• 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 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 2 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 3 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 4 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 5 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 6

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 7 New life for Hartland organ

  • 8

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 9 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 10 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

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

  • 12 Mobile missionary

  • 13 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 14 Artisans' Club

  • 15

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 16 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 17 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 18 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 19 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 20 Sight of a lifetime

  • 21 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 22 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 23

    Relatives all over the world
  • 24 New Post Office

  • 25 Torrington children build igloo
  • 26 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 27 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 28 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 29 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 30 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 31 A man and his wheel

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

  • 33 What's the time?

  • 34 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 35 Torrington's new amenity

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

  • 37

    Married in 1908
  • 38 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 39 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 40 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 41 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 42 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 43 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 44 New Lundy stamps

  • 45 Devil sent packing

  • 46 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 47

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 48 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 49 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 50 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 51 Last train from Torrington

  • 52 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 53 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 54 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 55

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 56 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 57 Riverside mystery

  • 58 Peter poses for TV film

  • 59 Sweets derationing

  • 60 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 61 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 62 Jumble sale fever

  • 63 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 64 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 65 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 66 By pony and trap to market

  • 67

    Bidefordians
  • 68 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 69 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 70 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 71 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 72 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 73 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 74

    First prize
  • 75 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 76

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 77 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 78 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 79 Appledore's largest

  • 80 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 81 New civic medallions

  • 82 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 83 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 84 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 85 Parkham plan realised

  • 86 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 87 New art gallery opened

  • 88

    Building works
  • 89 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 90 Bideford computer stars

  • 91 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 92 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 93 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 94 School's link with cargo ship

  • 95

    Exhibition of school work
  • 96 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 97 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 98 Pannier Market's future?

  • 99 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 100 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 101 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 102 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 103 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 104 Revenge in style

  • 105 Circus comes to town

  • 106 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 107 School crossing patrol begins

  • 108 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 109 Police station view of Bideford

  • 110 Northam footballers of the future

  • 111 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 112 Picking the pops

  • 113 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 114 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 115 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 116 Picking the pops

  • 117 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 118 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 119 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 120 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 121

    New gateway
  • 122 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 123 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 124 Simple Item 138
  • 125 Service with a smile

  • 126 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 127 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 128 All aboard the ark

  • 129 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 130 New choral society's growing response

  • 131 Capers on the cobbles

  • 132 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 133 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 134 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 135 So this is the mainland!

  • 136 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 137 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 138

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 139 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 140 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 141 A bird of their own!

  • 142 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 143 Just over a year old

  • 144 Some mushroom!

  • 145 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 146 North Devon Driving School

  • 147 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 148 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 149 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 150 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 151 Variety in summer weather

  • 152 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 153 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 154 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 155 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 156 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 157 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 158 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 159 Hartland's invitation

  • 160 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 161

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 162 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 163 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 164 Life begins at 80

  • 165 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 166 Traditions and skills still there

  • 167 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 168 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 169

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 170 Finished in 1876

  • 171 Filming at Hartland

  • 172 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 173 Warmington's garage ad

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

  • 175 Waldon Triplets
  • 176 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 177 Bideford loses training ship

  • 178 New look in the hayfields

  • 179 113 years at Instow

  • 180 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 181 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 182 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 183 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 184 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 185

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 186 Emergency ferry services

  • 187 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 188 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 189 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 190 For crying out loud!

  • 191 Hartland Dancers
  • 192 Can spring be far away?

  • 193 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 194 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 195 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 196 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 197 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 198 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 199 End of the line

  • 200 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 201 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

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

  • 203 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 204 Decontrol of meat

  • 205 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 206 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 207 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 208 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 209

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 210 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 211

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 212 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 213 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 214 Puppet characters introduced

  • 215 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 216 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 217 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 218 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 219 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 220

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 221 Hartland postman retires

  • 222 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 223 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 224 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 225 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 226

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 227 From Bobby to Brian

  • 228 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 229 Happy Days!

  • 230

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 231 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 232 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 233 Pretty pennies at Beaford

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

  • 235 Littleham family's five generations

  • 236 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 237

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 238 Ships at Bideford

  • 239 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 240 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 241 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 242 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 243 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 244 The creative urge on Saturday morning

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

  • 246 Modern living at Bideford

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

  • 248 Clovelly custom

  • 249 Out of puff!

  • 250 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 251 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 252 Private home for public pump

  • 253 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 254 It really was the 'last time'

  • 255 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 256 All for the love of a lady!

