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    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 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 2 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 3 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 4 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 5 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 6 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 7 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 8 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 9 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 10 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 11 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 12 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 13 When horses score over the tractor

  • 14 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 15 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 16 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 17 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 18 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 19

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 20 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 21 New art gallery opened

  • 22 They are parted pro-tem

  • 23 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 24

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 25 Parkham plan realised

  • 26 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 27 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 28

    Married in 1908
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    Bidefordians
  • 30 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 31 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 32 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 33

    Relatives all over the world
  • 34 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 35 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 36 Twenty-one yachts

  • 37 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 38 Picking the pops

  • 39 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 40

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 41 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 42 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 43 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 44 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 45 A bird of their own!

  • 46 No laughing matter

  • 47

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 48 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 49 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 50 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 51 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 52 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 53 Modern living at Bideford

  • 54 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 55 A story to tell!

  • 56 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 57 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 58 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 59 Puppet characters introduced

  • 60 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 61 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 62 Just over a year old

  • 63 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 64 Torrington's new amenity

  • 65 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 66 Weare Giffard potato

  • 67 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 68 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 69 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 70 Cruising down the river

  • 71 Loads of black and white

  • 72 He beat the floods

  • 73 Riverside mystery

  • 74 No sale of Springfield House

  • 75 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 76 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 77 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 78 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 79 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 80

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 81 New shipyard on schedule

  • 82 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 83 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 84 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

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

  • 86 School's link with cargo ship

  • 87 Burnard family reunion

  • 88 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 89 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 90 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 91 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 92 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 93 Happy Days!

  • 94 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 95 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 96 Centenary of Gazette

  • 97 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 98

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 99 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 100

    Exhibition of school work
  • 101 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 102 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 103 Out of puff!

  • 104 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 105 Torrington children build igloo
  • 106 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 107

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 108 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 109 Picking the pops

  • 110 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 111 New Post Office

  • 112 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 113 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 114 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 115 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 116 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 117 Littleham family's five generations

  • 118 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 119 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 120 School crossing patrol begins

  • 121 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 122 Unique holiday adventure!

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

  • 124 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 125 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 126 New choral society's growing response

  • 127 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 128 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 129 Symbol of Lundy independence

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

  • 131 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 132 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 133 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 134 The Geneva marionettes

  • 135 All aboard the ark

  • 136 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 137

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 138 Hartland postman retires

  • 139

    First prize
  • 140 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 141 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 142 Ten year old scrambler

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

  • 144 End of the line

  • 145 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 146 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 147 Recognise this resort?

  • 148 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 149 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 150 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 151 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 152 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 153 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 154 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 155 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 156 Bideford regatta

  • 157 113 years at Instow

  • 158 New addition to Quay front

  • 159 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 160

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 161 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 162 Emergency ferry services

  • 163 Hartland's invitation

  • 164 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 165 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 166 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 167 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 168 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 169 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 170 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 171 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 172 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 173

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 174 Service with a smile

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

  • 176 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 177

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 178 Bideford loses training ship

  • 179 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 180 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 181 Variety in summer weather

  • 182 A man and his wheel

  • 183 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

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

  • 185 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 186 North Devon Driving School

  • 187 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 188 Peter poses for TV film

  • 189 Filming at Hartland

  • 190 Jumble sale fever

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

  • 192 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 193 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 194 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 195 From Bobby to Brian

  • 196 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 197 Hartland Dancers
  • 198 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 199 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 200 Torrington in 1967

  • 201

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 202 Northam's almshouse

  • 203 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 204 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 205 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 206 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 207 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 208 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 209 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

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

  • 211 Finished in 1876

  • 212 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 213 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 214

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 215 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 216 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 217 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 218 Some mushroom!

  • 219 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 220 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 221 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 222 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 223 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 224 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 225 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 226

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 227 The cab at the corner>
  • 228 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 229 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 230 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 231 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 232 Farewell to passenger trains

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

  • 234 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 235 Clovelly nightmare

  • 236 It really was the 'last time'

  • 237 Waldon Triplets
  • 238 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 239 Northam footballers of the future

  • 240 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 241

    Building works
  • 242 Off on a great adventure

  • 243

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 244 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 245 The art of the thatcher

  • 246

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 247 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 248 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 249 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 250

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 251 Life begins at 80

  • 252

    Was a missionary
  • 253 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 254

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 255 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 256 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 257 Police station view of Bideford

  • 258 Appledore's largest

  • 259 Ships at Bideford

  • 260 Revenge in style

  • 261 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 262 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 263 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 264 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 265 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 266 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 267 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 268 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 269 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 270 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 271 Circus comes to town

  • 272 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 273 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 274 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 275 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 276 In their new robes and hats

  • 277 Capers on the cobbles

  • 278 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 279 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 280 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 281 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 282 Decontrol of meat

  • 283 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 284 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 285 Six footed lamb

  • 286 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 287 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 288 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 289 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 290 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 291 Warmington's garage ad

  • 292 Pannier Market's future?

