• 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 set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 2 Capers on the cobbles

  • 3 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 4 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 5 Off on a great adventure

  • 6 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 7 New addition to Quay front

  • 8 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

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

  • 10 For crying out loud!

  • 11 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 12 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 13 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 14 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 15 A roof-top view - where?

  • 16 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 17 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 18 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 19 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 20 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 21 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 22 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 23 New life for Hartland organ

  • 24 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 25 He beat the floods

  • 26 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 27 Penny for the guy

  • 28 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 29

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 30 Ten year old scrambler

  • 31 Warmington's garage ad

  • 32 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 33

    Exhibition of school work
  • 34 Just over a year old

  • 35 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 36 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 37 Born 1883 - still going strong

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

  • 39 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 40 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 41 Private home for public pump

  • 42 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 43 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 44 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 45 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 46 Littleham family's five generations

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

  • 48 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 49 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 50 Hartland's invitation

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

  • 52

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 53 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 54 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 55 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 56 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 57 No sale of Springfield House

  • 58 Torrington's new amenity

  • 59 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 60 All for the love of a lady!

  • 61 Last train from Torrington

  • 62 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 63 Finished in 1876

  • 64 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 65 Twenty-one yachts

  • 66

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 67 Emergency ferry services

  • 68 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 69 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 70 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

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

  • 72 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 73 Burnard family reunion

  • 74 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 75 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 76 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 77 Traditions and skills still there

  • 78 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 79 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 80 Cruising down the river

  • 81 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 82 First ship in 8 years

  • 83 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 84

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 85 It really was the 'last time'

  • 86 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 87 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 88

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 89 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 90 New shipyard on schedule

  • 91 Variety in summer weather

  • 92 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 93 New choral society's growing response

  • 94 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 95 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 96 Torrington in 1967

  • 97

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 98 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 99 Puppet characters introduced

  • 100

    Building works
  • 101

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 102 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 103 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 104 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 105 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 106 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 107 Riverside mystery

  • 108 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 109 Revenge in style

  • 110 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 111 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 112 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 113 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 114 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 115 Some mushroom!

  • 116 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 117 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 118 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 119 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 120 New civic medallions

  • 121 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 122 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 123 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 124 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 125 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 126 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 127 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 128 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 129 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 130 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 131 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 132 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 133 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 134 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 135 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 136 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 137 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 138 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 139 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 140

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 141

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 142 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 143 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 144 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 145 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 146 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 147 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 148 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 149

    First prize
  • 150 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 151 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 152 A bird of their own!

  • 153 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 154 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 155 By pony and trap to market

  • 156 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 157 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 158 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 159 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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

  • 161 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 162 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 163

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 164 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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

  • 166 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 167 Appledore's largest

  • 168

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 169 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 170 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 171 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 172 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 173 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 174 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 175 In their new robes and hats

  • 176 A story to tell!

  • 177

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 178 Bideford computer stars

  • 179 The art of the thatcher

  • 180

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 181 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 182 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 183 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 184 Can spring be far away?

  • 185 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 186 School crossing patrol begins

  • 187 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 188 Ships at Bideford

  • 189 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 190 Sight of a lifetime

  • 191 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 192 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 193 Hartland Dancers
  • 194 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 195 New Lundy stamps

  • 196 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 197 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 198 Loads of black and white

  • 199

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 200 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 201 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 202 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 203 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 204 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 205 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 206 113 years at Instow

  • 207 All aboard the ark

  • 208 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 209 Pannier Market's future?

  • 210 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 211 Police station view of Bideford

  • 212 Bridging the stream

  • 213 Picking the pops

  • 214 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 215

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 216 Decontrol of meat

  • 217 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 218 Bideford regatta

  • 219

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 220 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 221 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 222 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 223 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 224 They are parted pro-tem

  • 225 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 226

    Married in 1908
  • 227 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 228

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 229 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 230 A man and his wheel

  • 231 Out of puff!

  • 232 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 233

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 234 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 235 Clovelly custom

  • 236 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 237 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 238 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 239 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 240 New Post Office

  • 241 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 242 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 243 Devil sent packing

  • 244 School's link with cargo ship

  • 245

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 246 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 247 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 248 New art gallery opened

  • 249 Simple Item 138
  • 250 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 251 Some 240 exhibits

  • 252

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 253 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 254 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

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    Bidefordians
  • 256 Service with a smile

  • 257 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 258 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 259 Weare Giffard potato

  • 260 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 261 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 262 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 263 Northam footballers of the future

  • 264 When horses score over the tractor

  • 265 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 266 Hartland postman retires

  • 267 No laughing matter

  • 268 North Devon Driving School

  • 269 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 270 Parkham plan realised

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

  • 272 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 273 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 274 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 275 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 276 Recognise this resort?

