• 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 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 2 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 3 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 4 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 5 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 6 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 7 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 8 First ship in 8 years

  • 9 He beat the floods

  • 10 Finished in 1876

  • 11 Torrington children build igloo
  • 12 Capers on the cobbles

  • 13

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 14 Clovelly custom

  • 15 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 16 No sale of Springfield House

  • 17 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 18 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 19 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 20 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 21 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 22 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 23 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 24 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 25 End of the line

  • 26 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 27

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 28

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 29 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 30 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 31 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 32 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 33 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 34 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 35 Sight of a lifetime

  • 36 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 37 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 38 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 39 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 40 Recognise this resort?

  • 41 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 42 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 43 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 44 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 45 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 46 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 47 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 48 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 49

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 50 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 51 Variety in summer weather

  • 52 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 53 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

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

  • 55 Hartland postman retires

  • 56 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 57 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 58 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 59 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 60 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 61 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 62 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 63 Mobile missionary

  • 64 Filming at Hartland

  • 65 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 66 Hartland Dancers
  • 67 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 68 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 69 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 70 Waldon Triplets
  • 71 Clovelly nightmare

  • 72

    Building works
  • 73

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 74 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 75 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 76 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 77 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 78 Ships at Bideford

  • 79

    Relatives all over the world
  • 80 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 81

    Bidefordians
  • 82 Just over a year old

  • 83 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 84 Peter poses for TV film

  • 85 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 86

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 87 Jumble sale fever

  • 88 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 89 School crossing patrol begins

  • 90 Bideford's first woman councillor

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

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

  • 93 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 94 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 95 Bideford computer stars

  • 96

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 97 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 98 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 99 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 100 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 101 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 102 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 103

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 104 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 105 Police station view of Bideford

  • 106

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 107 They are parted pro-tem

  • 108 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 109 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 110 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 111 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 112 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 113 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 114 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 115 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 116 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 117 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 118 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 119 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 120 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 121 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 122 No laughing matter

  • 123 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 124 The Geneva marionettes

  • 125 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 126 Northam's almshouse

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

  • 128 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 129 Circus comes to town

  • 130 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 131 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 132 Pannier Market's future?

  • 133 Loads of black and white

  • 134 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 135 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 136 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 137 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 138

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 139 Some mushroom!

  • 140 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 141

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 142 New life for Hartland organ

  • 143 Modern living at Bideford

  • 144 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 145 New shipyard on schedule

  • 146 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 147 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 148 Northam footballers of the future

  • 149

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 150 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 151 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 152 Emergency ferry services

  • 153 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 154 Bridging the stream

  • 155 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 156 Twenty-one yachts

  • 157 Burnard family reunion

  • 158 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 159 Picking the pops

  • 160 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 161 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 162 Weare Giffard potato

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

  • 164 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 165 First steel ship built at Bideford

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

  • 167 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 168 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 169 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 170 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 171 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 172 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 173 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 174

    First prize
  • 175 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 176 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 177 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 178 New addition to Quay front

  • 179 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 180 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 181 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 182 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 183 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 184

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 185 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 186 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 187 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 188 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 189 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 190 Sweets derationing

  • 191 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 192 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 193 Warmington's garage ad

  • 194 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 195 Can spring be far away?

  • 196 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 197 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 198 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 199 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 200 Torrington's new amenity

  • 201

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 202 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 203 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 204 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 205 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 206

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 207 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 208 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 209 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 210

    Was a missionary
  • 211 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 212 Devil sent packing

  • 213 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 214 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 215 All aboard the ark

  • 216 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 217 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 218 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 219 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 220 New civic medallions

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

  • 222 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 223 Torrington in 1967

  • 224 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 225 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 226 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 227 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 228 The cab at the corner>
  • 229 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 230 When horses score over the tractor

  • 231 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 232 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 233 Last train from Torrington

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

  • 235 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 236 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 237 In their new robes and hats

  • 238 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 239 New Lundy stamps

  • 240 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 241 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 242 Parkham plan realised

  • 243 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 244 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 245 New art gallery opened

  • 246 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 247 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 248 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 249 All for the love of a lady!

  • 250 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 251 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 252 Service with a smile

  • 253

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 254 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 255 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 256 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 257 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 258 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 259 From Bobby to Brian

  • 260 Penny for the guy

  • 261 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 262 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 263 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 264 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 265 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 266

    Married in 1908
  • 267 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 268 Happy Days!

  • 269 A story to tell!

