• 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 Modern living at Bideford

  • 2 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 3 School's link with cargo ship

  • 4 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 5 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 6 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 7 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 8 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 9 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 10 End of the line

  • 11 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 12 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 13 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 14 Riverside mystery

  • 15 Clovelly custom

  • 16 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 17 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 18 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 19

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 20 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 21 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 22 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 23 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 24 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 25 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 26 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 27 Bridging the stream

  • 28 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 29 Westward Ho! combined op

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

  • 31 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 32 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 33 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 34 Decontrol of meat

  • 35 No laughing matter

  • 36 Spray dodging - the new pastime

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

  • 38 Eight to strike and a race to win

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

  • 40 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 41 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 42 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 43 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 44 Traditions and skills still there

  • 45 Hartland Dancers
  • 46 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 47 Burnard family reunion

  • 48 North Devon Driving School

  • 49 Emergency ferry services

  • 50 Some 240 exhibits

  • 51 Bideford loses training ship

  • 52 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 53 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 54

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 55 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 56 Twenty-one yachts

  • 57 All for the love of a lady!

  • 58

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 59 Ships at Bideford

  • 60 Torrington in 1967

  • 61 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 62 New art gallery opened

  • 63 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 64 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 65 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 66 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 67 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 68 Jumble sale fever

  • 69 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 70 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 71

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 72 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 73 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 74 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 75 School crossing patrol begins

  • 76 New shipyard on schedule

  • 77 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 78 A roof-top view - where?

  • 79

    Was a missionary
  • 80 Devil sent packing

  • 81 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 82 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 83 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 84 Space dominates Hartland carnival

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

  • 86 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 87 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 88 Recognise this resort?

  • 89 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 90 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 91

    First prize
  • 92 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 93 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 94 Hartland's invitation

  • 95 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 96 Last train from Torrington

  • 97

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 98 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 99 Cruising down the river

  • 100 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 101 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 102 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 103 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 104 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 105 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 106 For crying out loud!

  • 107 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 108 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 109 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 110 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 111 Students help model St Sidwell

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

  • 113 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 114 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 115

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 116 Ten year old scrambler

  • 117 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 118

    Bidefordians
  • 119 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 120 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 121 Puppet characters introduced

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

  • 123 Finished in 1876

  • 124 Private home for public pump

  • 125 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 126 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 127 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 128 Happy Days!

  • 129 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 130 Torrington children build igloo
  • 131 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 132

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 133 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 134 Warmington's garage ad

  • 135 By pony and trap to market

  • 136 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 137 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 138

    Relatives all over the world
  • 139 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 140

    Married in 1908
  • 141 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 142 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 143 Loads of black and white

  • 144 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 145 All aboard the ark

  • 146 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 147 The Geneva marionettes

  • 148 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 149 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 150 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 151 So this is the mainland!

  • 152 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 153 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 154 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 155

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 156 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 157 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 158

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 159 Revenge in style

  • 160 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 161

    Exhibition of school work
  • 162 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 163 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 164 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 165 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 166 New Lundy stamps

  • 167 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 168 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 169 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 170 113 years at Instow

  • 171 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 172 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 173 Peter poses for TV film

  • 174 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 175 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 176 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 177 A story to tell!

  • 178 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 179 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 180 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 181 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 182 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 183 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 184 Capers on the cobbles

  • 185 Clovelly nightmare

  • 186 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 187 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 188 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 189 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 190 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 191 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 192 Off on a great adventure

  • 193 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 194 Service with a smile

  • 195 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

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

  • 197

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 198 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 199 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 200 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 201 Northam's almshouse

  • 202 New life for Hartland organ

  • 203 In their new robes and hats

  • 204 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 205 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 206 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 207 Just over a year old

  • 208 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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

  • 210 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 211 Parkham plan realised

  • 212 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 213 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 214 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 215 Can spring be far away?

  • 216 New civic medallions

  • 217 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 218 Life begins at 80

  • 219 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 220 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 221 Centenary of Gazette

  • 222 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 223

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 224 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 225 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 226 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 227 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 228 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 229 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 230 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 231

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 232 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 233 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 234 New Post Office

  • 235 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 236 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 237 Out of puff!

