• 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 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 2 113 years at Instow

  • 3 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 4 North Devon Driving School

  • 5 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 6 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 7 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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

  • 9 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 10 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

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

  • 12 The cab at the corner>
  • 13 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 14

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 15 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 16 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 17 Northam footballers of the future

  • 18 Pannier Market's future?

  • 19 Bideford computer stars

  • 20 Space dominates Hartland carnival

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

  • 22 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 23 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 24 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 25 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

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

  • 27 Clovelly custom

  • 28 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 29 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 30 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 31 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 32 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 33 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 34 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 35 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 36 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 37 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 38 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 39 New shipyard on schedule

  • 40 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 41 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 42 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 43 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 44 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 45 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 46 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 47 Artisans' Club

  • 48 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 49 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 50 Some 240 exhibits

  • 51 Happy Days!

  • 52 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 53 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 54 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 55 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 56 Weare Giffard potato

  • 57 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 58 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 59 Off on a great adventure

  • 60 Waldon Triplets
  • 61 Emergency ferry services

  • 62 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 63 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 64 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 65 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 66

    Bidefordians
  • 67 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 68 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 69 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 70 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 71 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 72 New look in the hayfields

  • 73

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 74 Modern living at Bideford

  • 75

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 76 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 77 New art gallery opened

  • 78 Bridging the stream

  • 79 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 80 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 81 Ships at Bideford

  • 82 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 83 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 84 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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

  • 86 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 87 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

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

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

  • 90

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 91

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 92 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 93

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 94 Picking the pops

  • 95 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 96 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 97 Simple Item 138
  • 98 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 99 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 100 New life for Hartland organ

  • 101 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 102 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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

  • 104 The art of the thatcher

  • 105 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 106 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 107 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 108 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 109 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 110 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 111 A bird of their own!

  • 112 So this is the mainland!

  • 113 Penny for the guy

  • 114 What's the time?

  • 115 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 116

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 117

    First prize
  • 118 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 119 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 120 Mobile missionary

  • 121 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 122 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 123 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 124 What is future of railway goods yard?

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

  • 126 No laughing matter

  • 127 Bideford loses training ship

  • 128 Clovelly nightmare

  • 129

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 130 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 131 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 132 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 133 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 134 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 135 Recognise this resort?

  • 136 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 137 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 138 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 139 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 140 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 141 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 142 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 143 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 144 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 145 Centenary of Gazette

  • 146 Northam's almshouse

  • 147 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 148 New civic medallions

  • 149 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 150 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 151 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 152 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 153 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 154 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 155 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 156 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 157 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 158 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 159 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 160 Service with a smile

  • 161 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 162

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 163 New addition to Quay front

  • 164 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 165 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 166 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 167 Police station view of Bideford

  • 168 End of the line

  • 169 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 170 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 171 Clovelly donkey film star

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

  • 173 New Post Office

  • 174 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 175

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 176

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 177 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 178 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 179 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 180

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

  • 182 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 183 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 184 Loads of black and white

  • 185 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 186 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 187 Can spring be far away?

  • 188 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 189 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 190 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 191 Hartland postman retires

  • 192 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 193 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 194 Private home for public pump

  • 195 Picking the pops

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

  • 197 By pony and trap to market

  • 198 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 199 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 200 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 201 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 202 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 203 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 204 Burnard family reunion

  • 205 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 206 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 207 Finished in 1876

  • 208 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 209 No sale of Springfield House

  • 210 Parkham plan realised

  • 211

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 212 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 213 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 214 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 215 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 216 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 217 First ship in 8 years

  • 218 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 219 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 220 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 221 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 222 They are parted pro-tem

  • 223 Traditions and skills still there

  • 224 New choral society's growing response

  • 225 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 226 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 227 Torrington in 1967

  • 228 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 229 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 230 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 231 Hartland's invitation

  • 232 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 233 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 234 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 235 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 236 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 237 A man and his wheel

  • 238 Just over a year old

  • 239 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 240 From Bobby to Brian

  • 241 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 242 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 243 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 244 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 245 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 246 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 247 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 248 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 249 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 250 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 251 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 252 When horses score over the tractor

  • 253 School crossing patrol begins

  • 254 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 255 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 256 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 257 Capers on the cobbles

  • 258 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 259 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 260 Life begins at 80

  • 261 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 262 Last train from Torrington

  • 263 Appledore's new lifeboat

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    New gateway
  • 265 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 266 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 267 Littleham family's five generations

  • 268 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 269

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 270 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 271 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 272 Decontrol of meat

  • 273 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 274 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 275 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 276 Out of puff!

