• 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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    New gateway
  • 2 New life for Hartland organ

  • 3 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 4 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 5 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 7 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 8 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 9 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 10 Parkham plan realised

  • 11 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 12 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 13 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 14 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 15 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 16 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 17 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 18 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 19 Out of puff!

  • 20 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 21 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

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

  • 23 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 24 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 25 Modern living at Bideford

  • 26 Pannier Market's future?

  • 27 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 28

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 29 Mobile missionary

  • 30 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 31 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 32

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 33 'Les Girls' of Hartland

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

  • 35 No laughing matter

  • 36 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 37 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 38 Fleet of foot and fair of face

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

  • 40 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 41 Bideford regatta

  • 42

    Relatives all over the world
  • 43 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 44 Life begins at 80

  • 45 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 46 Capers on the cobbles

  • 47 Devil sent packing

  • 48 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 50 Decontrol of meat

  • 51 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 52 Traditions and skills still there

  • 53 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 54 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 55 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 56 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 57 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 58 Off on a great adventure

  • 59 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 60 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 61 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 62 Ten year old scrambler

  • 63 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 64 New art gallery opened

  • 65 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 66 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 67 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 68 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 69

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 70 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 71

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 72 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 73 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 74 Private home for public pump

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

  • 76 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 77 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 78 No sale of Springfield House

  • 79 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 80 113 years at Instow

  • 81 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 82 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 83 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 84 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 85 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 86 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 87 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 88 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 89 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 90 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 91

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 92

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 93 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

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

  • 95 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 96 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 97 Ships at Bideford

  • 98 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 99 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 100 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 101 All for the love of a lady!

  • 102 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 103 Peter poses for TV film

  • 104 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 105 The art of the thatcher

  • 106 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 107 Appledore's largest

  • 108 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 109 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 110 Penny for the guy

  • 111 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 112 A bird of their own!

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

  • 114 Hartland Dancers
  • 115

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 116 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 117 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 118 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 119 All aboard the ark

  • 120 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 121 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 122 A story to tell!

  • 123 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 124 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 125 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 126 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 127 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 128 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 129 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 130 Burnard family reunion

  • 131

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 132 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 133 First ship in 8 years

  • 134 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 135

    First prize
  • 136 Torrington in 1967

  • 137 Hartland postman retires

  • 138 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 139 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 140 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 141 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 142 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 143 Bideford computer stars

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

  • 145 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 146 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 147 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 148 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 149 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 150 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 151 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 152 Twenty-one yachts

  • 153 School's link with cargo ship

  • 154 Cruising down the river

  • 155 Just over a year old

  • 156 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 157 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 158 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 159 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 160 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 161 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 162 Jumble sale fever

  • 163 Loads of black and white

  • 164 New Lundy stamps

  • 165 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 166 Circus comes to town

  • 167

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 168 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 169 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 170 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 171 New addition to Quay front

  • 172 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 173 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 174 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 175 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 176 By pony and trap to market

  • 177 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 178 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 179 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 180 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

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    Bidefordians
  • 182 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 183 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 184 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 185 In their new robes and hats

  • 186 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 187 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 188 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 189 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 190 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 191 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 192 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 193 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 194 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 195 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 196 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 197 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 198 Clovelly custom

  • 199 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 200 Torrington children build igloo
  • 201 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 202 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 203 A roof-top view - where?

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 205 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 206 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 207 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 208 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 209 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 210 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 211 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 212 Can spring be far away?

  • 213 Clovelly nightmare

  • 214 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 215 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 216 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 217 Emergency ferry services

  • 218 What's the time?

  • 219 Puppet characters introduced

  • 220 When horses score over the tractor

  • 221 New shipyard on schedule

  • 222 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 223 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 224 New choral society's growing response

  • 225 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 226 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 227 North Devon Driving School

  • 228 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 230 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 231 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 232 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 233 Variety in summer weather

  • 234 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 235 It really was the 'last time'

  • 236 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 237 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 238 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 239 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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    Married in 1908
  • 241 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 242 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 243 Six footed lamb

  • 244 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 245 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 246 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 247 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 248 Northam's almshouse

  • 249 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 250 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 251 Unique holiday adventure!

