• 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 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 2 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 3 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 4 Hartland postman retires

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

  • 6 Clovelly nightmare

  • 7 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 8 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 9

    New gateway
  • 10 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 11 New choral society's growing response

  • 12 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 13 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 14 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 15 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 16

    Relatives all over the world
  • 17 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 18 Wishing well is pixielated

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

  • 20 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 21 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 22 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 23

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 24 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 25 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 26 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 27 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 28 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 29

    Was a missionary
  • 30 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 31 School crossing patrol begins

  • 32 Parkham plan realised

  • 33 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 34 Hartland Dancers
  • 35 Cruising down the river

  • 36 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 37 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 38 What's the time?

  • 39

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 40 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 41 Happy Days!

  • 42 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 43 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 44 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 45

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 46 Warmington's garage ad

  • 47 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 48 All aboard the ark

  • 49

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 50 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 51 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 52 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 53

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 54 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 55 By pony and trap to market

  • 56 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 57 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 58 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 59 Variety in summer weather

  • 60 Private home for public pump

  • 61 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 62 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 63 Capers on the cobbles

  • 64 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 65

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 66 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 67 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 68

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 69 Waldon Triplets
  • 70 Mobile missionary

  • 71 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 72 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 73 Littleham family's five generations

  • 74 It really was the 'last time'

  • 75 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 76 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 77 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 78 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 79 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 80 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 81

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 82 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 83 Some mushroom!

  • 84 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 85 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 86 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 87

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 88 Jumble sale fever

  • 89 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 90 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 91 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 92 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 93 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 94 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 95 For crying out loud!

  • 96 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 97 Centenary of Gazette

  • 98 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 99 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 100 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 101 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 102 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 103 Artisans' Club

  • 104 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 105 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 106 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 107 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

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

  • 109 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 110 113 years at Instow

  • 111

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 112 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 113 Torrington in 1967

  • 114 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 115 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 116 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 117 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 118 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 119 Bideford computer stars

  • 120 Last train from Torrington

  • 121 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 122 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 123 Torrington children build igloo
  • 124 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 125 Hartland's invitation

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

  • 127 The Geneva marionettes

  • 128 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 129 School's link with cargo ship

  • 130 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 131 New look in the hayfields

  • 132 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 133 Police station view of Bideford

  • 134 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 135 Picking the pops

  • 136 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 137 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 138 Ships at Bideford

  • 139 Loads of black and white

  • 140 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 141 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 142

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 143 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 144 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 145 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 146

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 147 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 148

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 149 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 150 Life begins at 80

  • 151 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 152 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 153 Finished in 1876

  • 154 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 155 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 156 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 157 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 158 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 159 Recognise this resort?

  • 160 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 161

    Married in 1908
  • 162 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 163

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 164 North Devon Driving School

  • 165

    Bidefordians
  • 166 Revenge in style

  • 167 Puppet characters introduced

  • 168 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 169 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 170 Torrington's new amenity

  • 171 He beat the floods

  • 172 Just over a year old

  • 173 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 174 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 175 A bird of their own!

  • 176 New art gallery opened

  • 177

    Building works
  • 178 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 179 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 180 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 181 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 182 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 183 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 184 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 185 Burnard family reunion

  • 186 Ten year old scrambler

  • 187 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 188 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 189 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 190 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 191 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 192 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 193 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 194 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 195

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 196 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 197 So this is the mainland!

  • 198 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 199 Calf thinks of mare as mum

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

  • 201 Pannier Market's future?

  • 202 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 203 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 204 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 205

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 206 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 207

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 208 In their new robes and hats

  • 209 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 210 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 211 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 212 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 213 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 214 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 215 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 216 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 217 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 218 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 219 Clovelly custom

  • 220 Penny for the guy

  • 221 Bridging the stream

  • 222 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 223 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 224 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 225 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 226 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 227 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 228 All for the love of a lady!

