• 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 Devil sent packing

  • 2 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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

  • 4 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 5 Simple Item 138
  • 6 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 7 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 8 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 9 The Geneva marionettes

  • 10

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 11 Bideford regatta

  • 12 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 13 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 14

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 15 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 16 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 17 Hartland Dancers
  • 18 Clovelly custom

  • 19 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 20 Can spring be far away?

  • 21 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 22 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 23 New shipyard on schedule

  • 24 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 25 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 26 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 27 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 28 Ships at Bideford

  • 29 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 30

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 31 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 32 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 33 A story to tell!

  • 34 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 35 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 36 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 37 By pony and trap to market

  • 38 A roof-top view - where?

  • 39 What's the time?

  • 40 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 41 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 42 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 43 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 44 Life begins at 80

  • 45 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 46 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 47

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 48 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 49 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 50 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 51 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 52 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 53 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 54 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 55 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 56 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 57 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 58 Some mushroom!

  • 59 Centenary of Gazette

  • 60 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 61

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 62

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 63 He beat the floods

  • 64 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 65 Picking the pops

  • 66 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 67 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 68 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 69 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 70 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 71 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 72 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 73 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 74 Capers on the cobbles

  • 75 When horses score over the tractor

  • 76 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 77 Off on a great adventure

  • 78 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 79 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 80 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 81 Torrington in 1967

  • 82 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 83 Bideford computer stars

  • 84 Ten year old scrambler

  • 85

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 86 A man and his wheel

  • 87 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 88

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 89 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 90 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 91

    First prize
  • 92 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 93 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 94 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 95

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 96 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 97 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 98 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 99

    Exhibition of school work
  • 100 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 101 Torrington's new amenity

  • 102 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 103 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 104 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 105 Clovelly nightmare

  • 106 For crying out loud!

  • 107 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 108 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 109 Jumble sale fever

  • 110 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 111 Recognise this resort?

  • 112 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 113 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 114 Wishing well is pixielated

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

  • 116 In their new robes and hats

  • 117 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 118 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 119 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 120 Northam footballers of the future

  • 121 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 122 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 123 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 124 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 125 North Devon Driving School

  • 126 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 127

    Building works
  • 128 Torrington children build igloo
  • 129 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 130 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 131 The art of the thatcher

  • 132 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 133 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 134 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 135 Picking the pops

  • 136 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 137 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 138

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 139 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 140 Traditions and skills still there

  • 141 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 142 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 143 No sale of Springfield House

  • 144 Hartland postman retires

  • 145 Hartland's invitation

  • 146 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 147 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 148 It really was the 'last time'

  • 149 Peter poses for TV film

  • 150 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 151 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 152 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

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

  • 154 Penny for the guy

  • 155 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 156 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 157 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 158 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 159 New choral society's growing response

  • 160 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 161

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 162 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 163 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 164 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 165 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 166 Centuries old but today busier than ever

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

  • 168 Cruising down the river

  • 169

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 170 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 171 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 172 Warmington's garage ad

  • 173 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 174

    Was a missionary
  • 175 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 176 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 177 Weare Giffard potato

  • 178 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 179 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 180 Six footed lamb

  • 181 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 182 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 183 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 184 Finished in 1876

  • 185 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 186 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 187 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 188

    Relatives all over the world
  • 189 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 190 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 191

    New gateway
  • 192 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 193 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 194 Riverside mystery

  • 195 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 196 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 197 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 198

    Bidefordians
  • 199 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 200 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 201 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 202 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 203 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 204 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 205 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 206 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 207 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 208 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 209 Filming at Hartland

  • 210 Twenty-one yachts

  • 211 New art gallery opened

  • 212 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 213 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 214 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 215 School's link with cargo ship

  • 216 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 217 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 218 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 219 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 220 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 221 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 222 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 223 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 224 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 225 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 226 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 227 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 228 Variety in summer weather

  • 229 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 230 No laughing matter

  • 231 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 232 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 233 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

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

  • 235 They are parted pro-tem

  • 236 Out of puff!

  • 237 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 238 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 239 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 240 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 241 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 242 New Lundy stamps

  • 243 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 244 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 245 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 246 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 247 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 248 New look in the hayfields

  • 249 Bideford loses training ship

  • 250 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 251 New life for Hartland organ

  • 252

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 253 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 254 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 255 From Bobby to Brian

  • 256 Some 240 exhibits

  • 257 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 258 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

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

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

  • 261 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 262 The cab at the corner>
  • 263 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 265 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 266 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 267 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 268 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 269 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 270 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 271

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 272

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 273 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 274 Northam's almshouse

  • 275 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 276 Sweets derationing

  • 277 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 278 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 279 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 280

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 281 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 282 A bird of their own!

  • 283 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 284 Revenge in style

  • 285 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 286 School crossing patrol begins

  • 287 New Post Office

  • 288 Waldon Triplets
  • 289 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 290 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 291 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

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    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 293 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 294 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 295 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 296 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 297 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 298 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 299 113 years at Instow

  • 300 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 301 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 302 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 303 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 304 Loads of black and white

  • 305 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 306 All aboard the ark

  • 307 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 308 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 309 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

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

  • 311 Circus comes to town

  • 312 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 313 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 314 New addition to Quay front

  • 315 Decontrol of meat

  • 316 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 317 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 318 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 319 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 320 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 321 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 322 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 323 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 324 Artisans' Club

  • 325

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 326 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 327 Bridging the stream

  • 328 Up-to-date Bideford!

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

  • 330 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 331 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 332

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 333 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 334 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 335

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 336 New civic medallions

  • 337 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 338 Mobile missionary

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

  • 340 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 341 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 342 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 343 So this is the mainland!

  • 344 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 345 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 346 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 347 Pannier Market's future?

  • 348 Appledore's largest

  • 349 First ship in 8 years

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    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 351 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 352 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 353 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 354 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 355 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 356 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 357 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 358 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 359 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 360 X-ray shoe fitting

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

  • 362 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 363 Burnard family reunion

  • 364 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 365 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 366 End of the line

  • 367 All for the love of a lady!

  • 368 Parkham plan realised

  • 369

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 370

    Married in 1908
  • 371 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 372 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 373 Private home for public pump

  • 374 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 375 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 376 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 377 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 378 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 379 Happy Days!

  • 380

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 381 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 382 Just over a year old

  • 383 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 384 Sight of a lifetime

  • 385 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 386 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 387 Littleham family's five generations

  • 388 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 389 Service with a smile

  • 390 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 391 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 392

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 393 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 394 Emergency ferry services

  • 395 Puppet characters introduced

  • 396 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 397 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 398 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 399 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 400 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 401 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 402 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 403 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 404 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 405 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 406 Modern living at Bideford

  • 407 Police station view of Bideford

  • 408 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 409 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 410 Last train from Torrington

  • 411 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 412 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 413 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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