• 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 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 2 Revenge in style

  • 3 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 4 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 5 Some mushroom!

  • 6 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

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

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 9 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 10 School crossing patrol begins

  • 11 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 12

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 13

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 14 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

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

  • 16 Puppet characters introduced

  • 17 Torrington children build igloo
  • 18 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 19 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 20 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 21 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 22 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 23 New shipyard on schedule

  • 24 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 25 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 26 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 27 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 28 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 29 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 30 Clovelly custom

  • 31 New choral society's growing response

  • 32

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 33 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 34 Decontrol of meat

  • 35 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 36 Sight of a lifetime

  • 37

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 38 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 39 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 40 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 41 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 42 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 43 Weare Giffard potato

  • 44 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 45 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 46 Capers on the cobbles

  • 47 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

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

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

  • 50 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 51 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 52 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 53

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 54 Some 240 exhibits

  • 55 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 56 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 57 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 58

    Building works
  • 59 Burnard family reunion

  • 60 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 61 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 62 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 63 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 64 Picking the pops

  • 65 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 66 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 67 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 68 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 69 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 70 Modern living at Bideford

  • 71 Bridging the stream

  • 72 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 73 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 74 Torrington's new amenity

  • 75 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 76 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 77 Traditions and skills still there

  • 78 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 79 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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

  • 81 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 82 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 83 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 84 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 85 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 86 Cruising down the river

  • 87 New addition to Quay front

  • 88 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 89 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 90 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 91 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 92 Last train from Torrington

  • 93 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 94 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 95 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 96 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 97 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 98 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 99 They never miss a game at Torrington

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

  • 101 Appledore's largest

  • 102 For crying out loud!

  • 103 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 104 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 105 Can spring be far away?

  • 106 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 107 No sale of Springfield House

  • 108 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 109 Recognise this resort?

  • 110 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 111 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 112 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 113 First ship in 8 years

  • 114 The art of the thatcher

  • 115

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 116 Ships at Bideford

  • 117 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 118 New art gallery opened

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

  • 120 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 121 Clovelly nightmare

  • 122 Finished in 1876

  • 123 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 124 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 125

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 126 Warmington's garage ad

  • 127 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 128 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 129 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 130 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 131 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 132 Penny for the guy

  • 133 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 134 Jumble sale fever

  • 135 Life begins at 80

  • 136 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 137 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 138

    Was a missionary
  • 139 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 140 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 141 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 142 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 143 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 144 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 145 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 146 New Lundy stamps

  • 147 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 148 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 149 Variety in summer weather

  • 150 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 151 Torrington in 1967

  • 152 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 153 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 154 Parkham plan realised

  • 155

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 156 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 157 Twenty-one yachts

  • 158 Calf thinks of mare as mum

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

  • 160 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 161 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 162 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 163 They are parted pro-tem

  • 164 A story to tell!

  • 165 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 166 Ten year old scrambler

  • 167 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 168 What's the time?

  • 169 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

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

  • 171 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 172 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 173 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 174

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 175 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 176 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 177 He beat the floods

  • 178 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 179

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 180 Bideford loses training ship

  • 181 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 182 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 183 Circus comes to town

  • 184 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 185 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 186 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 187 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 188

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 189 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 190 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 191 New Post Office

  • 192 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 193 Happy Days!

  • 194 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 195 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 196 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 197 Hartland postman retires

  • 198 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 199

    Bidefordians
  • 200 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 201 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 202 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 203 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 204 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 205 So this is the mainland!

  • 206 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 207 113 years at Instow

  • 208 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 209 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 210 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 211 Bideford computer stars

  • 212 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 213 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 214 Emergency ferry services

  • 215 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 216 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 217 When horses score over the tractor

  • 218 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 219 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 220 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 221 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 222 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 223 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 224

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 225 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 226

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 227 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 228

    Relatives all over the world
  • 229

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 230 All aboard the ark

  • 231 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 232 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 233

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 234 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 235 A bird of their own!

  • 236 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 237

    New gateway
  • 238 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 239 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 240 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 241 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 242 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 243 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 244 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 245 A roof-top view - where?

