• 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 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 2 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 3 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 4 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 5 First ship in 8 years

  • 6 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 7 Simple Item 138
  • 8 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 9 Pannier Market's future?

  • 10 So this is the mainland!

  • 11 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 12 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 13 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 14 Recognise this resort?

  • 15 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 16 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 17 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 18 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 19 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

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

  • 21 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 22 End of the line

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

  • 24 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 25 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 26 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 27 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 28 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 29 Some 240 exhibits

  • 30 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 31 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 32 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 33 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 34 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 35 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 36 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 37 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 38 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 39 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 40 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 41 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 42 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 43 Modern living at Bideford

  • 44 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 45 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 46 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 47 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 48 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 49 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 50 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 51 They are parted pro-tem

  • 52 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 53 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 54 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 55 No laughing matter

  • 56 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 57 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 58 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 59 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 60 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 61 Sight of a lifetime

  • 62 Off on a great adventure

  • 63 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 64 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 65 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 66

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 67 School's link with cargo ship

  • 68 Artisans' Club

  • 69

    Bidefordians
  • 70

    First prize
  • 71 Last train from Torrington

  • 72 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 73 Clovelly custom

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

  • 75

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 76

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 77

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 78 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 79 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 80 Warmington's garage ad

  • 81 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 82 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 83

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 84 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

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

  • 86 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 87 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 88 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 89 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 90 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 91 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 92 Waldon Triplets
  • 93 New shipyard on schedule

  • 94 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 95 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 96 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 97 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 98 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 99 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 100 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 101 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 102 New look in the hayfields

  • 103 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 104 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 105 North Devon Driving School

  • 106

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 107 Penny for the guy

  • 108 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 109 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 110 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 111 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 112

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 113

    Married in 1908
  • 114 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 115 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 116 New choral society's growing response

  • 117 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 118 Peter poses for TV film

  • 119 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 120 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 121 When horses score over the tractor

  • 122 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 123 School crossing patrol begins

  • 124 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 125 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 126 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 127 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 128 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 129 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 130 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 131 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 132 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 133 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 134 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 135 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 136 Ships at Bideford

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

  • 138 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 139 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 140 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 141 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 142 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 143 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 144

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 145 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 146 Out of puff!

  • 147 A bird of their own!

  • 148 Revenge in style

  • 149 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 150 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 151 Variety in summer weather

  • 152 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 153 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 154 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 155 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 156 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 157 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 158 Torrington in 1967

  • 159

    New gateway
  • 160 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 161 New civic medallions

  • 162

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 163 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 164 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 165 113 years at Instow

  • 166

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 167 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 168 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 169 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 170 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 171 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 172 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 173 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 174 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 175 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 176 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 177 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 178 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 179 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 180 Police station view of Bideford

  • 181 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 182 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 183 Circus comes to town

  • 184 Finished in 1876

  • 185 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 186 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 187 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 188 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 189 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 190 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 191

    Exhibition of school work
  • 192 Just over a year old

  • 193 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 194 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 195 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 196 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 197 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 198 Traditions and skills still there

  • 199 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 200 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 201 Sweets derationing

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

  • 203 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 204 Centenary of Gazette

  • 205 Hartland postman retires

  • 206 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 207 Filming at Hartland

  • 208 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 209 What's the time?

  • 210 He beat the floods

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

  • 212 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 213 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 214 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 215 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 216 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 217 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 218 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 219 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 220 Cruising down the river

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 222 New art gallery opened

  • 223 Emergency ferry services

  • 224 Parkham plan realised

  • 225 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 226 Weare Giffard potato

  • 227 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 228

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 229 Jumble sale fever

  • 230 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 231 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 232 New life for Hartland organ

  • 233 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 234 Six footed lamb

  • 235 Burnard family reunion

  • 236 Appledore's largest

  • 237 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 238 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 239 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 240

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 241 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 242 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 243 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 244 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 245 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 246 Torrington's new amenity

  • 247 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 248 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 249 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 250 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 251 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 252 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 253 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 254 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 255 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 256

