• 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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    Exhibition of school work
  • 2 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 3 New choral society's growing response

  • 4 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 5 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 6 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 7 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 8 New life for Hartland organ

  • 9 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 10 Devil sent packing

  • 11 Sight of a lifetime

  • 12 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 13 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 14 113 years at Instow

  • 15 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 16 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 17 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 18 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 19 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 20 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 21 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 22 Some 240 exhibits

  • 23 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 24 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 25 Out of puff!

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

  • 27 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 28 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 29 When horses score over the tractor

  • 30 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 31 He beat the floods

  • 32 Passing of a Torrington landmark

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

  • 34 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 35 They are parted pro-tem

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

  • 37 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 38 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 39 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 40 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 41 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 42 Picking the pops

  • 43 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 44 In their new robes and hats

  • 45 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 46 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 47 Bideford computer stars

  • 48 Emergency ferry services

  • 49

    First prize
  • 50 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 51

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 52

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 53 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 54 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 55 School's link with cargo ship

  • 56 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 57 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 58 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 59

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 60

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 61 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 62

    New gateway
  • 63 Capers on the cobbles

  • 64 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 65 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 66

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 67 From Bobby to Brian

  • 68 Calf thinks of mare as mum

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

  • 70 Filming at Hartland

  • 71 Clovelly nightmare

  • 72 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 73 Circus comes to town

  • 74

    Relatives all over the world
  • 75 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 76 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 77 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 78 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 79 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 80 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 81 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 82

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 83 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 84 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 85 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 86

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 87 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 88 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 89 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 91 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

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

  • 93 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 94 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 95 Clovelly custom

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

  • 97 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 98 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 99 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 100 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 101 Just over a year old

  • 102 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 103 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 104 Puppet characters introduced

  • 105 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 106

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 107 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 108 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 109 Torrington in 1967

  • 110 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 111 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 112 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 113 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 114 Simple Item 138
  • 115 A man and his wheel

  • 116 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 117 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 118 Riverside mystery

  • 119 Jumble sale fever

  • 120 Ten year old scrambler

  • 121 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 122 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 123

    Building works
  • 124 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 125 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 126 Torrington children build igloo
  • 127 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 128 Can spring be far away?

  • 129

    Was a missionary
  • 130 Some mushroom!

  • 131 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 132 Loads of black and white

  • 133 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 134 New shipyard on schedule

  • 135 Recognise this resort?

  • 136 Making way for the double-deckers

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

  • 138 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

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

  • 141 Centenary of Gazette

  • 142 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 143 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 144 The Geneva marionettes

  • 145 A bird of their own!

  • 146 Decontrol of meat

  • 147 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 148 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 149

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 150 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 151 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 152 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 153 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 154

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 155 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 156 A story to tell!

  • 157 North Devon Driving School

  • 158

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 159 No laughing matter

  • 160 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 161 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 162 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 163 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 164 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 165 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 166 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 168 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 169 The cab at the corner>
  • 170 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 171 New Lundy stamps

  • 172 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 173 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 174

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 175 Traditions and skills still there

  • 176 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 177 Bideford loses training ship

  • 178 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 179 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 180 Burnard family reunion

  • 181 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 182 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 183 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 184 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 185 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 186 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 187 Off on a great adventure

  • 188 What's the time?

  • 189 New addition to Quay front

  • 190 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 191 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 192 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 193 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 194 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 195 All aboard the ark

  • 196 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 197 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 198 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 199 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 200 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 201 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

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

  • 203 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 204 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 205 Calligrapher extraordinary

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

  • 208 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 209 Pannier Market's future?

  • 210 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 211 Twenty-one yachts

  • 212 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 213 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 214 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 215 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 216 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 217 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 218 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 219 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 220 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 221 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 223 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 224 Police station view of Bideford

  • 225 First ship in 8 years

  • 226 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 227 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 228 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 229 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 230 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 231 Warmington's garage ad

  • 232 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 233 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 236 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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

  • 238

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 239 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 240 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 241 Mobile missionary

  • 242

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 243 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 244 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 245 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 246 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 247 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 248 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 249 Modern living at Bideford

  • 250 It really was the 'last time'

  • 251 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 252 Penny for the guy

  • 253 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 254 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 255 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 256 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 257 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 258 Littleham family's five generations

  • 259 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 260 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 261 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 262 Waldon Triplets
  • 263 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 264 So this is the mainland!

