• 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 The cab at the corner>
  • 2 East-the-Water's call for new school

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

  • 4 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

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    Married in 1908
  • 6 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 7 Bideford loses training ship

  • 8 No sale of Springfield House

  • 9 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 10

    Building works
  • 11 From Bobby to Brian

  • 12 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 13 Weare Giffard potato

  • 14 So this is the mainland!

  • 15 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 16 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 17 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 18 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 19 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 20 Bridging the stream

  • 21 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 22 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 23 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 24 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 25 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 26 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 27 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 28 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 29 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 30 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 31 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 32 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 33 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 34 Parkham plan realised

  • 35 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 36 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 37 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 38 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 39

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 40 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 41 Revenge in style

  • 42

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 43 Emergency ferry services

  • 44 Littleham family's five generations

  • 45 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 46 They are parted pro-tem

  • 47 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 48 Hartland Dancers
  • 49 Clovelly custom

  • 50 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 51 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 52 Filming at Hartland

  • 53 New life for Hartland organ

  • 54 Finished in 1876

  • 55 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 56 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 57

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 58 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 59 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 60 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 61 Picking the pops

  • 62 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 63 Artisans' Club

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

  • 65 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 66 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 67 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 68 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 69 The Geneva marionettes

  • 70 Capers on the cobbles

  • 71 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 72

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 73

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 74 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 75 Modern living at Bideford

  • 76 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 77 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 78 Sight of a lifetime

  • 79 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 80 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 81 All aboard the ark

  • 82 Hartland's invitation

  • 83 Private home for public pump

  • 84 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 85 Waldon Triplets
  • 86 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 87 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 88 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 89 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 90 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 91 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 92 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 93

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 94 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 95 Torrington in 1967

  • 96 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 97 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 98 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 99 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 100 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 101

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 102 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 103 Off on a great adventure

  • 104 Penny for the guy

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

  • 106 First ship in 8 years

  • 107 A man and his wheel

  • 108 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 109 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 110 Pannier Market's future?

  • 111 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 112 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 113 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 114 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 115 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 116 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 117 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 118

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 119 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 120

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 121 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 122 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 123 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 124 New civic medallions

  • 125 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 126 113 years at Instow

  • 127 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 128 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 129 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 130

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 131 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 132 By pony and trap to market

  • 133

    First prize
  • 134 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 135 He beat the floods

  • 136

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 137 Centenary of Gazette

  • 138 Circus comes to town

  • 139 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 140 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 141 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 142 Clovelly nightmare

  • 143 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 144

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 145 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 146 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 147 A bird of their own!

  • 148 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 149 Jumble sale fever

  • 150 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 151 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 152

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 153

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 154 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 155 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 156 Burnard family reunion

  • 157 Out of puff!

  • 158 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 159 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 160 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 161 In their new robes and hats

  • 162 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 163 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 165 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 166 Mobile missionary

  • 167 Bideford regatta

  • 168 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 169 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 170 Northam's almshouse

  • 171 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 172 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 173 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 174 Variety in summer weather

  • 175 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 176 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 177

    Relatives all over the world
  • 178 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 179

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 180 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 181 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 182

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 183 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 184 Decontrol of meat

  • 185 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 186 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 187 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

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

  • 189 Ten year old scrambler

  • 190 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 191 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 192 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 193 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 194 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

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

  • 196 Appledore's largest

  • 197 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 198 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 199 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 200 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 201 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 202 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 203 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

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

  • 205 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 206 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 207 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 208

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 209 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 210 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 211 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 212

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 213 Recognise this resort?

  • 214 What's the time?

  • 215 New Post Office

  • 216 School's link with cargo ship

  • 217 Life begins at 80

  • 218 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 219 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 220 New choral society's growing response

  • 221 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

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    Bidefordians
  • 223 Cruising down the river

  • 224 A craftsman's 'potted' history

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

  • 226 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 227 New look in the hayfields

  • 228 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 229 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 230 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 231 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 232 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 233 A roof-top view - where?

  • 234 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 235 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 236 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 237 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 238 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 239 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 240 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 241

    Exhibition of school work
  • 242 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 243 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 244 New art gallery opened

  • 245 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 246

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 247 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 248 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 249 Peter poses for TV film

  • 250 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 251 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 252 Six footed lamb

  • 253 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 254 Service with a smile

  • 255 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 256 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 257 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 258 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 259 Simple Item 138
  • 260 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 261 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 262 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 263 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 264 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 265 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 266 Happy Days!