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    Building works
  • 278 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 279

    Exhibition of school work
  • 280 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 281 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 282 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 283 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 284 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 285 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 286 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 287 Torrington's new amenity

  • 288 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 289 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 290 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 291 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 292 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 293 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 294 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 295 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 296 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 297 Warmington's garage ad

  • 298 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 299 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 300 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 301 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 302 Twenty-one yachts

  • 303 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 304 Sight of a lifetime

  • 305 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 306 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 307 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 308 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 309 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 310 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 311 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 312

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 313 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 314 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 315 New Lundy stamps

  • 316 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 317

    Was a missionary
  • 318 Bideford regatta

  • 319

    Married in 1908
  • 320 Jumble sale fever

  • 321

    Relatives all over the world
  • 322 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 323

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 324 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 325 Six footed lamb

  • 326

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 327 Puppet characters introduced

  • 328 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 329 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

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

  • 331 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 332 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 333 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 334 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 335 Sweets derationing

  • 336 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 337 Variety in summer weather

  • 338

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 339 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 340 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 341 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 342 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 343 Riverside mystery

  • 344 Ten year old scrambler

  • 345 A story to tell!

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

  • 347

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 348

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 349 Cruising down the river

  • 350 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 351 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 352 The Geneva marionettes

  • 353 Appledore's largest

  • 354 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 355 Peter poses for TV film

  • 356 For crying out loud!

  • 357 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 358 Filming at Hartland

  • 359 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 360 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 361 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 362 Some mushroom!

  • 363 Revenge in style

  • 364 Safe door weighing two tons

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    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 366 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 367 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 368 Devil sent packing

  • 369 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 370 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 371 Hartland Dancers
  • 372 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 373 A roof-top view - where?

  • 374 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 375 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 376 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 377 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 378 Circus comes to town

  • 379 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 380 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 381 Torrington children build igloo
  • 382 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 383 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 384 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 385 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 386 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 387

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 388 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 389 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 390 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 391 All for the love of a lady!

  • 392

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 393

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 394 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 395 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 396 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 397 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 398 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 399 It really was the 'last time'

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 401 School's link with cargo ship

  • 402 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 403 All aboard the ark

  • 404 In their new robes and hats

  • 405 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 406 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 407 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 408 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 409 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 410 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 411 He beat the floods

  • 412 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 413 Ship-in-bottle world record

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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Buckland Brewer Methodists

Harvest festival services were held at Buckland Brewer Methodist Church recently, which had been tastefully decorated with gifts of fruit and flowers by women members, helped by the Youth Club. 

26.10.1962 Buckland Brewer harvest

Morning service was conducted by Rev Donald Cox, of Appledore, and evening service, in which Church of England friends joined, by Rev J Owen Clutterbuck. Mr F Babb played at both services.
A children’s gift service was held in the afternoon, when Mrs Clutterbuck received the gifts and spoke to the children. Collections at this service was for the Freedom from Hunger Campaign, and £5 will be sent from the Sunday school.

The Monday evening service was followed by a faith supper, convened by Mesdames T Brown and W Prance. The gifts were then sold by Mr C Babb.  

Gazette article dated 26 October 1962

Make-Up At Buckland

Buckland Brewer Women’s Institute had a very pleasant evening last week, being entertained by Miss Parker, of the Max Factor Co,. of London, who gave a demonstration on make-up.

1.8.1958 Buckland Brewer WI

Mrs Burt acted as model.
Miss Parker also gave each member a chart with the description of make-up each should use. A vote of thanks was expressed by Mrs Brimacombe.
In the competition – the best arrangement of flowers in a kitchen utensil – Mrs Harris and Miss S Adams, won the garden flowers section and Mesdames Mills and Stokes that for Wild Flowers.
Mrs Allan was the tea hostess, assisted by Mrs Zelly.
For the social time country dancing was organised by Mrs Mills. Music was supplied by Mrs S Brown, president.
Gazette article dated 1 August 1958

Max Factor

Heifer Is Changing Her Sex

When Pansy, a three year old Fresian heifer owned by Mr Tom Gill, of the Beeches, Buckland Brewer, showed a tendency to develop somewhat unladylike habits and failed to show, as she should have done, signs of approaching motherhood, Mr Gill consulted a veterinary surgeon.

28.6.1963 heifer

His diagnosis: she is changing her sex.
Pansy still gives three gallons of milk daily, but her ‘moo’ is changing to a bellow and she tends to show more than a passing interest in the other members of the dairy herd.
An AI heifer, she produced her first calf, a bull, normally.
Says 50 year old Mr Gill: “I have never before known anything like this and no farmer to whom I have mentioned it has known a similar case”.
Gazette article dated 28 June 1963

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