• 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 Six footed lamb

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

  • 3 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 4 The art of the thatcher

  • 5 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 6 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 7 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 8 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 9 Weare Giffard potato

  • 10 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 11 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 12 Riverside mystery

  • 13 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 14 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 15 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 16 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 17 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 18 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 19 Ten year old scrambler

  • 20

    New gateway
  • 21 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 22 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 23 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 24 Filming at Hartland

  • 25 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 26 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 27 A roof-top view - where?

  • 28 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 29 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 30 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 31 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 32 Bideford computer stars

  • 33 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 34 New gateway to King George's Fields

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

  • 36 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 37 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 38 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 39

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 40 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 41 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 42 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 43 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 44 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 45 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 46 Jumble sale fever

  • 47 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 48 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 49 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 50 Holiday scene near Sandymere

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

  • 52

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 53 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 54 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 55 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 56 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 57 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 58 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 59 Television comes to Torridge District

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

  • 61 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 62 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 63 In their new robes and hats

  • 64 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 65 Some 240 exhibits

  • 66 Traditions and skills still there

  • 67 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 68 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 69 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 70 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 71 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 72 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 73 Some mushroom!

  • 74 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 75 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 76 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 77 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 78 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 79

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 80 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 81 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 82 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 83 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 84 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 85 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 86 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 87 School's link with cargo ship

  • 88 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 89 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 90 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 91 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 92

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 93 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 94 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 95 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 96 Just over a year old

  • 97 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 98 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 99 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 100 Northam footballers of the future

  • 101 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 102 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 103 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 104 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 105 Bideford regatta

  • 106 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 107 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 108 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 109

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 110 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 111 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 112 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 113 The cab at the corner>
  • 114 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 115 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 116 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 117 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 118 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 119 Northam's almshouse

  • 120 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 121 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 122 Can spring be far away?

  • 123 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 124 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 125

    First prize
  • 126 Devil sent packing

  • 127 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 128 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 129 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 130 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 131 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 132 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 133 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 134 Police station view of Bideford

  • 135 Hartland's invitation

  • 136 Littleham family's five generations

  • 137 Waldon Triplets
  • 138 Bideford loses training ship

  • 139 A man and his wheel

  • 140 No laughing matter

  • 141 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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

  • 143 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 144 Sight of a lifetime

  • 145 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

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

  • 147 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 148 Clovelly nightmare

  • 149 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 150 No ancient Grecian temple this

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 152 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 153 So this is the mainland!

  • 154 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 155 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 156 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 157 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 158 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 159 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 160 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 161 Last train from Torrington

  • 162 Life begins at 80

  • 163 New life for Hartland organ

  • 164 Modern living at Bideford

  • 165 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 166

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 167 He beat the floods

  • 168 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 169

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 170 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 171 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 172 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 173 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 174 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 175 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 176 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 177

    Bidefordians
  • 178 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 179 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 180 Pannier Market's future?

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

  • 182 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 183

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 184 First ship in 8 years

  • 185 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 186 Ships at Bideford

  • 187 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 188 From Bobby to Brian

  • 189 North Devon Driving School

  • 190 New Lundy stamps

  • 191 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 192 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 193 Appledore's largest

  • 194 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 195 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 196 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 197 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 198 New civic medallions

  • 199 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 200 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 201 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 202

    Relatives all over the world
  • 203 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 204 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 205 Picking the pops

  • 206 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 207 Parkham plan realised

  • 208 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 209 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 210 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 211 Revenge in style

  • 212 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 213 Clovelly custom

  • 214 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 215 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 216 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 217 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 218 They are parted pro-tem

  • 219 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 220 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

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    Was a missionary
  • 222 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 223 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 224 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 225 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 226 Out of puff!

  • 227 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 228 New look in the hayfields

  • 229 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 230 Off on a great adventure

  • 231 The Geneva marionettes

  • 232 Twenty-one yachts

  • 233 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 234 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 235 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 236

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 237 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 238 Warmington's garage ad

  • 239 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 240 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 241 All for the love of a lady!

  • 242 New Post Office

  • 243 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 244 Recognise this resort?

  • 245 No sale of Springfield House

  • 246 By pony and trap to market

  • 247 New choral society's growing response

  • 248 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 249 Burnard family reunion

  • 250 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 251 Sweets derationing

  • 252 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 253 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 254 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 255 Centenary of Gazette

  • 256 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 257 Service with a smile

  • 258 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 259 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 260 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 261 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 262 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 263 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 264 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 265 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 266 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 267 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 268 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 269 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 270 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 271 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 272 Ship-in-bottle world record

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 274 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 275 Mobile missionary

  • 276 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 277 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 278 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

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

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

  • 281 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 282

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 283 Cruising down the river

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 285 Emergency ferry services

  • 286 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 287 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 288

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 289 New addition to Quay front

  • 290

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 291 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 292 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 293 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 294 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 295 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 296 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 297 What's the time?