  • 293 What's the time?

  • 294 New civic medallions

  • 295 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 296 Sweets derationing

  • 297 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 298 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 299 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

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

  • 301 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 302 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 303 Designed and made in Bideford

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

  • 305 Penny for the guy

  • 306 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 307 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 308 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 309 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 310 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 311 Bideford computer stars

  • 312 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 313 Traditions and skills still there

  • 314 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 315 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 316 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 317

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 318 So this is the mainland!

  • 319

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 320 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 321

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 322 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 323 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 324 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 325

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 326 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 327

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 328 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 329 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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    New gateway
  • 331 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 332 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 333 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 334 A roof-top view - where?

  • 335 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 336 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 337 New life for Hartland organ

  • 338 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 339 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 340 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 341 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 342 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 343 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 344 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 345 All for the love of a lady!

  • 346 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 347 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 348 Bridging the stream

  • 349 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 350 Private home for public pump

  • 351

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 352 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 353 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 354 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 355 Devil sent packing

  • 356 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 357 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 358 Mobile missionary

  • 359 First ship in 8 years

  • 360 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 361 For crying out loud!

  • 362 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 363 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 364 Chess - their bridge over the years

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 366 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 367 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 368 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 369 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 370 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 371 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 372 By pony and trap to market

  • 373 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 374 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 375 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 376 New look in the hayfields

  • 377 Clovelly custom

  • 378 Some 240 exhibits

  • 379 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 380 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 381 Simple Item 138
  • 382 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 383 Artisans' Club

  • 384 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 385 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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

  • 387 Sight of a lifetime

  • 388 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 389 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 390 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 391 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 392 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 393 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 394 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 395 Last train from Torrington

  • 396 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 397 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 398 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 399 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 400 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 401 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 402 New Lundy stamps

  • 403 Can spring be far away?

  • 404 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 405 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 406 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 407 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 408 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 409 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 410 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 411 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 412 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 413 Ship-in-bottle world record

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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  • 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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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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Third Northam Brother Emigrates to Tasmania

Three generations link with Bone Hill Farm

Believing that farming abroad offers greater scope and is less hampered by restrictions, Mr Eric Withecombe, of Bone Hill Farm, Northam, is selling the whole of his farming stock and later this month sets sail for Tasmania with his wife and child.

3.10.1952 Northam Withecombe Bone Hill Farm

Two of his brothers, Bruce and Vernon, are already in Tasmania and are looking forward to welcoming their brother and his family to a new life.

Bone Hill Farm has been in the Withecombe family for three generations. Eric’s grandfather first farmed there and was followed by his son, the late Mr W E Withecombe, who carried on the farm until the end of the recent war. There will still be Withecombes at Bone Hill, however, for Colin, the youngest of the family, will now run the farm.

An Old Boy of West Buckland School, Eric, like his four brothers, Frank, Bruce, Vernon and Colin, is well known in the district. The five brothers are keen sportsmen and have all, at one time or another, been playing members of Bideford Rugby Football Club.

During the recent war, Eric was commissioned in the Royal Artillery and was at Arnhem with the Airborne forces.

In the six years he farmed at Bone Hill, he has built up a fine herd of 65 attested milk recorded Ayrshires. The herd was established in 1948 from selected animals, mostly from Scotland, and is now one of the highest yielding Ayrshire herds in the county. In addition to the dairy herd, 70 sheep and a collection of agricultural implements and machinery will be offered at the dispersal sale.

3 October 1952

Buckland Brewer Exhibitors

Bideford Show Trophies

24.12.1959 Buckland Brewer

Above: Mrs. G. M. Brimacombe, of Tythecott, Buckland Brewer, who won the trophy for the most points in the poultry-dairy produce classes at the Three Societies’ Show at Bideford last week.

Below: Mr. W. Scoble, of Waffapool, Buckland Brewer, winner of the “hoof” section trophy for the best pig exhibits. With him in the picture is his son-in-law, Mr. R. Barron, associated with him in the farm. The pigs are Landrace cross Large White. (Photos, Mill Street Studios).

Gazette article dated 24 December 1959

 

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