• 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 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 2 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 3 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 4 Recognise this resort?

  • 5 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 6 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 7 Clovelly custom

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

  • 9 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 10 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 11 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 12 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 13 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 14 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 15 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 16 End of the line

  • 17 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 18 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 19 New civic medallions

  • 20 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 21 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 22 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 23 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 24 Six footed lamb

  • 25 Sight of a lifetime

  • 26 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 27 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 28 New Post Office

  • 29 Peter poses for TV film

  • 30 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 31 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 32 Torrington's new amenity

  • 33 The cab at the corner>
  • 34 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 35 All for the love of a lady!

  • 36 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 37 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 38 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 39 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 40 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 41 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 42

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 43 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 44

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 45

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 46 Puppet characters introduced

  • 47 No sale of Springfield House

  • 48 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 49 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 50 A bird of their own!

  • 51 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 52 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 53 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 54 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 55 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 56 A story to tell!

  • 57 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 58 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 59 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 60 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 61 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

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

  • 63 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 64 Cruising down the river

  • 65 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 66 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 67 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 68 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 69 School's link with cargo ship

  • 70 Filming at Hartland

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

  • 72 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 73 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 74 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 75

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 76 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 77 A roof-top view - where?

  • 78 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 79 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 80

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 81 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 82 Penny for the guy

  • 83 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 84 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 85 Torrington in 1967

  • 86 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 87 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 88 The Geneva marionettes

  • 89 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 90 Centenary of Gazette

  • 91 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 92 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 93 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 94 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 95 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 96 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 97 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 98 Capers on the cobbles

  • 99 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 100 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 101 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 102 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 103 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 104

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 105 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 106 Traditions and skills still there

  • 107 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 108 Some mushroom!

  • 109 Circus comes to town

  • 110 Revenge in style

  • 111 Hartland Dancers
  • 112 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 113

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 114 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 115 School crossing patrol begins

  • 116 Life begins at 80

  • 117 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 118 Last train from Torrington

  • 119

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 120 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 121 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 122 Weare Giffard potato

  • 123 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 124 Pannier Market's future?

  • 125 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 126 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 127 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 128 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 129 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 130

    Bidefordians
  • 131 Can spring be far away?

  • 132

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 133 It really was the 'last time'

  • 134 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 135 Clovelly nightmare

  • 136 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 137 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 138 Torrington children build igloo
  • 139 A man and his wheel

  • 140 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 141 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 142 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 143 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 144 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 145 Just over a year old

  • 146 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 147 Some 240 exhibits

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

  • 149 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 150

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 151 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 152

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 153 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 154 Out of puff!

  • 155 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 156 New Lundy stamps

  • 157 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 158

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 159 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 160 Picking the pops

  • 161 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 162 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 163 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 164 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 165 From Bobby to Brian

  • 166 No laughing matter

  • 167 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 168

    Was a missionary
  • 169 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 170 In their new robes and hats

  • 171 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 172 Emergency ferry services

  • 173 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 174 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 175 Bideford computer stars

  • 176 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 177 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 178 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 179 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 180 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 181 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 182

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 183 Picking the pops

  • 184 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 185 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 186 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 187 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 188 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 189

    Married in 1908
  • 190 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 191 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 192 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 193 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 194 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 195 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 196 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 197 Northam's almshouse

  • 198

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 199 New art gallery opened

  • 200 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 201 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 202

    Exhibition of school work
  • 203 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 204 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 205 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 206 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 207 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

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

  • 209 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 210 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 211 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 212 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 213 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 214 By pony and trap to market

  • 215 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 216 Devil sent packing

  • 217 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 218 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 219 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 220 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 221 Variety in summer weather

  • 222 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 223 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 224 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 225 North Devon Driving School

  • 226 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 227 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 228 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 229 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 230 Bideford loses training ship

  • 231 Sweets derationing

  • 232 Artisans' Club

  • 233 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 234 Childrens' model of Torrington

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

  • 236 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 237 Bridging the stream

  • 238

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 239 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 240 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 241 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 242 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 243 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

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    Building works
  • 245 New look in the hayfields

  • 246 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 247 The art of the thatcher

  • 248 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 249 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 250 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 251 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 252 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 253 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 254 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 255 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 256 New life for Hartland organ

  • 257 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 258 Bideford regatta

  • 259 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 260 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 261 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 262 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 263 Private home for public pump

  • 264 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 265

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 266 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 267 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 268 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

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    New gateway
  • 270 Unique holiday adventure!