  • 298 Penny for the guy

  • 299 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 300 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 301 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 302 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 303 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 304 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
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    Exhibition of school work
  • 306 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 307 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 308 113 years at Instow

  • 309 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 310 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 311

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 312 Private home for public pump

  • 313

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 314 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 315 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 316 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 317 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 318 For crying out loud!

  • 319 Simple Item 138
  • 320 Circus comes to town

  • 321 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 322

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 323 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 324 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 325 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 326 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 327 Puppet characters introduced

  • 328 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 329 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 330 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 331

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 332 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 333 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 334 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 335 Torrington's new amenity

  • 336 A story to tell!

  • 337 When horses score over the tractor

  • 338 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 339 All aboard the ark

  • 340 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 341 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 342 End of the line

  • 343 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 344 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 345 Picking the pops

  • 346

    Building works
  • 347 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 348 School crossing patrol begins

  • 349 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 350 New art gallery opened

  • 351 Peter poses for TV film

  • 352 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 353 New shipyard on schedule

  • 354 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 355

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 357 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 358 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 359 Hartland postman retires

  • 360 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 361 Torrington children build igloo
  • 362

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 363 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 364 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 365 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 366 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 367 Capers on the cobbles

  • 368 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 369 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 370 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 371 Torrington in 1967

  • 372 Decontrol of meat

  • 373 A bird of their own!

  • 374 Variety in summer weather

  • 375

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 376 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 377 Huntshaw TV mast

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

  • 379

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 380 It really was the 'last time'

  • 381 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 382 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 383 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

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

  • 385 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 386 Finished in 1876

  • 387 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 388 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 389 Loads of black and white

  • 390 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 391 Happy Days!

  • 392 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 393 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 394 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 395 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 396 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 397 Bridging the stream

  • 398

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 399 Passing of a Torrington landmark

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    Married in 1908
  • 401 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 402 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 403 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 404 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 405 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 406 Artisans' Club

  • 407 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 408 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 409 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 410 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 411 Hartland Dancers
  • 412 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 413 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

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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Sailing through traffic to big exhibition 9th June 1967

Sailing through traffic to big exhibition 9th June 1967

 

sailing through traffic to big exhibitionThe 30 ton motor fishing vessel "Lundy Gull" pictured at Isleworth (Middlesex) near the end of its three day journey by sea, river and road from Appledore, for display at the World Fishing Exhibition, which opened at Olympia on June 1st.  The biggest craft on show, "Lundy Gull" was built at the shipyards of Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd a member of the Court Line Group.

sailing through traffic to big exhibition 1Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd have already received inquiries from the governments of Trinidad, Guyana, Nigeria and the Solomon Islands about their new Lundy Class vessels.  Mr Jim Venus, managing director of Appledore Shipbuilders, said "We have recently been out to Trinidad to study the problems of their fishing industry.

 

Shipyard can take 100 more craftsmen 7th October 1966

Shipyard can take 100 more craftsmen 7th October 1966

shipyard can take 100 more craftsmenManaging Director of Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd (Mr J Venus) stated that the firm are to build three coastal tankers.

The vessels for Shell Mex and BP Ltd are single screw steel motor tankers of 810 tons dead weight, with a length of 171ft 3in and a width of 34ft.  The new vessels are "getting towards the limit fo what the yards are able to do" said Mr Venus.

The firm is now owned by Court Line Ltd, were appreciative of the work of all their employees for it had enable them to secure this latest order and others on the books altogether worth £2M.

First tankers arrive at new depot 11th April 1958

First tankers arrive at new depot 11th April 1958

 

first tankers arrive at new depotEaster saw the arrival of the first five tankers at the new Shell-Mex and BP Ltd depot at East Yelland which is the first example of the pattern of streamlined distribution evolved by the company for meeting the petroleum needs of the Westcountry.

The new depot receives its supplies by sea from the BP refinery at Llandarcy and the Shell refinery at Stanlow.

From the Yelland depot road tankers will distribute the petroleum products, including aviation fuel to RAF Station, Chivenor, over an area within a radius of 35 miles.  Supervisor of the Yelland depot is Mr Reginald Short, an Old Boy of Bideford Grammar School.

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