• 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 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 2 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 3 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 4 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 6 Waldon Triplets
  • 7 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 8 Pannier Market's future?

  • 9 North Devon Driving School

  • 10 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 11 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 12 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 13 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 14 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 15 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 16 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 17 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 18 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 19 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 20

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 21 Emergency ferry services

  • 22 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 23 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 24 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 25 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 26 Photo of town's first car wins prize

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

  • 28 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 29 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 30 Clovelly custom

  • 31 What's the time?

  • 32 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 33

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 34 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 35 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 36 Some mushroom!

  • 37 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 38

    Was a missionary
  • 39 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 40 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 41 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 42 School's link with cargo ship

  • 43 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 44 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 45 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 46 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 47 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 48

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 49

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 50 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 51 Hartland postman retires

  • 52 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 53 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 54 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 55 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 56 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 57 Cruising down the river

  • 58 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 59 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 60 Can spring be far away?

  • 61 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 62 So this is the mainland!

  • 63 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 64 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 65 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 66 Sight of a lifetime

  • 67 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 68 When horses score over the tractor

  • 69 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 70 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 71 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 72 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 73

    First prize
  • 74 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 75 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 76 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 77 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 78 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 79 He beat the floods

  • 80 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 81 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 82 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 83 New Lundy stamps

  • 84 All aboard the ark

  • 85 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 86

    Exhibition of school work
  • 87 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 88 Torrington's new amenity

  • 89 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 90 Torrington children build igloo
  • 91 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 92

    Relatives all over the world
  • 93 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 94 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 95 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 96 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 97 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 98 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 99 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 100 Puppet characters introduced

  • 101 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 102 A roof-top view - where?

  • 103 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 104 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 105 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 106 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 107 Life begins at 80

  • 108 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 109 First ship in 8 years

  • 110 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 111 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 112 Torrington in 1967

  • 113 Devil sent packing

  • 114 Bideford computer stars

  • 115

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 116 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 117 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 118

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 119 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 120 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 121 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 122 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 123 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 124

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 125 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 126 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 127 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 128 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 129 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 130 Loads of black and white

  • 131 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 132

    Bidefordians
  • 133 Modern living at Bideford

  • 134 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 135

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 136 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 137 Capers on the cobbles

  • 138 Filming at Hartland

  • 139 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 140 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 141

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 142 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 143 New choral society's growing response

  • 144

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 145 Decontrol of meat

  • 146 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 147 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 148 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 149 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 150 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 151 Variety in summer weather

  • 152 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 153 Circus comes to town

  • 154 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 155 New look in the hayfields

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

  • 157 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 158 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 159 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 160 Hartland Dancers
  • 161 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 162 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 163 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 164 By pony and trap to market

  • 165 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 166 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 167 Burnard family reunion

  • 168

    New gateway
  • 169 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 170 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 171 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 172

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 173 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 174 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 175 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 176 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 177 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 178 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 179 Bideford regatta

  • 180 For crying out loud!

  • 181 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 182 The Geneva marionettes

  • 183 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 184 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 185 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 186 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 187 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 188 Children's procession with foxgloves

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

  • 190 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 191 Clovelly nightmare

  • 192 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 193 Penny for the guy

  • 194 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 195 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 196 New civic medallions

  • 197 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 198 All for the love of a lady!

  • 199 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 200 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 201 The cab at the corner>
  • 202 Traditions and skills still there

  • 203 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 204 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 205 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 206 Finished in 1876

  • 207 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 208 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 209 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 210 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 211 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 212 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 213 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 214 Mobile missionary

  • 215 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 216

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 217 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 218 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 219 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 220 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 221 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 222 No sale of Springfield House

  • 223 It really was the 'last time'

  • 224 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 225 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 226 A story to tell!

  • 227 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 228 Jumble sale fever

  • 229 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 230 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 231 Littleham family's five generations

  • 232 A bird of their own!

  • 233 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 234 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 235 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 236 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 237 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 238

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 239 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 240 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 241 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 242 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 243 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 244 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 245 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 246

    Married in 1908
  • 247 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 248 In their new robes and hats

  • 249 Peter poses for TV film

  • 250 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 251 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 252 Revenge in style

  • 253 Service with a smile

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

  • 255 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 256 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 257 Northam footballers of the future

  • 258 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 259 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 260 Happy Days!

