• 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 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 2 Revenge in style

  • 3 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 4 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 5 Loads of black and white

  • 6 School's link with cargo ship

  • 7 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 8 Variety in summer weather

  • 9 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 10 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 11 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 12 Penny for the guy

  • 13 Parkham plan realised

  • 14 Centenary of Gazette

  • 15 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 16 Last train from Torrington

  • 17 He beat the floods

  • 18 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 19 Sweets derationing

  • 20 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 21 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 22 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 23 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 24 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 25 New life for Hartland organ

  • 26 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 27 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 28 Picking the pops

  • 29 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 30 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 31

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 32 Northam footballers of the future

  • 33 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 34 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 35

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 36 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 37 Weare Giffard potato

  • 38 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 39 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 40 Clovelly nightmare

  • 41 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 42 New Lundy stamps

  • 43 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 44 Record pebble-throwing day

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

  • 46 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 47 A roof-top view - where?

  • 48 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 49 Bridging the stream

  • 50 First ship in 8 years

  • 51 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 52

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 53 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 54 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 55

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 56 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 57 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 58 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 59 Cruising down the river

  • 60 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 61 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 62 Hartland Dancers
  • 63 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 64 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 65 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 66 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 67 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 68 Police station view of Bideford

  • 69 Littleham family's five generations

  • 70 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 71 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 72 New Post Office

  • 73 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 74

    First prize
  • 75 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 76 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 77 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 78 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 79 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 80 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 81 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 82

    Building works
  • 83 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 84 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 85 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 86 All for the love of a lady!

  • 87 Riverside mystery

  • 88

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 89 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 90 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 91

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 92 Capers on the cobbles

  • 93 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 94 Devil sent packing

  • 95 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 96 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 97 Hartland postman retires

  • 98 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 99 Northam's almshouse

  • 100 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 101 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 102 Ten year old scrambler

  • 103 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 104 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 105 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 106

    Relatives all over the world
  • 107

    New gateway
  • 108 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 109 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 110 Burnard family reunion

  • 111 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 112 Six footed lamb

  • 113 Decontrol of meat

  • 114 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 115 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 116

    Married in 1908
  • 117 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 118 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 119 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 120 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 121 New look in the hayfields

  • 122 They are parted pro-tem

  • 123 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 124 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 125 School crossing patrol begins

  • 126 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 127 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 128 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 129 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 130 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 131 Torrington's new amenity

  • 132 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 133 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 134 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 135 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 136 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 137 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 138

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 139 Bideford regatta

  • 140 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 141 Peter poses for TV film

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

  • 143 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 144 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 145 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 146 It really was the 'last time'

  • 147 New civic medallions

  • 148

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 149 Private home for public pump

  • 150 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 151 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 152 Twenty-one yachts

  • 153 For crying out loud!

  • 154 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 155 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 156 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 157 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 158 North Devon Driving School

  • 159 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 160 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 161

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 162 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 163 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 164 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 165 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 166 A story to tell!

  • 167 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 168

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 169 Puppet characters introduced

  • 170 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 171 Modern living at Bideford

  • 172 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 173

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 174 So this is the mainland!

  • 175 Service with a smile

  • 176 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 177 Ships at Bideford

  • 178 113 years at Instow

  • 179

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 180 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 181 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 182 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

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

  • 184 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 185 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 186 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 187 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 188 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 189 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 190 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 191 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 192 Jumble sale fever

  • 193 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 194 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 195 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 196 By pony and trap to market

  • 197 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 198 New addition to Quay front

  • 199 Just over a year old

  • 200 Torrington children build igloo
  • 201 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 202 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 203 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 204 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 205 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 206 Artisans' Club

  • 207 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 208 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 209 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 210 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 211 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 212 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 213 The Geneva marionettes

  • 214 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 215 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 216

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 217

    Was a missionary
  • 218

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 219 Circus comes to town

  • 220 Happy Days!

  • 221 Picking the pops

  • 222 End of the line

  • 223 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 224 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 225 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 226 Afternoon tea in the park

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

  • 228 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 229 When horses score over the tractor

  • 230 Some mushroom!

  • 231 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 232 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 233 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 234 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 235 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 236 Torrington in 1967

  • 237 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 238 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 239 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 240 Up-to-date Bideford!

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

  • 242 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 243 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 244 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 245 What's the time?