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

  • 253 For crying out loud!

  • 254 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 255 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 256 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 257 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 258 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 259 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 260 They are parted pro-tem

  • 261 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 262 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 263 Littleham family's five generations

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    Was a missionary
  • 265 New civic medallions

  • 266 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 267 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 268 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 269 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 270 The Geneva marionettes

  • 271 Weare Giffard potato

  • 272 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 273 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 274 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 275 Picking the pops

  • 276 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 277 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 278 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 279 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 280 He beat the floods

  • 281 New look in the hayfields

  • 282 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 283 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 284 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 285 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 286 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 287 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 288 Hartland's invitation

  • 289 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 290 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 291

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 292 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 293 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 294 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 295 School crossing patrol begins

  • 296 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 297 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 299 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 300 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 301 Some 240 exhibits

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    Building works
  • 303 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 304 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 305

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 306 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 307 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 308 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 309 New Post Office

  • 310 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 311 Centenary of Gazette

  • 312 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 313 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

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

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    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 316 Torrington's new amenity

  • 317 So this is the mainland!

  • 318 Waldon Triplets
  • 319 Recognise this resort?

  • 320 Picking the pops

  • 321 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 322 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 323 Some mushroom!

  • 324 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 325 Bridging the stream

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 327 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 328 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 329 End of the line

  • 330 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 331 Happy Days!

  • 332 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 333 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 334

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 335 Salmon netting at Bideford

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

  • 337 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 338 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 339

    Exhibition of school work
  • 340

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 341 Finished in 1876

  • 342 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 343 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 344 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 345 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 346 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 347 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 348 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 349

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 350 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 351 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 352 Simple Item 138
  • 353 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

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

  • 355 Last train from Torrington

  • 356

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 357 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 358

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 359 Warmington's garage ad

  • 360 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 361 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 362 Sight of a lifetime

  • 363 No ancient Grecian temple this

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 365 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 366 Artisans' Club

  • 367 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 368 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 369 Riverside mystery

  • 370 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 371 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 372 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 373 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 374 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 375 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 376 A man and his wheel

  • 377 Police station view of Bideford

  • 378 Northam footballers of the future

  • 379

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 380 Revenge in style

  • 381 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 382 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 383 Bideford loses training ship

  • 384 Service with a smile

  • 385 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

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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  • 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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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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Appledore boy is youngest recipient of R.N.L.I. vellum

Masterly handling of 18 ft boat when rescuing two boys

Ten year old Robert Cann of 20 Irsha Street, Appledore, has become the youngest person ever to be awarded the thanks on vellum of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution since the Institution was founded in 1824.

21 October 1955 Appledore boy is youngest recipient

Robert rescued two boys in a rowing boat on August 16 last. The two boys were aged 8 and 11 and were in difficulties when swimming in a strong tide. Robert single-handed manned his father’s 18 feet rowing boat and pulled across a four knot tide to reach the boys. After they had been rescued he knew it would be impossible to pull back to the point from which he had left. He therefore carried on until he reached the farther shore and pulled the boat single-handed round Appledore Point.

Gazette article 21 October 1955

 

Torridge wins on time schedule

Three tugs at Richmond Dock

The picture of Richmond Dock of Messrs. P.K. Harris and Sons Ltd., the old established Appledore Firm shows three tugs in course of fitting out or construction.

30 September 1955 Torridge wins on time schedule

P.K. Harris have kept well ahead of schedule and will be about six months within the time provisionally allowed.

Gazette article 30 September 1955

 

Bideford loses training ship ‘Revenge’

Ship to be broken up

One of the most interesting sights along Bideford riverside during the past nine years or so, has been that of the Admiralty’s M.T.B. Revenge which has served as headquarters for the Bideford unit of the Sea Cadet Corps.

30 September 1955 Bideford loses training ship Revenge

The Sea Cadets have been unable to prevent the deterioration of her hull below the water-line and the steady outflow of the town’s sewer, has all added to the decay of her timbers and so the decision to dispose of her to the Appledore ship breakers had to be made.

Gazette article 30 September 1955

 

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