 297 Modern living at Bideford

  • 298 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 299 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 301 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 302 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 303 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 304 Bideford loses training ship

  • 305 Sight of a lifetime

  • 306 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 307 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 308 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 309 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 310 New art gallery opened

  • 311 Just over a year old

  • 312 Northam footballers of the future

  • 313 A story to tell!

  • 314 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 315 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 316 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 317 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 318 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 319 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 320 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 321 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 322 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 323

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 324 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 325 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 326 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 327 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 328 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 329 So this is the mainland!

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

  • 331 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 332 Can spring be far away?

  • 333

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 334 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 335 Recognise this resort?

  • 336 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 337 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 338

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 339

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 340 Clovelly nightmare

  • 341 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 342 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 343 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 344 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 345 Centenary of Gazette

  • 346 He beat the floods

  • 347 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 348 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 349 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 350 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 351 Bideford regatta

  • 352 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 353

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 354 School's link with cargo ship

  • 355 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 356 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 357 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 358

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 359 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 360 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 361 Torrington in 1967

  • 362 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 363 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 364 First ship in 8 years

  • 365 Picking the pops

  • 366 School crossing patrol begins

  • 367 What's the time?

  • 368 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 369 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 370 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 371 Waldon Triplets
  • 372 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 373 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 374 Off on a great adventure

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 376 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 377 Filming at Hartland

  • 378 Six footed lamb

  • 379 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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

  • 381 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 382 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 383 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 385 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 386 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 387 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 388 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 389 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 390 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 391 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 392 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 393 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 394 All aboard the ark

  • 395 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 396 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 397 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 398 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 399 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 400 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 401 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 402 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 403 Loads of black and white

  • 404 New civic medallions

  • 405 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 406 Variety in summer weather

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

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

  • 409 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 410 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 411 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 412 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 413 Wishing well is pixielated

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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  • 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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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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Launching the Golden Hinde

Many thousands of people began to converge

on Appledore in the morning of the launch from the Watertown shipyard of Messrs J. Hinks and Son. The public holiday atmosphere was heightened by the presence of the Dartington Morris Men and the Totnes Folk Club and by the costumes of the Totnes Elizabethan Society, the Torrington Cavaliers and Bideford Buccaneers and others.

Launching the Golden Hinde

Prior to the launching by the Countess of Devon, who, true to period, used a bottle of mead, there were speeches and the prayer said by Sir Francis Drake before he set out in 1587 recited by the Bishop of Crediton. A flotilla of small craft was there to greet the ship as helicopters hovered above, flares soared into the sky and cannons roared. The Golden Hinde was soon on her way to the yard of Appledore Shipbuilders where her masts will be stepped. She will leave Plymouth in the late autumn for San Francisco where she is to become a floating museum.

Gazette article 13 April 1973

 

Appledore’s largest

Largest ship built by Appledore Shipbuilders

Everything went smoothly when the 4,500 ton container ship “Manchester Vigour” the largest ship to be built in the covered yard of Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd., was eased out into the River Torridge at the weekend.

Appledores largest

The new ship, one of two ordered by Manchester Liners in a contract worth over £4.5 million will be named next month. Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. have just secured £8 million new orders.

Gazette article 23 March 1973

 

Clovelly custom

Clovelly custom

Children from Clovelly Primary School observing the village’s traditional Shrove Tuesday “land-sherd” custom of dragging tin cans on string down the cobbled High Street.

Clovelly custom

The custom, long held in the village but of uncertain origin, aims at driving the devil away from the village for another 12 months with its boisterous noise.

Gazette article 16 March 1973

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