• 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 Happy Days!

  • 2 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 3 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 4

    Was a missionary
  • 5 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 6 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 7 Parkham plan realised

  • 8 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 9 Can spring be far away?

  • 10 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 11 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 12 Picking the pops

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

  • 14 Last train from Torrington

  • 15 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 16

    Building works
  • 17 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 18 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 19 No laughing matter

  • 20 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 21 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 22 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 23 Waldon Triplets
  • 24

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 25 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 26 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 27

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 28 New art gallery opened

  • 29 Hartland postman retires

  • 30 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 31 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 32

    Relatives all over the world
  • 33 Puppet characters introduced

  • 34 New addition to Quay front

  • 35 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 36 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 37 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 38 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 39 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 40 New look in the hayfields

  • 41 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 42 Revenge in style

  • 43 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 44 New choral society's growing response

  • 45 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 46 First ship in 8 years

  • 47 Bridging the stream

  • 48 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 49 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 50 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 51 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 52 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 53 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 54 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 55 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 56 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 57

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 58 Hartland's invitation

  • 59 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 60 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 61 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 62 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 63 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 64 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 65 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 66 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 67

    Exhibition of school work
  • 68 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 69 Torrington children build igloo
  • 70 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 71 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 72 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 73 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 74

    Bidefordians
  • 75 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 76 Variety in summer weather

  • 77 Jumble sale fever

  • 78 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 79 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 80 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 81 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 82 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 83 Loads of black and white

  • 84 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 85 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 86 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 87 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 88 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 89 All aboard the ark

  • 90 Life begins at 80

  • 91 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 92 Emergency ferry services

  • 93 Torrington in 1967

  • 94 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 95 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 96 For crying out loud!

  • 97 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 98 Service with a smile

  • 99 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 100 So this is the mainland!

  • 101

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 102

    Married in 1908
  • 103 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 104

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 105 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 106 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 107 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 108 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 109

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 110 They are parted pro-tem

  • 111 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 112

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 113 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 114 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 115 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 116 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 117 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 118 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 119 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 120 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 121 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 122 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 123 New civic medallions

  • 124 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 125 Centenary of Gazette

  • 126 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 127 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 128

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 129 Warmington's garage ad

  • 130 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 131 Littleham family's five generations

  • 132 New life for Hartland organ

  • 133 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 134 When horses score over the tractor

  • 135 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 136 Traditions and skills still there

  • 137 Clovelly custom

  • 138 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 139 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 140 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 141 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 142 Some mushroom!

  • 143 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 144 Police station view of Bideford

  • 145 Simple Item 138
  • 146 113 years at Instow

  • 147 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 148 Riverside mystery

  • 149 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 150 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 151 End of the line

  • 152 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 153 All for the love of a lady!

  • 154 Bideford computer stars

  • 155 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 156

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 157 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 158 Calf thinks of mare as mum

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

  • 160

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 161

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 162 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 163 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 164 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 165 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 166 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 167 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 168 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 169 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 170 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 171 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 172 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 173 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 174 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 175 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 176

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 177 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 178 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 179 Private home for public pump

  • 180 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 181 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 182 Sight of a lifetime

  • 183 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 184 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 185 A bird of their own!

  • 186 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 187 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 188 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 189

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 190 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 191 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 192 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 193 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 194 New Estate's view of estuary activities

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

  • 196 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 197 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 198 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 199 Saving money, wear and tear

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

  • 201 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 202 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 203 New shipyard on schedule

  • 204 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 205 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 206 A man and his wheel

  • 207 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 208 Burnard family reunion

  • 209 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 210 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 211 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 212

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 213 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 214

    New gateway
  • 215 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 216 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 217 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 218 Pannier Market's future?

  • 219 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 220 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 221 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 222 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 223 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 224 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 225 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 226 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 227 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 228 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 229 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 230 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 231 Finished in 1876

  • 232 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 233 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 234 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 235 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 236 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 237 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 238 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 239 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 240 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 241 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 242 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 243 A roof-top view - where?

