• 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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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 2 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 3 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 4 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

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

  • 6 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 7 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 8 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 9 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 10 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 11 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 12 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 13 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 14 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 15 Peter poses for TV film

  • 16 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 17 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 18 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 19 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

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

  • 21 Waldon Triplets
  • 22 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 23 Happy Days!

  • 24 Last train from Torrington

  • 25 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 26 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 27 Police station view of Bideford

  • 28

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 29 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 30 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 31 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 32

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 33 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 34 Bideford loses training ship

  • 35 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 36 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 37 Burnard family reunion

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

  • 39 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 40 So this is the mainland!

  • 41 Simple Item 138
  • 42

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 43 Artisans' Club

  • 44 A man and his wheel

  • 45 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 46

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 47 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 48 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 49 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 50 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 51 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 52 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 53 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 54 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 55 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

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

  • 57 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 58 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 59 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 60

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 61 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 62 Torrington's new amenity

  • 63 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 64 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 65

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 66 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 67 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 68 Capers on the cobbles

  • 69 All aboard the ark

  • 70 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 71 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 72 Bideford computer stars

  • 73 By pony and trap to market

  • 74 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 75 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 76 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 77 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 78 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 79 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 80 Clovelly custom

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

  • 82 Devil sent packing

  • 83 Some 240 exhibits

  • 84 Life begins at 80

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

  • 86 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 87

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 88 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 89 In their new robes and hats

  • 90 Littleham family's five generations

  • 91 All for the love of a lady!

  • 92 Off on a great adventure

  • 93 No sale of Springfield House

  • 94 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 95 Just over a year old

  • 96 New civic medallions

  • 97 Six footed lamb

  • 98 Clovelly nightmare

  • 99 New Lundy air-mail stamps

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

  • 101 Picking the pops

  • 102

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 103 Some mushroom!

  • 104 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 105 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 106 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 107 A bird of their own!

  • 108 No laughing matter

  • 109 Bringing shopping home by goat

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

  • 111 Ten year old scrambler

  • 112 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 113 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 114 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 115 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 116 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 117 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 118 Penny for the guy

  • 119 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 120 He beat the floods

  • 121 North Devon Driving School

  • 122 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 123 School's link with cargo ship

  • 124 Service with a smile

  • 125 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 126 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 127 Parkham plan realised

  • 128 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 129 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 130 Warmington's garage ad

  • 131 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 132 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 133 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 134 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 135 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 136 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 137 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 138 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 139 Variety in summer weather

  • 140 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 141 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 142

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 143 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 144 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 145 New addition to Quay front

  • 146 Revenge in style

  • 147 The Geneva marionettes

  • 148

    Was a missionary
  • 149 New life for Hartland organ

  • 150 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 151 Northam footballers of the future

  • 152 Ships at Bideford

  • 153 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 154 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 155 What's the time?

  • 156 Can spring be far away?

  • 157

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 158 End of the line

  • 159 Twenty-one yachts

  • 160 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 161 Finished in 1876

  • 162 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 163 Sight of a lifetime

  • 164 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 165 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 166

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 167 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 168 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 169 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 170 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 171 New look in the hayfields

  • 172 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 173 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 174 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 175 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 176 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 177 Pannier Market's future?

  • 178 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 179 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 180 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 181 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 182 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 183 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 184 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 185 Riverside mystery

  • 186 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 187

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 188 Hartland's invitation

  • 189 It really was the 'last time'

  • 190 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 191 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 192 Children's procession with foxgloves

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

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    First prize
  • 195 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 196 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 197 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 198 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 199 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 200 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 201 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 202 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 203 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 204 Torrington in 1967

  • 205 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 206 Appledore's largest

  • 207 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 208 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 209 Emergency ferry services

  • 210 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 211 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 212

    Bidefordians
  • 213 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 214 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 215 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 216 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 217

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 218 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 219 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 220 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 221 First ship in 8 years

  • 222

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 223 Traditions and skills still there

  • 224 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 225 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 226 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 227 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 228 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 229 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 230 When horses score over the tractor

  • 231 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 232 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

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

  • 234 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 235 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 236 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 237 Picking the pops

  • 238 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 239 Private home for public pump

  • 240 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 241 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 242 Loads of black and white

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 244 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 245 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 246 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 247 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 248 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 249 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 250 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 251 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 252 Hartland postman retires

  • 253 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 254 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 255 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 256 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 257 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 258 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 259 They are parted pro-tem

  • 260 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 261 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 262 School crossing patrol begins

  • 263 Bridging the stream

  • 264 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 265 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 266 New shipyard on schedule

  • 267 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 268 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 269 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 270 For crying out loud!

  • 271 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 272 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 273 Centenary of Gazette

  • 274 Northam's almshouse

  • 275 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 276 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 277 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 278 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 279 The art of the thatcher

  • 280 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 281 Modern living at Bideford

  • 282 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 283 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 284 Jumble sale fever

  • 285 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 286 A story to tell!

