• 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 Service with a smile

  • 2 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 3 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 4 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 5 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 6

    Exhibition of school work
  • 7 Riverside mystery

  • 8 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 9 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 10 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 11 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 12 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 13 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 14 Northam's almshouse

  • 15 Decontrol of meat

  • 16 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 17 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 18 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 19 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 20 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 21 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 22 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 23 Cruising down the river

  • 24 Picking the pops

  • 25 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 26 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 27 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 28

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 29 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 30 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 31 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 32 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 33 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 34 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 35 Warmington's garage ad

  • 36 Sight of a lifetime

  • 37 Littleham family's five generations

  • 38 Some mushroom!

  • 39 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 40

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 41 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 42 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 43

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 44 Variety in summer weather

  • 45 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 46 He beat the floods

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

  • 48 A roof-top view - where?

  • 49 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 50 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 51 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 52

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 53 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 54 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 55 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 56 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 57

    Bidefordians
  • 58 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 59 Torrington children build igloo
  • 60 Ships at Bideford

  • 61 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 62 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 63 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 64 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 65 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 66 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 67 Peter poses for TV film

  • 68 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 69 New life for Hartland organ

  • 70 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 71 Waldon Triplets
  • 72 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 73 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 74 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 75 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 76 So this is the mainland!

  • 77 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 78 New addition to Quay front

  • 79 113 years at Instow

  • 80 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 81 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 82 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 83 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 84 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 85 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 86 Northam footballers of the future

  • 87 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 88 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 89 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 90 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 91 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 92 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 93 Bideford loses training ship

  • 94 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 95 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 96 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 97 Hartland's invitation

  • 98

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 99 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 100 Modern living at Bideford

  • 101 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 102 Torrington's new amenity

  • 103 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 104 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 105 What's the time?

  • 106 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 107 Finished in 1876

  • 108 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 109 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 110 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 111 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 112 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 113 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 114 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 115 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 116 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 117 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 118 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 119 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 120 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 121 In their new robes and hats

  • 122 Twenty-one yachts

  • 123 Bideford regatta

  • 124 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 125 Puppet characters introduced

  • 126 River scenes that enchant the visitors

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

  • 128 A story to tell!

  • 129 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 130 School's link with cargo ship

  • 131 Traditions and skills still there

  • 132 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 133 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 134 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 135 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

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

  • 137 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 138 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 139 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 140 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 141 Burnard family reunion

  • 142 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 143 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 144

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 145 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 146 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 147 Some 240 exhibits

  • 148 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 149 Filming at Hartland

  • 150 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 151 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 152 Devil sent packing

  • 153 Artisans' Club

  • 154 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 155

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 156 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 157 For crying out loud!

  • 158 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 159 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 160 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 161 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 162

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 163

    New gateway
  • 164 New art gallery opened

  • 165 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 166 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 167 Recognise this resort?

  • 168 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 169

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 170

    Building works
  • 171 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 172 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 173

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 174 Hartland postman retires

  • 175

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 176 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 177 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 178 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 179 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 180 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 181 The cab at the corner>
  • 182 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 183 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 184 Simple Item 138
  • 185 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 186 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 187 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 188 Out of puff!

  • 189 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 190 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 191 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 192 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 193 Can spring be far away?

  • 194 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 195 School crossing patrol begins

  • 196 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 197 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 198 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 199 The art of the thatcher

  • 200 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 201

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 202 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 203 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 204 Appledore's largest

  • 205 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 206 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 207 New Lundy stamps

  • 208 New Post Office

  • 209 No sale of Springfield House

  • 210 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 211

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

  • 213 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 214 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 215 Fish nearly pulled him in

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

  • 217 Just over a year old

  • 218 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 219 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 220 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 221

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 222 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 223 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 224 Last train from Torrington

  • 225

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 226 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 227 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 228 Pannier Market's future?

  • 229 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 230 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 231 A bird of their own!

