• 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 School crossing patrol begins

  • 2 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 3 A craftsman's 'potted' history

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 5 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 6 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 7

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 8 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

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

  • 10 Last train from Torrington

  • 11 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 12 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 13 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 14 Jumble sale fever

  • 15 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 16 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 17 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 18 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 19 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 20 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 21 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 22 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 23 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 24 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 25 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 26 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 27 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 28 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 29 Parkham plan realised

  • 30 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 31 Sooty is quick on the draw

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

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

  • 34 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 35 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 36

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 37

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 38 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 39 Clovelly nightmare

  • 40 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 41 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 42 Police station view of Bideford

  • 43 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 44

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 45 Modern living at Bideford

  • 46

    New gateway
  • 47 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 48 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 49 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 50 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 51 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 52 Circus comes to town

  • 53 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 54 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 55 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 56 No laughing matter

  • 57 End of the line

  • 58 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 59

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 60 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 61 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 62 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 63

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 64 Northam's almshouse

  • 65 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 66 Warmington's garage ad

  • 67 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 68

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 69 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 70 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 71 Sight of a lifetime

  • 72 In their new robes and hats

  • 73 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 74 What's the time?

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

  • 76 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 77 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 78 Finished in 1876

  • 79 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 80 Centenary of Gazette

  • 81 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 82 Puppet characters introduced

  • 83 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 84 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 85 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 86

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 87 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 88 113 years at Instow

  • 89 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 90 A lost Bideford 'island'

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

  • 92

    Relatives all over the world
  • 93

    Building works
  • 94 Bideford loses training ship

  • 95 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 96

    First prize
  • 97 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 98 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 99 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 100 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 101

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 102

    Bidefordians
  • 103 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 104 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 105 Traditions and skills still there

  • 106 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 107 For crying out loud!

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

  • 109 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 110 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 111 New art gallery opened

  • 112 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 113 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 114 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 115 Revenge in style

  • 116 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 117 Service with a smile

  • 118 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 119 New life for Hartland organ

  • 120

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 121 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 122 New Lundy stamps

  • 123 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 124 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 125 So this is the mainland!

  • 126 Happy Days!

  • 127 Cruising down the river

  • 128 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 129 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 130

    Married in 1908
  • 131 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 132 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 133

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 134 Picking the pops

  • 135 Pannier Market's future?

  • 136 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 137 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 138 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 139 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 140 Torrington children build igloo
  • 141 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 142 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 143 Decontrol of meat

  • 144 Appledore's largest

  • 145 By pony and trap to market

  • 146 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 147

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 148 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 149 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 150 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 151

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 152 Capers on the cobbles

  • 153 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 154 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 155 Hartland's invitation

  • 156 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 157 A roof-top view - where?

  • 158 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 159 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 160 New civic medallions

  • 161 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 162 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 163 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 164 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 165 Private home for public pump

  • 166 Simple Item 138
  • 167 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 168 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 169 Weare Giffard potato

  • 170 Bideford regatta

  • 171 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 172 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 173

    Exhibition of school work
  • 174 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 175 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 176 A man and his wheel

  • 177 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 178 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 179 Picking the pops

  • 180 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 181 Loads of black and white

  • 182 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 183 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 184 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

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

  • 186 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 187 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 188 When horses score over the tractor

  • 189 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 190 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 191 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 192 Waldon Triplets
  • 193 Some 240 exhibits

  • 194 Quads join a Langtree happy family

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

  • 196 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 197 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 198 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 199 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 200 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 201 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 202 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 203

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 204

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 205

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 206 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 207 Hartland Dancers
  • 208 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 209 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 210 All aboard the ark

  • 211 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 212 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 213 No sale of Springfield House

  • 214 North Devon Driving School

  • 215 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 216 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 217 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 218 Clovelly custom

  • 219 Practical sympathy at Northam

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

  • 221 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 222 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 223 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 224 A story to tell!

  • 225 Bideford country dancers on TV

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 227 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 228 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 229 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 230 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 231 Off on a great adventure

  • 232 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 233 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 234 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 235 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 236 Recognise this resort?

  • 237 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 238 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 239 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 240 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 241 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 242 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 243 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 244 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 245 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 246 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 247 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 248 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 249 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 250 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 251 Devil sent packing

  • 252 New choral society's growing response

  • 253 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 254 Bridging the stream

  • 255 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 256

    Was a missionary
  • 257 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 258 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 259

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 260 Peter poses for TV film

  • 261 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 262 It really was the 'last time'

  • 263 Just over a year old

  • 264 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 265 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 266 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 267 Torrington in 1967

  • 268 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 269 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 270 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 271 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 272 Bideford computer stars

  • 273 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 274 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 275 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 276 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 277 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 278

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 279 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 280 The Geneva marionettes

  • 281 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 282 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 283 Six footed lamb

  • 284 Emergency ferry services

  • 285 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 286 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 287

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 288 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 289 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 290 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 291 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 292 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 293 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 294 All for the love of a lady!

