• 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 Artisans' Club

  • 2 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 3 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 4 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 5 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 6 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 7 Hartland Dancers
  • 8 Waldon Triplets
  • 9 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 10 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 11 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 12 X-ray shoe fitting

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

  • 14 Sweets derationing

  • 15 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 16 The Geneva marionettes

  • 17 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 18 Parkham plan realised

  • 19 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 20 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 21 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 22 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 23 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 24 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 25 Weare Giffard potato

  • 26 Torrington's new amenity

  • 27

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 28 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 29 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 30 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 31 Circus comes to town

  • 32 Ships at Bideford

  • 33 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 34 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 35 End of the line

  • 36 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 37 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 38 Clovelly custom

  • 39 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 40 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 41 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 42 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 43 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 44 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 45 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 46 Revenge in style

  • 47 Capers on the cobbles

  • 48 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 49 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 50 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 51 He beat the floods

  • 52 School's link with cargo ship

  • 53 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 54 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 55 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 56 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 57 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 58 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 59 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 60 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 61 Northam footballers of the future

  • 62 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 63 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 64 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 65

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 66 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 67 New choral society's growing response

  • 68 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 69

    Relatives all over the world
  • 70 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 71 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 72 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 73 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 74 A roof-top view - where?

  • 75

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 76 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 77

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 78 Penny for the guy

  • 79 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 80 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 81 Holiday scene near Sandymere

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

  • 83 Bideford regatta

  • 84 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 85

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 86 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 87 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 88 Modern living at Bideford

  • 89 Picking the pops

  • 90 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 91

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 92 Traditions and skills still there

  • 93 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 94 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 95 Police station view of Bideford

  • 96 Some mushroom!

  • 97 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 98 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 99 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 100 For crying out loud!

  • 101

    Married in 1908
  • 102 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 103 Burnard family reunion

  • 104 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 105 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 106 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 107 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 108 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 109 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 110 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 111 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 112 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 113 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 114 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 115 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 116 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 117 New art gallery opened

  • 118

    Exhibition of school work
  • 119 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 120 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 121 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 122 Big develolpment at Calveford

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

  • 124 The cab at the corner>
  • 125 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 126 Bridging the stream

  • 127 Decontrol of meat

  • 128 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 129 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 130 Twenty-one yachts

  • 131 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 132 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 133 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 134 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 135 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 136 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 137 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 138 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 139 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 140 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 141 Simple Item 138
  • 142 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 143 School crossing patrol begins

  • 144 In their new robes and hats

  • 145 Revived market off to splendid start

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

  • 147 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 148

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 149 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 150 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 151 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 152 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 153 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 154 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 155 Off on a great adventure

  • 156 When horses score over the tractor

  • 157

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 158 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 159 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 160 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 161 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 162 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 163 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 164

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 165

    First prize
  • 166 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 167 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 168 New Lundy stamps

  • 169 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 170 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 171 Jumble sale fever

  • 172 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 173 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 174 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 175 Out of puff!

  • 176 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 177

    Building works
  • 178 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 179 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 180 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 181

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 182 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 183 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 184 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 185 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 186 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 187 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 188 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 189 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 190 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 191 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 192 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 193 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 194 Hartland's invitation

  • 195 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 196 Can spring be far away?

  • 197 Loads of black and white

  • 198 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 199 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 200 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 201 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 202 Mobile missionary

  • 203

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 204 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 205 Last train from Torrington

  • 206 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 207 No laughing matter

  • 208 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 209 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 210 Bideford loses training ship

  • 211 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 212 Six footed lamb

  • 213

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 214 All for the love of a lady!

  • 215 New civic medallions

  • 216 Filming at Hartland

  • 217

    Was a missionary
  • 218 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 219

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 220

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 221 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 222 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 223 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 224 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 225

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 226 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 227 113 years at Instow

  • 228 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 229 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 230 Northam's almshouse

  • 231 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 232 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 233 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 234 North Devon Driving School

  • 235 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 236 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 237 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 238 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 239 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 240 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 241 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 242 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 243 Cruising down the river

  • 244 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 245 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 246 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 247 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

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

  • 249 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 250 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 251 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 252 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 253 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 254 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 255 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 256 All aboard the ark

  • 257

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 258 Recognise this resort?