  • 232

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 233 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 234

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 235 When horses score over the tractor

  • 236 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 237 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 238 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 239 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 240 Circus comes to town

  • 241 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 242

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 243 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 244

    First prize
  • 245 Penny for the guy

  • 246 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 247 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 248 Torrington in 1967

  • 249 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 250 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 251

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 252 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 253 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 254 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 255 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 256 Loads of black and white

  • 257 The Geneva marionettes

  • 258 No laughing matter

  • 259 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 260 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 261 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 262 New choral society's growing response

  • 263 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 264 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 265 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 266 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 267 From Bobby to Brian

  • 268 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 269 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 270 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 271 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 272 Clovelly nightmare

  • 273 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 274 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 275 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 276 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 277 Quads at Thornhillhead

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

  • 279 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 280 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 281 Weare Giffard potato

  • 282 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 283

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 284 Bideford computer stars

  • 285 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 286 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 287 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 288 Sweets derationing

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

  • 290 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 291 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 292 Picking the pops

  • 293 It really was the 'last time'

  • 294 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

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

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

  • 297 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 298 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 299 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 300 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 301 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 302 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 303 End of the line

  • 304 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 305 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 306 Jumble sale fever

  • 307 First ship in 8 years

  • 308 Life begins at 80

  • 309 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 310

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 311 Revenge in style

  • 312 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 313 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 314 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 315 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 316

    Married in 1908
  • 317 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 318 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 319 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 320 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 321 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 322 They are parted pro-tem

  • 323 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 324 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 325 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 326 Parkham plan realised

  • 327

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 328 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 329 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 330 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 331 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 332 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 333 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 334 A man and his wheel

  • 335 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 336 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 337 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 338 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 339 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 340 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 341 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 342 New civic medallions

  • 343 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 344

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 345 Bridging the stream

  • 346 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 347 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 348 New shipyard on schedule

  • 349 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 350 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 351 Clovelly custom

  • 352 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 353 By pony and trap to market

  • 354 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 355 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 356 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 357 New look in the hayfields

  • 358 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 359 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 360 New Estate's view of estuary activities

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

  • 362 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 363 Off on a great adventure

  • 364 All aboard the ark

  • 365 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 366 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 367 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 368 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 369 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 370 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 371

    Was a missionary
  • 372 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 373 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 374 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 375 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 376 All for the love of a lady!

  • 377 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 378 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

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

  • 380 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 381 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 382

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 383 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 384

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 385

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 386 Capers on the cobbles

  • 387 Private home for public pump

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

  • 389 Hartland Dancers
  • 390 Emergency ferry services

  • 391 North Devon Driving School

  • 392 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 393 Police station view of Bideford

  • 394 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 395 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 396 Ten year old scrambler

  • 397 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 398 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 399 Mobile missionary

  • 400 Centenary of Gazette

  • 401 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 402 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 403 Six footed lamb

  • 404 Happy Days!

  • 405 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 406 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 407 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 408 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 409 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 410 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 411 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 412 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 413 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
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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Appledore Tugs Fete London Tower!

These Appledore built tugs, ‘Prestwick’ and ‘George V’ were ‘on inspection’ at Tower Pier, London, last week, together with a smaller tug, the ‘Dart’ built for exclusive use on the Thames.

1.4.1955 Appledore tugs

Behind can be seen the famous landmark, the Tower of London. Up to 100 tug owners from leading British and some Continental ports, came to appraise the new design of these vessels, and Mr Gordon Harris, director and manager of  Messrs P K Harris and Sons, Appledore, told the Bideford Gazette he hoped to have good news shortly of further orders as a result of this inspired touch of salesmanship by the designers, Messrs Burness, Kendall and Partners Ltd.

Gazette article dated 1 April 1955

Appledore Couple Reach Barbados

Mr and Mrs Jeffery Clarkson, whose home is at The Gaiety, Irsha Street, Appledore, recently reached Barbados after having taken 29 days to complete the 2,760 miles Atlantic crossing in their 30ft sloop Pile Cap.

10.3.1972 appledore couple

In a message to Mr Alec Proven, the steward at the North Devon Yacht Club, of which the Clarksons are members and where their progress is being mapped, they explain they took it easy on the crossing.
The Clarksons, who spent Christmas at Lanzarote in the Canaries, plan to sail across the Caribbean to Panama via Curacao before continuing their voyage to Seattle.
Gazette article is dated 10 March 1972.

Egyptian Editors Visit

Four newspaper editors from the Arab Republic of Egypt toured Appledore Shipbuilders' covered yard on Wednesday during a 10 day visit to this country arranged by the Central Office of Information on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

24.3.1972 Egyptian visitors Appledore

On Tuesday they were shown Concorde at Bristol and yesterday they were at the House of Commons. The party spent Tuesday night at the Durrant House Hotel as guests of Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.
Gazette article dated 24 March 1972

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