• 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 traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 2 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 3 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 4 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 5 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 6 End of the line

  • 7 First ship in 8 years

  • 8

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 9 The art of the thatcher

  • 10 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 11 Off on a great adventure

  • 12

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 13 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 14 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 15 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 16 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 17 All aboard the ark

  • 18 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 19 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 20 Traditions and skills still there

  • 21 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 22

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 23 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 24 Hartland's invitation

  • 25 From Bobby to Brian

  • 26 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 27 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 28 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 29

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 30 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 31 Appledore's largest

  • 32 A bird of their own!

  • 33 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 34 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 35 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 36 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 37 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

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

  • 39 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 40 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 41 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 42 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 43

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 44 New civic medallions

  • 45 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 46 Hartland Dancers
  • 47 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 48 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 49 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 50 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 51 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 52 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 53 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 54 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 55 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 56 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 57 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 58 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 59 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 60 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 61 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 62

    First prize
  • 63

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 64 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 65 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 66 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 67 Torrington in 1967

  • 68 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 69 Modern living at Bideford

  • 70 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 71 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 72 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 73 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 74 Ten year old scrambler

  • 75 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 76 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 77 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 78 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 79 Variety in summer weather

  • 80 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 81 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 82 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 83 Circus comes to town

  • 84 New art gallery opened

  • 85 Torrington's new amenity

  • 86 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 87 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 88 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 89 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

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

  • 91

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 92 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 93 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 94 Out of puff!

  • 95

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 96 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 97 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 98 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 99 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 100 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 101 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 102 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 103 Loads of black and white

  • 104

    Exhibition of school work
  • 105 Cruising down the river

  • 106 New shipyard on schedule

  • 107 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 108 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 109

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 110 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 111 Capers on the cobbles

  • 112 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 113 113 years at Instow

  • 114 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 115 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 116 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 117 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 118 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 119 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 120 Waldon Triplets
  • 121

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 122 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 123 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 124 Six footed lamb

  • 125 Some mushroom!

  • 126 Littleham family's five generations

  • 127 A roof-top view - where?

  • 128 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 129 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 130 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 131 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 132 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 133 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 134 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 135 Life begins at 80

  • 136 No laughing matter

  • 137 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 138 Gloves fit for a king!

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

  • 140 When horses score over the tractor

  • 141 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 142 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 143 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 144 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 145 North Devon Driving School

  • 146 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 147 Bideford regatta

  • 148

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 149 Mobile missionary

  • 150 Peter poses for TV film

  • 151 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 152 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 153 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 154 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 155 Bideford loses training ship

  • 156 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 157

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 158 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 159 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 160 So this is the mainland!

  • 161 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 162 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 163 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 164 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 165 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 166

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 167 Eight to strike and a race to win

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

  • 169 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 170 What's the time?

  • 171 New addition to Quay front

  • 172 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 173 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 174 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 175 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 176 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 177 A story to tell!

  • 178 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 179 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 180 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 181 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 182 Parkham plan realised

  • 183 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 184 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 185 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 186 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 187 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 188 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 189 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 190 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 191 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 192 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

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

  • 194 Finished in 1876

  • 195 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 196 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 197 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 198 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 199 Filming at Hartland

  • 200 Bideford computer stars

  • 201 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 202 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 203 They are parted pro-tem

  • 204 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 205 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 206 Penny for the guy

  • 207 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 208 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 209 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 210 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 211 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 212 Pannier Market's future?

  • 213

    Building works
  • 214

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 215 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 216 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 217 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 218 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 219 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 220

    Was a missionary
  • 221 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 222 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 223 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 224 New Post Office

  • 225 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 226 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 227 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 228

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 229

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 230 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 231 Recognise this resort?

  • 232 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 233 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 234 Northam's almshouse

  • 235 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 236 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 237 Emergency ferry services

  • 238 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 239 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 240 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 241 New choral society's growing response

  • 242 Torrington children build igloo
  • 243

    Bidefordians
  • 244 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 245 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 246 New Lundy stamps

  • 247 Twenty-one yachts

  • 248 New life for Hartland organ

  • 249 Northam footballers of the future

  • 250 In their new robes and hats

  • 251 Just over a year old

  • 252 Decontrol of meat

  • 253 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 254 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 255 Devil sent packing

  • 256 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 257 Police station view of Bideford

  • 258

    Married in 1908
  • 259 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 260 No sale of Springfield House

  • 261 Centenary of Gazette

  • 262 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 263

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 264 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 265 Puppet characters introduced

  • 266 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 267 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 268 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 269 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 270 The cab at the corner>
  • 271 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 272 Happy Days!

  • 273 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 274 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 275 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 276 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 277 Allhalland Street - then and now

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

  • 279 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 280 Panto time at Westward Ho!

