• 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 Bideford loses training ship

  • 2 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 3 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 4 The art of the thatcher

  • 5 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 6 Private home for public pump

  • 7 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 8 Torrington Church's new organ

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

  • 10 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 11 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 12 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 13 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

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

  • 15 Circus comes to town

  • 16 A man and his wheel

  • 17 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 18 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 19 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 20 Littleham family's five generations

  • 21 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 22 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 23 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 24 A bird of their own!

  • 25 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 26 Hartland postman retires

  • 27

    Building works
  • 28 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 29 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 30 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 31 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 32

    Was a missionary
  • 33 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 34 For crying out loud!

  • 35 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 36 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 37 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 38 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 39 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 40 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 41 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 42 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 43 Parkham plan realised

  • 44 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

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

  • 46 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 47 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 48 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

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

  • 50

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 51 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 52 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 53 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 54

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 55 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 56 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 57 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 58

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 59 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 60 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 61 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 62

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 63 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 64 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 65 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 66 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 67 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 68 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 69 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 70 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 71 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 72 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 73 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 74 Loads of black and white

  • 75 New shipyard on schedule

  • 76 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 77 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 78 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 79 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 80 North Devon Driving School

  • 81 Weare Giffard potato

  • 82 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 83 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 84 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 85 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 86 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 87 Off on a great adventure

  • 88 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 89 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 90 Torrington in 1967

  • 91 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 92 Centenary of Gazette

  • 93 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 94 113 years at Instow

  • 95

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 96 New Lundy stamps

  • 97 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 98 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 99 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 100 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 101 Life begins at 80

  • 102 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 103 New civic medallions

  • 104 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 105 What's the time?

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

  • 107 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 108 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 109 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 110 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 111 No sale of Springfield House

  • 112 Burnard family reunion

  • 113 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 114 Capers on the cobbles

  • 115 Northam's almshouse

  • 116 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 117 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 118 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 119 Jumble sale fever

  • 120 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 121

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 122 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 123 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 124 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 125 Bideford regatta

  • 126 A roof-top view - where?

  • 127 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 128 In their new robes and hats

  • 129 End of the line

  • 130 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 131 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 132 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 133

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 134 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 135 A story to tell!

  • 136

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 137 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 138 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 139 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 140 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 141 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 142 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 143

    Married in 1908
  • 144 Some mushroom!

  • 145 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 146 Puppet characters introduced

  • 147 All for the love of a lady!

  • 148 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 149 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 150 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 151 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 152

    First prize
  • 153 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 154 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 155 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 156 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 157 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 158 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 159 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 160 Artisans' Club

  • 161 Service with a smile

  • 162 Filming at Hartland

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

  • 164 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 165 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 166 Pannier Market's future?

  • 167 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 168 Bideford computer stars

  • 169 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 170 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 171 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 172 Variety in summer weather

  • 173 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 174 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 175 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 176 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 177 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 178 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 179

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 180 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 181 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 182 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 183 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 184 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 185 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 186 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 187 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 188 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 189 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 190 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 191

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 192 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 193

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 194

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 195 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 196 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 197 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 198 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 199 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 200 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 201 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 202 School crossing patrol begins

  • 203 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 204 Some 240 exhibits

  • 205 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 206 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 207 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 208 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 209 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 210

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 211

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 212

    Relatives all over the world
  • 213 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 214 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 215 Revenge in style

  • 216 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 217 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 218 Warmington's garage ad

  • 219 All aboard the ark

  • 220 Northam footballers of the future

  • 221 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 222 Simple Item 138
  • 223 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 224 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 225 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 226 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 227 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 228

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 229 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 230 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 231 Picking the pops

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

  • 233 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 234 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 235 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 236 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 237 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 238 Finished in 1876

  • 239 Just over a year old

  • 240 Ships at Bideford

  • 241 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 242 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 243 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 244 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 245 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 246

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 247 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 248 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 249 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 250 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 251 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 252 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 253 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 254

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 255 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 256 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 257 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 258 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 259 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 260 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 261 New addition to Quay front

  • 262 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 263 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 264 Clovelly nightmare

