• 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 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 2 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 3 Burnard family reunion

  • 4 The art of the thatcher

  • 5 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 6

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 7 113 years at Instow

  • 8 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 9 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 10 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 11 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 12 A story to tell!

  • 13 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 14 Police station view of Bideford

  • 15 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 16 Parkham plan realised

  • 17 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 18 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 19 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 20 Emergency ferry services

  • 21 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 22 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 23

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 24 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 25 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 26 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 27 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 28 Clovelly nightmare

  • 29 Devil sent packing

  • 30 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 31 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 32 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 33 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 34 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 35 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 36 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 37 Torrington's new amenity

  • 38 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 39 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 40 Twenty-one yachts

  • 41 North Devon Driving School

  • 42 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 43 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 44 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 45 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 46

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 47 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 48 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 49 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 50 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 51 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 52 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 53 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 54 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 55 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 56 Torrington children build igloo
  • 57 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 58 Circus comes to town

  • 59 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 60 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 61 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 62 The cab at the corner>
  • 63

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 64 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 65 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 66 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 67 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 68 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 69 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 70 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 71 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 72 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 73 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 74 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 75 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 76 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 77 No laughing matter

  • 78 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 79 Happy Days!

  • 80 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 81 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 82 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 83 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 84 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 85 Shoes certainly not made for walking

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

  • 87 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

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

  • 89 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 90 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 91 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 92 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 93 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 94 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 95 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 96 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 97 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 98 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 99 Northam footballers of the future

  • 100 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 101 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 102 Some 240 exhibits

  • 103 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 104 Littleham family's five generations

  • 105 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 106 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 107 Out of puff!

  • 108 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 109 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 110 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 111 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 112 A man and his wheel

  • 113 Water Board mains spread through villages

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

  • 115 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 116 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 117

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 118 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 119 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 120 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 121 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 122 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 123

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 124 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 125 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 126 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 127 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 128 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 129 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 130 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 131

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 132

    First prize
  • 133 Fundraising trip for RNLI

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

  • 135 Revenge in style

  • 136 What's the time?

  • 137 Last train from Torrington

  • 138 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 139 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 140 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 141 Six footed lamb

  • 142 New civic medallions

  • 143 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 144 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 145 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 146

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 147

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 148 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 149 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 150 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 151 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 152 By pony and trap to market

  • 153 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 154 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 155 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 156 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

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

  • 158 Warmington's garage ad

  • 159 School crossing patrol begins

  • 160 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 161 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 162 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 163 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 164 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 165 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 166 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 167 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 168

    New gateway
  • 169

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 170 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 171 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 172

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 173 Ships at Bideford

  • 174

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 175 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 176

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 177 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 178 New choral society's growing response

  • 179 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 180 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 181 For crying out loud!

  • 182 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 183 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 184 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 185 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 186 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 187 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 188 The Geneva marionettes

  • 189 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 190 A lost Bideford 'island'

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

  • 192 He beat the floods

  • 193 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 194 Torrington in 1967

  • 195

    Bidefordians
  • 196 Some mushroom!

  • 197 So this is the mainland!

  • 198 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 199

    Was a missionary
  • 200 Modern living at Bideford

  • 201 Loads of black and white

  • 202 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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

  • 204 All for the love of a lady!

  • 205 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 206 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 207 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 208 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 209

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 210 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 211 Northam's almshouse

  • 212 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 213 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 214 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 215 New shipyard on schedule

  • 216 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 217 Traditions and skills still there

  • 218

    Building works
  • 219 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 220 Appledore's largest

  • 221 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 222 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 223 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 224 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 225 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 226 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 227 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 228 Hartland postman retires

  • 229 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 230 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 231 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 232 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 233 Weare Giffard potato

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

  • 235 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 236 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 237 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 238 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 239 First ship in 8 years

  • 240 Cruising down the river

  • 241 Can spring be far away?

  • 242 A roof-top view - where?

  • 243 Service with a smile

  • 244

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 245

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 246 New life for Hartland organ

  • 247 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 248 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 249 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 250 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 251 Finished in 1876

  • 252

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 253 Sight of a lifetime

  • 254 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 255 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 256 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 257 No sale of Springfield House

  • 258 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 259 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 260 Puppet characters introduced

  • 261 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 262 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 263

    Exhibition of school work
  • 264 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 265 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 266 Capers on the cobbles

  • 267 School's link with cargo ship

  • 268

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 269 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 270 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 271 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 272 Hartland Dancers
  • 273 Filming at Hartland

  • 274 Clovelly custom

  • 275 Bideford computer stars

  • 276 New addition to Quay front

  • 277 Off on a great adventure

  • 278 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 279 From Bobby to Brian

  • 280 Pannier Market's future?

