• 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 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 2 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 4 North Devon Driving School

  • 5 Recognise this resort?

  • 6 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 7 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 8 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 9 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 10 Police station view of Bideford

  • 11

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 12 Peter poses for TV film

  • 13 Off on a great adventure

  • 14 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 15 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 16 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 17 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 18 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 19 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 20 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 21 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 22 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

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

  • 24 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 25 No sale of Springfield House

  • 26 Life begins at 80

  • 27 Service with a smile

  • 28 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 29 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 30 Cruising down the river

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

  • 32 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 33 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 34 First steel ship built at Bideford

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

  • 36 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 37 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 38 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 39 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

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

  • 41 New choral society's growing response

  • 42 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 43 When horses score over the tractor

  • 44

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 45 New shipyard on schedule

  • 46 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 47 Revenge in style

  • 48 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 49 Centenary of Gazette

  • 50 All aboard the ark

  • 51 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 52 Emergency ferry services

  • 53 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 54 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 55 Some mushroom!

  • 56 Bridging the stream

  • 57 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 58 Devil sent packing

  • 59 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 60 Warmington's garage ad

  • 61 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 62 Bideford regatta

  • 63 Loads of black and white

  • 64 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 65 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 66 Sight of a lifetime

  • 67 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 68 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 69 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 70 For crying out loud!

  • 71 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 72 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 73 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 74

    Exhibition of school work
  • 75 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 76 Sweets derationing

  • 77 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 78 In their new robes and hats

  • 79 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 80 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 81 So this is the mainland!

  • 82 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 83 Picking the pops

  • 84 New civic medallions

  • 85 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 86 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 87 Ships at Bideford

  • 88 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 89 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 90 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 91 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 92 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 93 New look in the hayfields

  • 94 Twenty-one yachts

  • 95 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 96 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 97 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 98 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 99 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 100 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 101 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 102 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 103 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 104

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 105 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 106 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 107 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 108 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 109 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 110 The art of the thatcher

  • 111 Happy Days!

  • 112 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 113 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 114 Finished in 1876

  • 115

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 116 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 117 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 118 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 119 Some 240 exhibits

  • 120 Modern living at Bideford

  • 121 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 122 113 years at Instow

  • 123 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 124 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 125 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 126 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 127 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 128 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 129 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 130 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 131 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 132 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 133 The cab at the corner>
  • 134 No laughing matter

  • 135 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 136 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 137 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 138

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 139

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 140 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 141 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 142 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 143 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 144 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 145 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 146 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 147 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 148 'Les Girls' of Hartland

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

  • 150 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 151 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 152 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 153 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 154 Mobile missionary

  • 155 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 156 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 157 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 158 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 159

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 160 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 161

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 162 School crossing patrol begins

  • 163 Waldon Triplets
  • 164 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 165 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 166 Torrington children build igloo
  • 167 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 168 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 169 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 170 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 171 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 172 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 173

    Was a missionary
  • 174 Bideford computer stars

  • 175 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 176 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 177 Puppet characters introduced

  • 178 Just over a year old

  • 179 New life for Hartland organ

  • 180 Ten year old scrambler

  • 181 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 182 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 183 Appledore's largest

  • 184 Jumble sale fever

  • 185 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 186 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 187 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 188 Northam footballers of the future

  • 189 All for the love of a lady!

  • 190 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 191 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 192 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 193 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 194 A man and his wheel

  • 195 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 196 Simple Item 138
  • 197 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 198 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 199 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 200 New Post Office

  • 201 He beat the floods

  • 202 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 203 Artisans' Club

  • 204 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 205 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 206 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 207 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 208 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 209 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 210 Parkham plan realised

  • 211 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 212

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 213 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

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

  • 215 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 216 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 217 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 218 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 219 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 220 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 221 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 222 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 223 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 224 Clovelly nightmare

  • 225 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 226 It really was the 'last time'

  • 227 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 228 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 229 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 230 First ship in 8 years

  • 231 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 232 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 233

    Married in 1908
  • 234 Revived market off to splendid start

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

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

  • 237 Hartland's invitation

  • 238 By pony and trap to market

  • 239 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 240 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 241 Last train from Torrington

  • 242 End of the line

  • 243 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 244 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 245

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 246 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 247 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 248 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 249

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 250 The Geneva marionettes

  • 251 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 252 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 253

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 254 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 255 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 256 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 257 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 258 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 259 Private home for public pump

  • 260 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 261

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 262 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 263

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 264 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 265

    Relatives all over the world
  • 266 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 267 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 268 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 269 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

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

  • 271

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 272 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 273 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 274 Picking the pops

  • 275 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 276 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 277 Littleham family's five generations

  • 278 Six footed lamb

  • 279 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 280 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 281 A bird of their own!

