• 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 Bideford loses training ship

  • 2 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 3 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 4 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 5 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 7 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 8 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 9 Bideford computer stars

  • 10 Weare Giffard potato

  • 11 Torrington in 1967

  • 12 End of the line

  • 13 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 14 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 15 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 16 Variety in summer weather

  • 17 Artisans' Club

  • 18

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 19 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 20 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 21 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 22 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

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

  • 24 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 25 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 26 Out of puff!

  • 27 Bideford regatta

  • 28 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 29 Ten year old scrambler

  • 30 Littleham family's five generations

  • 31 Just over a year old

  • 32 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 33 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 34 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 35 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 36 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 37 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 38 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 39 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 40 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 41 Hartland's invitation

  • 42 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 43 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 44 He beat the floods

  • 45 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 46 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 47 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 48 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 49 The art of the thatcher

  • 50 It really was the 'last time'

  • 51

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 52 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 53 Burnard family reunion

  • 54 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 55

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 56 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 57 A man and his wheel

  • 58 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 59 Warmington's garage ad

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

  • 61 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 62 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 63 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 64 First ship in 8 years

  • 65 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 66 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 67

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 68 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 69 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 70 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 71 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 72 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 73 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 74 Northam footballers of the future

  • 75 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 76

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 77 Devil sent packing

  • 78 New shipyard on schedule

  • 79 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 80 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 81 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 82 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 83 Mobile missionary

  • 84 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 85 Circus comes to town

  • 86 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 87 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 88 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 89 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 90 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 91

    Relatives all over the world
  • 92 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 93

    Married in 1908
  • 94 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 95 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 96 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 97 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 98 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 99

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 100 Finished in 1876

  • 101 Emergency ferry services

  • 102 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 103 A roof-top view - where?

  • 104

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 105 Revenge in style

  • 106

    Bidefordians
  • 107 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 108 In their new robes and hats

  • 109 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 110 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 111 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 112 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 113 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 114 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 115 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 116 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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

  • 118 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 119 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 120 Twenty-one yachts

  • 121 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 122 New addition to Quay front

  • 123 Six footed lamb

  • 124 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 125 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 126 Pannier Market's future?

  • 127 For crying out loud!

  • 128 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 129 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 130 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 131 Riverside mystery

  • 132 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 133 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 134 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 135

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 136 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 137 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 138 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 139 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 140 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 141 Bridging the stream

  • 142 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 143 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 144 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 145 Recognise this resort?

  • 146 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 147 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 148 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 149 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 150 What's the time?

  • 151 Picking the pops

  • 152 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 153 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 154

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 155 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 156

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 157

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 158 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 159 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 160 Hartland Dancers
  • 161 Clovelly custom

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

  • 163

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 164 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 165

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 166 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 167 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 168 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 169 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 170 New art gallery opened

  • 171 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 172

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 173 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 174 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 175 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 176 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 177

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 178 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 179 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 180 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 181 All aboard the ark

  • 182 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 183 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 184 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 185 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 186

    Was a missionary
  • 187

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 188 Capers on the cobbles

  • 189 Picking the pops

  • 190 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 191 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 192 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 193 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 194 Torrington's new amenity

  • 195 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 196

    Building works
  • 197 New choral society's growing response

  • 198 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 199 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 200

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 201

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 202 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 203 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 204 Sight of a lifetime

  • 205 They are parted pro-tem

  • 206 All for the love of a lady!

  • 207 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 208 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 209 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 210 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 211 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 212 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 213 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

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

  • 215 Traditions and skills still there

  • 216 Torrington children build igloo
  • 217 An early 'special' to Bideford

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

  • 219 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 220 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 221 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 222 113 years at Instow

  • 223

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 224 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 225 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 226

    First prize
  • 227 Modern living at Bideford

  • 228 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 229 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 230 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 231 A story to tell!

  • 232 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 233 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 234 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 235 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 236 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 237 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 238 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 239 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 240 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 241 Decontrol of meat

  • 242 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 243 A bird of their own!

