• 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 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 2 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 3 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 4 Salmon netting at Bideford

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

  • 6 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

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

  • 8 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 9 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 10

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 11 Weare Giffard potato

  • 12 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 13 New shipyard on schedule

  • 14 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 15 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 16 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 17 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 18 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 19 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 20 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 21 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 22 Some 240 exhibits

  • 23 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 24 No sale of Springfield House

  • 25 What's the time?

  • 26 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 27 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 28 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 29 New look in the hayfields

  • 30 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 31 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 32 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 33 Northam's almshouse

  • 34 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 35

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 36 Pannier Market's future?

  • 37 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 38 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 39 From Bobby to Brian

  • 40 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 41

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 42

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 43 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 44 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 45 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 46 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 47 No laughing matter

  • 48 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 49 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 50

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 51 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 52 New life for Hartland organ

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

  • 54 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 55 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 56

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 57 Centenary of Gazette

  • 58 Private home for public pump

  • 59 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 60 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 61 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 62 Waldon Triplets
  • 63 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 64 New Post Office

  • 65 Traditions and skills still there

  • 66 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 67 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 68 Police station view of Bideford

  • 69 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 70 By pony and trap to market

  • 71 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 72 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 73 Loads of black and white

  • 74 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 75 It really was the 'last time'

  • 76 Artisans' Club

  • 77 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 78 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 79 New choral society's growing response

  • 80 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 81 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 82 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 83 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 84 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 85 New art gallery opened

  • 86 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 87 Appledore's largest

  • 88 Sweets derationing

  • 89 Clovelly custom

  • 90 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 91 New civic medallions

  • 92 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 93

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 94 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 95 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 96 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 97 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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

  • 99 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 100 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 101

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 102 All aboard the ark

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

  • 104 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 105 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 106 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 107 Puppet characters introduced

  • 108 Picking the pops

  • 109

    Married in 1908
  • 110 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 111 Life begins at 80

  • 112 Quads join a Langtree happy family

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

  • 114 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 115 Bideford loses training ship

  • 116 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 117 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 118 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 119 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 120 Out of puff!

  • 121

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 122 Variety in summer weather

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

  • 124 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 125 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 126 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 127 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 128 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 129 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 130 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 131 Six footed lamb

  • 132 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 133 Filming at Hartland

  • 134 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 135 A story to tell!

  • 136 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 137 The Geneva marionettes

  • 138 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 139 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 140

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 141 The art of the thatcher

  • 142 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 143 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 144 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 145 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 146 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 147 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 148 Ships at Bideford

  • 149 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 150

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 151 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 152 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 153 Bridging the stream

  • 154 North Devon Driving School

  • 155 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 156 End of the line

  • 157

    Bidefordians
  • 158 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 159 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 160 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 161 School crossing patrol begins

  • 162 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 163 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 164 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 165 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 166 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 167 Hartland postman retires

  • 168 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 169 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 170

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 171 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 172 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 173 Recognise this resort?

  • 174 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 175 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 176 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 177 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 178 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 179 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 180 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 181 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 182 A bird of their own!

  • 183 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 184

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 185 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 186

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 187 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 188 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 189 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 190 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 191

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 192 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 193 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 194 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 195 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 196

    New gateway
  • 197

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 198 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 199 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 200 A man and his wheel

  • 201 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 202 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 203 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 204 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 205 Twenty-one yachts

  • 206 Circus comes to town

  • 207 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 208

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 209 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 210 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 211 Decontrol of meat

  • 212 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 213 Peter poses for TV film

  • 214 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 215 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 216 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 217 Some mushroom!

  • 218 Revenge in style

  • 219 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 220 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 221 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 222 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 223 Happy Days!

  • 224 Bideford regatta

  • 225 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 226 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 227 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 228 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 229 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 230 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 231 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 232 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 233 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 234 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 235 Last train from Torrington

  • 236 Northam footballers of the future

  • 237

    Relatives all over the world
  • 238 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 239 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 240 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 241 Just over a year old

  • 242 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 243 Sweet success at Langtree School

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

  • 245 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 246 Bideford computer stars

  • 247 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 248 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 249 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 250 They are parted pro-tem

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

  • 252 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 253 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 254 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 255 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 256 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 257 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 258

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 259 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 260 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 261

    Building works
  • 262 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 263 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 264 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 265 Torrington's new amenity

  • 266 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 267 113 years at Instow

  • 268 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 269

    Was a missionary
  • 270 Finished in 1876

  • 271 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 272

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 273 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 274 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 275 Hartland's invitation

  • 276 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 277 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 278 Ten year old scrambler

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

  • 280 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 281 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 282 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 283 Service with a smile

  • 284 Sailing to victory at Appledore

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

  • 286 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 287 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 288 Cruising down the river

  • 289 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 290 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 291 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 292 He beat the floods

  • 293 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 294 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 295 When horses score over the tractor

  • 296 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 297 Can spring be far away?