  • 282 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 283

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 284 Clovelly custom

  • 285 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 286 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 287 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 288 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 289 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 290

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 291 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 292 Penny for the guy

  • 293 Capers on the cobbles

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

  • 295 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 296 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 297 Out of puff!

  • 298 Filming at Hartland

  • 299 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 300 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 301 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 302

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 303 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 304 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 305 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 306 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 307 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

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

  • 309

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 310 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 311 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 312 A story to tell!

  • 313 New art gallery opened

  • 314 Weare Giffard potato

  • 315 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 316 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 317 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 318 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 319 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 320 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 321 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 322 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 323 Northam's almshouse

  • 324 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 325 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 326 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 327 Bideford loses training ship

  • 328 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 329 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 330 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 331 Riverside mystery

  • 332 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 333 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 334 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 335

    Bidefordians
  • 336

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 337 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 338

    First prize
  • 339 Can spring be far away?

  • 340 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 341 Ship-in-bottle world record

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

  • 343 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 344 School's link with cargo ship

  • 345 Pannier Market's future?

  • 346 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 347 New addition to Quay front

  • 348 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 349 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 350 Decontrol of meat

  • 351 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 352 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 353 From Bobby to Brian

  • 354 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 355 Torrington in 1967

  • 356 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 357 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 358 Hartland postman retires

  • 359 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 360 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 361 Variety in summer weather

  • 362 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 363 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 364 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

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    New gateway
  • 366 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 367 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 368 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 369 What's the time?

  • 370 Circus comes to town

  • 371 They are parted pro-tem

  • 372 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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    Building works
  • 374 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 375 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 376 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 377 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 378 Traditions and skills still there

  • 379 Hartland Dancers
  • 380 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 381 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 382 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 383 Born 1883 - still going strong

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 385 Huntshaw TV mast

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

  • 387 A roof-top view - where?

  • 388 New Lundy stamps

  • 389 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 390 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 391 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 392 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 393 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 394 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 395 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 396 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 397 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 398 Burnard family reunion

  • 399 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 400 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 401 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 402 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 403 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 404 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 405 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 406

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 407

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 408 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 409 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 410 Torrington's new amenity

  • 411

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 412 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 413 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

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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  • 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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  • 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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Chieftain Tank Under The Torridge!

Some of the peacetime backroom development that has followed as a natural progression to the waterproofing of vehicles which helped in the wartime landings on enemy coasts was in evidence in the Torridge estuary last week.

7 May 1971 Chieftain tank

Observers from the Ministry of Defence in London, together with those from other experimental and development units in the UK, watched as a 50-ton Chieftain tank, which has been converted into an armoured recovery vehicle, went completely underwater, except for a snorkel, from the beach at Instow across the river bed to Crow Point.
The new equipment in use has been developed at the Fording Trials Branch of REME at Instow and the trials were concerned with the ability of the Chieftain ARV to support tanks in a river crossing environment.
Gazette article dated 7 May 1971

Instow's Beekeeping Rector

Widely recognised as one of the experts of the beekeeping world, the 68 year old Rector of Instow, the Rev Herbert Leonard Hustwayte, who keeps 20 hives, has retired after 15 years at hon. secretary of the Devon Beekeepers' Association.

7.4.1961 Instow bee keeper

His successor is Mr L Thoday, of Croyde. Mr Hustwayte is to continue as editor of Beekeeping, the Devon Association's journal. In September he is attending the 18th International Beekeepers' Congress at Madrid.

The full Gazette article is dated 7 April 1961

Christmas entertainment

COMMODORE HOTEL DINING AND DANCING

19.12.1975 Christmas

For that special night out for your party - large or small - the following bands will be playing (we are fully booked this Saturday)
Friday December 19 - Johnny Andrews
Tuesday December 23 - Ray and his Blue Stars
Christmas Eve - Music and Imagination
Boxing Night - Green Velvet
Choose your date, make a booking and enjoy a good night out
Telephone Instow 347

Gazette article dated 19 December 1975

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