• 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 North Devon Driving School

  • 2 The Geneva marionettes

  • 3 Service with a smile

  • 4 Hartland's invitation

  • 5 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 6 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 7 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 8 Mobile missionary

  • 9 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 10 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 11 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 12 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 13 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 14 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 15 Ships at Bideford

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

  • 17 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 18 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 19

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 20 Appledore's largest

  • 21 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 22 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 23 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 24 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 25 Ten year old scrambler

  • 26 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 27 What's the time?

  • 28 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 29 Meredith's ironmongers

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

  • 31 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 32 Some mushroom!

  • 33 Pannier Market's future?

  • 34 Torrington in 1967

  • 35 Police station view of Bideford

  • 36 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 37 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

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

  • 39 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 40 Variety in summer weather

  • 41 No sale of Springfield House

  • 42 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 43 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 44 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 45 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 46 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 47 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 48 When horses score over the tractor

  • 49

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 50 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 51 Torrington children build igloo
  • 52 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 53 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 54 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 55 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 56 Northam footballers of the future

  • 57 113 years at Instow

  • 58 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 59 Bridging the stream

  • 60

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 61 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 62 Penny for the guy

  • 63 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 64 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 65 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 66 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 67 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 68 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 69 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 70 A roof-top view - where?

  • 71 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 72

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 73 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 74 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 75 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 76 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 77 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 78 Private home for public pump

  • 79

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 80 New Post Office

  • 81 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

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

  • 83

    Building works
  • 84 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 85 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 86 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 87 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 88 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 89 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 90 Hartland postman retires

  • 91 Simple Item 138
  • 92 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 93

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 94

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 95 Out of puff!

  • 96 A bird of their own!

  • 97

    First prize
  • 98

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 99 Northam's almshouse

  • 100 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 101 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 102 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 103 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 104 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 105 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 106 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 107 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 108 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 109 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 110 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 111 Happy Days!

  • 112 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 113 New Lundy stamps

  • 114 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 115 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

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

  • 117 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 118 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 119 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 120 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 121 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 122 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 123 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 124 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 125 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 126 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 127 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 128 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 129 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 130 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 131 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 132 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 133 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 134 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 135 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 136 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 137 Finished in 1876

  • 138 Jumble sale fever

  • 139 They are parted pro-tem

  • 140 The art of the thatcher

  • 141 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 142 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 143 Puppet characters introduced

  • 144 Bideford regatta

  • 145 Clovelly nightmare

  • 146 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 147 New art gallery opened

  • 148

    Bidefordians
  • 149 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 150 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 151 A story to tell!

  • 152 Riverside mystery

  • 153 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 154 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 155 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 156 A man and his wheel

  • 157 Revenge in style

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

  • 159 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 160 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 161 Life begins at 80

  • 162 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 163 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 164 Waldon Triplets
  • 165 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 166

    New gateway
  • 167 No laughing matter

  • 168 Centenary of Gazette

  • 169 Bideford loses training ship

  • 170 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 171 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 172 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 173 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 174 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 175 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 176 Emergency ferry services

  • 177 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 178 Loads of black and white

  • 179 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 180 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 181 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 182 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 183 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 184 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 185 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 186

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 187 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 188 In their new robes and hats

  • 189 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 190 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 191 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 192

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 193 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 194 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 195 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 196 End of the line

  • 197 Circus comes to town

  • 198 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 199

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 200 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 201 New shipyard on schedule

  • 202 Modern living at Bideford

  • 203 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 204 New choral society's growing response

  • 205 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 206 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 207

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 208 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 209 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 210 It really was the 'last time'

  • 211 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 212 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 213 Capers on the cobbles

  • 214 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 215 Decontrol of meat

  • 216 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 217 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 218 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 219 Torrington's new amenity

  • 220 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 221 New look in the hayfields

  • 222 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 223 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 224 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 225 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 226 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 227 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 228 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 229 Cruising down the river

  • 230 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 231 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 232 Picking the pops

  • 233 Recognise this resort?

