• 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 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 2 Burnard family reunion

  • 3 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 4 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 5 Parkham plan realised

  • 6 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 7 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 8 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 9 Hartland Dancers
  • 10 When horses score over the tractor

  • 11 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 12 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 13 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 14 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 15 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 16 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 17 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 18 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 19 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 20 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 21 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 22

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 23 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 24 Devil sent packing

  • 25 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 26 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 27 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 28 Capers on the cobbles

  • 29 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 30 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 31

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 32 Some 240 exhibits

  • 33 New choral society's growing response

  • 34 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 35 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 36

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 37 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 38 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 39 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 40 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 41 Picking the pops

  • 42 It really was the 'last time'

  • 43 All aboard the ark

  • 44 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 45 They are parted pro-tem

  • 46 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 47 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 48 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 49 Finished in 1876

  • 50 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 51 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 52 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 53 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 54 Pannier Market's future?

  • 55 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 56 Centenary of Gazette

  • 57 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 58 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 59 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 60 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 61 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 62 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 63 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 64 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 65 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 66 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 67 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 68 The art of the thatcher

  • 69 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 70 A bird of their own!

  • 71 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 72 From Bobby to Brian

  • 73 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 74 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 75 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 76 Jumble sale fever

  • 77 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 78 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 79 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 80 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 81 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 82 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 83 Torrington in 1967

  • 84 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 85 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 87 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 88 Northam footballers of the future

  • 89 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 90 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 91 Clovelly custom

  • 92 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 93 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 94 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 95 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 96 The Geneva marionettes

  • 97

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 98 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 99 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 100 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 101 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 102 Life begins at 80

  • 103 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 104 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 105 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 106 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 107 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 108 By pony and trap to market

  • 109 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 110 New art gallery opened

  • 111 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 112

    Was a missionary
  • 113 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 114 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 115 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 116 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 117 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 118 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 119 Service with a smile

  • 120

    New gateway
  • 121 Bideford computer stars

  • 122 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 123 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 124 New addition to Quay front

  • 125 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 126 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 127 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 128 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 129 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 130 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 131 So this is the mainland!

  • 132 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 133 For crying out loud!

  • 134 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 135 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 136 Filming at Hartland

  • 137 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 138

    Exhibition of school work
  • 139 School crossing patrol begins

  • 140 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 141 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 142

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 143 Sooty is quick on the draw

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

  • 145 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 146 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 147 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 148 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 149 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 150

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 151 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 152 Six footed lamb

  • 153 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 154

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 155 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 156 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 157 New look in the hayfields

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

  • 159

    First prize
  • 160 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 161

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 162 Sweets derationing

  • 163

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 164 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 165 New Lundy stamps

  • 166 Bideford regatta

  • 167 Some mushroom!

  • 168 Just over a year old

  • 169

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 170 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 171 All for the love of a lady!

  • 172 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 173 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 174 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 175

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 176 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 177 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 178 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 179 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 180 New civic medallions

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

  • 182 Last train from Torrington

  • 183 Clovelly nightmare

  • 184 Warmington's garage ad

  • 185 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 186 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 187 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 188 Decontrol of meat

  • 189 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 190 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 191 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 192 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 193 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 194 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 195 Revenge in style

  • 196 Down at the dump something stirs

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

  • 198

    Relatives all over the world
  • 199 Out of puff!

  • 200 Bridging the stream

  • 201 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 202 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 203 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 204 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 205 What's the time?

  • 206 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 207 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 208 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 209 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 210 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 211 Penny for the guy

  • 212 Circus comes to town

  • 213 Cruising down the river

  • 214 Twenty-one yachts

  • 215 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 216 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 217 Recognise this resort?

  • 218

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 219 Huntshaw TV mast

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

  • 221 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 222 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 223 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 224 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 225 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 226 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 227 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 228 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 229 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 230

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 231 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 232 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 233 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 234

    Building works
  • 235 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 236 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 237 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 238 Can spring be far away?