  • 244 Appledore's largest

  • 245 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 246 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 247 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 248 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 249 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 250 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 251 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 252 Jumble sale fever

  • 253 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 254 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 255 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 256 Police station view of Bideford

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

  • 258

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 259 Peter poses for TV film

  • 260 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 261 Ships at Bideford

  • 262 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 263 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 264

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 265 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 266 So this is the mainland!

  • 267 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 268 North Devon Driving School

  • 269 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 270 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 271 Hartland postman retires

  • 272 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 273 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 274 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 276 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 277 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 278 Happy Days!

  • 279 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 280 No laughing matter

  • 281 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 282 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 283 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 284 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 285 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 286 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 287 Parkham plan realised

  • 288 New look in the hayfields

  • 289 Puppet characters introduced

  • 290 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 291 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 292 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 293 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 294 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 295 Clovelly nightmare

  • 296 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 297 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 298 The Geneva marionettes

  • 299 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 300 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 301 Simple Item 138
  • 302 New Lundy air-mail stamps

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

  • 304 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 305 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 306 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 307 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 308 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 309 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 310 Waldon Triplets
  • 311 Some mushroom!

  • 312 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 313 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 314 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 315 New civic medallions

  • 316 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 317 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 318 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 319 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 320 New Lundy stamps

  • 321 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 322 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 323 Loads of black and white

  • 324 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 325 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 326 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 327 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 328 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 329

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 330 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 331 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 332 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 333 School's link with cargo ship

  • 334 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 335 Life begins at 80

  • 336 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 337 Last train from Torrington

  • 338 When horses score over the tractor

  • 339 Off on a great adventure

  • 340 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 341 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 342 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 343 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 344 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 345 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 346 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 347 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 348 School crossing patrol begins

  • 349 Some 240 exhibits

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    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 351 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 352 Centenary of Gazette

  • 353 Cruising down the river

  • 354 Alwington School closing after 120 years

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

  • 356 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 357 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 358 Penny for the guy

  • 359 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 360 New life for Hartland organ

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    New gateway
  • 362

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 363 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 364 By pony and trap to market

  • 365 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 366 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 367 Service with a smile

  • 368 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 369 No sale of Springfield House

  • 370 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 371 Private home for public pump

  • 372 Can spring be far away?

  • 373 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 374 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

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

  • 376 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 377 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 378 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 379 New Post Office

  • 380 Northam's almshouse

  • 381 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 382 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 383 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 384 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 385 A lost Bideford 'island'

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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Fire Ends ‘a Thousand Years of History’

A thousand years of history disappeared overnight when Dunsland House, Bradford, Holsworthy, was destroyed by fire early on Saturday.

November 1967 Dunsland House Holsworthy

The phrase is that of Mr John Manley Price, the curator, who, with his mother, Mrs Enid Caffyn, had lived at the house for the past nine years. They probably own their lives to their sheepdog whose barking awoke Mr Price at about 3.15am. The house was then filled with smoke and so intense was the heat that the roof tiles were exploding.
The fire had put the phone out of action and Mr Price had to drive to Brandis Corner to raise the alarm. When he returned it was obvious that nothing could be done to save the mansion, owned by the National Trust, or its contents. ‘It was a raging inferno’ said Mr Price.
‘This is a 100 per cent disaster’ commented Mr N Trinnick who is secretary of the Trust committee for Devon and Cornwall. ‘Dunsland will never be rebuilt’.
Units of the County Fire Brigade from Torrington, Holsworthy and Hatherleigh fought the blaze although it was apparent from the time they arrived that nothing could be done. An electrical fault is thought to have caused the blaze.
Mr Price and his mother are staying for the time being with Mr Tony Lacey, prospective Liberal candidate for Torrington, and Mrs Lacey, at Fernlea, near Holsworthy.
The full Gazette article is dated 24 November 1967.

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