• 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 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 2 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 3 Parkham plan realised

  • 4 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 5 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 6 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 7 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 8 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 9 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 10 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 11 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 12

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 13 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 14 River scenes that enchant the visitors

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

  • 16 New Lundy stamps

  • 17 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 18 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 19

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 20 New life for Hartland organ

  • 21 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 22 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 23 First ship in 8 years

  • 24 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 25 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 26 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 27 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 28 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 29 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 30 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 31 Sight of a lifetime

  • 32 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 33 Northam's almshouse

  • 34 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 35 Bideford computer stars

  • 36 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 37 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 38 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 39 Bideford regatta

  • 40 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 41 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 42

    Exhibition of school work
  • 43 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 44 Picking the pops

  • 45 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 46 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 47 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 48 A craftsman's 'potted' history

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

  • 50 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 51

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 52 He beat the floods

  • 53 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 54 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 55 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 56 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 57 Some mushroom!

  • 58 Jumble sale fever

  • 59 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 61 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 62 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 63 Puppet characters introduced

  • 64 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 65 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 66 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 67 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 68 Decontrol of meat

  • 69 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 70 Service with a smile

  • 71 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 72 Devil sent packing

  • 73 Some 240 exhibits

  • 74 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 75 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 76 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 77 No sale of Springfield House

  • 78 Warmington's garage ad

  • 79 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 80

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 81 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 82 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 83 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 84 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 85 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 86

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 87 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 88 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 89 Littleham family's five generations

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

  • 91

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 92 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 93 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 94

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 95 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 96 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 97 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 98 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 99 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 100 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 101 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 102 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 103 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 104 Penny for the guy

  • 105 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 106 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 107 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 108 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 109 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 110 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 111 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 112 Simple Item 138
  • 113 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 114 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 115 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 116 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 117 113 years at Instow

  • 118 Northam footballers of the future

  • 119

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 120 No laughing matter

  • 121 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 122 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 123 Mobile missionary

  • 124 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 125 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 126 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 127 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 128 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 129 Capers on the cobbles

  • 130 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 131 Sweets derationing

  • 132 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 133 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 134 Finished in 1876

  • 135 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 136 Out of puff!

  • 137 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 138 Hartland postman retires

  • 139 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 140 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 141 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 142 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 143 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 144 Artisans' Club

  • 145 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 146 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 147 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 148

    Was a missionary
  • 149 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 150 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 151

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 152 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 153 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 154 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 155 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 156

    Relatives all over the world
  • 157 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 158 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 159 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 160 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 161 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 162 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

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

  • 164 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 165 Happy Days!

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

  • 167 From Bobby to Brian

  • 168 School crossing patrol begins

  • 169 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 170 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 171 Torrington's new amenity

  • 172 The art of the thatcher

  • 173 End of the line

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

  • 175 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 176 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 177 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 178 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 179 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 180 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 181 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 182 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 183 Hartland Dancers
  • 184 New shipyard on schedule

  • 185 A man and his wheel

  • 186 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 187 Bideford loses training ship

  • 188

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 189 Peter poses for TV film

  • 190 In their new robes and hats

  • 191 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 192 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 194 Weare Giffard potato

  • 195 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 196 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 197

    New gateway
  • 198 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 199 By pony and trap to market

  • 200 School's link with cargo ship

  • 201 They are parted pro-tem

  • 202 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 203

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 204 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 205 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 206 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 207 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 208 Clovelly nightmare

  • 209 Twenty-one yachts

  • 210 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 211 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 212 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 213 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 214 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 215 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 216 New look in the hayfields

  • 217 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 218 For crying out loud!

  • 219 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 220 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 221 When horses score over the tractor

  • 222 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 223 The cab at the corner>
  • 224 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 225

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 226 Revenge in style

  • 227 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 228 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 229 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 230 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 231 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 232 Traditions and skills still there

  • 233

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 234 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 235 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 236 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 237 Waldon Triplets
  • 238 Riverside mystery

  • 239 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 240 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 241 Filming at Hartland

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

  • 243 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 244 Appledore's largest

  • 245 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 246 New civic medallions

  • 247 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 248 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 249 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 250 North Devon Driving School

  • 251 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 252 Modern living at Bideford

  • 253 Clovelly custom

  • 254 Loads of black and white

  • 255

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 256 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 257 Can spring be far away?

