• 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 Hartland's invitation

  • 2 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 3 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 4 Puppet characters introduced

  • 5 Torrington children build igloo
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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 7 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 8 For crying out loud!

  • 9 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 10 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 11 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 12

    Was a missionary
  • 13 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 14 Circus comes to town

  • 15 New look in the hayfields

  • 16 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 17 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 18 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 19 Some mushroom!

  • 20 Pretty pennies at Beaford

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

  • 22 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 23 Hartland Dancers
  • 24 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 25 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 26 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 27 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 28 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 29 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 30 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 31 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 32

    Exhibition of school work
  • 33 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 34 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 35 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 36 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 37 North Devon Driving School

  • 38 Torrington in 1967

  • 39 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 40 Pannier Market's future?

  • 41 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 42 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 43 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 44 Riverside mystery

  • 45 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 46 Centuries old but today busier than ever

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

  • 48

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 49 School's link with cargo ship

  • 50 New choral society's growing response

  • 51 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 52 Loads of black and white

  • 53 Revenge in style

  • 54 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 55 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 56 Waldon Triplets
  • 57 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 58 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 59 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 60 Bideford computer stars

  • 61 New Lundy stamps

  • 62 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 63 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 64 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 65 Sweets derationing

  • 66 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 67 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 68 Burnard family reunion

  • 69 Traditions and skills still there

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

  • 71 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 72 Torrington's new amenity

  • 73 Picking the pops

  • 74 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 75 Alwington School closing after 120 years

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

  • 77 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 78 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 79 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 80 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 81 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 82 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 83 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 84

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 85 Centenary of Gazette

  • 86

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 87 Just over a year old

  • 88 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 89 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 90 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 91 Cruising down the river

  • 92 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 93 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 94 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 95 Warmington's garage ad

  • 96 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 97 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 98 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 99 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 100 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 101 New shipyard on schedule

  • 102 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 103 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 104 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 105 End of the line

  • 106 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 107 Ships at Bideford

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

  • 109 113 years at Instow

  • 110 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 111 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 112 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 113 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 114 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 115 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 116 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 117 School crossing patrol begins

  • 118 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 119 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 120 Out of puff!

  • 121

    Building works
  • 122 Decontrol of meat

  • 123 Can spring be far away?

  • 124 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 125 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 126 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 127 Weare Giffard potato

  • 128 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 129 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 130 He beat the floods

  • 131 A roof-top view - where?

  • 132 Service with a smile

  • 133

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 134 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 135 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 136

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 137 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 138 Filming at Hartland

  • 139

    First prize
  • 140 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 141 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 142 Six footed lamb

  • 143 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 144 New Post Office

  • 145 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 146 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 147 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 148 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 149 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 150 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 151 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 152 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 153 A man and his wheel

  • 154 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 155 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 156 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 157 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 158 The Geneva marionettes

  • 159 Picking the pops

  • 160 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 161 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 162 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 163 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 164 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 165 All aboard the ark

  • 166

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 167 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 168 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 169 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 170 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 171 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 172 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 173 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 174 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 175 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 176 Peter poses for TV film

  • 177 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 178

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 179 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 180 A story to tell!

  • 181 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 182 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 183 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 184 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 185 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 186 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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

  • 188 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 189 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 190 From Bobby to Brian

  • 191 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 192 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 193

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 194 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 195

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 196 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 197 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 198 Happy Days!

  • 199 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 200 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 201 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 202 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 203 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 204 The art of the thatcher

  • 205 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 206 Variety in summer weather

  • 207

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 208 Recognise this resort?

  • 209 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 210 By pony and trap to market

  • 211 Private home for public pump

  • 212 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 213 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 214

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 215 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 216 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 217 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 218 Finished in 1876

  • 219 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 220 Hartland postman retires

  • 221 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 222 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 223 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 224 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 225 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 226 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 227 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 228 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 229 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 230 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 231 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 232 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 233 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 234

    Relatives all over the world
  • 235 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 236 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 237 Bideford regatta

  • 238 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 239 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 240 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 241 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 242 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 243 So this is the mainland!

