• 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 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 2 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 3 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 4 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 5 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 6 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 7 Torrington children build igloo
  • 8 The art of the thatcher

  • 9 Jumble sale fever

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 11 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 12 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 13 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 14 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 15 End of the line

  • 16 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 17 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 18 Torrington's new amenity

  • 19

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 20 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 21 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 22 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 23 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 24 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 25 Emergency ferry services

  • 26 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 27

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 28 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 29 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 30 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 31 Off on a great adventure

  • 32 Modern living at Bideford

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

  • 34 By pony and trap to market

  • 35 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 36 All aboard the ark

  • 37 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 38 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 39 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 40 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 41 Bideford regatta

  • 42 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 43 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 44 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 45 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 46

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 47 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 48 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 49 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 50 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 51 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 52 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 53 113 years at Instow

  • 54

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 55 Clovelly custom

  • 56 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 57 Northam footballers of the future

  • 58 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 59 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 60

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 61 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 62 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 63 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 64 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 65 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 66 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 67 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 68 New look in the hayfields

  • 69 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 70 New addition to Quay front

  • 71 So this is the mainland!

  • 72 Students help model St Sidwell

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

  • 74 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 75 When horses score over the tractor

  • 76 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 77 Life begins at 80

  • 78 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 79 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 80 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 81 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 82 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 83 Clovelly nightmare

  • 84 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 85 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 86 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 87 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 88 Penny for the guy

  • 89 Loads of black and white

  • 90 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 91 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 92 Hartland postman retires

  • 93 Waldon Triplets
  • 94 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 95 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 96 Picking the pops

  • 97 Some 240 exhibits

  • 98 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 99 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 100 Bideford computer stars

  • 101 School crossing patrol begins

  • 102 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 103

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 104 Simple Item 138
  • 105

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 106 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 107 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 108 First ship in 8 years

  • 109

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 110 He beat the floods

  • 111 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 112 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

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

  • 114 Warmington's garage ad

  • 115 Puppet characters introduced

  • 116 Happy Days!

  • 117 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 118 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 119 Hartland Dancers
  • 120 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 121 What's the time?

  • 122 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 123 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 124 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 125 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 126 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 127 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 128 Capers on the cobbles

  • 129

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 130 A roof-top view - where?

  • 131 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 132 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 133 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 134

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 135 A story to tell!

  • 136

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 137 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

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

  • 139 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 140 From Bobby to Brian

  • 141 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 142 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 143 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 144 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 145 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 146 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 147 Police station view of Bideford

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

  • 149 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 150 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 151 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 152 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

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

  • 154

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 155 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 156

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 157 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 158

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 159 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 160 Peter poses for TV film

  • 161 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 162 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 163 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 164 Just over a year old

  • 165 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 166 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 167 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 168 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 169 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 170 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 171 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 172 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 173 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 174 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 175 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

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    First prize
  • 177 Parkham plan realised

  • 178 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 179 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 180 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 181 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 182 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 183 Sweets derationing

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

  • 185 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 186 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 187 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 188 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 189 Devil sent packing

  • 190 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 191 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 192 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 193 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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

  • 195 Circus comes to town

  • 196

    New gateway
  • 197 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 198 Picking the pops

  • 199 New life for Hartland organ

  • 200 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 201 Artisans' Club

  • 202 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 203 Northam's almshouse

  • 204 A bird of their own!

  • 205 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 206

    Building works
  • 207 Some mushroom!

  • 208

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 209 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 210 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 211 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 212 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 213 No sale of Springfield House

  • 214 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 215 Ships at Bideford

  • 216 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 217 New choral society's growing response

  • 218 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 219 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 220 Hartland's invitation

  • 221 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 222

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 223 Centenary of Gazette

  • 224 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 225 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 226 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 227 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 228 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 229 They are parted pro-tem

  • 230 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 231 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 232 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 233 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 234 New Lundy stamps

  • 235 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 236 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 237 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 238 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 239 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 240 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 241 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 242

    Relatives all over the world
  • 243

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 244 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 245 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 246 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 247 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 248 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 249 New shipyard on schedule

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 251 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 252 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 253 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 254

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 255

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 256 Revenge in style

  • 257 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 258

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 259 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 260 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 261 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 262

    Married in 1908
  • 263 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 264 Bridging the stream

  • 265 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 266 Finished in 1876

  • 267 Out of puff!

  • 268 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 269 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 270 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 271 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 272 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 273 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 274 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 275 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 276 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 277 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 278 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 279 It really was the 'last time'

  • 280 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 281 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 282 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 283 All for the love of a lady!

  • 284 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 285

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 286 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 287 The cab at the corner>
  • 288 Traditions and skills still there

  • 289 North Devon Driving School

  • 290 Six footed lamb

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

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 293 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 294 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 295 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 296 New art gallery opened

  • 297 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 298 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 299 Sight of a lifetime

  • 300 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 301 Weare Giffard potato

  • 302 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 303 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 304 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 305 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 306 Bideford loses training ship

  • 307 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 308 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 309 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 310 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 311 Twenty-one yachts

  • 312 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 313 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 314 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 315

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 316 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 317 Recognise this resort?

  • 318 Pannier Market's future?

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

  • 320 Ten year old scrambler

  • 321 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 322 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 323

    Bidefordians
  • 324 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 325 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 326 Variety in summer weather

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

  • 328 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 329 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 330 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 331 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 332 No laughing matter

  • 333 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 334 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 335 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 336 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 337 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 338 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 339 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 340 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 341 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 342 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 343 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 344 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 345 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 346 A man and his wheel

  • 347 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 348 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 349 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 350 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 351 Littleham family's five generations

  • 352 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 353 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 354 New civic medallions

  • 355 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 356 Filming at Hartland

  • 357 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 358 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 359 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 360 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 361 New Post Office

  • 362 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 363 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 364 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 365 Appledore's largest

  • 366 Decontrol of meat

  • 367 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 368 Service with a smile

  • 369 Torrington in 1967

  • 370 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 371 Can spring be far away?

  • 372 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 373 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 374 Last train from Torrington

  • 375 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 376 For crying out loud!

  • 377 Liked holidays here - so starts business

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

  • 379 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 380 Mobile missionary

  • 381 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 382 Riverside mystery

  • 383 In their new robes and hats

  • 384 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 385 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 386 Private home for public pump

  • 387 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 388 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 389 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 390 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 391 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 392 Watch the dicky bird!

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

  • 394 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 395 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 396 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 397 Burnard family reunion

  • 398 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 399 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 400 School's link with cargo ship

  • 401 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 402 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 403 Chess - their bridge over the years

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 405 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 406 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 407 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 408 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 409 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 410 The Geneva marionettes

  • 411 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 412

    Was a missionary
  • 413 Cruising down the river

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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