  • 246 Waldon Triplets
  • 247 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 248 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 249 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 250 Picking the pops

  • 251 In their new robes and hats

  • 252

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 253 By pony and trap to market

  • 254 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 255 North Devon Driving School

  • 256 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 257 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 258 Devil sent packing

  • 259 New look in the hayfields

  • 260 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 261 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 262 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 263 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 264 A man and his wheel

  • 265 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 266

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 267 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 268 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 269 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 270 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 271 New civic medallions

  • 272 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 273 Private home for public pump

  • 274 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 275 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 276 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 277 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 279 Hartland Dancers
  • 280 It really was the 'last time'

  • 281 Centenary of Gazette

  • 282 Six footed lamb

  • 283 New life for Hartland organ

  • 284 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 285 Just over a year old

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

  • 287 Riverside mystery

  • 288

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 289

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 290 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 291

    Married in 1908
  • 292 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 293 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 294 Alwington School closing after 120 years

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

  • 296 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 297 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 298 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 299 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 300 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 301 Police station view of Bideford

  • 302 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 303 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 304 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 305 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 306 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 307 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 308 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 309 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 310

    First prize
  • 311 Service with a smile

  • 312 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

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

  • 314 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 315 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 316

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 317 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 318 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 319 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 320 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 321 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 322 Hartland's invitation

  • 323 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 324 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 325 Out of puff!

  • 326 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 327 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 328 School's link with cargo ship

  • 329 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 330 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 331

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

  • 333 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 334 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 335 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 336 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 337 Off on a great adventure

  • 338 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 339 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 340 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 341 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 342 Peter poses for TV film

  • 343 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 344 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 345 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 346 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 347 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 348 Northam footballers of the future

  • 349 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 350 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 351 Littleham family's five generations

  • 352 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 353 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 354 Simple Item 138
  • 355 No laughing matter

  • 356 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 357 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 358

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 359

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 360 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 361 All for the love of a lady!

  • 362 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 363 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 364 Bideford regatta

  • 365 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 366 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 367 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 368 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 369 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 370 Loads of black and white

  • 371 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 372 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 373 Northam's almshouse

  • 374 Artisans' Club

  • 375

    Exhibition of school work
  • 376 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 377 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 378 Mobile missionary

  • 379 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 380 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 381 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 382 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 383 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 384 The Geneva marionettes

  • 385 End of the line

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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CLOVELLY'S LIFEBOAT DAY PROMPTS MEMORIES 14TH JULY 1950

CLOVELLY'S LIFEBOAT DAY PROMPTS MEMORIES GRAVE AND GAY 14TH JULY 1950

clovellys lifeboat

New boat arrived from the builder's hands.  It was a real gathering of the clans and the remarks made by the President of the R.N.L.I. branch, Mr J C Hilton, brought back many happy memories of their boyhood days.

What a gathering this June day was and what a mixture of men, women and children assembled on the old Quay and beach.  There are old members of the lifeboat crew who have served well and faithfully over the years, but now age demands their passing over the job to younger men.

One outstanding rescue occured when the boat was sent out to the Norwegian brig Haabet, about 50 years ago.  Coxswain Tom Pengilly took the boat out in the teeth of a N.W. gale to the vessel which was drifting across towards Baggy Point.  After 6 hours' gruelling work, they got alongside and rescued the crew before she struck and became a total wreck.

Mr Richard Headon was another Coxswain, who was a local preacher, Mr Robert Headon, another Coxswain was a Sunday School Teacher.

 

Appledore's new lifeboat April 19th 1962

Appledore's new lifeboat April 19th 1962

appledores new lifeboat

Appledore's new lifeboat, which has undergone engine trials, will, it is hoped, be ready to leave the yards of her Isle of Wight builders next month.  Provisional date for delivery is May 15th.

The second photograph shows the view of the wheelhouse and engine casing from the fo'c'sle.  Travelling to the Isle of Wight to fetch her will probably be Coxswain Sydney Cann, the mechanic, Mr Leon Richards (who has been with the vessel on her trials) and Capt. Pat Brennan (local secretary of the R.N.L.I.).  She will be handed over by Sir Eric Seal, representing the committee of management.

Lifeboat launch from Bideford Quay in 1910 - 31st May 1938

Lifeboat launch from Bideford Quay in 1910

lifeboat launch

Naming ceremony of the new Appledore Lifeboat at Bideford this year. 

Picture shows the launching of the 'Jane Hannah Macdonald' from Bideford Quay in September 1910, for service at Appledore No. 1 Station, inside the Bar. 

In May 1912 the 'Robert and Catherine' was also launched from Bideford Quay for service at Appledore No. 2 Station, on Braunton Burrows.

Article dated 31 May 1938

 

 

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