• 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 They are parted pro-tem

  • 2 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 3 Centenary of Gazette

  • 4 Clovelly nightmare

  • 5 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 6 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 7 Out of puff!

  • 8 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 9 Mobile missionary

  • 10 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 11

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 12 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 13 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 14 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 15 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 16 New civic medallions

  • 17 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 18 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 19 Hartland Dancers
  • 20 New addition to Quay front

  • 21 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 22 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 23 Devil sent packing

  • 24 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 25 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 26 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 27 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 28 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 29 Recognise this resort?

  • 30 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 31 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 32 Torrington children build igloo
  • 33 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 34 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 35 Private home for public pump

  • 36 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 37 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 38 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 39

    Relatives all over the world
  • 40

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 41 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 42 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 43 First ship in 8 years

  • 44 Twenty-one yachts

  • 45 From Bobby to Brian

  • 46 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 47 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 48 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 49 Penny for the guy

  • 50 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 51 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 52 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 53 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 54 New shipyard on schedule

  • 55 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 56 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 57 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 58 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 59 Off on a great adventure

  • 60 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 61 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 62 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 63 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 64 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 65 Bridging the stream

  • 66 It really was the 'last time'

  • 67 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 68 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 69 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 70 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 71 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 72 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 73 By pony and trap to market

  • 74 In their new robes and hats

  • 75 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 76 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 77 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 78 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

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

  • 80 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 81 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 82 Sight of a lifetime

  • 83 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 84 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 85 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 86 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 87 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 88 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 89 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 90 A story to tell!

  • 91 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 92 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 93 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 94 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 95 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 96 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 97 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 98 Cruising down the river

  • 99 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 100 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 101 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 102 Sweets derationing

  • 103 Northam footballers of the future

  • 104 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 105 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 106 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 107 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 108 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 109 Filming at Hartland

  • 110 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 111 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 112 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 113 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 114 So this is the mainland!

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

  • 116 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 117 Last train from Torrington

  • 118 Finished in 1876

  • 119 Loads of black and white

  • 120 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 121 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 122 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 123 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 124 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 125 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 126 Circus comes to town

  • 127 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 128 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 129 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 130 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 131 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 132 A man and his wheel

  • 133 113 years at Instow

  • 134 Puppet characters introduced

  • 135 New life for Hartland organ

  • 136 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 137 Emergency ferry services

  • 138 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 139 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 140 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 141 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 142 End of the line

  • 143 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 144 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 145 Bideford regatta

  • 146 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 147 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 148 New art gallery opened

  • 149

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 150 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 151 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 152 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 153 All aboard the ark

  • 154 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 155 Capers on the cobbles

  • 156 A roof-top view - where?

  • 157 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 158 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 159 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 160 Waldon Triplets
  • 161 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 162 No laughing matter

  • 163 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 164 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 165

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 166 Modern living at Bideford

  • 167 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 168 Six footed lamb

  • 169 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 170 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 171 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 172 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 173 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 174 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 175 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 176 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 177 Peter poses for TV film

  • 178 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 179 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 180 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 181 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 182 Decontrol of meat

  • 183 Weare Giffard potato

  • 184 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 185 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 186 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 187 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 188 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 189 All for the love of a lady!

  • 190 Traditions and skills still there

  • 191 Torrington's new amenity

  • 192 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 193 Warmington's garage ad

  • 194 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 195 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 196 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 197 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 198 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 199 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 200 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 201 Picking the pops

  • 202 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 203 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 204 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 205 Some mushroom!

  • 206 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 207 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 208 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 209 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

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

  • 211 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 212 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 213

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 214

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 215 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 216 Can spring be far away?

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

  • 218

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 219 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 220 Jumble sale fever

  • 221 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 222 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 223

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 224 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 225 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 226 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 227 The cab at the corner>
  • 228 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 229 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 230 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 231 The Geneva marionettes

  • 232 Calligrapher extraordinary

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

  • 234 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 235

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 236 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 237

    Exhibition of school work
  • 238 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 239 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 240 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 241 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 242 He beat the floods

  • 243 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 244 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 245 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 246 What's the time?

  • 247 Torrington in 1967

  • 248 Just over a year old

  • 249 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 250 School crossing patrol begins

  • 251 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 252 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 253 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 254 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 255 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 256 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 257 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 258 Littleham family's five generations

  • 259 For crying out loud!

