• 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 School's link with cargo ship

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    Married in 1908
  • 3 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

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    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 5 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 6 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 7 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 8 Clovelly custom

  • 9 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 10

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 11 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 12 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 13 Hartland postman retires

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

  • 15 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 16 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 17 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 18 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 19 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 20 Capers on the cobbles

  • 21 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 22 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 23 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 24 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 25 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 26 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 27 So this is the mainland!

  • 28 By pony and trap to market

  • 29

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 30 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 31 Waldon Triplets
  • 32 New addition to Quay front

  • 33

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 34 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 35

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 36 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 37 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 38 Ships at Bideford

  • 39 Appledore's largest

  • 40 When horses score over the tractor

  • 41 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 42

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 43 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 44 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 45 A bird of their own!

  • 46 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 47 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 48 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 49 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 50 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 51 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 52 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 53 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 54 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 55 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 56

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 57

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 58 Students help model St Sidwell

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

  • 60 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 61 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 62 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 63

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 64 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 65 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 66 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 67 Six footed lamb

  • 68 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 69 They never miss a game at Torrington

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

  • 71 Torrington's new amenity

  • 72 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 73 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 74 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 75 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 76 Picking the pops

  • 77 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 78 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 79 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 80 In their new robes and hats

  • 81 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 82 Warmington's garage ad

  • 83 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 84 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 85 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 86 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 87 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 88 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 89 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 90 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 91 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 92 New look in the hayfields

  • 93 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 94 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 95 A story to tell!

  • 96 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 97 Peter poses for TV film

  • 98 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 99 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 100 Life begins at 80

  • 101 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 102

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 103 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 104 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 105 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 106 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 107 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 108 Emergency ferry services

  • 109

    Relatives all over the world
  • 110 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 111 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 112 New choral society's growing response

  • 113 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 114

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 115 New Lundy stamps

  • 116 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 117 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 118 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 119 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 120 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 121 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 122 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 123 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 124 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 125 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 126 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 127 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 128 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 129 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 130 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 131 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 132 Bridging the stream

  • 133

    Building works
  • 134 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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

  • 136 Police station view of Bideford

  • 137 No sale of Springfield House

  • 138 A roof-top view - where?

  • 139 The Geneva marionettes

  • 140 Penny for the guy

  • 141 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 142 Parkham plan realised

  • 143 New Post Office

  • 144 First ship in 8 years

  • 145 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 146 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 147

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 148 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 149 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 150 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 151 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 152 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 153 Littleham family's five generations

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

  • 155 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 156 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 157 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 158 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 159 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 160 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 161 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 162 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 163 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 164 Weare Giffard potato

  • 165 Northam footballers of the future

  • 166 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 167 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 168 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 169 Bideford regatta

  • 170 Variety in summer weather

  • 171 North Devon Driving School

  • 172

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 173 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 174 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 175 Sweets derationing

  • 176 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 177 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 178 Circus comes to town

  • 179 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 180 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 181 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 182 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 183 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 184 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 185 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 186 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 187

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 188 The cab at the corner>
  • 189 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 190 A man and his wheel

  • 191 Northam's almshouse

  • 192 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 193 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 194 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 195 They are parted pro-tem

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

  • 197

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 198 Jumble sale fever

  • 199 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 200 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 201 Pannier Market's future?

  • 202 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 203 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 204 Torrington in 1967

  • 205 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 206 Simple Item 138
  • 207 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 208 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 209 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 210 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 211 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 212 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 213

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 214

    Was a missionary
  • 215 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 216 Filming at Hartland

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

  • 218 Some mushroom!

  • 219 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 220 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 221 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 222 Recognise this resort?

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

  • 224 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 225

    Bidefordians
  • 226 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 227 Traditions and skills still there

  • 228 Burnard family reunion

  • 229 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 230

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 231 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 232 For crying out loud!

  • 233 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 234 Bideford Bridge re-opens

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    First prize
  • 236 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 237 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 238 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 239 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 240 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 241 Can spring be far away?

  • 242 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 243 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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

  • 245 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 246 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 247 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 248 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 249 End of the line

  • 250 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 251 Torrington children build igloo
  • 252 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 253 New art gallery opened

  • 254 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 255 New shipyard on schedule

  • 256 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 257 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 258 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 259 Centenary of Gazette

  • 260 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 261 It really was the 'last time'

  • 262 From Bobby to Brian

  • 263 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 264 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 265 Riverside mystery

  • 266 What's the time?

  • 267 No laughing matter

  • 268 Out of puff!

  • 269 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 270 Service with a smile

  • 271 Bideford computer stars

  • 272 Some 240 exhibits

  • 273 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 274 Record pebble-throwing day

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

  • 276 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 277 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 278 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 279 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 280 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 281 All aboard the ark

  • 282 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 283 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 284 Clovelly nightmare

  • 285 New civic medallions

  • 286 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 287 Happy Days!

  • 288 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 289 Modern living at Bideford

  • 290 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 291 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 292 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 293 Devil sent packing

  • 294 Cruising down the river

  • 295 Decontrol of meat

  • 296 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 297 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 298 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 299 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 300 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 301 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

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

  • 303 Hartland's invitation

  • 304 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 305 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 306 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 307 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 308 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 309 Private home for public pump

  • 310

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 311 The art of the thatcher

  • 312 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 313 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 314 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 315 Finished in 1876

  • 316 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 317 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 318 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 319 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 320 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 321 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 322 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 323 Ten year old scrambler

  • 324 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 325 113 years at Instow

  • 326 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 327 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 328 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 329 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 330 New life for Hartland organ

  • 331 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 332 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 333 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 334 Sight of a lifetime

  • 335 Twenty-one yachts

  • 336 Last train from Torrington

  • 337 Just over a year old

  • 338 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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

  • 340 Bideford loses training ship

  • 341 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 342 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 343 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 344 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 345 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 346 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 347 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 348 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 349 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 350 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 351 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 352 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

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

  • 354 Picking the pops

  • 355

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 356 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 357 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 358

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 359 X-ray shoe fitting

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

  • 361 Mobile missionary

  • 362 He beat the floods

  • 363

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 364 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 365 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

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    New gateway
  • 367 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 368

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 369 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 370 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 371 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 372 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 373 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 374 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 375 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 376 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 377 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 378 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 379 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 380 All for the love of a lady!

  • 381

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 382 Loads of black and white

  • 383

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 384 Revenge in style

  • 385 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 386 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 387 School crossing patrol begins

  • 388 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 389

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 390 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 391 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 392 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 393 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 394 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 396 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 397 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 398 Off on a great adventure

  • 399 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 400 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 401 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 402 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 403 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 404 Artisans' Club

  • 405 Hartland Dancers
  • 406 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 407 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 408 Puppet characters introduced

  • 409 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 410 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 411 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 412 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 413 Allhalland Street - then and now

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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  • 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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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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