  • 246

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 247 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 248 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 249 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 250 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 251 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 252 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 253 New choral society's growing response

  • 254 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 255 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 256 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 257

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 258 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 259 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 260 Bideford computer stars

  • 261 Mobile missionary

  • 262 New shipyard on schedule

  • 263 Emergency ferry services

  • 264 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

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    Bidefordians
  • 266 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 267 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 268 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 269 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 270 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 271 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 272 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 273 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 274 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 275 Off on a great adventure

  • 276 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 277 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 278 The art of the thatcher

  • 279 Pannier Market's future?

  • 280 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 281 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 282 Filming at Hartland

  • 283 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 284 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 285 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 286 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 287 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 288 All aboard the ark

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

  • 290 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

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

  • 292 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 293 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 294 Appledore's largest

  • 295 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 296 New art gallery opened

  • 297 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 298 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 299

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 300 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 301 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 302 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 303 Future of Torrington almshouses

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 305 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 306 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 307 Hartland's invitation

  • 308 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 309 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 310 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 311 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 312 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 313 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 314 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 315 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 316 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 317 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 318 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 319 Some 240 exhibits

  • 320 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 321 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 322 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

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

  • 324 In their new robes and hats

  • 325 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 326 A man and his wheel

  • 327 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 328 Bideford loses training ship

  • 329 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 330 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 331 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 332

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 333 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 334 Finished in 1876

  • 335 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 336 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 337 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 338

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 339 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 340 Life begins at 80

  • 341 Waldon Triplets
  • 342 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 343 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 344 Sight of a lifetime

  • 345 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 346 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 347 Out of puff!

  • 348 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 349 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 350 No laughing matter

  • 351 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 352 Recognise this resort?

  • 353 Clovelly custom

  • 354 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 355 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 356

    Exhibition of school work
  • 357 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 358

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 359

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 360 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 361 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 362 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 363 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 364 X-ray shoe fitting

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 366 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 367 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 368 Simple Item 138
  • 369 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 370 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 371 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 372 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 373 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 374 Salmon netting at Bideford

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

  • 376 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 377 Traditions and skills still there

  • 378 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 379 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 380 From Bobby to Brian

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

  • 382 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 383 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 384 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 385 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 386 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 387

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 388 Warmington's garage ad

  • 389 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 390 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 391 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 392 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 393 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 394 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 395 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 396 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 397 The cab at the corner>
  • 398 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 399 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 400 Can spring be far away?

  • 401 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 402 A bird of their own!

  • 403 Centuries old but today busier than ever

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 405 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 406 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 407 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 408 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 409 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 410 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 411 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 412 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 413 No sale of Springfield House

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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Inshore rescue boat tested at Appledore in 1972

Flat out - the inshore rescue boat now on evaluation tests at Appledore.

1972 Inshore rescue


A new type of craft, she is not hitting top speed again after a fortnight's delay during which a new engine was fitted. Onen idea of the trials is to familiarise local lifeboat crewmen with such craft which, many experts believe, could do much to fill a gap in local rescue services when the helicopter flight departs on the closure of RAF Chivenor.

1972 Inshore rescue

Farewell Services

Conducting his final services as Vicar of Appledore next weekend, the Rev Donald Peyton Jones has issued a special invitation not only to regular worshippers, but to all have been married, confirmed or baptised there during his five year ministry.

1978 Peyton Jones

Guest speaker at a harvest thanksgiving next Friday will be Bishop Wilfred Westall, now retired, who installed Mr Peyton Jones as Appledore’s Vicar.
Mr Peyton Jones begins work as honorary chaplain to the Mission for Seamen in the Port of Plymouth on October 1. He believes that at 65 he has been called to work among seamen and also that Appledore and Lundy need a younger priest.
His move will mean a sad parting for him with his ‘faithful steed’ – the horse which has become almost as well known as the Vicar himself on their treks around the parish. Mr Peyton Jones will now be taking to the sea aboard a sailing boat.

Gazette article September 1978

Appledore Carnival in 1955

Heading Tomorrow’s Carnival 

1955 Appledore Carnival Saunders

Appledore Carnival takes place tomorrow (Saturday) evening and presiding over it will be the Carnival Queen – Miss Hester Saunders – seen here with her attendants. Standing at the back are Misses Eunice Sims and Elizabeth Branch, and in front, Misses Rosalie Martin and Jeanette Tuckers.
Miss Branch was chosen as Miss Appledore at a dance at Instow to elect representatives from the district for the honour of competing for the title of Barnstaple Carnival Queen.

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