  • 260 New look in the hayfields

  • 261

    Birgitta Whittaker
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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 263 Burnard family reunion

  • 264 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 265 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 266 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 267 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 268 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 269 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 270 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 271 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 272 North Devon Driving School

  • 273 Success to Festival of the Arts

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 275 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 276 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 277 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 278 New choral society's growing response

  • 279 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 280 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 281 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 282 Simple Item 138
  • 283 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 284 Hartland postman retires

  • 285 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 286 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 287 Variety in summer weather

  • 288 Riverside mystery

  • 289 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

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    Building works
  • 291 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 292 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 293 The art of the thatcher

  • 294 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

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    New gateway
  • 296 Bideford loses training ship

  • 297

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 298 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 299 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 300 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 301 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 302

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 303

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 304 Hartland's invitation

  • 305 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 306 Pannier Market's future?

  • 307 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 308 Life begins at 80

  • 309

    Married in 1908
  • 310 New Lundy stamps

  • 311 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 312 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 313 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 314 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 315 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 316 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 317 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 318 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 319 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 320 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 321 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 322 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 323 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 324 When horses score over the tractor

  • 325 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 326 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 327 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 328 No sale of Springfield House

  • 329 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 330 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 331 Daisy's pride and joy

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

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 334 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 335 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 336 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 337 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 338 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 339 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 340 Parkham plan realised

  • 341 Appledore's largest

  • 342 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 343 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 345 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 346 Northam's almshouse

  • 347 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 348

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 349 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 350

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 351 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 352 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 353 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 354 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 355 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 356 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
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    First prize
  • 358 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 359 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 360 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 361 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 362 Clovelly custom

  • 363 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 364 Service with a smile

  • 365 Police station view of Bideford

  • 366 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 367

    Was a missionary
  • 368 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 369 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 370 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 371 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 372 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 373 Some 240 exhibits

  • 374 School's link with cargo ship

  • 375 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 376 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 377 A lost Bideford 'island'

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

  • 379

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 380

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 381

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 382 Bideford computer stars

  • 383 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 384

    Bidefordians
  • 385 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 386 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 387 Ships at Bideford

  • 388

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 389 Picking the pops

  • 390 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 391 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 392 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 393 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 394 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 395 New Post Office

  • 396 Artisans' Club

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

  • 398 Ten year old scrambler

  • 399 A bird of their own!

  • 400 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 401 Torridge wins on time schedule

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

  • 403 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 404 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

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

  • 406 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 407 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 408 Revenge in style

  • 409 Happy Days!

  • 410 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 411 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

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    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
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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Parkham Goose

Parkham Goose - 21st November 1975

21.11.1975 Parkham goose
 

At Parkham WI's annual poultry whist drive in the Allardice Hall, the highest score of the evening by Mrs S J Tucker won her a goose. Other winners wre Messrs Davis, R Taylor, M Tucker, W B Harris, R Brend, B M Harris, W B Hannaford, Nash, F Johns, A C Parr and K Taylor, Messdames Bradford, L Mellor, R Passmore, Robertson, Lamb and F Glover.
Raffle prizes went to Mesdames S Pickard, Fishley, Cottle, Wyatt, King, Lamb, and Messrs Lawson and R Grigg. The president, Mrs G J D Morris, presented the prizes and the MC was Mrs S Rickard.

Parkham - George Clinch

Parkham - George Clinch - 23rd September 1977

23.9.1977 Parkham George Clinch
 

'Ride that cow, cowboy' might well be the cry heard these days at Hawkcan Acres, Parkham, when George Clinch decides to go riding.
Young George jumps at every opportunity to ride Griffiet - so called because his father was called Griffian and her mother, Harriett. Homebred, she has a name like all the 60 or so cows that George's parents Mr and Mrs Stan Clinch keep on their farm.

Parkham Boy's Throwing Record

Parkham Boy's Throwing Record - 28th July 1967

28.7.1967 Parkham athletics
 

Bideford area athletic sports for the smaller primary schools was held at Instow Cricket Ground.
Hero of the day was C Allin of Parkham who set a new record in the 11 year olds cricket ball throwing.
The winning school was Monkleigh, followed by Parkham, Abbotsham, Westleigh and Horwood and Newton Tracey. Mrs W Scott, headmistress of Horwood and Newton Tracey C.P School presented the cup.
Winners included: D Adams, Sarah Woolf, G Hearn, J Adams, W Hancock, M Mitchell, Virginia Isaac, Rosemary Braund, P Jeffery, D Wonnacott, M Allin, R Cook, R Glover, R Moodie, Julie England, A Daniel, R Smyth, Linda Kitto, Angela Jennings, P Martin, R Hancock, Julie Kitto, Rosemary Heard, Sandra Daniel, C Clements, A Kenyon, P Dunn, Kathleen Cook, D Allin, C Allin, E Lloyd, Caroline Milton, Carol Willey, J Slee.
Officials - Mr C Wingrave-Pain, Mr R D Robins, Mr K Dendle, Mrs L Irving, Miss A Ball, Mrs C Curtis, Mr W Scott.

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