  • 270 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 271 School's link with cargo ship

  • 272 New look in the hayfields

  • 273 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 274

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 275

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 276 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 277 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 278 New choral society's growing response

  • 279 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 280 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 281 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 282 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 283 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 284 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 285 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 286

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 287 Riverside mystery

  • 288 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 289 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 290 For crying out loud!

  • 291

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 292 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 293 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 294 Simple Item 138
  • 295 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 296 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 297 Centenary of Gazette

  • 298 Revenge in style

  • 299 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 300 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 301 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 302 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 303 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 304 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 305 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 306 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 307 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 308 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 309 So this is the mainland!

  • 310 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 311 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 312 Appledore's largest

  • 313 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 314 Some 240 exhibits

  • 315 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 316 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 317 Daisy's pride and joy

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

  • 319 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 320 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 321 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 322 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 323 Sweet success at Langtree School

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    New gateway
  • 325 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 326 Hartland's invitation

  • 327 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 328 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 329 What's the time?

  • 330 The art of the thatcher

  • 331 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 332 Cruising down the river

  • 333 Puppet characters introduced

  • 334 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 335 Ten year old scrambler

  • 336 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 337 Private home for public pump

  • 338 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 339

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 340 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 341 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 342 A bird of their own!

  • 343 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 344 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 345 A man and his wheel

  • 346 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 347 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 348 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 349

    Exhibition of school work
  • 350 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 351 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 352 Off on a great adventure

  • 353 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 354 113 years at Instow

  • 355 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 356 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 357 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 358 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 359 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 360 It really was the 'last time'

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

  • 362 Six footed lamb

  • 363 Calligrapher extraordinary

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 365 Bideford loses training ship

  • 366 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 367 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 368 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 369 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 370 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 371 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 372 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 373 Mural in the whimsical fashion

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

  • 375 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 376 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 377 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 378 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 379 Picking the pops

  • 380 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 381 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 382 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 383 Littleham family's five generations

  • 384 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 385 Artisans' Club

  • 386 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 387 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 388 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 389 Out of puff!

  • 390 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 391 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 392 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 393 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 394 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 395 Traditions and skills still there

  • 396 A roof-top view - where?

  • 397 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 398 Sooty is quick on the draw

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 400 Decontrol of meat

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    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 402 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 403 North Devon Driving School

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

  • 405

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 406 Bideford regatta

  • 407 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 408 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 409 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 410 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 411 Life begins at 80

  • 412 New Post Office

  • 413 By pony and trap to market

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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Queen Picks Lundy For A Few Hours Off Duty

Queen Picks Lundy For A Few Hours Off Duty - 12th August 1977

12.8.1977 Lundy Queen
 

The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and Princes Edward and Andrew enjoyed a day off on Sunday during their Westcounty tour with rare informality when they visited Lundy Island and walked over it for three hours in perfect weather.
Only a handful of people knew of the projected visit and their lips were sealed until Saturday night when the island's 30 inhabitants plus 70 visitors were called to a meeting in the Church of St Helena, the only building large enough to contain them all.
It was the first-ever visit by a reigning monarch to the island although the Queen Mother had landed there, also from the Royal Yacht Britannia in 1958. That day was recalled to Her Majesty by Mr Felix Grade, the former agent, when he met the Queen outside the Marisco Tavern. Among the people they met were Mr and Mrs John Smith of the Landmark Trust which now administers the island on behalf of the National Trust.
Among those relieved that stormy weather had not interfered with the visit was Mr Barry Chinchen of Eastleigh, the distributor of Lundy stamps.

Church Damage May Total £1,000

Church Damage May Total £1,000 - 12th October 1962

12.10.1962 Emergency repairs on Lundy
 

Emergency Repairs On Lundy

Between £700 and £1,000 worth of damage was caused to Lundy church following the exceptionally high winds of a fortnight ago.
On Saturday builders went to the island in the Lundy Gannet to carry out emergency repairs to the east end window (which, in fact, faces south), part of which has crumbled away. But the Vicar of Appledore and priese-in-charge of Lundy (Rev Royston Dixon) considers that these repairs which will cost in the region of £200-£300, will be sufficient to last for several years.

Lundy Tribute

Lundy Tribute - 2nd April 1977

22.4.1977 Lundy bell
 

The 15cwt tenor bell of St Helena's Church on Lundy has been returned to the island following repair and is to be re-hung to ring out in honour of the Royal silver jubilee in June.

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