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    Married in 1908
  • 266 Picking the pops

  • 267 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 268 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 269 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 270 Torrington's new amenity

  • 271 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

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    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 273 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 274 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 275 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 276 School crossing patrol begins

  • 277 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 278 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 279 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 280 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 281 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 282 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 283 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 284 Appledore's largest

  • 285 Ships at Bideford

  • 286 Six footed lamb

  • 287 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 288 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 289 Hartland's invitation

  • 290 No sale of Springfield House

  • 291 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 292 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 293 Cruising down the river

  • 294 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 295 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 296 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 297 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 298 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 299 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 300 New look for Torrington Lane

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 302 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 303

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 304 Finished in 1876

  • 305 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 306 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 307 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 308 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 309 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 310 Peter poses for TV film

  • 311 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 312 For crying out loud!

  • 313 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 314 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 315 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 316 All for the love of a lady!

  • 317 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 318 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 319 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 320 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

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

  • 322 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 323 Hartland Dancers
  • 324 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 325 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 326 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 327 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 328 Northam's almshouse

  • 329 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 330 Last train from Torrington

  • 331 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 332 Weare Giffard potato

  • 333 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 334 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 335 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 336

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 337 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 338

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 339 Happy Days!

  • 340 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 341 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 342 Artisans' Club

  • 343 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 344 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 345 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 346 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 347 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 348 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 349

    Bidefordians
  • 350 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 351 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 352 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 353 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 354 New look in the hayfields

  • 355 Sweets derationing

  • 356 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 357 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 358

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 359 By pony and trap to market

  • 360 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 361 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 362 Parkham plan realised

  • 363 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 364 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 365 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 366 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 367 End of the line

  • 368 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 369 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 370 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 371

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 372 The art of the thatcher

  • 373 Revenge in style

  • 374 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 375 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 376 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 377 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 378 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 379 Bridging the stream

  • 380 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 381 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 382 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 383 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 384 Service with a smile

  • 385 New Post Office

  • 386 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 387 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 388 Private home for public pump

  • 389 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 390 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 391 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 392 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 393 Bideford regatta

  • 394 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 395 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 396 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 397 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 398 Variety in summer weather

  • 399 New civic medallions

  • 400 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 401 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 402

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 403 A roof-top view - where?

  • 404 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 405 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 406 Hartland postman retires

  • 407 New art gallery opened

  • 408 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 409 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 410 Northam footballers of the future

  • 411 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 412 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 413 Life begins at 80

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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Golfers Dig Out

At one time on Sunday there were 75 or more golfers all on the fairway to the fourth hole at Westward Ho!

14.4.1967 Golfers RNDGC

But this was no pile-up of play: they were all armed with shovels, brooms and rakes and were taking part in 'operation sand-blast.'

Their task was to clear some of the considerable accumulation of sand which has blown from the sand dunes on to this fairway.

Members of both the Royal North Devon Golf Club and the Northam Artisans' Golf Club joined in the combined operation, sweeping the sand into piles and shovelling it into trailers.

'It has been a very gratifying effort' said Mr Ted Lamey, chairman of the RND Golf Club's Greens Committee.

14.4.1967 Golfers RNDGC

Royal North Devon Golf Club

Gazette articled dated 14 April 1967

16-A-Side Soccer

Two men dressed as women

13.5.1977 Sport

Gazette article dated 13 May 1977

Appledore Seniors

Champions of the North Devon Senior League for the sixth time since the war

9.5.1958 Appledore footballers

J Curtis (committee), Sid Cox, Stan Edwards, Bob Hocking, Ronnie Cook, Cyril Moyse, Roy Drew, Alan Smith (trainer), Bobby Bailey, Gerald Cornish, Des Bennett, Dai Jones, Doug Bale

Gazette article dated 9 May 1958

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