  • 261 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 262 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 263 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 264 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 265 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 266 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 267 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 268 Off on a great adventure

  • 269 New addition to Quay front

  • 270 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 271 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 272

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 273 Sweets derationing

  • 274 Bideford loses training ship

  • 275 Six footed lamb

  • 276 They are parted pro-tem

  • 277

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 278 Ten year old scrambler

  • 279 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 280 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 281

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 282 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 283

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 284 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 285 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

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

  • 287 New Post Office

  • 288 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 289 School crossing patrol begins

  • 290 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 291 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 292 Picking the pops

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

  • 294 Recognise this resort?

  • 295 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 296 Police station view of Bideford

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

  • 298 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 299

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 300 New art gallery opened

  • 301 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 302 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 303 End of the line

  • 304 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 305 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 306

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 307

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 308

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 309 Saving money, wear and tear

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

  • 311 Some 240 exhibits

  • 312 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 313 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 314 The art of the thatcher

  • 315 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 316 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 317 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 318 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 319 New life for Hartland organ

  • 320 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 321

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 322 From Bobby to Brian

  • 323 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 324 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 325 Parkham plan realised

  • 326 No laughing matter

  • 327

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 328 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 329 Centenary of Gazette

  • 330 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 331 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 332 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

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

  • 334 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 335 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 336 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 337 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 338 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 339 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 340 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 341 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 342 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 343 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 344 Last train from Torrington

  • 345 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 346 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 347 Artisans' Club

  • 348 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 349

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 350 A man and his wheel

  • 351 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 352 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 353 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 354 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 355 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 356 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 357 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 358 Appledore's largest

  • 359 Allhalland Street - then and now

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

  • 361 Twenty-one yachts

  • 362 Just over a year old

  • 363

    Building works
  • 364 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 365 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 366 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 367 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 368 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 369 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 370 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 371 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 372 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 373 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 374 Warmington's garage ad

  • 375 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 376 Private home for public pump

  • 377 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 378 Hartland's invitation

  • 379 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 380 Out of puff!

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

  • 382 113 years at Instow

  • 383 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 384 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 385 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 386 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 387 Picking the pops

  • 388 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 389 Weare Giffard potato

  • 390 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 391 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 392 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 393 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 394 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 395 Simple Item 138
  • 396 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 397 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 398 New shipyard on schedule

  • 399 Ships at Bideford

  • 400 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

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

  • 402 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 403 Northam's almshouse

  • 404 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 405 Bridging the stream

  • 406 Riverside mystery

  • 407 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 408 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 409 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 410 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 411 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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

  • 413 Watch the dicky bird!

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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Competitions at Appledore

Special coronation prizes are being offered at Appledore for the best decorated street, house and shop.

29.5.1953 Appledore Coronation

The winning street will receive £2 which is to go to augment that street’s public tea, and coronation souvenirs will be awarded the winners of the other two sections of the competitions. During the afternoon of Coronation day children’s sports are being staged in the Paddock at the Holt by permission of the Hon. Denys Scott and Mr Hector Jewell. Dancing on the Quay is planned under the direction of Mr J E Boyles, who is also organising the dance at the Appledore Hall. Sandwiched between the dancing will be the bonfire and fireworks. 

The Coronation Committee is under the chairmanship of Rev A E Green and the joint hon. Secretaries are Mr J H Dryer and Mr W Goss. 

The 1st Appledore Company of the Boys’ Brigade have planned a special Coronation effort. They will be entertaining over 80 Appledorians who are over the age of 70 to a Coronation supper and concert. 

The full Gazette article is dated 29 May 1953

World War 1

Increased Meat Ration

21.5.1918 meat ration World War 1

The Ministry of Food announces that, owing to the larger arrivals, it has been possible to release considerable additional supplies of frozen meat, and it has consequently been decied that, as from Sunday last until further notice, 8d worth of uncooked meat may be purchased in respect of each of the two coupons per week available for butchers' meat.

A proportional increase in respect of other butcher's meat and offal has been advised to Food Control Committees. 

Gazette article dated 21 May 1918

Langtree

Miss Lucy E Andrew, a Devon County Boarding Scholarship winner from the day school, is doing herself and parent school credit at Barnstaple Grammar School.

27.4.1918 Langtree

In her Easter examination she came first in her form, and secured 79 per cent of the aggregate total of marks obtainable. She secured full marks for arithmetic and algebra. 

A very pleasant whist drive in aid of club funds, was held in the Church Room on Thursday last. The Committee responsible for the arrangements were Messrs W Furst, B Box, W Ford, W Brownscombe and H Walters. The winners were Mr J Huxtable, Mr W Pett (Shebbear), Miss Jone (Hartland) and Miss Pett. 

Gazette article dated 27 April 1918

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