  • 244 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 245 Devil sent packing

  • 246 By pony and trap to market

  • 247 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 248 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 249 Peter poses for TV film

  • 250 Appledore's largest

  • 251 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 252 No sale of Springfield House

  • 253 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 254

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 255

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 256 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 257 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 258 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 259 Bideford regatta

  • 260 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 261 Circus comes to town

  • 262 Gloves fit for a king!

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

  • 264 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 265 The art of the thatcher

  • 266 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 267 Torrington's new amenity

  • 268 Ships at Bideford

  • 269 Out of puff!

  • 270 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 271 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 272 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

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

  • 274 North Devon Driving School

  • 275

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 276 Northam footballers of the future

  • 277 Penny for the guy

  • 278 He beat the floods

  • 279 A story to tell!

  • 280 Northam's almshouse

  • 281 The Geneva marionettes

  • 282 Twenty-one yachts

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

  • 284 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 285 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 286 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 287 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 288 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 289 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 290 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 291 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 292 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 293 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 294

    First prize
  • 295 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 296 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 297 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 298

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 299 Clovelly nightmare

  • 300 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 301 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 302 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 303 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 304 Recognise this resort?

  • 305 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 306 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 307 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 308 Bideford loses training ship

  • 309 Decontrol of meat

  • 310 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 311 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 312 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 313 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 314 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 315

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 316 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 317

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 318 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 319 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 320 Cruising down the river

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

  • 322 Modern living at Bideford

  • 323

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 324 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 325 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 326 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 327 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 328 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 329 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 330 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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

  • 332 Artisans' Club

  • 333 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 334

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 335 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 336 Ten year old scrambler

  • 337 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 338 Off on a great adventure

  • 339 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 340 Mobile missionary

  • 341 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 342 Picking the pops

  • 343 School's link with cargo ship

  • 344 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 345 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 346 Some 240 exhibits

  • 347 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 348 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 349 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 350 New Lundy stamps

  • 351 New Post Office

  • 352 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 353

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 354 Capers on the cobbles

  • 355 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 356 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 357 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 358 Hartland Dancers
  • 359 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 360 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 361 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 362 What's the time?

  • 363 Six footed lamb

  • 364 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 365 They set out for Bideford and became lost

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

  • 367 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 368 It really was the 'last time'

  • 369 In their new robes and hats

  • 370 School crossing patrol begins

  • 371 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 372 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 373 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 374 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 375 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 376

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 377 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 378 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 379 Just over a year old

  • 380 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 381 Weare Giffard potato

  • 382 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 383 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 384

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 385 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

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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World War 1

Appledore

13.7.1918 Appledore

The Tomouth Estate, East Appledore, consisting of three cottages and 12 acres, has been sold at auction by Mr A W Cock, of Bideford, to Mr T Fulford, for £3,000.
Messrs Hole, Seldon and Ward Bideford were the solicitors for the vendors, the Charity Commissioners.
Gazette article dated 13 July 1918

Charge To Be Made To See ‘Golden Hinde’

Local people and holiday visitors to the area interested in seeing for themselves what progress is being made on the building of a £250,000 replica of Drake’s famous vessel Golden Hinde at an Appledore yard will in future have to pay for the privilege.

23.6.1972 Golden Hinde

Drake’s 100ft long vessel is now nearing the halfway stage of construction at Messrs J Hinks and Son’s yard where the Hudson Bay Company’s replica of the Nonsuch was built a few years ago.
It was planned to take the vessel to various ports along the South Coast before mooring her for three months in the Pool of London prior to retracing Drake’s voyage across the Atlantic.
The Golden Hinde is due to be launched about March next year.
The full Gazette article is dated 23 June 1972

So Near But Only One Cup

Although the club reached the closing stages of half-a-dozen cup competitions, Appledore AFC have ended their season with only one trophy, the North Devon Senior League Championship cup.

9.5.1958 Appledore football


Appledore Seniors – champions for the sixth time since the war. J Curtis, Sid Cox, Stan Edwards, Bob Hocking, Ronnie Cook, Cyril Moyse, Roy Drew, Alan Smith, Bobby Bailey, Gerald Cornish, Des Bennett, Dai Jones, Doug Bale.
Full Gazette article dated 9 May 1958

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