• 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 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 2 What's the time?

  • 3 Parkham plan realised

  • 4 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 5 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 6 Northam footballers of the future

  • 7 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

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

  • 9 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 10 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 11

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 12 Off on a great adventure

  • 13 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 14 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 15 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 16 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 17 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 18 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 19 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 20 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 21 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 22 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 23 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 24 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 25 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 26 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 27 Cruising down the river

  • 28 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 29 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 30 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 31 All for the love of a lady!

  • 32 Picking the pops

  • 33 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 34 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 35 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 36 Clovelly nightmare

  • 37 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 38 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 39 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 40 113 years at Instow

  • 41 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 42 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 43 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 44

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 45 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 46 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 47 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 48 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 49

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 50

    Bidefordians
  • 51 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 52 Devil sent packing

  • 53 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 54 A man and his wheel

  • 55 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 56 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 57 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 58 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 59 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 60 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 61 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 62 All aboard the ark

  • 63 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 64 Some 240 exhibits

  • 65 Pannier Market's future?

  • 66 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 67 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 68 By pony and trap to market

  • 69 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 70 Riverside mystery

  • 71 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 72 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 73 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 74 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 75 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 76 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 77 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 78

    Building works
  • 79 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 80 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 81

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 82 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 83 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 84 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 85 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 86 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 87 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 88 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 89 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 90 Out of puff!

  • 91 Torrington children build igloo
  • 92 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 93 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 94

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 95 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 96 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 97 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 98 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 99 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 100 Meredith's ironmongers

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

  • 102 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 103

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 104 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 105 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 106 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 107 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 108 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 109 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 110 School's link with cargo ship

  • 111 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 112 End of the line

  • 113 Revenge in style

  • 114 A story to tell!

  • 115 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 116 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 117 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 118 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 119 Puppet characters introduced

  • 120 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 121 Picking the pops

  • 122 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 123 First ship in 8 years

  • 124 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 125 New shipyard on schedule

  • 126 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 127 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 128 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 129 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 130 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 131 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 132 Modern living at Bideford

  • 133

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 134 East-the-Water's call for new school

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

  • 136 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 137 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 138 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 139

    Relatives all over the world
  • 140 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 141 School crossing patrol begins

  • 142

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 143 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 144

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 145 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 146 Artisans' Club

  • 147 Clovelly custom

  • 148

    Married in 1908
  • 149 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 150 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 151 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 152 Warmington's garage ad

  • 153 The Geneva marionettes

  • 154 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 155 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 156 Hartland postman retires

  • 157 Bideford loses training ship

  • 158 Recognise this resort?

  • 159 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

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

  • 161 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 162 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 163

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 164 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 165 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 166 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 167 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 168 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 169

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 170 Circus comes to town

  • 171 Hartland Dancers
  • 172 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 173 New Post Office

  • 174 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 175 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 176 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 177

    Exhibition of school work
  • 178 A roof-top view - where?

  • 179 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 180 Waldon Triplets
  • 181 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 182 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 183 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 184 Jumble sale fever

  • 185 Capers on the cobbles

  • 186 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 187 Appledore schooner broadcast

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

  • 189 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 190 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 191 Torrington's new amenity

  • 192 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 193 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 194 They are parted pro-tem

  • 195 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 196 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 197 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 198 The art of the thatcher

  • 199 Peter poses for TV film

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

  • 201 Last train from Torrington

  • 202 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 203 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 204 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 205 Weare Giffard potato

  • 206

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 207 Decontrol of meat

  • 208 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 209 New choral society's growing response

  • 210 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 211 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 212 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 213 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 214 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 215 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 216 Service with a smile

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

  • 218 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 219 Hartland's invitation

  • 220 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 222 Simple Item 138
  • 223 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 224 Penny for the guy

  • 225 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 226 Northam's almshouse

  • 227 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 228 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 229 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 230 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 231 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

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    Was a missionary
  • 233 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 234 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 235 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 236 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 237 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 238 Six footed lamb

  • 239 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 240 Mural in the whimsical fashion

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

  • 242 Finished in 1876

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 244 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 245 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 246 Torrington in 1967

  • 247 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 248 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 249 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 250 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 251 Some mushroom!

