• 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 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 2 Warmington's garage ad

  • 3 Service with a smile

  • 4 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 5 Pannier Market's future?

  • 6 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 7 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 8 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 9 Centenary of Gazette

  • 10 The cab at the corner>
  • 11 Mobile missionary

  • 12 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 13 Some 240 exhibits

  • 14 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 15 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 16 Hartland Dancers
  • 17

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 18 So this is the mainland!

  • 19 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 20 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 21 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 22 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 23 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 24 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 25 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 26

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 27 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 28

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 29 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 30 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 31 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 32 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 33 Last train from Torrington

  • 34 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 35 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 36 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 37 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 38 Burnard family reunion

  • 39 Jumble sale fever

  • 40 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

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

  • 42 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 43

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 44

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 45 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 46 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 47 Modern living at Bideford

  • 48 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 49 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 50 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 51

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 52 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 53

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 54 Decontrol of meat

  • 55 A sense of humour in advertising

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

  • 57 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 58 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 59 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 60 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 61 Riverside mystery

  • 62 Ten year old scrambler

  • 63 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 64 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 65 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 66 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 67 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 68 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 69 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 70

    Bidefordians
  • 71 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 72

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 73 New addition to Quay front

  • 74 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 75 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 76 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 77 Happy Days!

  • 78 Parkham plan realised

  • 79 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 80 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 81 Bideford's private wharves busier

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

  • 83 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 84 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

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

  • 86 Bridging the stream

  • 87 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 88 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 89 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 90 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 91 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 92 Devil sent packing

  • 93

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 94

    Building works
  • 95 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 96 Hartland postman retires

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

  • 98 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 99

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 100 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 101 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 102 A story to tell!

  • 103 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 104

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 105 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 106 Artisans' Club

  • 107 Emergency ferry services

  • 108 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 109 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 110 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 111 Variety in summer weather

  • 112 School's link with cargo ship

  • 113 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 114 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 115 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 116 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 117 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 118 113 years at Instow

  • 119 New look in the hayfields

  • 120 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 121 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 122 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 123 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 124

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 125 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 126 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 127 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 128 New civic medallions

  • 129 Picking the pops

  • 130 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 131

    First prize
  • 132 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 133 Traditions and skills still there

  • 134 By pony and trap to market

  • 135 Littleham family's five generations

  • 136 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 137 Can spring be far away?

  • 138 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 139 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 140 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 141 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 142 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 143

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 144 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 145 Out of puff!

  • 146 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 147 Salmon netting at Bideford

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

  • 149 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 150 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 151 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 152 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 153 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 154 All aboard the ark

  • 155 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 156 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 157 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 158 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 159 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 160 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 161 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 162

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 163 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 164 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 165 Clovelly custom

  • 166 Twenty-one yachts

  • 167 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 168 He beat the floods

  • 169 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 170 End of the line

  • 171 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 172 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 173 No laughing matter

  • 174 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 175 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 176 First ship in 8 years

  • 177 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 178 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 179 River scenes that enchant the visitors

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

  • 181 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 182 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 183 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 184 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 185 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 186 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 187 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 188 Torrington in 1967

  • 189 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 190 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 191 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 192 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 193 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 194 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 195 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 196 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 197 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 198 Clovelly nightmare

  • 199 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 200 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 201 A bird of their own!

  • 202 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 203 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 204 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 205 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 206 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 207

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 208

    Was a missionary
  • 209 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 210 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 211 No sale of Springfield House

  • 212 Sight of a lifetime

  • 213 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 214 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 215

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 216 New Post Office

  • 217 All for the love of a lady!

  • 218 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 219 Circus comes to town

  • 220 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 221 Revenge in style

  • 222 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 223 Bideford computer stars

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 225

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 226

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 227 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 228 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 229 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 230 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 231 Filming at Hartland

  • 232

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 233 It really was the 'last time'

  • 234 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

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

  • 236 Just over a year old

  • 237 Waldon Triplets
  • 238 They never miss a game at Torrington

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 240 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 241 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 242 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 243 Bideford regatta

  • 244 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 245 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 246

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 247

    Exhibition of school work
  • 248 Television comes to Torridge District

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

  • 250 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 251 Simple Item 138
  • 252 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 253 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 254 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 255 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 256 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 257 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 258

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 259 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 260 Life begins at 80

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

  • 262 What's the time?

  • 263 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 264 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 265 They are parted pro-tem

  • 266 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 267 For crying out loud!

  • 268 Sweets derationing

  • 269 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 270 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 271 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 272 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 273 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 274 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 275 Northam footballers of the future

  • 276 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 277 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 278 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 279 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 280 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 281 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 282 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 283 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 284 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 285 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 286 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 287 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 288 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 289 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 290 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 291 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 292 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 293 Capers on the cobbles

  • 294 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 295 Off on a great adventure

  • 296 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 297 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 298 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 299 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

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

  • 301 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 302 New art gallery opened

  • 303 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 304 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 305 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 306 North Devon Driving School

  • 307 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 308 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 309 New choral society's growing response

  • 310 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

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

  • 312 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 313 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 314 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 315 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 316

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 317 Appledore's largest

  • 318 Torrington children build igloo
  • 319 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 320 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 321 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 322 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 323 Picking the pops

  • 324

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 325 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 326 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 327 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 328 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 329 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 330 Weare Giffard potato

  • 331 Recognise this resort?

  • 332 The Geneva marionettes

  • 333 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 334 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 335 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 336 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 337 Peter poses for TV film

  • 338 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 339 When horses score over the tractor

  • 340 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 341 The art of the thatcher

  • 342 Cruising down the river

  • 343 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 344 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 345 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 346 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 347 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 348 Bideford's new market opens next week

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

  • 350 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 351 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 352 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 353 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 354 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 355 Loads of black and white

  • 356 School crossing patrol begins

  • 357 Police station view of Bideford

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

  • 359 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 360 Finished in 1876

  • 361 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 362 Torrington's new amenity

  • 363 Ships at Bideford

  • 364 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 365 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 366 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 367 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 368 Some mushroom!

  • 369 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 370 New life for Hartland organ

  • 371 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 372 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 373 Penny for the guy

  • 374 Northam's almshouse

  • 375 In their new robes and hats

  • 376 Private home for public pump

  • 377 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 378 A man and his wheel

  • 379 From Bobby to Brian

  • 380 Bideford loses training ship

  • 381 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 382 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 383 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 384 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 385 Six footed lamb

  • 386 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 387 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 388 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 389 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 390 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 391 New Lundy stamps

  • 392 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 393 New shipyard on schedule

  • 394 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 395 Puppet characters introduced

  • 396 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 397 Hartland's invitation

  • 398 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 399 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 400 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 401 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 402

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 403 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 404 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 405 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 406 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 407 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 408 A roof-top view - where?

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    New gateway
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    Married in 1908
  • 411 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 412 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 413 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

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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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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