  • 259 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 260 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 261 Some 240 exhibits

  • 262 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 263 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 264 Private home for public pump

  • 265 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 266 First ship in 8 years

  • 267 Service with a smile

  • 268 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 269

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 270 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 271 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 272 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 273 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 274 Just over a year old

  • 275 Life begins at 80

  • 276 A bird of their own!

  • 277 Puppet characters introduced

  • 278 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 279 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 280 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 281 Torrington in 1967

  • 282 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 283 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 284 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 285 Warmington's garage ad

  • 286 Picking the pops

  • 287 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 288 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 289

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 290 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 291

    New gateway
  • 292 Torrington children build igloo
  • 293 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 294 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 295 Ten year old scrambler

  • 296 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 297 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 298 New life for Hartland organ

  • 299 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 300 From Bobby to Brian

  • 301 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 302 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 303 No sale of Springfield House

  • 304 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 305 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 306 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 307 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 308 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 309 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 310 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 311 New look in the hayfields

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

  • 313 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 314 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 315 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 316 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 317 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 318 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 319 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 320 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 321 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 322 Pannier Market's future?

  • 323 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 324

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 325 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 326 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 327 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 328 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 329 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 330 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 331 Happy Days!

  • 332 New shipyard on schedule

  • 333 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 334 So this is the mainland!

  • 335 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 336 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 337 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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

  • 339 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 340

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 341 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 342 Finished in 1876

  • 343 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 344 By pony and trap to market

  • 345 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

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

  • 347 It really was the 'last time'

  • 348 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 349 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 350 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 351 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 352 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 353 New Post Office

  • 354 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 355

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 356 Emergency ferry services

  • 357 A story to tell!

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

  • 359 What's the time?

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

  • 361 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 362 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 363 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 364 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 365 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 366 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 367 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 368 Riverside mystery

  • 369 New addition to Quay front

  • 370 They are parted pro-tem

  • 371 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 372

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 373 Hartland postman retires

  • 374 Appledore's largest

  • 375 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 376 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 377

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 378

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 379 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 380 Centenary of Gazette

  • 381 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 382 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

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

  • 384 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 385 Littleham family's five generations

  • 386 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 387 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 388 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 389 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

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

  • 391 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 392 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 393 Devil sent packing

  • 394 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 395 Clovelly nightmare

  • 396 The art of the thatcher

  • 397 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 398 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 399 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 400 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 401 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 402 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 403 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 404

    Bidefordians
  • 405 A man and his wheel

  • 406 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 407 Variety in summer weather

  • 408

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 409 Sight of a lifetime

  • 410 Bideford computer stars

  • 411 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 412 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 413 Peter poses for TV film

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Farewell to the 'Hispaniola' 2nd June 1950

Farewell to the 'Hispaniola' 2nd June 1950

farewell to the HispaniolaJauntily flying the skull and cross-bones at her stern, the ship, Hispaniola, which last summer was used in making the film "Treasure Island," left Appledore in tow for Scarborough where she is to become part of that Corporation's maritime display.  Lieut-Com S Gorrell is in charge of the Hispaniola.  Volunteer extra hand, who travelled all Friday night to get to Appledore, was Wing-Commander Cyril Johnson, of Birmingham.

Landing craft becomes missions ship 5th April 1949

Landing craft becomes missions ship 5th April 1949

landing craft becomes missions shipConverted from a landing craft (guns) to a mission ship, the "Sir Edward P Willis II" lying at the yard of Messrs P K Harris and Sons, Appledore, will, it is expected, be ready for sea in the very near future.  Her reconstruction, which has been spread over two years, has been delayed by various shortages of materials, but this is now being overcome.

Picture shows Captain Lord Headley and Skipper H J Goldspink.  The late Mrs Manning wife of the former well-known Rector of Bideford (Preb. W N Manning) was a cousin of Lord Headley.

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