  • 258 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 259

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 260 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 261 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 262 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 263 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 264 Picking the pops

  • 265 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 266 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 267 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 268 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 269 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 270 Torrington's shelter for the aged

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

  • 272 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 273 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 275 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 276

    Married in 1908
  • 277 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 278 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 279 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 280 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 281 Ten year old scrambler

  • 282 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 283 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 284 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 285 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

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    Bidefordians
  • 287 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 288 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 289 Bridging the stream

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

  • 291 Cruising down the river

  • 292 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 293 Variety in summer weather

  • 294 Torrington children build igloo
  • 295 A story to tell!

  • 296 Off on a great adventure

  • 297 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 298 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 299 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 300 Private home for public pump

  • 301 Burnard family reunion

  • 302 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 303 A bird of their own!

  • 304

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 305 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 306

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 307 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 308 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 309 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 310 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 311 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 312 All aboard the ark

  • 313 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 314 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 315 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 316 So this is the mainland!

  • 317 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 318 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 319 Photo of town's first car wins prize

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

  • 321 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 322 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 323 It really was the 'last time'

  • 324 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 325 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 326 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 327 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 328 New choral society's growing response

  • 329 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 330 New Post Office

  • 331

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 332 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 333 Police station view of Bideford

  • 334 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 335 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 336 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 337

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 338 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 339 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 340 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 341 New art gallery opened

  • 342 New addition to Quay front

  • 343 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 344 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 345 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 346 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 347 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 348 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 349 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 350 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 351

    Building works
  • 352 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 353 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 354 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 355 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 356

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 357 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 358 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 359 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 360 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 361 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 362 Torrington in 1967

  • 363 Last train from Torrington

  • 364 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 365 What's the time?

  • 366 The Geneva marionettes

  • 367 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 368 Pannier Market's future?

  • 369 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 370 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 371 Centenary of Gazette

  • 372 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 373 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 374 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 375 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 376 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 377

    First prize
  • 378 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 379 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 380 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 381 Life begins at 80

  • 382

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 383 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 384 Hartland's invitation

  • 385

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 386 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 387 Circus comes to town

  • 388 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 389 Just over a year old

  • 390 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 391 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 392 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 393 All for the love of a lady!

  • 394 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 395 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 396 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 397 Recognise this resort?

  • 398 A roof-top view - where?

  • 399 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 400 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 401 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 402 Six footed lamb

  • 403 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 404 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 405 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 406 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 407 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 408

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 409 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 410 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 411 Ships at Bideford

  • 412 Emergency ferry services

  • 413

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
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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Almshouses to be demolished?

Hartland's four almshouses may be demolished.

29.10.1965 almhouses at Hartland

Even if they were re-roofed it was questionable whether the houses would be fit for habitation, Bideford Rural Council have been told.
The Council's surveyor, Mr L J Dunn, has suggested the houses be demolished and the tenants re-housed. The trustees will be told that the Council are contemplating taking over the considerable liability of the houses and that they may also be prepared to re-house the tenants, if the land on which the almshouses stand is given to the Council free.

Pig Sty Was Airborne But Hartland Escaped Lightly in Gale

Although Hartland suffered some damage in the weekend gales – a pig sty became airborne and a large greenhouse was demolished – the town counted itself fortunate to have escaped so lightly.

5.10.1962 airborne pigsty in Hartland

The pig sty belonged to Mr J Jeffery and the greenhouse – in the Vicarage garden – disintegrated. All that was left were racks nailed on the rear wall but parts were found 30 to 40 yards away.
A bungalow being erected by Mr W Gifford at Lutsford was damaged, many houses lost slates and a number of TV aerials became casualties.
In the early hours of the morning the sky was lit up by flashes resembling a firework display. The branch of a tree had fallen across the power lines near Pattard, bringing them close together and causing an arc. The supply was not cut off, however, and the flashing and showers of sparks continued until Electricity Board linesmen removed the obstruction later in the day.

Gazette article dated 5 October 1962

Hartland’s ‘Bring Back Resident PC’ Call in 1972

Hartland Parish Council is supporting a move to get a resident policeman stationed in the township, as was the case until comparatively recently.

1972 Hartland policeman

They were asked to do so by Mrs Muriel Henwood who told them she had been ‘nearly killed’ in an incident just after 5pm a few days previously, and she was campaigning to have a policeman stationed in Hartland.
The chairman, Mr Arthur George, said he understood there had been complaints about the riding of motorcycles, adding ‘I have to stand back in the hedge when I’m walking up the road and they come along’.
Later the Parish Council were told that child cyclists were causing danger in the town by riding on the high pavement in Fore Street and around old people’s bungalows. ‘It only needs a word in the right place to stop this’ they were told.

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