• 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 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 2 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 3 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 4 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 5 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 6 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 7 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 8 Revenge in style

  • 9 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 10 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 11 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 12 By pony and trap to market

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

  • 14 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 15

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 16 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 17 Last train from Torrington

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

  • 19 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 20 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 21 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 22 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 23 Parkham plan realised

  • 24 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 25 Burnard family reunion

  • 26 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 27 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 28 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 29 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 30

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 31 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 32

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 33

    First prize
  • 34 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 35 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 36 A bird of their own!

  • 37 No laughing matter

  • 38 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 39 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 40 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 41 Bideford regatta

  • 42 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 43 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 44 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 45 Jumble sale fever

  • 46 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 47 Picking the pops

  • 48 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 49

    Was a missionary
  • 50 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 51 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 52 Cruising down the river

  • 53

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 54 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 55 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 56 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 57 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 58 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 59 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 60 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 61 Happy Days!

  • 62 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 63 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 64

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 65 First ship in 8 years

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

  • 67 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 68 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 69 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 70 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 71 Torrington children build igloo
  • 72 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 73 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 74 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 75 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 76 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 77 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 78 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 79 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 80 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 81 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 82 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 83 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 84 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 85 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 86 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 87

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 88 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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

  • 90 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 91 Mobile missionary

  • 92 Sight of a lifetime

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

  • 94 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 95 Off on a great adventure

  • 96 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 97 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 98 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 99 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 100 All for the love of a lady!

  • 101 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 102 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 103 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 104 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 105 No sale of Springfield House

  • 106 School crossing patrol begins

  • 107 Service with a smile

  • 108 Centenary of Gazette

  • 109 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 110 Devil sent packing

  • 111 Riverside mystery

  • 112 New look in the hayfields

  • 113 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 114 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 115 Bideford computer stars

  • 116 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 117 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 118 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 119 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 120 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 121 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 122 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 123 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 124 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 125 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 126 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 127 New Lundy stamps

  • 128 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 129 The art of the thatcher

  • 130 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 131 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 132 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 133 Picking the pops

  • 134

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 135 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 136 North Devon Driving School

  • 137 Appledore's largest

  • 138 What's the time?

  • 139

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 140 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 141 Bideford loses training ship

  • 142 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 143 Waldon Triplets
  • 144 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 145 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 146 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 147 Northam's almshouse

  • 148 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 149 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 150 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 151 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 152 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 153 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 154 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 155

    Relatives all over the world
  • 156 The Geneva marionettes

  • 157 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 158 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 159 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 160 Penny for the guy

  • 161 New life for Hartland organ

  • 162 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 163 Peter poses for TV film

  • 164 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 165 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 166

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 167 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 168 Can spring be far away?

  • 169 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 170 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 171

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 172 So this is the mainland!

  • 173 Decontrol of meat

  • 174 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 175 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 176 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 177

    New gateway
  • 178 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 179

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 180 Traditions and skills still there

  • 181 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 182 He beat the floods

  • 183 New addition to Quay front

  • 184 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 185 Modern living at Bideford

  • 186 Torrington in 1967

  • 187 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 188 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 189 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 190 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

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

  • 192 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 193 Warmington's garage ad

  • 194 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 195 Private home for public pump

  • 196 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 197 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 198 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 199 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 200 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 201 Police station view of Bideford

  • 202 For crying out loud!

  • 203 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 204

    Exhibition of school work
  • 205 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 206 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 207 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 208 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 209 A roof-top view - where?

  • 210 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 211 Pannier Market's future?

  • 212 Artisans' Club

  • 213 Twenty-one yachts

  • 214 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 215 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 216 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 217 Out of puff!

  • 218 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 219 What is future of railway goods yard?

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 221 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 222 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 223 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 224 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 225 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 226 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 227 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 228 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 229 Clovelly nightmare

  • 230 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 231 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 232 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 233 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 234 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 235 New shipyard on schedule

  • 236 A man and his wheel

  • 237 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 238 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 239 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 240 New civic medallions

  • 241 Just over a year old

  • 242 Simple Item 138
  • 243 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

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

  • 245 When horses score over the tractor

  • 246 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 247 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 248 Hartland postman retires

  • 249 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 250 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 251 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 252 Puppet characters introduced

  • 253 Emergency ferry services

  • 254 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 255 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 256 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 257 Clovelly custom

  • 258 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 259 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 260 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 261 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 262 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 263 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 264 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 265 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 266 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 267 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 268 School's link with cargo ship

  • 269 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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

  • 271

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 272 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 273 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 274 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 275 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 276 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 277 Torrington's new amenity

  • 278 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 279 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 280 In their new robes and hats

  • 281 Loads of black and white

  • 282 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 284 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 285 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 286 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 287 Some 240 exhibits

  • 288 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 289 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 290 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 291 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

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

  • 293 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

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

  • 295 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 296 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 297

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 298 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 299 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 300 Hartland Dancers
  • 301

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 302 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 303 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 304 Some mushroom!

  • 305 Variety in summer weather

  • 306 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 307 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 308

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 309

    Married in 1908
  • 310 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 311 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 312 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 313 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 314 Hartland's invitation

  • 315

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 316 Ships at Bideford

  • 317 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 318 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 319 Recognise this resort?

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    Building works
  • 321 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 322 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 323

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 324 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 325 Life begins at 80

  • 326 Littleham family's five generations

  • 327 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 328 New choral society's growing response

  • 329 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 330 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 331 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 332 Ten year old scrambler

  • 333 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 334 It really was the 'last time'

  • 335

    Bidefordians
  • 336 Finished in 1876

  • 337

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 338

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 339 End of the line

  • 340 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 341 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 342 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 343

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 344 Weare Giffard potato

  • 345 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 346 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 347 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 348

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 349 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 350 New Post Office

  • 351 A story to tell!

  • 352 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 353

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 354 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 355

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 356 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 357 Circus comes to town

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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