  • 252 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 253 Private home for public pump

  • 254 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 255 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 256 For crying out loud!

  • 257 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 258

    New gateway
  • 259 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 260 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 261

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 262 It really was the 'last time'

  • 263 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 264 When horses score over the tractor

  • 265 Mobile missionary

  • 266 Ships at Bideford

  • 267 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 268 New addition to Quay front

  • 269 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 270 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 271 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 272 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 273 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 274 Loads of black and white

  • 275 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 276

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 277 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 278

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 279 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 280 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 281 North Devon Driving School

  • 282 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 283 Burnard family reunion

  • 284 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 285 Happy Days!

  • 286 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 287 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 288 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 289 No ancient Grecian temple this

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 291 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 292 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 293 Emergency ferry services

  • 294 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 295 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 296 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 297 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 298 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 299 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 300 Can spring be far away?

  • 301 Police station view of Bideford

  • 302 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 303 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 304 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 305 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 306

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 307 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 308 Bideford regatta

  • 309

    First prize
  • 310

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 311 Just over a year old

  • 312 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 313 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 314 Life begins at 80

  • 315 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 316 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 317 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 318 No laughing matter

  • 319 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 320 Littleham family's five generations

  • 321 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 322 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 323 New look in the hayfields

  • 324 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 325 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 326 Sight of a lifetime

  • 327 In their new robes and hats

  • 328 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 329 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 330 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

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

  • 332 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 333 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 334

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 335 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 336 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 337 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

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

  • 339 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 340 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 341

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 342 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 343 A bird of their own!

  • 344 He beat the floods

  • 345 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 346 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 347 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 348 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 349 Twenty-one yachts

  • 350 New art gallery opened

  • 351 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 352 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 353

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 354 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 355 Centenary of Gazette

  • 356 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 357 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 358 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 359 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 360 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 361 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 362 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 363 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 364 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 365 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 366 Variety in summer weather

  • 367 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 368 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 369 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 370 New civic medallions

  • 371 No sale of Springfield House

  • 372 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 373 New life for Hartland organ

  • 374 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 375 Ten year old scrambler

  • 376 Traditions and skills still there

  • 377 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 378 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 379 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

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

  • 381 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 382 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 383 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 384 The cab at the corner>
  • 385 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 386 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 387 Bridging the stream

  • 388 From Bobby to Brian

  • 389 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 390 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 391 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 392 New Lundy stamps

  • 393

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 394

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 395 Appledore's largest

  • 396 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 397 So this is the mainland!

  • 398 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 399 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 400 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 401 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 402 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 403 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 404 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 405 Bideford computer stars

  • 406 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 407 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 408 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 409 Sweets derationing

  • 410 Filming at Hartland

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

  • 412 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 413 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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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A roof-top view – where?

Firstly, where is it; secondly, from what vantage point was it taken?

The scene is Stoke, Hartland, and nesting in the valley of wooded slopes is Hartland Abbey. Founded in the reign of Henry II, it continued as an abbey until its surrender by the 16th abbot in February 1539. Subsequently it became a private residence and is now the home of Major D.F.B. Stucley.

29 February 1952 A roof top view where

The photograph was taken from the top of the handsome tower of St Nectan’s Church.

Gazette article 29 February 1920

 

Homage to a well-lived sovereign

Bideford’s tribute to a great sea king

Memorial services to his late majesty King George VI were held throughout the district on Friday and during the weekend and great congregations to a well-loved sovereign.

22 February Homage to a well loved sovereign

Two minutes’ silence was observed in town street and village lane and in a number of instances as at Bideford Parish Church, the passing bell was tolled 56 times, once for each year of King George’s life, before memorial services.

Gazette article 22 February 1952

 

First steel ship built at Bideford

A proud memory of 1920

The launching of the first steel ship to be built at Bideford is pictured, having come to rest in the river after the launch. The s.s. Hubbastone of 1,150 tons was built at Hansen’s shipyard at Cleavehouses and her launching took place on October 14th 1920.

22 February 1952 First steel ship built at Bideford

Prior to the launch of the Hubbastone there had been no ship launched for nearly thirty years at Bideford.

Gazette article 22 February 1952

 

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