  • 295 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 296 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 297

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 298 Can spring be far away?

  • 299 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 300 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 301 New shipyard on schedule

  • 302 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 303 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 304 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 305 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 306 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 307 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 308 Penny for the guy

  • 309

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 310 Burnard family reunion

  • 311 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 312 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 313 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 314 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 315 Twenty-one yachts

  • 316 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 317 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 318 Northam footballers of the future

  • 319 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 320 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 321 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

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

  • 323 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 324 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 325 Riverside mystery

  • 326 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 327 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 328 New addition to Quay front

  • 329 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 330 A bird of their own!

  • 331 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 332 Life begins at 80

  • 333 Out of puff!

  • 334 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 335 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 336 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 337 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 338 First ship in 8 years

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

  • 340 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 341 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 342 Ships at Bideford

  • 343 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 344 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 345 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 346 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 347 Ten year old scrambler

  • 348 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 349

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 350 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 351 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 352 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 353 New look in the hayfields

  • 354 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 355 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 356 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 357 They are parted pro-tem

  • 358 School's link with cargo ship

  • 359 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 360 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 361 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 362 Artisans' Club

  • 363 Torrington's new amenity

  • 364

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 365 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 366 Landmark at Bradworthy

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

  • 368 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

  • 370 New Post Office

  • 371 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 372 Some mushroom!

  • 373 The art of the thatcher

  • 374 Variety in summer weather

  • 375 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 376 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 377 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 378 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 379 Mobile missionary

  • 380 He beat the floods

  • 381 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 382 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 383 Hartland postman retires

  • 384 Littleham family's five generations

  • 385 Bringing shopping home by goat

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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Berridon Restaurant, Bradworthy

We are now pleased to announce the menus to be created for you by Clement Freud at the opening of the restaurant

April 7 & 8

30.3.1973 Berridon Restaurant Bradworthy

Saturday & Sunday evenings 8.15 for 8.30pm
Home made game pate
Watercress soup
Salmon in champagne sauce
Chicken tarragon, with new potatoes
Cucumber salad Provencal tomatoes
Crème de Menthe waterice
Walnut cheese
Coffee

Sunday Luncheon 1pm
Buttered shrimps with home made brown bread or
Prawn cocktail or consommé
Crown of lamb, new potatoes, petit pois
Buttered French beans
Fresh strawberry trifle
Cheese
Coffee

Wines recommended by Clement Freud to complement this meal will be available, or you may select from our extensive wine list.
In order that everyone may enjoy their meal in comfort we have decided on one sitting only, at 8.15pm for 8.30pm. All those who have made their reservations please note this time and confirm your booking to avoid disappointment.
If you have not already made your reservation, please hurry. There are still a few tables left.
Children joining us for Sunday luncheon will be charged at the rate of £1.00 for up to 3ft 6in in height and 10p per inch above this.
For table reservations please telephone Bradworthy 204
Advertising and promotion by Foto of Holsworthy 253/384
Gazette article dated 30 March 1973

Parkham Bridegroom at Bulkworthy

Bride Former Secretary of Bradworthy YFC

20.2.1959 Wooldridge Honey wedding

Miss Jean May Wooldridge, former secretary of Bradworthy Young Farmers Club and secretary of Bradworthy Young Conservatives, was married on Wednesday of last week to Mr Donald Henry Honey, younger son of Mr and Mrs M Honey, of Oliver House, Parkham. The bride is the elder daughter of Mr and Mrs E J Wooldridge of Higher Cholaton, Abbots Bickington.
The Rev Alfred Olds of Shebbear officiated at the service at Bulkworthy Methodist Church and the bride’s aunt, Mrs R Moore of Alverdiscott was organist. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Mary Wooldridge and Miss Sylvia Honey. Mr George Honey was best man and ushers were Mr Ken Moore and Mr Robert Moore. As the bride left the church good luck tokens were presented by Wendy Braunton, Mary Taylor, Jennifer Honey and Maurice Honey.
The full Gazette article is dated 20 February 1959.

No action again Bradworthy man 14th September 1979

No action again Bradworthy man 14th September 1979

No action Bradworthy man

Fears that Bradworthy Square could become a parking area for heavy lorries have prompted Torridge D.C. to take no action against an unauthorised haulage contractor's depot on the outskirts of the village.  It has been decided that enforcement notices should not be served on Mr Colin Guard, who is using his premises between Lew Farm and Lake Villa, off Bideford-Bradworthy road as a depot for his lorries since 1976 without planning permission.  Councillors agreed to serve an enforcement notice on Mr C W Gilbert, of Higher Gidcott, Milton Damerel for the demolition of Gidcott Cross cottage.

 

 

 

 

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