  • 281 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 282 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 283 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 284 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 285 Recognise this resort?

  • 286 A bird of their own!

  • 287 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 288 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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

  • 290

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 291 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 292 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 293 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 294 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 295 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 296 Waldon Triplets
  • 297 New look in the hayfields

  • 298 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 299 When horses score over the tractor

  • 300 Variety in summer weather

  • 301 End of the line

  • 302 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 303

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 304 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 305 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 306

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 307 Bridging the stream

  • 308 Ten year old scrambler

  • 309 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 310 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 311 New Lundy stamps

  • 312 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 313 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 314 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 315 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 316 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 317 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 318 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 319 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 320 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 321 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 322 Just over a year old

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

  • 324 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 325 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 326 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 327 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 328 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 329 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 330 It really was the 'last time'

  • 331 Centenary of Gazette

  • 332 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 333 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 334 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 335 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 336 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 337 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 338 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 339 Picking the pops

  • 340

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 341 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 342 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 343 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 344 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 345 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 346 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 347 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 348 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 349 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 350 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 351 They are parted pro-tem

  • 352 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 353 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 354 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 355 Life begins at 80

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

  • 357 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 358 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 359 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 360

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 361 Penny for the guy

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

  • 363 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 364 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 365 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 366 Picking the pops

  • 367 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 368 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 369 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 370 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 371 New art gallery opened

  • 372 Artisans' Club

  • 373 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 374 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 375 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 376 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 377 Hartland's invitation

  • 378 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 379 Bideford regatta

  • 380 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 381 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 382

    Relatives all over the world
  • 383 Jumble sale fever

  • 384 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 385 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 386 New Post Office

  • 387 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 388 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 389 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 390 Mobile missionary

  • 391 All aboard the ark

  • 392 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 393 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 394 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 395 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 396 Private home for public pump

  • 397 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 398 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 399

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 400 Peter poses for TV film

  • 401

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 402

    Married in 1908
  • 403 Simple Item 138
  • 404 Decontrol of meat

  • 405 Bideford loses training ship

  • 406 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 407 Riverside mystery

  • 408 Sweets derationing

  • 409 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 410 In their new robes and hats

  • 411 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 412 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 413 Revived market off to splendid start

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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  • 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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  • 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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Weare Giffard And Landcross WI

Weare Giffard And Landcross WI

Weare Giffard Landcross
 

Members of Weare Giffard and Landcross W.I. were entertained by Miss D Luard who gave a talk and showed slides about her visit to Australia. She was thanked by Mrs Bannister.
The competition - scotch eggs - resulted: 1. Mrs Bannister; 2. Mrs Chamings.
A new member, Mrs Moore, was welcomed.

Master Mariner Who Went To Sea At 10

Master Mariner Who Went To Sea At 10 - 22nd April 1977

22.4.1977 Weare Giffard Master mariner
 

Captain Frederick John Gayette, formerly of Myrtle Street, Appledore, who has died, at the age of 93, went to sea at the age of 10.
He had travelled all over the world in sailing and steamships, and served on Merchant Navy ships in the Boer Wars. One of his ships was torpedoed in the First World War and another, the Shoal Fisher, was sunk by bombs in teh World War 2. He then served in the Admiralty in the Torridge estuary. For his services he was appointed M.B.E.
The funeral took place at St Mary's Church, Appledore. Immediate mourners were; Messrs Freddie and Ivor Gayette, Mesdames Linda Marshall and Anne Brennan, Mesdames Gladys and Violet Gayette, Yvonne, Eric, Brian, Pat, Patrick and Diane, Mrs Olive Shortridge.

Weare Giffard Old Inhabitant

Weare Giffard Old Inhabitant - 22nd April 1977

22.4.1977 Weare Giffard old inhabitant
 

Mrs Beatrice Mary Braunton of April Cottage, Weare Giffard, who died at the age of 82 was the widow of Mr Frank Braunton. The funeral took place at Holy Trinity Church, Weare Giffard.
Immediate mourners were: Mr and Mrs A Braunton, Mr and Mrs C Parish, Mr and Mrs R Baker, Mrs E Brend, Mr J Hocking, Mr A Tanton, Valerie Searle, Tom and Beryl Cruse, Pat Bond, Stella and John Barter, Jill and Neville Heard, Graham and Susan Brend, Ian and Carol Brend, Mrs F Ayre and Mrs P Mitchell. Bearers were Messrs R Randall, F Gordon, H Beer, H Curtis. Unable to attend were: Mrs J Hocking, Susan, Jane, Mandy, Wendy, Joy and Cheryl, Linda, Maureen, Mrs T Avery, Mrs M Ricky, Mre E Mitchell, Mrs J Blake, Mr T Wills.

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