• 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 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 2 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

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    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 4 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 5 A roof-top view - where?

  • 6 Warmington's garage ad

  • 7 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 8 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 9 Safe door weighing two tons

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

  • 11 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 12 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 13 New civic medallions

  • 14 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 15 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 16 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 17 A man and his wheel

  • 18 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 19 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 20 Saving money, wear and tear

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

  • 22 Ships at Bideford

  • 23

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 24 He beat the floods

  • 25

    New gateway
  • 26 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 27 New choral society's growing response

  • 28 New life for Hartland organ

  • 29

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 30 Last train from Torrington

  • 31 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 32 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 33 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 34 By pony and trap to market

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

  • 36 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 37 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 38 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 39 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 40 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 41 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 42

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 43 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 44 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 45 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 46 First ship in 8 years

  • 47 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 48 Jumble sale fever

  • 49

    Exhibition of school work
  • 50 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 51 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 52

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 53

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 54 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 55 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 56 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 57 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 58 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

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

  • 60 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 61 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 62 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 63 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 64

    Was a missionary
  • 65 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 66 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 67 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 68 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 69 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 70 Can spring be far away?

  • 71

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 72 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 73 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 74 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 75 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 76 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

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

  • 78 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 79 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 80 Out of puff!

  • 81 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 82 Clovelly nightmare

  • 83 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 84 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 85 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 86 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 87 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 88 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 89 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 90 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 91 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 92 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 93 Appledore's largest

  • 94 Centenary of Gazette

  • 95 Picking the pops

  • 96 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 97 Waldon Triplets
  • 98 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 99 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 100 Cruising down the river

  • 101 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 102 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 103 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 104

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 105 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 106 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 107 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 108 Pannier Market's future?

  • 109 Northam footballers of the future

  • 110 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 111 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 112 When horses score over the tractor

  • 113 Revenge in style

  • 114 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 115 For crying out loud!

  • 116 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 117 Parkham plan realised

  • 118 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 119 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 120 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 121

    Building works
  • 122 Off on a great adventure

  • 123

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 124 Modern living at Bideford

  • 125 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 126 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 127 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 128 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 129 No sale of Springfield House

  • 130 All for the love of a lady!

  • 131 Happy Days!

  • 132 Puppet characters introduced

  • 133 New art gallery opened

  • 134 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 135 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 136 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 137 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 138 Service with a smile

  • 139 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 140

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 141 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 142 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 143 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 144 Hartland postman retires

  • 145 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 146 Northam's almshouse

  • 147

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 148 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 149 School's link with cargo ship

  • 150 Torrington in 1967

  • 151 Emergency ferry services

  • 152 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 153 Artisans' Club

  • 154 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 155 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 156 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 157 Police station view of Bideford

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

  • 159

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 160 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 161 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 162 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 163 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 164 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 165 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 166 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 167 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 168 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 169 So this is the mainland!

  • 170 New addition to Quay front

  • 171 Recognise this resort?

  • 172

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 173 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 174 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 175 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 176 Hartland Dancers
  • 177

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 178 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 179 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 180 Hartland's invitation

  • 181 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 182 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 183 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 184 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 185 Mobile missionary

  • 186 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 187 Six footed lamb

  • 188 End of the line

  • 189 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 190 Fleet of foot and fair of face

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

  • 192 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 193 Clovelly custom

  • 194 The art of the thatcher

  • 195 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 196 Torrington's new amenity

  • 197 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 198 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 199 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 200 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 201 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 202 New look in the hayfields

  • 203 Devil sent packing

  • 204 Twenty-one yachts

  • 205 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 206 Just over a year old

  • 207 New Post Office

  • 208 School crossing patrol begins

  • 209 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 210 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 211 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 212 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 213 Life begins at 80

  • 214 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 215 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 216 Burnard family reunion

  • 217 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 218

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 219 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 220 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 221

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 222 All aboard the ark

  • 223 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 224 Riverside mystery

  • 225 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 226 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 227 Bideford computer stars

  • 228 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 229 Some mushroom!

  • 230 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 231 It really was the 'last time'

  • 232 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 233 Torrington children build igloo
  • 234 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 235 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 236 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 237 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 238 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 239 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 240

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 241 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 242 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 243

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 244 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 245 Picking the pops

  • 246 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 247 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 248

    Bidefordians
  • 249 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 250 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 251 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 252 A bird of their own!