  • 229 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 230 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 231 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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

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

  • 234 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 235 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 236 Riverside mystery

  • 237 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 238 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 239 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 240 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 241 Some 240 exhibits

  • 242 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 243 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 244 Modern living at Bideford

  • 245 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 246 Six footed lamb

  • 247 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 248 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 249 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 250 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 251 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 252 New life for Hartland organ

  • 253 Traditions and skills still there

  • 254

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 255 A man and his wheel

  • 256 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 257 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 258 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 259 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 260 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 261 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 262 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 263

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 265 First ship in 8 years

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

  • 267 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 268 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 269 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 270 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 271 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 272 New addition to Quay front

  • 273 Sight of a lifetime

  • 274 The art of the thatcher

  • 275 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 276 A story to tell!

  • 277 Weare Giffard potato

  • 278 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 279 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 280 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 281 New shipyard on schedule

  • 282 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 283 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 284 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 285

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 286

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 287 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 288 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 289 Devil sent packing

  • 290 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 291 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 292 New Post Office

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

  • 294 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 295 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 296 Can spring be far away?

  • 297 Peter poses for TV film

  • 298 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 299

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 300 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 301 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 302 Out of puff!

  • 303 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 304 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 305 No laughing matter

  • 306 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 307 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 308 No sale of Springfield House

  • 309 Decontrol of meat

  • 310 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 311 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 312 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 313 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 314 Picking the pops

  • 315 Twenty-one yachts

  • 316 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 317 Circus comes to town

  • 318 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 319

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 320 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 321 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 322 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 323 Service with a smile

  • 324 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 325 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 326 They are parted pro-tem

  • 327 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 328 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 329 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 330 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 331 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 332 Bideford regatta

  • 333 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 334 Appledore's largest

  • 335 New Lundy stamps

  • 336 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 337 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 338 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 339 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 340 Off on a great adventure

  • 341 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 342 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 343 A roof-top view - where?

  • 344 End of the line

  • 345 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 346 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 347 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 348 Bideford loses training ship

  • 349 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 350 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 351 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 352 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 353 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 354 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 355 New civic medallions

  • 356 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 357 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 358 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 359 Northam's almshouse

  • 360 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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    First prize
  • 362 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 363 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 364 Emergency ferry services

  • 365 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 366 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 367 Simple Item 138
  • 368 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 369 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 370 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 371 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 372 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 373 When horses score over the tractor

  • 374 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 375

    Exhibition of school work
  • 376 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 377 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 378

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 379 Northam footballers of the future

  • 380 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 381 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 382 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 383 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 384 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 385 X-ray shoe fitting

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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Mr Charles Shackson retires

45 Years with Clovelly Lifeboat

1967 Mr Charles Shackson retires from Clovelly Lifeboat
 Mr Charles Shackson of 59 The Quay, Clovelly, who has retired after 45 years with the local lifeboat became a crewman at 18.
When, at the meeting of the Clovelly branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, he was presented with the long service plaque, it was stated that during his association with the lifeboat it had rescued 53 people.
Mr Shackson, who is suceeded as mechanic by Mr Tom Cruse, is one of five brothers who have served in the lifeboat crew as did their father and grandfather before them. Brother Percy is still assistant winchman and brother Fred shore signalman, and son-in-law Mr Michael Keet serves with the inshore lifeboat at Bude.
 

Clovelly Gleanings Meat Whist Drive

Clovelly Gleanings Meat Whist Drive - 17th March 1967

17.3.1967 Clovelly gleanings
 

A meat whist drive held at the Parish Hall and organised by the Clovelly Liberal Association made over £11 profit.
M.C was Mr G Smith with 14 tables in play. Mr K Braund was door steward.
Prizes were presented by Mrs P Jones to: ladies - Mrs J Withecombe, Mrs M Robins, Mrs J Beer. Gents - Mr J Willcocks, Mrs Davis, Mr J Cottle. Consolotation prize winners were Mesdames S Squire, A Jeffrey, J Bragg, Messrs J Burrow, V Stoneman, Miss Sheila Frances. Draw winners were Michael Cook, Mrs A Shackson, Mrs E Tridgell, Mr J Withecombe, Miss S Ellis.
In charge of refreshments were Mesdames T Ashwood, A Taylor, K Cook.

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