• 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 A bird of their own!

  • 2 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 3 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 4 Peter poses for TV film

  • 5 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 6 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 7 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 8 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 9 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 10 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 11 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 12 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 13 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 14 The art of the thatcher

  • 15 A story to tell!

  • 16 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 17 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 18 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 19 Loads of black and white

  • 20 End of the line

  • 21 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 22 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 23 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 24

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 25 Sight of a lifetime

  • 26 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 27 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 28 New look in the hayfields

  • 29 Picking the pops

  • 30 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 31 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 32 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 33 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 34 It really was the 'last time'

  • 35 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 36 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 37 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 38 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 39 Decontrol of meat

  • 40 New life for Hartland organ

  • 41 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 42 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 43 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 44 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 45 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 46 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 47 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 48 Twenty-one yachts

  • 49 Clovelly nightmare

  • 50 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 51 Circus comes to town

  • 52 Finished in 1876

  • 53 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 54 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 55 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 56 No laughing matter

  • 57 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 58 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 59 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 60 Torrington in 1967

  • 61 Burnard family reunion

  • 62 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 63

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 64 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 65 Police station view of Bideford

  • 66 Cruising down the river

  • 67 The Geneva marionettes

  • 68 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 69

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 70 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 71

    New gateway
  • 72 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 73 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 74 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 75 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 76 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 77 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 78

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 79 First ship in 8 years

  • 80 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 81 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 82 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 83 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 84

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 85 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 86 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 87 Pannier Market's future?

  • 88 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 89 Off on a great adventure

  • 90

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 91 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 92 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 93 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 94 They are parted pro-tem

  • 95 Variety in summer weather

  • 96 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 97 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 98 X-ray shoe fitting

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

  • 100 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 101 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 102 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 103 Weare Giffard potato

  • 104 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 105 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 106 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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

  • 108 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 109 Appledore's largest

  • 110 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 111 Northam's almshouse

  • 112

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 113 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 114 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 115 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 116 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 117 Devil sent packing

  • 118 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 119

    Exhibition of school work
  • 120 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 121 When horses score over the tractor

  • 122 Riverside mystery

  • 123 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 124

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 125 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 126 He beat the floods

  • 127 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 128 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 129 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 130 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 131 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 132 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 133 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 134 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 135 Some mushroom!

  • 136 Hartland's invitation

  • 137 Six footed lamb

  • 138 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 139

    Building works
  • 140 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

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

  • 142 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 143 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 144 School's link with cargo ship

  • 145 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 146 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 147 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 148 Torrington's new amenity

  • 149 New Post Office

  • 150 Artisans' Club

  • 151

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 152 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 153 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 154 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 155 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 156 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 157

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 158 Torrington children build igloo
  • 159 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 160 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 161 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 162 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 163 Emergency ferry services

  • 164 All aboard the ark

  • 165 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 166 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 167 Revenge in style

  • 168 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 169

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 170

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 171 Out of puff!

  • 172 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 173 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 174

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 175 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 176 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 177 Ships at Bideford

  • 178 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 179 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 180 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 181 What's the time?

  • 182 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 183 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 184 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 185 For crying out loud!

  • 186 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 187

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 188 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 189 Bideford regatta

  • 190 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 191 Just over a year old

  • 192 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 193 113 years at Instow

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

  • 195

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 196 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 197 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 198 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 199 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 200 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 201 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 202 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 203 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 204 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 205 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 206 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 207 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 208 Waldon Triplets
  • 209 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 210 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 211 Recognise this resort?

  • 212 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 213 In their new robes and hats

  • 214 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 215 Picking the pops

  • 216

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 217 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 218 Ten year old scrambler

  • 219 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 220 Private home for public pump

  • 221 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 222 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 223 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 224 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 225 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 226 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 227 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 228

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 229 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 230 Can spring be far away?

  • 231 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 232 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 233 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 234 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 235 Penny for the guy

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

  • 237 Puppet characters introduced

  • 238 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 239 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 240 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 241

    Relatives all over the world
  • 242 Hartland postman retires

  • 243 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 244 Centenary of Gazette

  • 245 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 246 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 247 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 248 Mobile missionary

  • 249 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 250 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 251 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 252 Littleham family's five generations

  • 253 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 254 A roof-top view - where?

  • 255 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 256 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 257 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 258 Simple Item 138
  • 259 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 260 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 261 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 262 Northam footballers of the future

  • 263 North Devon Driving School

  • 264 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 265 Happy Days!

  • 266 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 267 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 268

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 269 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 270 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 271 New choral society's growing response

  • 272 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 273 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 274 Bridging the stream

  • 275 Life begins at 80

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

  • 277 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 278 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 279 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 280 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 281 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 282 New Lundy stamps

  • 283 Capers on the cobbles

  • 284 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

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    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 286 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 287 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 288 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 289 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 290 Making way for the double-deckers

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

  • 292

    Married in 1908
  • 293

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 294 All for the love of a lady!

  • 295 Bideford computer stars

  • 296 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 297 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 298

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 299 Hartland Dancers
  • 300 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 301 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 302 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 303 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 304 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 305 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 306 Modern living at Bideford

  • 307 Jumble sale fever

  • 308 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 309 New shipyard on schedule

  • 310 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 311

    Was a missionary
  • 312 Some 240 exhibits

  • 313 Bideford loses training ship

  • 314 Parkham plan realised

  • 315 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 316 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 317

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 318 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 319 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 320 Traditions and skills still there

  • 321

    First prize
  • 322 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 323 Last train from Torrington

  • 324 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 325 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 326 New art gallery opened

  • 327 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 328 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 329 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 330 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 331 By pony and trap to market

  • 332 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 333 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 334 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 335 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 336 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 337 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 338 No sale of Springfield House

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

  • 340 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 341 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

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

  • 343 Record pebble-throwing day

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

  • 345 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 346 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 347 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 348 School crossing patrol begins

  • 349 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 350 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 351 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 352 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 353

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 354 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 355 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 356 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 357 A man and his wheel

  • 358 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 359 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 360 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 361 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 362 New civic medallions

  • 363 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 365 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 366 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 367 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 368 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 369 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 370 Warmington's garage ad

  • 371 Service with a smile

  • 372 So this is the mainland!

  • 373 New addition to Quay front

  • 374 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 375 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 376 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 377

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 378 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 379 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 380 Clovelly custom

  • 381 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 382 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 383 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 384

    Bidefordians
  • 385 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

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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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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