  • 287 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 288 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 289 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 290 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 291 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 292 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 293 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 295 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 297 113 years at Instow

  • 298 A sense of humour in advertising

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

  • 300 A roof-top view - where?

  • 301 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 302 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 303 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 304 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 305 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 306

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 307 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 308 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 309 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 310

    Exhibition of school work
  • 311 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 312 Hartland Dancers
  • 313 Weare Giffard potato

  • 314 Torrington children build igloo
  • 315 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

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    Married in 1908
  • 317 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 318 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 319 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 320 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 321 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 322 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 323 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 324 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 325 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 326 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 327 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 328 Recognise this resort?

  • 329 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 330 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 331 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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

  • 333 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 334 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

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    New gateway
  • 336 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 337 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 338 Puppet characters introduced

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    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 340 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 341 Circus comes to town

  • 342 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 343 Out of puff!

  • 344 New choral society's growing response

  • 345 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 346 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 347 New Lundy stamps

  • 348 Mobile missionary

  • 349 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 350 Cruising down the river

  • 351 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 352 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 354 New Post Office

  • 355 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 356 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 357 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 358 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 359 New art gallery opened

  • 360 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 361 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 362 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 363 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 364 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 365 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 366 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 367

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 368 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 369 Bideford regatta

  • 370 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 371 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 372

    Relatives all over the world
  • 373 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 374

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 375 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 376 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

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    Building works
  • 378

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 379 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 381 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 382 Decontrol of meat

  • 383 Quads at Thornhillhead

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 385 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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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Primo J Avery is given wedding gift from Rose Salterne Lodge

Primo J Avery is given wedding gift from Rose Salterne Lodge 1903

1903 Primo Avery gets wedding gift

Sir John Pedler, on behalf of his fellow members of the Rose Salterne Lodge of Buffaloes, on Thursday evening at the Joiners Arms Inn, presented Primo J Avery with a beautiful eight-day timepiece on the occasion of his marriage.

Kt Pedler KOM raised to the 4th degree

Kt Pedler KOM raised to the 4th degree

1903 Pedler

On Thursday evening, the 'Rose Saltern' Lodge RAOB, Bideford, raised Kt Pedler, KOM, to the 4th Degree. The Barnstaple, Torrington and Northam Lodges were represented. Primo W B Johns, SP, invested Kt Pedler with the Degree of ROH, a beautiful gold 'jewel' being presented. The 4th Degree, the highest obtainable in the Order, has only on very rare occasions been presented to those outside the Central Grand Lodges.

Buffalo dinner in Bideford 1923

To celebrate the anniversary of Ye Kingsley Lodge, no 4329, RAOB, a dinner was held at The Ship Tavern Hotel, The Quay, Bideford on Wednesday last.

Buffalo dinner at Bideford 1923

Primo E H Bryan was in the chair, supported by Primos T C Trengrove (Ye Barum Lodge), R Palmer, T Cleverdon, J H Palmer, and B Blanco. There were about 50 Brothers present. Dinner was served at 8pm by the hostess (Mrs Snell) and, judging by the happiness and smiles of all present, it was evident that the ‘good things’ were very appetising. After several toasts had been submitted a concert was given and the following items rendered: March, ‘Stars and Stripes’, Bro. F T Squires, City Min,; mandoline solo, Bro. A Heal; song, ‘Hail Caledonia’ Bro. W H Parsley; song ‘An old-fashioned Town’, Bro. G F Strudwick; monologue, ‘Pardoned Soldier’, Bro. H Leslie; comic song ‘Legal Separation’, Bro. J Avery; comic song ‘Oh, What a Day’, Bro. A Lewis; comic song ‘The Body in the Bag’, Bro. J Hearn (Jimmy was in fine fettle and his encore was song ‘O-Hio’); song ‘Friend of Mine’, Primo R Palmer; song ‘Standing at the corner of the street’, Bro. F Glover; song ‘Shipmate o’ Mine’, Bro. C Waldon; mandoline solo Bro. A Heal (accompanied by Primo T C Trengrove (encored0; song ‘Christmas Eve in London’, Bro. H F Barnes; pianoforte solo ‘The Belle of New York’, Primo T C Trengrove; comic song ‘The Tiddler’, Bro E Bond; song ‘Pat O’Hare’, Bro. J Wickett; song ‘The Labour Leader’, Bro F J Littlejohns; song ‘When you’re all dressed up’, Primo R Palmer; auto-harp solo Bro. A Heal; duet ‘Sweet and Low’, Bros J Hearn and W H Parsley; song ‘The Sheik of Araby’, Bro. G F Strudwick. Bro. F T Squires, City Min., was the accompanist, and before the close musical honours were accorded Primo T C Trengrove. After a few interesting talks on Buffaloism by Primos T Cleverdon and E H Bryan, the National Anthem was sung, and thus ended the first anniversary of the Lodge, which from every Brothers point of view was an excellent one and hopes were expressed that at the second anniversary the membership would be doubled. Great praise is due to the Host (Primo J H Palmer) and hostess (Mrs Snell) for the excellent way the dinner and arrangements for the concert were carried out.

 

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