• 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 Warmington's garage ad

  • 2 School's link with cargo ship

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

  • 4 Northam's almshouse

  • 5 Devil sent packing

  • 6 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 7 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 8 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 9 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 10 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 11 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 12 Circus comes to town

  • 13 Peter poses for TV film

  • 14 Police station view of Bideford

  • 15 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 16 Decontrol of meat

  • 17 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 18 A story to tell!

  • 19 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 20 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 21 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 22 From Bobby to Brian

  • 23 In their new robes and hats

  • 24 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 25 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 26 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 27 Life begins at 80

  • 28 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 29 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 30 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 31 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 32 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 33 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 34

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

  • 36 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 37 Finished in 1876

  • 38 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 39

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 40 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 41 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 42 Torrington's new amenity

  • 43 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 44 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 45 Littleham family's five generations

  • 46 When horses score over the tractor

  • 47 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 48 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 49 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 50 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 51 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 52 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 53 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 54 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 55 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 56 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 57 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 58 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 59 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 60

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 61

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 62 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 63 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 64 No sale of Springfield House

  • 65 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 66 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 67 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 68 Bridging the stream

  • 69 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 70 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 71 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 72 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 73 The cab at the corner>
  • 74 Torrington in 1967

  • 75 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 76

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 77 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 78 So this is the mainland!

  • 79 Northam footballers of the future

  • 80 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 81 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 82

    Bidefordians
  • 83

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 84 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 85 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 86 New civic medallions

  • 87 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

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

  • 89 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 90 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 91 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 92 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 93 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 94 All aboard the ark

  • 95 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 96 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 97

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 98 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 99 Waldon Triplets
  • 100 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 101 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 102 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 103 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 104 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 105 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 106 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 107 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 108 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 109 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 110 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 111 Clovelly nightmare

  • 112 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 113 New look in the hayfields

  • 114 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 115 For crying out loud!

  • 116 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 117 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

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

  • 119 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 120 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 121 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 122 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 123 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 124 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 125 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 126 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 127

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 128 Bideford computer stars

  • 129 What's the time?

  • 130 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 131 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 132 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 133 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 134 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 135 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 136 Spray dodging - the new pastime

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

  • 138

    Was a missionary
  • 139 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 140 Can spring be far away?

  • 141 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 142

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 143 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 144 Last train from Torrington

  • 145 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 146 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 147 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 148 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 149 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 150 A man and his wheel

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

  • 152 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 153 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 154 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 155 Jumble sale fever

  • 156 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 157 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 158 New Post Office

  • 159 Emergency ferry services

  • 160 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 161 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 162 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 163 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 164 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 165 By pony and trap to market

  • 166 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 167 Bideford regatta

  • 168 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 169 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 170 Happy Days!

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

  • 172 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 173 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 174 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 175 Appledore's largest

  • 176

    Relatives all over the world
  • 177 Hartland's invitation

  • 178 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 179 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 180 Puppet characters introduced

  • 181 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 182 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 183 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 184 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 185 Sight of a lifetime

  • 186 Ten year old scrambler

  • 187

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 188 Wishing well is pixielated

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

  • 190 Loads of black and white

  • 191 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 192 Picking the pops

  • 193 Picking the pops

  • 194 End of the line

  • 195 They are parted pro-tem

  • 196

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 197 Cruising down the river

  • 198 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 199 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 200 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 201 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 202 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

  • 204 Variety in summer weather

  • 205 Recognise this resort?

  • 206 Riverside mystery

  • 207 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 208 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 209 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 210 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 211 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 212 New choral society's growing response

  • 213 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 214 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 215 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 216 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 217 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 218

    Exhibition of school work
  • 219 Torrington children build igloo
  • 220 Burnard family reunion

  • 221 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 222

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 223 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 224 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 225

    Building works
  • 226 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 227 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 228 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 229 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 230 Filming at Hartland

  • 231 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 232 Bideford loses training ship

  • 233 The art of the thatcher

  • 234 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 235 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 236 No laughing matter

  • 237 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 238 First ship in 8 years

  • 239 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 240

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 241 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 242 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 243 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 244 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 245 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 246 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 247 School crossing patrol begins

  • 248 A bird of their own!

  • 249 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 250

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 251 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 252 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 253 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 254 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 255

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 256

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 257 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 258 Parkham plan realised

  • 259 Out of puff!

  • 260 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 261

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 262 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 263 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 264 Hartland postman retires

  • 265 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 266 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 267 Clovelly custom

  • 268 North Devon Driving School

  • 269 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 270 Simple Item 138
  • 271 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 272 New art gallery opened

  • 273 Hartland Dancers
  • 274 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 275 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 276 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 277 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 278 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 279 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 280 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 281 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 282 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 283 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 284 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 285 Weare Giffard potato

  • 286 Just over a year old

  • 287

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 288 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 289 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 290 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 291

    Married in 1908
  • 292 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 293 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 294 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 295 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 296 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

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

  • 298 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 299 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 300 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 301 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 302 All for the love of a lady!

  • 303 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 304 Revenge in style

  • 305 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 306 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 307 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 308 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 309 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 310 Traditions and skills still there

  • 311 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 312 Modern living at Bideford

  • 313 The Geneva marionettes

  • 314 Some 240 exhibits

  • 315 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 316 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 317 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 318 New life for Hartland organ

  • 319

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 320 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 321 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 322

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 323 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 324 Some mushroom!

  • 325 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 326 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 327 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 328 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 329 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 330 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 331 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 332 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 333 Service with a smile

  • 334 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 335 Ships at Bideford

  • 336 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 337 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 338 New shipyard on schedule

  • 339 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 340 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 341 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 342 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 343 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 344 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 345 New addition to Quay front

  • 346 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 347 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 348 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 349

    First prize
  • 350 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 351

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 352 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 353 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 354

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 355 Centenary of Gazette

  • 356 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 357 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 358 Six footed lamb

  • 359 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 360 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 361 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 362 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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

  • 364 Sweets derationing

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

  • 366 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 367 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 368 Penny for the guy

  • 369

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 370 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 371 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 372 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 373 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 374 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

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

  • 376 Pannier Market's future?

  • 377 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 378 Capers on the cobbles

  • 379 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 380 New Lundy stamps

  • 381 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 382

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 383 113 years at Instow

  • 384 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 385 Private home for public pump

  • 386 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 387 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 388 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 389 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 390 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 391 Twenty-one yachts

  • 392 Mobile missionary

  • 393 He beat the floods

  • 394 Off on a great adventure

  • 395

    New gateway
  • 396 A roof-top view - where?

  • 397 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 398 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 399 Artisans' Club

  • 400 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 401 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 402 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 403 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 404 It really was the 'last time'

  • 405 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 406 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 407 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 408

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 409 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 410 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 411 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 412 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 413 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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