  • 265 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 266 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 267 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 268 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 269 Traditions and skills still there

  • 270 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

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

  • 272 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 273 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 274 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 275 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 276 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 277 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 278 Devil sent packing

  • 279 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 280 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 281 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 282 Mobile missionary

  • 283 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 284 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 285 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 286 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 287 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 288 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 289 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 290 The cab at the corner>
  • 291 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 292 Appledore's largest

  • 293 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 294 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 295 New life for Hartland organ

  • 296 New Post Office

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 298 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

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

  • 300 From Bobby to Brian

  • 301 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 302 Ten year old scrambler

  • 303 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 304 Hartland's invitation

  • 305 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 306 Penny for the guy

  • 307 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 308 The Geneva marionettes

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

  • 310 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 312 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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

  • 314 When horses score over the tractor

  • 315 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 316 Clovelly custom

  • 317 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 318 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 319 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 320 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 321 Riverside mystery

  • 322 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 323 Waldon Triplets
  • 324 Police station view of Bideford

  • 325 They are parted pro-tem

  • 326 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

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

  • 328 New look in the hayfields

  • 329 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 330 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

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

  • 332 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 333 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 334 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 335

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 336 So this is the mainland!

  • 337 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 338 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 339 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 340

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 341 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 342 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 343 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 344 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 345 Torrington children build igloo
  • 346 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 347 It really was the 'last time'

  • 348 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 349 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 350 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 351 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 352 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 353 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 354 Modern living at Bideford

  • 355 Torrington's new amenity

  • 356

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 357 Can spring be far away?

  • 358 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 359 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 360 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 361 Sight of a lifetime

  • 362 New art gallery opened

  • 363 Happy Days!

  • 364 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 365 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 366 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 367 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 368 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 369 School's link with cargo ship

  • 370 First ship in 8 years

  • 371 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 372 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 373 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 374 Peter poses for TV film

  • 375 Recognise this resort?

  • 376 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 377 Out of puff!

  • 378 New choral society's growing response

  • 379 No laughing matter

  • 380 Six footed lamb

  • 381 Emergency ferry services

  • 382 Decontrol of meat

  • 383 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 384 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 385 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 386 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 387 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 388

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 389 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 390 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 391 Sweets derationing

  • 392 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 393 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 394 Twenty-one yachts

  • 395

    New gateway
  • 396 Hartland Dancers
  • 397 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 398 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 399 Cruising down the river

  • 400 By pony and trap to market

  • 401 Last train from Torrington

  • 402 He beat the floods

  • 403 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 404 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 405

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 406 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 407

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 408

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 409 Bridging the stream

  • 410 Picking the pops

  • 411

    Bidefordians
  • 412 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 413 Getting up steam for tomorrow

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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"What are they talking about?"

"What are they talking about?" 7th October 1955

What are they talking aboutPhotograph shows a representative of a well-known North Country firm (on the left) and the well-known Appledore ship-builder and repairer, Mr Percy Harris (Chairman of P K Harris Shipbuilders Ltd) on the right.

Torridge wins on time schedule! 30th September 1955

Torridge wins on time schedule! 30th September 1955

Torridge wins on time schedulePicture of Richmond Dock of Messrs P K Harris & Sons Ltd, the old established Appledore firm, shows three tugs in course of fitting out or construction.

In the background is the Alnwick, 4th of six vessels being delivered to Messrs France, Fenwick, Tyne & Wear Ltd, of Newcastle.  The smaller hull on the left is of a tug ordered by the Iraq Petroleum Company.

The Bamburgh is expected to be christened just before Christmas and the Mersden in the New Year.

From Torridge-side to the Pool of London 16th July 1954

From Torridge-side to the Pool of London 16th July 1954

From Torridge side to the Pool of London"Jaycee" is a striking tribute to the Torridge-side shipwrights who built her.

She was launched from Appledore yards of P K Harris & Sons Ltd where she had been built to the hydroconic design of Dr E C B Corlett, Director of the London shipbuilding consultants, Burness, Kendall and Partners Ltd.

"Jaycee" has a length of 62ft, a beam of 16ft, is diesel powered and carries a crew of four including the master.

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