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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 No sale of Springfield House

  • 2 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 3 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 4 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 5 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 6 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 7 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 8 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 9 All aboard the ark

  • 10 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 11 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 12 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

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

  • 14 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 15 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 16 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 17 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 18 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 19 Centenary of Gazette

  • 20 New art gallery opened

  • 21

    Exhibition of school work
  • 22 A bird of their own!

  • 23 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 24 A story to tell!

  • 25 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 26 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 27 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 28 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 29 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 30

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 31 Pannier Market's future?

  • 32 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 33 Variety in summer weather

  • 34

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 35 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 36 Modern living at Bideford

  • 37 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 38 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 39 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 40 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 41 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

  • 43 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 44 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 45 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 46 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 47 Peter poses for TV film

  • 48

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 49

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 50 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 51 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 52 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 53 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 54 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 55 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 56 Bideford loses training ship

  • 57 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 58

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 59 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 60 New shipyard on schedule

  • 61 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 62 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 63 A roof-top view - where?

  • 64 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 65 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 66 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 67 Ten year old scrambler

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

  • 69 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 70 The cab at the corner>
  • 71 Service with a smile

  • 72

    Relatives all over the world
  • 73 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 74 Circus comes to town

  • 75 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 76 End of the line

  • 77

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 78 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 79 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 80 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 81 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 82 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 83 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 84 New look in the hayfields

  • 85 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 86 From Bobby to Brian

  • 87 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 88 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 89 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 90 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 91 In their new robes and hats

  • 92

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 93 Burnard family reunion

  • 94

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 95 Life begins at 80

  • 96 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 97 Sweets derationing

  • 98 New civic medallions

  • 99 Off on a great adventure

  • 100 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 101 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 102 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 103 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 104 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 105 All for the love of a lady!

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

  • 107 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 108 Appledore's largest

  • 109 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 110 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 111

    Bidefordians
  • 112 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 113 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 114 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 115 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 116 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 117 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 118 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 119 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 120 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 121 Riverside mystery

  • 122 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 123 Twenty-one yachts

  • 124 Devil sent packing

  • 125 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 126 New choral society's growing response

  • 127 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 128 Revenge in style

  • 129 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 130 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 131 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 132 The Geneva marionettes

  • 133 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 134 Recognise this resort?

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

  • 136 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 137 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 138 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 139 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 140 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 141 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 142 New life for Hartland organ

  • 143 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 144 No laughing matter

  • 145 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 146 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 147 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 148 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 149 Finished in 1876

  • 150 Emergency ferry services

  • 151 Clovelly custom

  • 152 It really was the 'last time'

  • 153 School's link with cargo ship

  • 154 Picking the pops

  • 155 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 156 New Lundy stamps

  • 157 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 158 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 159 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 160 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 161 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 162 Northam footballers of the future

  • 163 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 164 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 165 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 166

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 167 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 168 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 169 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 170 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 171

    Married in 1908
  • 172 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 173 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 174 113 years at Instow

  • 175 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 176 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 177 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 178 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 179 He beat the floods

  • 180 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 181 Clovelly nightmare

  • 182 Littleham family's five generations

  • 183 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 184 Filming at Hartland

  • 185 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 186

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 187

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 188 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 189 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 190 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 191 Ships at Bideford

  • 192

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 193 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 194 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 195 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 196 Last train from Torrington

  • 197 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 198

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 199 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 200 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 201 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 202 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 203 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 204 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 205 School crossing patrol begins

  • 206 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 207 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 208 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 209 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 210 Torrington in 1967

  • 211 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 212 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 213 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 214 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 215 Jumble sale fever

  • 216 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 217 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 218 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 219 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 220

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 221

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 222 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

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

  • 224 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 225 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 226 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 227 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 228 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 229 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 230 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 231 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 232 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 233 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 234 When horses score over the tractor

  • 235 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 236 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 237 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 238 So this is the mainland!

  • 239 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 240 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 241 By pony and trap to market

  • 242 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 243 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 244 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 245 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 246 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 247 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 248 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 249 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 250 Can spring be far away?

  • 251 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 252

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 253 First ship in 8 years

  • 254 Torrington children build igloo
  • 255 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 256 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 257 Decontrol of meat

  • 258 New Post Office

  • 259 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 260 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 261 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 262

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 263 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 264 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 265

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 266 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 267 Picking the pops

  • 268 Some 240 exhibits

  • 269 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 270 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 271 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 272 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 273 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 274 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 275 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 276

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 277 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 278 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 279 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 280 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 281 For crying out loud!

  • 282 What's the time?

  • 283 Happy Days!

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

  • 285 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 286

    Was a missionary
  • 287 Simple Item 138
  • 288 A man and his wheel

  • 289 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 290 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 291 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 292 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 293 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 294 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 295 Warmington's garage ad

  • 296 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 297 Bideford regatta

  • 298 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 299 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 300 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 301 Capers on the cobbles

  • 302 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 303 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 304

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 305 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 306 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 307 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 308 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 309 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 310 Bridging the stream

  • 311 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 312

    New gateway
  • 313

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 314 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 315 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 316 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 317 Hartland's invitation

  • 318

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 319 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 320 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 321 Six footed lamb

  • 322 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 323 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 324 Some mushroom!

  • 325

    First prize
  • 326 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 327 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 328 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 329 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 330

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 331 New addition to Quay front

  • 332 Bideford computer stars

  • 333 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 334 Mobile missionary

  • 335 Cruising down the river

  • 336 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 337 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 338 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 339 Puppet characters introduced

  • 340 Private home for public pump

  • 341 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 342

    Building works
  • 343 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 344 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 345 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 346 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 347 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 348 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 349 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 350 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 351 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 352 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 353 Parkham plan realised

  • 354 Traditions and skills still there

  • 355 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 356 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 357 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 358 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 359 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 360 Hartland Dancers
  • 361 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 362 Just over a year old

  • 363 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 364 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 365 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 366 They are parted pro-tem

  • 367 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 368 The art of the thatcher

  • 369 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 370 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 371 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 372 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 373 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 374 Artisans' Club

  • 375 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 376 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 377 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 378 Northam's almshouse

  • 379 Loads of black and white

  • 380 Weare Giffard potato

  • 381 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 382 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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

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

  • 385 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 386 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 387 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 388 Hartland postman retires

  • 389 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 390 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 391 Waldon Triplets
  • 392 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 393 Torrington's new amenity

  • 394 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 395 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 396 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 397 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 398 Police station view of Bideford

  • 399 Penny for the guy

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

  • 401 North Devon Driving School

  • 402 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 403 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 404 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 405

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 406 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 407 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 408 Out of puff!

  • 409 Sight of a lifetime

  • 410 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 411 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 412 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 413

    Close associations with North Devon
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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