• 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 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 3 School's link with cargo ship

  • 4 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 5 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 6 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 7 New addition to Quay front

  • 8 Devil sent packing

  • 9 A bird of their own!

  • 10 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 11 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 12 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 13 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 14 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 15 Sight of a lifetime

  • 16 Bideford computer stars

  • 17 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 18 Centenary of Gazette

  • 19 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 20 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 21 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 23 Cruising down the river

  • 24 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 25 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 26 Northam footballers of the future

  • 27 Some 240 exhibits

  • 28 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 29 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 30 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 31 Northam's almshouse

  • 32 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 33 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 34 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 35

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 36

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 37 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 38 Emergency ferry services

  • 39 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 40 New civic medallions

  • 41

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 42 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 43 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 44 Circus comes to town

  • 45 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 46 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 47 Jumble sale fever

  • 48 Loads of black and white

  • 49 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 50 What's the time?

  • 51 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 52 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 54 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 55 Traditions and skills still there

  • 56 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 57 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 58 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 59 Hartland's invitation

  • 60 Recognise this resort?

  • 61 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 62 Appledore's largest

  • 63 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 64 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

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

  • 66 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 67 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 68 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 69 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 70 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 71 Colour TV salesman at eight

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

  • 73 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 74 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 75 Off on a great adventure

  • 76 Revenge in style

  • 77 Capers on the cobbles

  • 78 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 79 End of the line

  • 80 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 81 All for the love of a lady!

  • 82 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 83 Ships at Bideford

  • 84

    Exhibition of school work
  • 85 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 86 All aboard the ark

  • 87 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 88 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 89 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 90 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 91 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 92 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 93 Out of puff!

  • 94 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 95 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 96 In their new robes and hats

  • 97 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 98 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 99 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 100 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 101 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 102 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 103 School crossing patrol begins

  • 104 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 105 Just over a year old

  • 106 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 107 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 108 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 109 Happy Days!

  • 110 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 111 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 112 The art of the thatcher

  • 113 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 114 First ship in 8 years

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

  • 116 When horses score over the tractor

  • 117 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 118 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 119 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 120 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 121 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 122 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 123 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 124 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 125 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 126 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 127 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 128 Waldon Triplets
  • 129 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 130 Clovelly custom

  • 131 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 132 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 133 Littleham family's five generations

  • 134 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 135 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 136 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 137 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 138 Photo of town's first car wins prize

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

  • 140 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 141 Weare Giffard potato

  • 142 Artisans' Club

  • 143 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 144 Modern living at Bideford

  • 145 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 146 Puppet characters introduced

  • 147 Last train from Torrington

  • 148 No sale of Springfield House

  • 149 Six footed lamb

  • 150 Variety in summer weather

  • 151 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 152 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 153 Farewell to passenger trains

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    First prize
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    Building works
  • 156 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 157 Mobile missionary

  • 158

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 159 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 160 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 161 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 162 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 163 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 164

    Married in 1908
  • 165 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 166 By pony and trap to market

  • 167 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 168 Police station view of Bideford

  • 169 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 170 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 171 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 172 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 173 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 174 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 175 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 176 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 177 Simple Item 138
  • 178 Decontrol of meat

  • 179 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 180 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 181 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 182 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 183 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 184 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 186 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 187 They are parted pro-tem

  • 188

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 189 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 190 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 191 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 192 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 193 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

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

  • 195 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 196 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 197 Life begins at 80

  • 198 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 199 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 200 A story to tell!

  • 201 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

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    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 203 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 204 Hartland Dancers
  • 205 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 206 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 207 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 208 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 209 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 210 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 211 Riverside mystery

  • 212 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 213 Hartland postman retires

  • 214 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 215 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

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    New gateway
  • 217 Can spring be far away?

  • 218 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 219 Finished in 1876

  • 220 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 221 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 222 Penny for the guy

  • 223 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 224 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 225 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 226 Burnard family reunion

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

  • 228 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 229 A man and his wheel

  • 230 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 231 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 232 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 233 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 234 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 235 Picking the pops

  • 236 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 237 New Post Office

  • 238 A roof-top view - where?

  • 239 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 240 For crying out loud!

  • 241 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 242 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 243 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 244 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 245 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 246 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 247 Bideford country dancers on TV

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

  • 249 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 250 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 251 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 252 Ten year old scrambler

  • 253 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 254

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 255 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 256

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 257 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 258 North Devon Driving School

  • 259 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 260 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 261 So this is the mainland!

  • 262 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 263

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 264

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 265 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 266 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 267 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 268

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 269 New Lundy stamps

  • 270 He beat the floods

  • 271 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 272 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 273 Clovelly nightmare

  • 274 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 275 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 276 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 277 Bridging the stream

  • 278 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 279 New art gallery opened

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

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 282 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 283 Designed and made in Bideford

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

  • 285 Bideford loses training ship

  • 286 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 287 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 288 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 289 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 290 Parkham plan realised

  • 291 Peter poses for TV film

  • 292 Torrington's new amenity

  • 293 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 294

    Was a missionary
  • 295 Pannier Market's future?

  • 296 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 297

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 298 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 299 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 300 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 301 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 302 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 303 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 304 It really was the 'last time'

  • 305 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 306 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 307 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 308 New shipyard on schedule

  • 309 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 310 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 312 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 313 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 314 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 315 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 316 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 317 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 318 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 319 New life for Hartland organ

  • 320

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 321 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 322 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 323 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 324 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 325 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 326 Torrington children build igloo
  • 327 Private home for public pump

  • 328

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 329 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 330 New look in the hayfields

  • 331 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 332 Warmington's garage ad

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

  • 334

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 335 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 336

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 337 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 338 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 339 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 340 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

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

  • 342 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 343 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 344 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 345 113 years at Instow

  • 346 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 347 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 348 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 349 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 350 Twenty-one yachts

  • 351 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 352 Some mushroom!

  • 353 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 354 Bideford regatta

  • 355 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 356 Torrington in 1967

  • 357

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 358 No laughing matter

  • 359 New choral society's growing response

  • 360

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 361 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 362 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 363

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 364 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 365 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 366 Service with a smile

  • 367 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 368 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 369 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 370 The Geneva marionettes

  • 371 Picking the pops

  • 372 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 373 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 374 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 375

    Bidefordians
  • 376

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 377 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 378 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 379 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 380 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 381 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 382 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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

  • 384 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 385 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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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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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