  • 253 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 254 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 255 In their new robes and hats

  • 256 North Devon Driving School

  • 257 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 258 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 259 Littleham family's five generations

  • 260 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 261 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 262 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 263 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 264 New shipyard on schedule

  • 265 Ten year old scrambler

  • 266 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 267 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 268 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 269 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 270 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 271 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 272 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 273 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 274 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 275 Decontrol of meat

  • 276 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 277 Bideford regatta

  • 278 Variety in summer weather

  • 279 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 281 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 282 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 283 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 284

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 285 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 286 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 287 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 288 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 289 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 290 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 291

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 292 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 293 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 294 Capers on the cobbles

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

  • 296 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 297 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 298 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 299

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 300 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 301 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 302 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 303

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 304 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 305

    Relatives all over the world
  • 306 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 307 Sight of a lifetime

  • 308 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 309 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 310 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 311 Bridging the stream

  • 312 No laughing matter

  • 313 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 314 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 315

    Married in 1908
  • 316 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 317 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 318 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 319

    First prize
  • 320 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 321 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 322 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 323 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 324 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 325 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 326 They are parted pro-tem

  • 327 113 years at Instow

  • 328

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 329 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 330 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 331 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 332 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

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

  • 334 Bideford loses training ship

  • 335 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 336 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 337 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 338 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 339 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 340 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 341 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 342 Some 240 exhibits

  • 343 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 344 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 345 A story to tell!

  • 346 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 347 Circus comes to town

  • 348 Traditions and skills still there

  • 349 Holiday scene near Sandymere

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

  • 351 Finished in 1876

  • 352 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 353 What's the time?

  • 354 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 355 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 356 Penny for the guy

  • 357 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 358 New Lundy stamps

  • 359 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 360 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 361 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 362 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 363 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 364 Private home for public pump

  • 365 Weare Giffard potato

  • 366 Loads of black and white

  • 367

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 368 Torrington's shelter for the aged

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

  • 370 Peter poses for TV film

  • 371 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 372 Bideford's new market opens next week

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

  • 374 Simple Item 138
  • 375 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 376 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 377 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 378 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 379 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 380 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 381 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 382 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 383 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 384 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 385 The Geneva marionettes

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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Lundy’s Bells Inspected

The eight bells of the church on the island of Lundy

26.10.1962 Lundys bells

have been silent for a number of years, having become unsafe through the deterioration of fittings and the tower.

On the arrival of a bell-hanger to rehang the re-cast bells of Appledore Parish Church, the opportunity was taken to let him inspect and report on the island’s church tower and bells. The tenor bell on Lundy weighs 15½cwt compared with the 10¼cwt of the tenor bell at Appledore.

The bell-hanger, Mr J Walker, visited the island on Saturday in the Lundy Gannet whose passengers also included the co-owner of Lundy, Mr Albion Harman.

A report will in due course be received at Appledore from the bell-founders.

Gazette article dated 26 October 1962

Bells Ring Out Again At Welcombe

St Nectan's Parish Church, Welcombe, now has a team of bell-ringers for the first time for a number of years

14.7.1961 Welcombe bells

The Vicar, Rev Andrew T H Jones, explained that a suggestion had been put forward at the annual parish meeting that a team should be revived and they had been fortunate in getting five or six youngsters to come forward to train under the captaincy of Mr Jack Saunders, of Lynton Farm, Welcombe, who is an experienced ringer.

Appropriately, the first peal by the new team was rung at the church's Patronal Festival on June 18th and they have rung on successive Sundays.

'We are very thrilled with it' commented the Vicar.

14.7.1961 Welcombe bells1

Gazette article dated 14 July 1961

Weare Giffard Bells To Be Heard In Vancouver

Already heard in London


11.8.1961 Weare Giffard bells

The sound of the bells of Weare Giffard Parish Church, recently rung for the first time after being re-hung, will be heard in Vancouver.

The Rector, Rev J M Lucas, explains in the current issue of the Hartland Deanery Magazine that a visitor from Vancouver, staying at Landcross, came to Weare Giffard one evening and tape-recorded the bells.

‘Our ringers gave a good account of themselves and I understand that the bells of Weare Giffard will sound forth on the local radio in Vancouver and will also be amplified from the church tower of the church in which our visitor worships’ writes Mr Lucas.

Incidentally the bells have already been heard in London – by someone who telephoned Mr Lucas on the first occasion the bells were rung since the re-hanging.

Gazette article dated 11 August 1961

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