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

  • 272 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 273 Hartland's invitation

  • 274 Happy Days!

  • 275 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 276 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 277 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 279 Riverside mystery

  • 280 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 281 113 years at Instow

  • 282 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 283 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 284 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 285 For crying out loud!

  • 286 Littleham family's five generations

  • 287 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 288 He beat the floods

  • 289 New choral society's growing response

  • 290 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 291 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 292 New shipyard on schedule

  • 293 Revived market off to splendid start

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

  • 295 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 296 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 297 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 298

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 299 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 300 Ten year old scrambler

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

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

  • 303 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 304 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 305 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 306 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 307 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 308 All aboard the ark

  • 309

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 310 Burnard family reunion

  • 311 First ship in 8 years

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

  • 313 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 314

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 315 Warmington's garage ad

  • 316 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 317 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 318 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 319 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 320 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 321 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 322 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 323 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 324 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 325 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 326 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

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

  • 328 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 329 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 330 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 331 Parkham plan realised

  • 332 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 333

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 334 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 335

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 336 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 337 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 338 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 339 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 340 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 341 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 342 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 343 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 344 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 345 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 346 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 347 Simple Item 138
  • 348 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 349

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 350 Modern living at Bideford

  • 351 Appledore's largest

  • 352 Ships at Bideford

  • 353 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 354 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 355 Waldon Triplets
  • 356 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

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

  • 358 Northam footballers of the future

  • 359 Hartland postman retires

  • 360 Service with a smile

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

  • 362 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 363 When horses score over the tractor

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    First prize
  • 365 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 366 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 367 Off on a great adventure

  • 368 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 369 Loads of black and white

  • 370 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 371 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 372 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 373 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 374 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 375 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 376 What's the time?

  • 377

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 378 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 379 Police station view of Bideford

  • 380 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 381 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 382 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 383 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 384 Mobile missionary

  • 385 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 386 So this is the mainland!

  • 387 Twenty-one yachts

  • 388 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 389 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 390 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 391 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 392 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 393

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 394 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 395 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 396 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 397 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 398 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 399 Finished in 1876

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 401 Jumble sale fever

  • 402 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 403 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 404 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 405 New addition to Quay front

  • 406 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 407 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 408 They are parted pro-tem

  • 409 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 410 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 411 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 412 Decontrol of meat

  • 413 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

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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At Bideford Arts Ball

Bideford Art School students enjoy ball

Four of the fancy dress costumes which presented such a gay sight at the Arts Ball organised by Bideford Art School students at Westward Ho! Holiday Centre. The ball proved a very popular occasion for the many associated with the school and their friends and much ‘artistic’ humour was displayed in the array of fancy dress.

23 December 1949 At Bideford Arts Ball

On the left in the photograph above is Mr N.H. Chope (Bideford). On the right is Mr Bizzell (Westward Ho!) and next to him Miss Peggy Moppett (Torrington).

Gazette article 23 December 1949

 

 

Mayor becomes engine driver

‘Torrington’ naming ceremony: schoolchildren given rides

A self-confessed ‘engine spotter’ in his youth, the Mayor of Torrington, Ald. E.A. Holwill, was the envy of the large crowd of schoolchildren at Torrington Station last week, when he drove the new Westcountry class engine ‘Torrington’ which he had just named out of the station with whistle tooting.

2 December 1949 Mayor becomes engine driver

Following the naming ceremony, schoolchildren from the Torrington Secondary Modern School, the County Primary and the Blue Coat Church schools were taken for rides in the engine cab.

Gazette article 2 December 1949

 

From Bobby to Brian

Schoolboy plays Jim Hawkins

Long John Silver, parrot on shoulder, puts a protecting arm around young Jim Hawkins.

In the photograph taken during the filming at Appledore of shots in the film ‘Treasure Island’ are Mr William Harding as Long John Silver and schoolboy Brian Tilke as Jim Hawkins. Also in the group, second from left, is Mr A. Huxtable, also of Appledore.

2 December 1949 From Bobby to Brian

Young Brian, who lives at 6 Tomouth Road, Appledore, has since received a photograph of Bobby Driscoll, the American boy film star who played the part of Jim Hawkins.

Gazette article 2 December 1949

 

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