  • 267 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 268 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 269 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 270 Ships at Bideford

  • 271 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 272

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 273 School crossing patrol begins

  • 274 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 275 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 276 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 277 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 278 Traditions and skills still there

  • 279 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 280 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 281 Picking the pops

  • 282 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 283 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 284 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 285 Torrington children build igloo
  • 286 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 287 New addition to Quay front

  • 288 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 289

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 290 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 291 Last train from Torrington

  • 292 Puppet characters introduced

  • 293 A story to tell!

  • 294 The art of the thatcher

  • 295 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 296 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 297 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 298 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 299 New shipyard on schedule

  • 300 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 301 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 302 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 303 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 304 All for the love of a lady!

  • 305 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 306 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 307 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 308 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 309 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 310

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 311 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 312 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 313 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 314 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 315 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 316 It really was the 'last time'

  • 317 Twenty-one yachts

  • 318 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 319 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 320 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 321 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 322 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 323 Mayor becomes engine driver>
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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 325 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 326 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 327 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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

  • 329 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 330 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 331 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 332 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 333 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 334 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 335 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 336 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 337 Can spring be far away?

  • 338 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 339 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 340 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 341 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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

  • 343 Hartland postman retires

  • 344 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 345 First tankers arrive at new depot

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 347 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 348 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 349 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 350 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 351 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 352

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 353 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 354 No laughing matter

  • 355 Some mushroom!

  • 356 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 357 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 358 North Devon Driving School

  • 359 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 360 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 361 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 362 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 363 Just over a year old

  • 364 When horses score over the tractor

  • 365 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 366 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 367 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

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

  • 369 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

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    New gateway
  • 371 Some 240 exhibits

  • 372 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 373 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 374 Riverside mystery

  • 375 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 376 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 377 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 378 Warmington's garage ad

  • 379 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 380 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 381 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 382 Sweets derationing

  • 383 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 384 Loads of black and white

  • 385 Northam footballers of the future

  • 386 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 387 Devil sent packing

  • 388 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 389 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 390 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 391 New Lundy stamps

  • 392 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 393 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 394 Torrington's new amenity

  • 395 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 396 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 397 For crying out loud!

  • 398 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 399 End of the line

  • 400 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 401 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 402 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 403 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 404 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 405 Bideford computer stars

  • 406 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 407 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 408

    Was a missionary
  • 409 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 410 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 411 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 412 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 413 Police station view of Bideford

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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  • 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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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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Cinderella at Westward Ho!

For the 18th consecutive year,

Westward Ho! Follies, a section of Westward Ho! Community Association, are presenting a pantomime at the Kingsley Hall.

9.2.1968 Westward Ho Follies

This year's choice is Cinderella in three acts. Script, production and direction are again by Ada Powell.

Cast in order of appearance (some people in numerous roles): Phyl Stevens, Clare, Geraldine, Hillary, Janet, Julie, Julia, Rachael, Arthur Eagle, Ray Wilson, Sybil Thompson, Caroline Newell, Judy Sherbourne, Marion Owen, Doris Thisby, David Eveleigh, Grenville Thisby, Jackie Turner, Julia, Roger, Wendy and Julie, Geraldine, Janet, Rachael, Sybil.

Pianist is Doris Watts.

Dancers in the Fantasia and Fairies in the ballroom are members of Jackie Turner's dancing group. Scenery is by Kingsley Decorators.

Gazette February 9, 1968

Soccer Star on Holiday

The day they played soccer with Nat Lofthouse at Westward Ho!

Bolton Wanderers' manager Nat Lofthouse is on holiday at Westward Ho! this week.

20.6.1969 Westward Ho Nat Lofthouse football

Nat joined Bolton as a 15 year old the day after the outbreak of World War II. Twelve months later he made his first appearance with Bolton's first team. Since then he has played over 700 league games. In 1961 he became assistant trainer and was later appointed chief coach. Last August he took over as manager.

Nat is staying at the Atlanta Hotel, with his wife Alma and daughter Vivien.

In the photograph he enjoys a kick around with some young holidaymakers in the hotel grounds.

Gazette dated 20 June 1969

Who has the rights to the Pebble Ridge?

Mr Hobart Braddick

A claim which might involve expensive litigation would probably be abandoned.

25.7.1916 WHo Hobart Braddick

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