  • 234 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 235 Clovelly custom

  • 236 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 237 Off on a great adventure

  • 238 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 239

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 240

    Relatives all over the world
  • 241 New civic medallions

  • 242 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 243 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 244 Burnard family reunion

  • 245 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 246 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 247 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 248 He beat the floods

  • 249 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 250

    Was a missionary
  • 251 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 252 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 253 Can spring be far away?

  • 254 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 255 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 256 Traditions and skills still there

  • 257 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 258 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 259 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 260 Picking the pops

  • 261 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 262 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 263 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 264 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 265 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 266 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 267 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 268 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 269 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 270 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 271 Hartland Dancers
  • 272 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 273 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 274 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 275

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 276 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 277 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 278 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 279 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 280 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 281 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 282 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 283 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 284

    Exhibition of school work
  • 285 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 286 For crying out loud!

  • 287 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 289 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 290 Some 240 exhibits

  • 291 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 292 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 293 Weare Giffard potato

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

  • 295 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 296 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 297 Just over a year old

  • 298 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 299 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 300 School's link with cargo ship

  • 301 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 302 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 303 Twenty-one yachts

  • 304 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 305 Last train from Torrington

  • 306 School crossing patrol begins

  • 307

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 308 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 309 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 310 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 311

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 312 Littleham family's five generations

  • 313 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 314 Sight of a lifetime

  • 315 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 316 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 317 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 318

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 319 Six footed lamb

  • 320 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 321 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 322 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 323 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 324 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 325 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 326 New life for Hartland organ

  • 327 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 328 Artisans' Club

  • 329 Safe door weighing two tons

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

  • 331 By pony and trap to market

  • 332 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 333 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 334 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 335 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 336 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 337 First ship in 8 years

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

  • 339 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 340 All aboard the ark

  • 341 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 342 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 343 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 344 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 345

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 346

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 347 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 348

    Married in 1908
  • 349 Devil sent packing

  • 350 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

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

  • 352 Bideford computer stars

  • 353 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 354 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 355 Quads at Thornhillhead

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

  • 357 So this is the mainland!

  • 358 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 359 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 360 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 361 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 362 All for the love of a lady!

  • 363 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 364 Peter poses for TV film

  • 365 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 366 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 367

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 368 Parkham plan realised

  • 369 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 370 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 371

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 372 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 373 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 374 New addition to Quay front

  • 375 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 376 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 377 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 378 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 379 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 380 Warmington's garage ad

  • 381

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 382

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 383 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 384 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 385

    Jinxed School Trip
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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Appledore Shipyard Training School

Appledore Shipyard Training School - February 1968

Appledore Shipyard Training School
 

Good news mentioned in the Gazette in 1968! Appledore Shipyard is to establish a training school for apprentices.

 

The Kathleen and May - 1978

The Kathleen and May - 13th January 1978

13.1.1978 Kathleen and May
 

Exeter Maritime Museum have offered to give a home to the Kathleen and May, the 77-year-old schooner with strong Appledore associations which the Maritime Trust are considering moving from Plymouth to London.
The Trust say the viewing fees from the public visiting the schoome at Sutton do not cover maintenance costs and they think a move to London could remedy this situation. The Exeter Museum think she should stay in the area.
The Kathleen and May, built at Connah's Quay in North Wales, was at one time a familiar part of the Bristol Channel coasting trade and particularly well known at Appledore. It was in North Devon that she was restored in 1965 before being acquired by the Trust in 1970.

The Golden Hind - 1972

The Golden Hind - 18th February 1972

18.2.1972 Golden Hind
18.2.1972 Golden Hind2
 

Replica of Golden Hind to be Built in Appledore

Assembly of the framework of the replica of Drake's Golden Hind, being bult at the yard of J Hinks and Son, Appledore.
The replica has been ordered by an American firm and the work of the building will take until next spring.
Meanwhile, on the Isle of Wight, 58-year-old Mr Jack Whitehead is working on a hind figurehead for the vessel. He was also responsible for the carvings on the replica of the Nonsuch for the Hudson's Bay Company, which was built at Hink's yard and launched in the summer of 1968.

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