  • 298 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 299 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 300 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 301 Capers on the cobbles

  • 302 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 303 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 304 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 305 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 306 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 307 Polish custom on Pancake Day

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

  • 309 Simple Item 138
  • 310 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 311 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 312 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 313 Off on a great adventure

  • 314 Torrington in 1967

  • 315

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 316 So this is the mainland!

  • 317 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 318 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 319 Emergency ferry services

  • 320 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 321 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

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

  • 323 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 324 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 325 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 326 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 327 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 328 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 329 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 330 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 331 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 332 Parkham plan realised

  • 333 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 334 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 335 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 336 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

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

  • 338 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 339 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 340 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 341 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 342 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 343 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 344 First ship in 8 years

  • 345 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 346 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 347 New addition to Quay front

  • 348 Torrington children build igloo
  • 349 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 350 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 351 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 352 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 353 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 354 Picking the pops

  • 355 New Lundy stamps

  • 356 Littleham family's five generations

  • 357 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 358 Sight of a lifetime

  • 359 Hartland Dancers
  • 360 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 361 Mobile missionary

  • 362 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 363 A roof-top view - where?

  • 364 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 365 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 366 Jumble sale fever

  • 367 Riverside mystery

  • 368 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 369

    Exhibition of school work
  • 370 School's link with cargo ship

  • 371 Penny for the guy

  • 372 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 373 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 374 Warmington's garage ad

  • 375 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 376 All for the love of a lady!

  • 377 Modern living at Bideford

  • 378 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 379 For crying out loud!

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    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 381 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 382 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 383 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 384 Burnard family reunion

  • 385

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 386

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 387 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 388 In their new robes and hats

  • 389 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 390 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 391 Clovelly nightmare

  • 392

    First prize
  • 393 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 394 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 395 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 396 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 397 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 398 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 399 Dismantling of wireless mast

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 401 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 402 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 403 Devil sent packing

  • 404 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 405 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 406 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 407 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 408

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 409 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 410 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 411 The cab at the corner>
  • 412 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 413 Panto time at Westward Ho!

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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World War 1

17 December 1918

Strawberries and blackberries have just been picked at Southcott by Mr Garfield Martin.

17.12.1918 Langtree

World War 1

A Rationed Christmas Dinner
Some Hints and Recipes
By Mrs Pember Reeves

The Christmas dinner this year will be eaten under entirely new conditions. Never in the memory of any living person has Christmas fallen while this country was under a regime of rationing. But, even so, that does not put a ban on a Christmas like Christmas dinner. The plum pudding, holly decorated, and the familiar dish of mince pies may be there. Stock of different kind is generally available, and wit this as a foundation delicious soups can still be made. An excellent Christmas soup is Brussels sprouts puree, which is seasonable, palatable, and, from the aesthetic point of view, an addition to any meal. Another suggestion is carrot puree, or French rice soup.

Few will be able to afford the old-time turkey, but the more modest chicken – either stuffed and roasted, or cooked en casserole – is a delicious substitute. For those to whom the price of a chicken is prohibitive, a small piece of beef can, if treated as described below, be made into an excellent and quite imposing dish.

17.12.1918 Christmas rationed

17.12.1918 Christmas rationed2

17.12.1918 Christmas rationed3

The full Gazette article is dated 17 December 1918

World War 1

17 December 1918

The Council decided to offer no objection to a site in front of Chapel Field being utilised for a proposed War Memorial at Appledore.
Housing Scheme. 

The Council is pledged to the provision of 25 workmen’s houses, and after discussion agreed to the Toumouth site as being the most suitable.
Mr J N Tuplin remarked that there were something like a thousand houses in Appledore, and if, as had been reported to them, 50 per cent, of them ought to be taken down they would want to start on something much bigger than 25. A housing scheme, which would entail an expenditure of £5,000 on road making, was turned down, and it was left to the Chairman and the Clerk (Mr W J Barnes) and Surveyor (Mr Champion) to bring up suggestions, with a sketch plan.

17.12.1918 Appledore

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