  • 238 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 239 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 240 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 241 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 242 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 243 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 244 New addition to Quay front

  • 245 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 246

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 247

    New gateway
  • 248 Filming at Hartland

  • 249 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 250

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 251

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 252 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 253 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 254 Littleham family's five generations

  • 255 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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

  • 257 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 258 No sale of Springfield House

  • 259 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 260 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 261 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 262 Sight of a lifetime

  • 263 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 264 Weare Giffard potato

  • 265

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 266 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 267 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 268

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 269 New look in the hayfields

  • 270 Getting up steam for tomorrow

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

  • 272 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 273 Mobile missionary

  • 274 Daisy's pride and joy

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 276 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 277 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 278 They are parted pro-tem

  • 279 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 280 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 281 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 282 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 283 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 284 Pannier Market's future?

  • 285 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 286 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 287 When horses score over the tractor

  • 288 Waldon Triplets
  • 289 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 290 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 291 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 292 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 293 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 294 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 295 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 296 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 297 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 298 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 299 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 300 It really was the 'last time'

  • 301 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 302 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 303 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 304 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 305 Penny for the guy

  • 306 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 307

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 308 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 309 He beat the floods

  • 310 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 311 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 312 Appledore's largest

  • 313 Simple Item 138
  • 314 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 315 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 316 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 317 First ship in 8 years

  • 318 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 319 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 320 What's the time?

  • 321 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 322

    Building works
  • 323 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 324 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 325

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 326 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 327 Northam footballers of the future

  • 328 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 329 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 330 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 331 Picking the pops

  • 332 Six footed lamb

  • 333 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 334 Circus comes to town

  • 335 Future of Torrington almshouses

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

  • 337 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 338 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 339 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 340 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 341 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 342 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 343

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 344 Bideford computer stars

  • 345 A bird of their own!

  • 346 Some mushroom!

  • 347

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 348 New choral society's growing response

  • 349 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 350 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 351 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 352 Variety in summer weather

  • 353 Bideford regatta

  • 354 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 355 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 356 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 357 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 358 The art of the thatcher

  • 359 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 360 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 361 Torrington's new amenity

  • 362

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 363 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 364 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 365 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 366 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 367 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 368 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

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

  • 370 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 371 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 372 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 373 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 374 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

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

  • 376 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 377 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 378 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 379 Hartland postman retires

  • 380 Police station view of Bideford

  • 381 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 382 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 383 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 384 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 385 A man and his wheel

  • 386 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 387

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 388 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 389 Artisans' Club

  • 390

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 391 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 392 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 393 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 394 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 395 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 396 Picking the pops

  • 397 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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Holiday Help

Defies sea at Bucks Mills

Accompanying pictures show how ‘self-help’ by inhabitants of Bucks Mills has met the menace of the high seas which threatened to destroy the only slip-way.

Above a trader resident carries a hundred-weight sack of cement down the steep track

22.8.1952 Bucks Mills 2

The general public gave generous monetary and physical response to the appeal of local initiative. The situation has been saved and the expenditure probably hundreds of pounds of public money has been avoided thereby. Bideford Rural District Council have their blessing! Donations from friends of Bucks should be sent to Mr A K Chope (acting hon. secretary), Bideford.

22.8.1952 Bucks Mills 3

22 August 1952

Mr Davey In Battle Over Bucks Beach

Mr Trevor Davey, of Bucks Cross, skipper of the Lundy Gannet, has applied to the Crown Commissioners for the rights of about a mile of foreshore at Bucks Mills.

31.7.1964 Mr Davey Bucks Mills

He has done so, he said this week, on behalf of local people and the public.
But the new owner of the Walland Cary estate, Mr E E T Wood, a property director, whose claim to the foreshore has been allowed by the Crown Estate Commissioners, said he did not intend to anything to hinder the public. “I doubt whether I could anyway” he added.
He claimed that his deeds proved ownership of the road, the slipway and the beach. But he had bought Walland Cary for its beauty and he wished the public to share it with him.
Mr Wood also revealed that he given notice to quit to two tenants of boat sheds he owned near the slipway. One of them, he said, was Mr Davey.
Gazette article dated 31 July 1964

Chocolate Sticks Were Gelignite

The label on the box said chocolate bars; but Mr David Powell, who clutched it as he fell when part of a loft he was clearing in a derelict cottage at Bucks Mills collapsed, found that it contained 10 sticks of gelignite in a ‘sweating’ condition.

13.2.1976 gelignite

Mr Powell, who lives at Winsworthy, Clovelly, was clearing out Corner Cottage which belongs to his mother. It had been empty for nine months and to his knowledge, he said, no-one had been in the loft for more than 20 years.
An Army bomb disposal expert flew in by helicopter from Salisbury and disposed of the explosives, plus 100 detonators also found, by blowing them up on the beach.
Gazette article dated 13 February 1976

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