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 257 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 258 Devil sent packing

  • 259

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 260 The Geneva marionettes

  • 261

    Jinxed School Trip
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    Relatives all over the world
  • 263 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 264

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 265 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 266 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 267 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 268 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 269 Hartland's invitation

  • 270 Loads of black and white

  • 271 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 272 Bideford regatta

  • 273 Puppet characters introduced

  • 274 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 275 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 276

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 277 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 278 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 279 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 280

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 281 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 282 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 283 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 284 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 285 New Lundy stamps

  • 286 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 287 No sale of Springfield House

  • 288 Practical sympathy at Northam

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

  • 290 The art of the thatcher

  • 291 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 292 Clovelly nightmare

  • 293 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 294 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 295 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 296 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 297 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 298 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 299 Decontrol of meat

  • 300 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 301 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 302 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 303 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 304 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 305 Twenty-one yachts

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

  • 307 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 308 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 309 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 310 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 311 Private home for public pump

  • 312 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 313 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 314 The cab at the corner>
  • 315 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 316 Ten year old scrambler

  • 317

    Was a missionary
  • 318 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 319 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 320

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 321 Riverside mystery

  • 322 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 323 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 324 For crying out loud!

  • 325 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 326 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 327 A man and his wheel

  • 328 It really was the 'last time'

  • 329 Life begins at 80

  • 330 From Bobby to Brian

  • 331 Littleham family's five generations

  • 332 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 333 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 334 In their new robes and hats

  • 335 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 336 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 337 Picking the pops

  • 338 Capers on the cobbles

  • 339 Happy Days!

  • 340 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 341 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 342 Bridging the stream

  • 343 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 344 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 345 Picking the pops

  • 346 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 347 Some mushroom!

  • 348

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 349 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 350 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 351 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 352 Mobile missionary

  • 353 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 354 A roof-top view - where?

  • 355 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 356 New Post Office

  • 357 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 358 Service with a smile

  • 359 Northam footballers of the future

  • 360 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 361 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 362 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 363 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 365 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 366 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 367 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 368

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 369 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 370 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 371 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 372 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 374 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 375 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 376 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 377 Northam's almshouse

  • 378 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 379 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 380 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 381 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 382 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 383 All aboard the ark

  • 384 By pony and trap to market

  • 385 Can spring be far away?

  • 386 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 387 New addition to Quay front

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

  • 389 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 390 Torrington children build igloo
  • 391 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 392 All for the love of a lady!

  • 393 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 394 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 395 Hartland Dancers
  • 396 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 397 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 398 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 399 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 400 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 401 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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

  • 403

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 404 A story to tell!

  • 405

    Building works
  • 406 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 407 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 408 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 409 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 410 Bideford computer stars

  • 411 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

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

  • 413 Bideford loses training ship

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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Christmas Eve at the Front

Christmas Eve at the Front

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.

"I must tell you", he writes, "about what happened here on Christmas Eve. The German trenches here are only 150 yards from ours, and last night we heard one of them shouting out in English: "You no shott: we no shott" "It is your Christmas" "We want peace" "You want peace" So we agreed that each side should send a man half-way. Our officer gave his permission; he is a perfect gentleman. I went half-way and the German did the same, and we went and shook hands. I gave them some tabacco, and they returned the compliment by giving me some chocolate, biscuit, cigars and cigarettes, and each side gave souvenirs. I had a pair of gloves, a watch, and chain, and a beard brush. So you see I got a good Christmas present, and was able to walk about safe for a few hours.

The writer has a brother who has been wounded at the front, and who is now under treatment in Exeter.

1915 Gazette article

 

John Andrew Bread Charity

John Andrew Bread Charity

02011964 John Andrew bread charity
 

The Deputy Mayor Alderman Cecil Cann hands out a loaf of bread to 82-year-old Mr Thomas Johns.

 

Championship Trophy for Hartland

Championship Trophy for Hartland

07051954 Hartland football
 

On behalf of Hartland A.F.C., Ron Watson receives the championship trophy for the Kingsley League Division 1.

 
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