  • 244 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 245 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 246 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 247 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 248 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 249

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 250 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 251 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 252 No laughing matter

  • 253 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 254 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 255 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 256 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 257 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 258 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 259 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

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

  • 261

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 262 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 263 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 264 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 265

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 266 Mobile missionary

  • 267 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 268 First ship in 8 years

  • 269 Modern living at Bideford

  • 270 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 271

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 272

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 273 No sale of Springfield House

  • 274 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 275 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 276 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 277 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 278 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 279 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 280 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 281 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 282 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 283

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 284 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 285 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 286 They are parted pro-tem

  • 287

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 288

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 289 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 290

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 291 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 292 Littleham family's five generations

  • 293 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 294 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 295 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 296 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 297 New art gallery opened

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

  • 299 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 300 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 301 Life begins at 80

  • 302 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 303 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 304 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 305 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 306 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 307 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 308 Northam's almshouse

  • 309 New life for Hartland organ

  • 310 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

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

  • 312 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 313 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 314 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 315 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 316 Artisans' Club

  • 317 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 318 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 319 In their new robes and hats

  • 320 It really was the 'last time'

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    Bidefordians
  • 322 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 323 Off on a great adventure

  • 324 Emergency ferry services

  • 325 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 326 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 327 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 328 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 329 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 330 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 331 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 332 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 333 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 334 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 335 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 336 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 337 Bridging the stream

  • 338 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 339 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 340 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 341 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 342 Simple Item 138
  • 343 New civic medallions

  • 344 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 345 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 346

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 347 Capers on the cobbles

  • 348 Ten year old scrambler

  • 349 Devil sent packing

  • 350 Clovelly nightmare

  • 351 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 352 A bird of their own!

  • 353 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 354 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 355 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 356 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 357 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 358 New addition to Quay front

  • 359 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 360 Appledore's largest

  • 361

    Married in 1908
  • 362 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 363 Bideford loses training ship

  • 364 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 365 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 366 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 367 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 368

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 369 What's the time?

  • 370 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 371 When horses score over the tractor

  • 372 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 373 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 374 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 375 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 376 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 377 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 378 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 379 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 380 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 381 Clovelly custom

  • 382 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 383 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 384 Quads at Thornhillhead

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    New gateway
  • 386 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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

  • 388 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 389 Police station view of Bideford

  • 390 The cab at the corner>
  • 391 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 392

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 393 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 394 Sight of a lifetime

  • 395

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 396 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 397 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 398 Penny for the guy

  • 399 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 400 Parkham plan realised

  • 401 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 402 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 403 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 404 Some 240 exhibits

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

  • 406 Jumble sale fever

  • 407 Northam footballers of the future

  • 408 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 409 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 410 Last train from Torrington

  • 411 Twenty-one yachts

  • 412 All for the love of a lady!

  • 413 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

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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Hartland badge

Hartland badge 6th January 1961

Hartland badge

A reproduction of the new badge of the Royal Air Force unit stationed at Hartland Point, the use of which was sanctioned by the Queen last year.
Designed by the College of Arms, the badge incorporates something of Hartland's long history, being based on the sixth century crest or emblem of the Abbot Hartland, in which are incorporated a ram's head and a shepherd's crook.  Permission for the use of the emblem was given by Sir Dennis Stucley, Bart., the present
Lord of the Manor, one of whose family seats in Hartland Abbey.  The motto Venantes Dirigimus is particularly appropriate in view of the unit's function.
It means "We guide those who hunt."  The co-operation of Sir Dennis Stucley was acknowledged at the Station on Thursday week when, at an informal ceremony,
he was presented with an oak wall plaque of the badge in full colours.

Hartland May Day - 1948

Hartland May Day Carnival - 11th May 1948

11 May 1948 Hartland May Day
 

The streets of Hartland were lined by hundreds of people on Saturday, May 1st, when May Day Carnival and fun fair resulted in a substantial sum being raised for the Recreation Centre Association.
The procession was headed by the May Queen (Iris Jeffery) and her attendants were Pamela Hearn and Rachel Beer.

Hartland Golden Wedding - 1948

Hartland Golden Wedding - 10th February 1948

10 February 1948 Golden Wedding Beer
 

Because "they did not want any fuss" Mr. and Mrs. Emmanuel Beer, of Rosedown Farm, Hartland, did not tell even members of their family they were to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on Sunday, February 1st.
The news, however, leaked out, and Mr. and Mrs. Beer, though holding no family party, were visited by their sons and daughters, and received many messages of congratulation.
They were married at St. Nectan's, Stoke, and their first home was at Philham, where they resided until 1914. Since then they have been at Rosedown Farm. Of a family of eleven, four sons and four daughters survive, and there are eight grand-children.

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