  • 257 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 258 Clovelly nightmare

  • 259 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 260 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 261 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 262 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 263 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 264 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 265 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 266 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 267 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 268 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 269 Recognise this resort?

  • 270 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 271 Loads of black and white

  • 272 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 273 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 274 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 275 When horses score over the tractor

  • 276 Some 240 exhibits

  • 277 A roof-top view - where?

  • 278 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 279 Ten year old scrambler

  • 280 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 281 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 282 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 283 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 284 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 285 First ship in 8 years

  • 286 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 287 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 288 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 289 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 290

    Was a missionary
  • 291

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 292 A story to tell!

  • 293 New addition to Quay front

  • 294 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 295 Twenty-one yachts

  • 296 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 298 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 299 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 300 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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

  • 302 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 303 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

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

  • 305 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 306 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 307 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 308 New shipyard on schedule

  • 309 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 310 The cab at the corner>
  • 311 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 312

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 313 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 314 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 315 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 316 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 317 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 318 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 319 Weare Giffard potato

  • 320 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 321 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 322 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 323 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 325 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 326 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 327 Faints as she wins national competition

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

  • 329 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 330 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 331 Burnard family reunion

  • 332 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 333

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 334 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 335 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 336 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 337 The art of the thatcher

  • 338 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 339 They are parted pro-tem

  • 340 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 341 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 342 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 343 Bideford regatta

  • 344 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 345 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 346 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 347

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 348 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 349

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 350 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 351 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 352

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 353 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 354 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 355 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 356 No laughing matter

  • 357 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 358 Northam's almshouse

  • 359 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 360 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 361 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 362 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 363 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 364 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 365 In their new robes and hats

  • 366 The Geneva marionettes

  • 367 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 368 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 369 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 370 Cruising down the river

  • 371 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 372 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 373 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 374 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 375 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 376 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 377 Six footed lamb

  • 378 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 379 He beat the floods

  • 380 Torrington in 1967

  • 381 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 382 Penny for the guy

  • 383 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 384 Bridging the stream

  • 385 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 386 No sale of Springfield House

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

  • 388 Centenary of Gazette

  • 389 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 390 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 391 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 392

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 393 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 394 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 395 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 396 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 397 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 398 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 399 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 400 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 401 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 402 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 403 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 404 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 405 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 406 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 407 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 408 Off on a great adventure

  • 409 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 410 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 411 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 412 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 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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  • 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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Space dominates at Hartland carnival

Hartland carnival 'with-it'

Hartland may be in something of a backwater, but at carnival time it never fails to show that it is very much “with it.” That was certainly the case on Saturday when space age themes dominated the long procession.

Space dominates at Hartland carnival

In the mobile section, the inhabitants of the hamlet of Natcott reached their customary high standard, their choice depicting the recovery of Apollo 11. Above a flotation-collared spacecraft in a sea hovered a helicopter complete with pilot and rotating blades. The Colwill family and friends had produced a gleaming towering rocket that emitted strange sounds and clouds of smoke.

The Mugford family and associates from Balhill had produced Apollo 23, which had landed on Mars only to find a Russian already installed. They had also produced green Martian girls to pamper the explorer.

Gazette article dated 15 August 1969

 

‘Jalopy’ joy for children of Shamwickshire

Holiday play scheme for children of East-the-Water

One of the attractions of the experimental holiday play-scheme organised by the young people of the North Devon Volunteers for primary-school age children at East-the-Water was the “adventure” provided by an old car, provided by Mr Fred Blight.

East the Water play scheme

This was, in fact, the last day of the fortnight’s scheme based at Pollyfield, East-the-Water.  Up to 100 children took part and activities included swimming in Edgehill College pool, games and sports in the sports hall at the grammar school, walks at Hartland and visits to Bideford Zoo. Indoor activities included painting and drawing, dressing up and impromptu play-acting.

Gazette article 22 August 1969

 

Autumn fashion show’s capacity audience

Bideford Liberals' fashion show

Bideford fashion show

An obviously popular innovation was staged by Bideford Liberals’ Luncheon Club at the Durrant Hotel. Those present included Mrs Jeremy Thorpe, wife of the Liberal leader. Luncheon was followed by a fashion show presented by Trapnells Ltd, shoes by Braund and Son, jewellery by Truscotts of Bideford, and a wig display by Wynne Olley of Bideford, Barnstaple and Torrington. Local models elegantly displayed attractive clothes, jewelled accessories, footwear and hairpieces. Mrs Mary Trapnell was the commere on both occasions.

Gazette article 24 October 1969

 

 

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