• 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 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 2 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 3 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 4 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 5 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 6 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 7 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 8 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 9

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 10 Decontrol of meat

  • 11 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 12 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 13 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 14 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 15 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 16 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 17 Clovelly custom

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

  • 19 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 20 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 21 School's link with cargo ship

  • 22

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 23 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 24 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 25 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 26 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 27 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 28 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 29 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 30 Centenary of Gazette

  • 31 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 32 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 33 Variety in summer weather

  • 34 New choral society's growing response

  • 35 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 36 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 37 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 38 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 39 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 40

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 41 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 42 Twenty-one yachts

  • 43

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 44 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 45 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 46 New Post Office

  • 47 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 48 Private home for public pump

  • 49 Traditions and skills still there

  • 50

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 51 They are parted pro-tem

  • 52

    First prize
  • 53 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 54 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 55 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 56 Hartland postman retires

  • 57 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 58 Colour TV salesman at eight

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

  • 60 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 61 113 years at Instow

  • 62 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 63 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 64

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 65 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 66 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 67 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 68 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 69 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 70 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 71 A man and his wheel

  • 72 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 73 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 74 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 75 New shipyard on schedule

  • 76 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 77 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 78 Riverside mystery

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

  • 80 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 81 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 82

    Exhibition of school work
  • 83 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 84 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 85 New addition to Quay front

  • 86 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 87 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 88 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 89

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 90 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 91 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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

  • 93 Northam footballers of the future

  • 94 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 95

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 96 He beat the floods

  • 97 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 98 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 99 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 100 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 101 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 102 Parkham plan realised

  • 103 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 104 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 105 Loads of black and white

  • 106 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 107 Some mushroom!

  • 108 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 109

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 110 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 111 Pannier Market's future?

  • 112 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

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

  • 114 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 115 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 116 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 117 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 118 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

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

  • 120 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 121 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 122 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 123 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 124 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 125

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 126 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 127 Mobile missionary

  • 128 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 129 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 130 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 131 Modern living at Bideford

  • 132 Emergency ferry services

  • 133 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 134 End of the line

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

  • 136

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 137 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 138 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 139

    New gateway
  • 140 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 141

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 142 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 143 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 144 Cruising down the river

  • 145 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 146 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 147 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 148 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 149 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 150 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 151 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 152 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 153 When horses score over the tractor

  • 154 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 155 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 156

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 157 No sale of Springfield House

  • 158 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 159 A roof-top view - where?

  • 160 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 161 Devil sent packing

  • 162 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 163 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 164 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 165 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 166 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 167 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 168 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 169 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 170 Torrington children build igloo
  • 171 Bideford regatta

  • 172 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 173 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 174 Torrington's new amenity

  • 175 Clovelly nightmare

  • 176 Off on a great adventure

  • 177 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 178 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 179 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 180 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 181 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 182 Jumble sale fever

  • 183 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 184 What's the time?

  • 185 All aboard the ark

  • 186

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 187 Making way for the double-deckers

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

  • 189 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 190 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 191 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 192 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 193 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 194 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 195 Bridging the stream

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

  • 197 New look in the hayfields

  • 198 Six footed lamb

  • 199 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 200 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 201 Filming at Hartland

  • 202 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 203 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 204 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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

  • 206 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 207 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 208 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 209 Torrington in 1967

  • 210 Weare Giffard potato

  • 211 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 212 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 213 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 214

    Was a missionary
  • 215 Recognise this resort?

  • 216 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 217 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 218 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 219 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 220 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 221 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 222 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 223 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 224 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 225 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 226 Some 240 exhibits

  • 227 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 228 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 229 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 230 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 231 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 232 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 233 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 234 Peter poses for TV film

  • 235 Police station view of Bideford

  • 236 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

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

  • 238 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 239 Hartland Dancers
  • 240 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 241 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 242 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 243 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 244 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 245 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 246 Revenge in style

  • 247

    Married in 1908
  • 248 Appledore's largest

  • 249 Ships at Bideford

  • 250 Simple Item 138
  • 251 For crying out loud!