  • 239 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 240 Loads of black and white

  • 241 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 242 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 243

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 244 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 245 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 246 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 247 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 248 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 249 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 250 Emergency ferry services

  • 251 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 252 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 253 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 254

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 255 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 256 He beat the floods

  • 257 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 258 Waldon Triplets
  • 259 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 260

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 261 First ship in 8 years

  • 262 Northam's almshouse

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

  • 264 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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

  • 266 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 267 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 268 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 269 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 270 In their new robes and hats

  • 271 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 272 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 273 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 274 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 275 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 276 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 277 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 278

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 279 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 280 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 281 Puppet characters introduced

  • 282 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 283 Sight of a lifetime

  • 284 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 285 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 286 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 287 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 288 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 289 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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

  • 291 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 292 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 293 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 294 Picking the pops

  • 295 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 296 Modern living at Bideford

  • 297 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 298 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 299 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 300 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 301 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 302 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 303 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 304 Appledore's largest

  • 305 Peter poses for TV film

  • 306

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 307 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 308 Traditions and skills still there

  • 309 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 310 A story to tell!

  • 311 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 312 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 313 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 314

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 315 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 316 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 317 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 318 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 319

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 320 New life for Hartland organ

  • 321 Ten year old scrambler

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

  • 323 The cab at the corner>
  • 324 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 325 Hartland postman retires

  • 326 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 327 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 328 New shipyard on schedule

  • 329 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 330 End of the line

  • 331 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 332 A man and his wheel

  • 333 Weare Giffard potato

  • 334 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 335 Torrington's new amenity

  • 336 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 337 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 338 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 339

    Married in 1908
  • 340 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 341 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 342 Mobile missionary

  • 343 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 344 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 345 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 346 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 347 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 348 Hartland's invitation

  • 349 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

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

  • 351 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 352 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 353 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 354 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 355

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 356 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 357 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 358 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 359 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 360 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 361 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 362 Police station view of Bideford

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

  • 364 Ships at Bideford

  • 365 Happy Days!

  • 366 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 367 Artisans' Club

  • 368

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 369 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 370 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 371 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 372 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 373 School's link with cargo ship

  • 374 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 375 A roof-top view - where?

  • 376 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 377 Riverside mystery

  • 378 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 379 North Devon Driving School

  • 380 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 381 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 382 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 383 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 384 New Post Office

  • 385 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 386 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 387

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 388 Variety in summer weather

  • 389 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 390 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 391 No sale of Springfield House

  • 392 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 393 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 394

    Bidefordians
  • 395 Bideford loses training ship

  • 396 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 397 Littleham family's five generations

  • 398 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 399 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 400 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 401 No laughing matter

  • 402 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 403 113 years at Instow

  • 404 Off on a great adventure

  • 405 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 406 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 407 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 408 Simple Item 138
  • 409 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 410

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 411 Private home for public pump

  • 412 Torrington children build igloo
  • 413 Practical sympathy at Northam

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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Bideford loses training ship "Revenge" 30th September 1957

Bideford loses training ship "Revenge" 30th September 1957

bideford loses training ship revengeOne of the most interesting sights along Bideford riverside during the past 9 years has been that of the Admiralty's M.T.B. Revenege, which has served as headquarters for the Bideford unit of the Sea Cadet Corps.

Bideford Sea Cadets, under Lieut-Commander T N Rowe, have looked after her well, but have been unable to prevent the deterioration of her hull below the water line, and the steady out-flow of the town's sewer, has all added to the decay of her timbers.

Speaking at the meeting of the Borough Council, the Mayor Mr D F B Stucley said T. S. Revenge had done great service for the youth of the town, service made possible by Rear-Admiral H G C Franklin, Lieut Commander T N Rowe and the committee that supported them.

First sand dredger to have radar fitted? 29th June 1956

First sand dredger to have radar fitted? 29th June 1956

first sand dredger to have radar fittedBideford Gazette photographer catches Mr Stan Woolaway up the ladder supervising the installation of new radar and echo-sounding devices he is having installed on his sand dredger, named after him, and familiar to Torridge-side.

Mr A E Hutchings, of the Bideford marine electrical engineering firm, is responsible for the radar installation.

Mr S Woolaway, apart from his sand dredger business, is also principal of the family firm of Messrs W Woolaway & Sons Ltd, public works contractors, Barnstaple and of the Barnstaple Brick and Tile Co Ltd, which has headquarters at Appledore.

 

Bideford's private wharves busier 29th March 1956

Bideford's private wharves busier 29th March 1956

bidefords private wharves busierBideford's private wharves were at their busiest since the war when the above picture was taken.  The latest to be deepened for coastal vessels is that of Messrs I Baker and Sons Ltd, in the foreground, where m.v. "Celebrity" is discharging cement.  At the Devon Trading Co Ltd, in background, the m.v. "Stan Woolaway is discharging gravel.

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