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 278 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 279 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 280 Mobile missionary

  • 281 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 282

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 283 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 284 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 285 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 286 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 287 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 288 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 290 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 291 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 292 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 293 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 294 Bideford loses training ship

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

  • 296 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 297 Jumble sale fever

  • 298 End of the line

  • 299 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

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    Was a missionary
  • 301 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 302 Centenary of Gazette

  • 303 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 304 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 305 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 306 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 307 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 308 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 309 Northam's almshouse

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

  • 311 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 312 Life begins at 80

  • 313 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 314 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 315 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 316 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 317 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 318 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 319

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 320 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 321 Picking the pops

  • 322 Modern living at Bideford

  • 323 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 324 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 325 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 326 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 327 The Geneva marionettes

  • 328 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 329 New look in the hayfields

  • 330 Six footed lamb

  • 331 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 332 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 333 Artisans' Club

  • 334 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 335 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 336 Torrington children build igloo
  • 337 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 338 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 339 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 340 Circus comes to town

  • 341 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 342 Waldon Triplets
  • 343 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

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

  • 345 So this is the mainland!

  • 346 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 347 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 348 Peter poses for TV film

  • 349 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 350 Happy Days!

  • 351 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 352 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 353 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 354 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 355 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 356 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 357 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 358 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 359 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 360 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 361 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 362 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 363 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 364 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 365 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 366 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 367 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 368 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 369

    New gateway
  • 370

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 371 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 372 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 373 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 374 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 375 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 376 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 377 Clovelly nightmare

  • 378 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 379 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 380 What's the time?

  • 381 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 382 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 383

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 384 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 385 Meredith's ironmongers

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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Sentenced for smashing windows at Criccieth

'Phyllis North'

who at Carnarvon Sessions was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for breaking windows at Criccieth on the occasion of Mr Lloyd George's visit, is a name that was intended to hide the name of Olive Whary, the Holsworthy girl who in 1913 was sentenced for being concerned in the burning of the Kew Gardens tea pavilion. Miss Wharry, three years ago, inherited between £85,000 and £90,000. For a time she was a student at the Exeter RAM College.

She had to be carried into the dock at the Sessions and had her boots taken off.

9 July 1914 Holsworthy Suffragette Lloyd George Wharry

The evidence was called, and the accused put no questions, but in the course of the proceedings she exclaimed: "I see one of the torturers on the jury. I suppose it is the jury. He is the prison doctor."

Gazette article 9 July 1914

Holsworthy-Bideford Wedding

At St Mary’s Church, Bideford, on June 21st, the wedding took place of Mr Raymond Courtney Kerslake, only child of Mr and Mrs Kerslake, 16 Victoria Street, Holsworthy, and Miss Muriel Broad, third daughter of Mr and Mrs Broad, Upcott Cottage, Bideford.

1958 Holsworthy Bideford wedding

The Rector of Bideford, Rev T Derwent Davies, conducted the service. Mr J R Trigger was at the organ. Mr J Hawkins, brother-in-law of the bride, undertook the duties of the best man and the ushers were Mr Leslie Broad and Mr Michael Harris. Attending the bride as matron of honour was her sister, Mrs J Hawkins.
The reception was held at the Athletic Club Room, Bideford, and Essex chosen for the honeymoon, the bride travelling in a coffee box suit.
Among many presents were a cheque and travelling clock from the management and patients at Dawfield Hospital, Holsworthy, where the bride has been employed. Good luck tokens were presented to the bride by Mrs Hope, Matron of Dawfield Hospital, and Miss June Broad.
The bridegroom is a well known member of Holsworthy Town Band and the Rhythmaires Dance Band.
Gazette article dated 4 July 1958

World War 1

Holsworthy Market

4.5.1918 Holsworthy Market

Slip pigs 50s to 110s, suckers 20s to 30s.

Old hens 1s 9d to 2s per lb, chicken 2s to 3s, butter 2s 21/2d, eggs 3s to 3s 2d per dozen.

Oats 6s to 6s 2d, maizemeal 49s, brand 14s to 14s 6d, sharps 15s, flour 50s, bread 9d per 4lb loaf.

Rabbits 1s 9d each. 

Gazette article dated 4 May 1918

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