  • 252

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 253 Service with a smile

  • 254 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 255 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 256

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 257

    Building works
  • 258 Just over a year old

  • 259 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 260 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 261 Circus comes to town

  • 262 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 263 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 264 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 265

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 266 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 267

    Relatives all over the world
  • 268 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 269 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 270 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 271 Last train from Torrington

  • 272 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 273 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 274 Puppet characters introduced

  • 275 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 276 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 277 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 278 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 279 No laughing matter

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    Bidefordians
  • 281 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 282 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 283 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 284 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 285 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 286 Out of puff!

  • 287 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 288 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 289 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 290 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 291 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 292 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

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

  • 294 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 295 New Lundy stamps

  • 296 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 297 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 298

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 299 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 300 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 301 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 302 Can spring be far away?

  • 303 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 304 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 305 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 306 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 307 Burnard family reunion

  • 308 Littleham family's five generations

  • 309 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 310 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 311 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 312 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 313 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 314 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 315 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 316 Warmington's garage ad

  • 317 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 318 The Geneva marionettes

  • 319 Artisans' Club

  • 320 Bideford computer stars

  • 321 Waldon Triplets
  • 322 Picking the pops

  • 323 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 324 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

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

  • 326 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 327 Northam's almshouse

  • 328 Hartland's invitation

  • 329 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 330 The cab at the corner>
  • 331 New civic medallions

  • 332 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 333 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 334 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 335 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 336 Picking the pops

  • 337 Ten year old scrambler

  • 338 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 339 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 340 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 341 Bideford loses training ship

  • 342 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 343 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 344

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 345 By pony and trap to market

  • 346 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 347 New life for Hartland organ

  • 348 A bird of their own!

  • 349 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 350 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 351 First ship in 8 years

  • 352 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 353 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 354 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 355 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 356 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 357 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 358 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 359 All for the love of a lady!

  • 360 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 361

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 362 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 363 Happy Days!

  • 364 Life begins at 80

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 366 Capers on the cobbles

  • 367 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 368 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 369 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 370 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 371 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 372 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 373 The art of the thatcher

  • 374 Sweets derationing

  • 375

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 376 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 377 It really was the 'last time'

  • 378 Penny for the guy

  • 379 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 380

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 381 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 382 A story to tell!

  • 383 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 384 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 385 So this is the mainland!

  • 386

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 387 In their new robes and hats

  • 388 New art gallery opened

  • 389 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 390 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 391 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 392 From Bobby to Brian

  • 393 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 394 Finished in 1876

  • 395 Sight of a lifetime

  • 396 School crossing patrol begins

  • 397 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 398 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 399 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 400 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 401 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 402 North Devon Driving School

  • 403 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 404 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 405 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 406 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 407 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 408 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 409 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 410

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 411 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 412 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 413 Getting up steam for tomorrow

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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'Jock' of Woolsery Does Well

Owned by Mr G P Uglow

1954 Uglow Woolsery

Three and a half years old 'Jock' an Aberden Angus-Galloway cross-bred steer, owned by Mr G P Uglow, of Three Gables, Woolsery, was reserve champion to a Devon steer belonging to Mr B Down of Brampford Speke, at Barnstaple Christmas Fat Stock Show last week, but the positions wer reversed the previous week at Okehampton Show.
The above picture taken at the Barnstaple Show, shows Mr and Mrs Uglow and 'Jock' with the silver challenge bowl presented by the North Devon Bakeries for the best cross-bred beast.
Mr Uglow came to Three Gables seven years ago, having previously farmed at Holsworthy.

Gazette article dated 10 December 1954

New Head of Woolsery School in 1972

Bideford Westcroft County Primary School teacher, Mr Richard Chamings, has been appointed headmaster of Woolsery County Primary School.

1972 Woolsery School

Mr Chamings, who is 29, and will take up his new post at the beginning of next month, succeeds Mr C B Griffiths who retired last July. Educated at Barnstaple Grammar School, Mr Chamings trained at King Alfred's College, Winchester, and taught in London and Middlesex before coming to Bideford last year.

For Young And Old

For Young And Old - 11th March 1977

11.3.1977 Woolsery Silver Jubilee
 

Collections have been made from every house in the parish of Woolsery towards sports prizes and tea for the children and a tea for the senior citizens to commemorate the Queen's silver jubilee.

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