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

  • 282 Revenge in style

  • 283

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 284 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 285 Jumble sale fever

  • 286 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 287 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 288 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 289 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 290 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 291 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 292 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 293 Picking the pops

  • 294 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 295 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 296 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 297 Clovelly nightmare

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

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

  • 300 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 301 Picking the pops

  • 302 Riverside mystery

  • 303 It really was the 'last time'

  • 304 Service with a smile

  • 305 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 306 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 307 Last train from Torrington

  • 308 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 309 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 310 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 311

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 312 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 313 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 314 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 315 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 316 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 317 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 318 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 319 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 320 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 321 Private home for public pump

  • 322 Hartland postman retires

  • 323 Simple Item 138
  • 324 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 325 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 326 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 327 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 328 Burnard family reunion

  • 329 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 330 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 331 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 332

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 333 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 334 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 335 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 336 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 337 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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

  • 339 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 340 Weare Giffard potato

  • 341 School's link with cargo ship

  • 342 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 343 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 344 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 345 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 346 Some 240 exhibits

  • 347 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 348 By pony and trap to market

  • 349 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 350 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 351 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 352 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 353 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 354 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 355 For crying out loud!

  • 356 Sight of a lifetime

  • 357 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 358 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 359 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 360 Bridging the stream

  • 361 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 362 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 363 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 364 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 365 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 366 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 367 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 368 Clovelly custom

  • 369 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 370 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 371 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

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    New gateway
  • 373 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 374 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

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

  • 376

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 377 Ships at Bideford

  • 378 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 379 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 380 Artisans' Club

  • 381 Sweets derationing

  • 382 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 383 All for the love of a lady!

  • 384 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 385 A man and his wheel

  • 386 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 387 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 388 The Geneva marionettes

  • 389 Warmington's garage ad

  • 390 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 391 School crossing patrol begins

  • 392 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 393 Can spring be far away?

  • 394

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 395 New look in the hayfields

  • 396

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 397 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 398 He beat the floods

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    Relatives all over the world
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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 401 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 402 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 403 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 404 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 405 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 406 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 407 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 408

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 409 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 410 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 411 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 412 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 413 Space dominates Hartland carnival

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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  • 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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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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Prizegiving At Hartland School

End of term at Hartland School brought the annual prizegiving, the awards being distributed by the headmaster, Mr E H Cross.

31.7.1964 Hartland prizegiving

Class I – Norman Bolton, Loraine Slee, Barbara Noble, Claire Morriss; Class II – Phillip Symonds, June Pengilly, Lynda Downie, Nicholas Slee, Gregory King; Class III – Peter Law, Christine Hobbs, Stephen Colwill, Patrick Murray; Class IV – Gerald Squires, Stephen Gifford, Charles Conibear; Class V – Norman Johns, Carol Davey, Leslie Heywood.
Special prizes for work done at school camp – Jill Dawkins, Sheila Winter, Michael Tremeer.
Of the 22 children leaving school, 11 are going to Stratton Secondary School, six to Bideford Secondary School, two to Stella Maris Convent School, one to Bideford Grammar School, and two to other schools
The ceremony ended with another giving – a presentation to Mr W Pitman who is leaving to take up another teaching appointment.
The full Gazette article is dated 31 July 1964

Bell Rings Again

The bell of a ship which sank off Hartland during the Second World War now sounds ‘time’ at a local inn.

3.7.1964 Ship bell Hartland

In December 1943, the 397-ton Florence Reynolds sank after a collision 10 miles west of Hartland Point. Last year the ship’s bell was found at a spot near the cliffs between Spekes Mill and Welcombe by Mr Clifford Prouse, of Greenfields, Baxworthy, Hartland. Now the bell hangs in the bar of the Westcountry Inn on the main Bideford-Bude road.

The Florence Reynolds was built in 1923 by Messrs Pitchers of Great Yarmouth. She was originally named The Coniscrag and the bell bears this name.


Gazette article dated 3 July 1964

World War 1

Hartland

13.7.1918 Hartland

A demonstration of potato spraying was given in Mr William Jas Pillman’s garden on Tuesday evening, July 2nd, by Mr A Richmond, a representative of the Food Production Department, who some time ago lectured on the subject in the school-room. Less than a dozen attended.
On Saturday June 29th, Mrs Mary Prouse, 48 The Terrace, had an official notice that her son, Pte James, Devon Regt, had been admitted to hospital at Rouen, suffering from trench fever, severe. No further news has come to hand. He had been previously twice wounded. One brother, William, was killed on the Gallipoli Peninsula, and another, Charles, in France.
A telegram received by his wife on Wednesday July 3rd, told of the serious illness of Bugler J E R Short in France.
Gazette article dated 13 July 1918.

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