• 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 By pony and trap to market

  • 2 Simple Item 138
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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 4 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 5

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 6 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 7 New shipyard on schedule

  • 8 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 9 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 10 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 11 Ten year old scrambler

  • 12 New addition to Quay front

  • 13 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 14 They are parted pro-tem

  • 15

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 16

    Building works
  • 17 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 18 The art of the thatcher

  • 19 First ship in 8 years

  • 20 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 21 New Post Office

  • 22 Bideford loses training ship

  • 23 Northam footballers of the future

  • 24 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 25

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 26 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 27 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 28 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 29 Service with a smile

  • 30 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 31 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 32 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 33 All for the love of a lady!

  • 34 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 35 Capers on the cobbles

  • 36 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 37 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 38 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 39 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 40 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 41 Bridging the stream

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

  • 43 Devil sent packing

  • 44 Picking the pops

  • 45

    Bidefordians
  • 46 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 47 Hartland's invitation

  • 48 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 49 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 50 Parkham plan realised

  • 51 Torrington in 1967

  • 52 No sale of Springfield House

  • 53

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 54 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 55 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 56 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 57 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 58 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

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

  • 60 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 61 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 62 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 63 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 64 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 65 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 66 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 67 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 68 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 69 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 70 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 71 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 72 New Lundy stamps

  • 73 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 74 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 75 Hartland Dancers
  • 76 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 77 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 78 Littleham family's five generations

  • 79 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 80 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 81 Weare Giffard potato

  • 82 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 83 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 84 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 85 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 86 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 87 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 88 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 89 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 90 Farewell to passenger trains

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

  • 92 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 93 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 94 Private home for public pump

  • 95 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 96 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 97 Can spring be far away?

  • 98 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 99 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 100 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 101 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 102 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 103 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 104 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 105 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 106 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 107 Waldon Triplets
  • 108 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 109 Picking the pops

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

  • 111 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 112 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 113 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 114 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 115 New look in the hayfields

  • 116 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 117 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 118 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 119 New civic medallions

  • 120 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 121

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 122 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 123 New life for Hartland organ

  • 124 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 125 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 126 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 127 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 128

    New gateway
  • 129 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 130 Circus comes to town

  • 131 A man and his wheel

  • 132 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 133 Appledore's largest

  • 134 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 135 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 136 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 137 Sight of a lifetime

  • 138 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 139 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 140 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 141 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 142

    Exhibition of school work
  • 143 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 144 Clovelly custom

  • 145 Some 240 exhibits

  • 146

    Married in 1908
  • 147 Twenty-one yachts

  • 148 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 149 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 150 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

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

  • 152 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 153 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 154 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 155 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 156 All aboard the ark

  • 157 Modern living at Bideford

  • 158 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 159

    First prize
  • 160 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 161 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 162 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 163 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 164 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 165 Ships at Bideford

  • 166 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 167 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 168 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 169 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 170 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 171 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 172 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 173 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 174 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 175 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 176 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 177 What's the time?

  • 178 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 179 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 180 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 181 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 182 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 183 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 184 Life begins at 80

  • 185 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 186

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 187 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 188 Off on a great adventure

  • 189 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 190 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

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

  • 192 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 193 Jumble sale fever

  • 194 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 195 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 196 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 197 He beat the floods

  • 198 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 199 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 200

    Relatives all over the world
  • 201 North Devon Driving School

  • 202 Six footed lamb

  • 203 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 204

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 205

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 206 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 207 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 208 Burnard family reunion

  • 209 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 210 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 211 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 212 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 213 Torrington's new amenity

  • 214 Revenge in style

  • 215 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 216 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 217 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 218 Recognise this resort?

  • 219 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 220 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 221 When horses score over the tractor

  • 222 Some mushroom!

  • 223 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 224 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 225 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 226 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 227 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 228 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 229 Centenary of Gazette

  • 230 Penny for the guy

  • 231 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 232 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 233 In their new robes and hats

  • 234 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 235 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 236 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 237 Emergency ferry services

  • 238 So this is the mainland!

  • 239 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 240 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 241 Cruising down the river

  • 242

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 243 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 244 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 245 From Bobby to Brian

  • 246 Variety in summer weather

  • 247 It really was the 'last time'

  • 248 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 249 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 250 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 251 Traditions and skills still there

  • 252 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 253 Pannier Market's future?

  • 254 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 255 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 256

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 257 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 258 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 259 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 260 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 261 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 262 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 263 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 264 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 265

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 266 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 267 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 268 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 269

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 270 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 271 Hartland postman retires

  • 272 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 273 113 years at Instow

  • 274 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 275 Torrington children build igloo
  • 276 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 277 Puppet characters introduced

  • 278 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 279 Riverside mystery

  • 280 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 281 Out of puff!

  • 282 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 283 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 284 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 285 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 286 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 287 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 288 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 289 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 290 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 291 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 292 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 293 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 294 Last train from Torrington

  • 295 New choral society's growing response

  • 296 Decontrol of meat

  • 297 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 298 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 299 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 300 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 301 End of the line

  • 302 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 303 School's link with cargo ship

  • 304 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 305 The Geneva marionettes

  • 306 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 307

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 308 Northam's almshouse

  • 309 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 310 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 311 Filming at Hartland

  • 312 Finished in 1876

  • 313 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 314 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 315

    Was a missionary
  • 316 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 317 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 318 Just over a year old

  • 319 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 320 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 321 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 322 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 323 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 324 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 325 Warmington's garage ad

  • 326

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 327 For crying out loud!

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

  • 329 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 330 A story to tell!

  • 331 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 332 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

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

  • 334 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 335 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 336 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 337 A bird of their own!

  • 338 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 339 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 340 A roof-top view - where?

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

  • 342 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 343 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 344

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 345

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 346 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 347 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 348

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 349 Making way for the double-deckers

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

  • 351 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 352 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 353 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 354 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 355 Clovelly nightmare

  • 356 No laughing matter

  • 357 Police station view of Bideford

  • 358 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 359 Peter poses for TV film

  • 360 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 361 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 362 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 363 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 364 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 365 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 366 Bideford computer stars

  • 367 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 368

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 369 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 370

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 371

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 372 Mobile missionary

  • 373 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 374 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 375

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 376 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 377 School crossing patrol begins

  • 378 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 379 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 380 Happy Days!

  • 381 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 382 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

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

  • 384 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 385

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 386 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 387 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 388 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 389 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 390 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 391 Loads of black and white

  • 392 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

  • 394 Sweets derationing

  • 395 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 396

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 397 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 398

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 399 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 400 The cab at the corner>
  • 401 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 402 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 403 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 404 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 405 Artisans' Club

  • 406 Bideford regatta

  • 407 New art gallery opened

  • 408 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 409 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 410 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 411 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 412 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 413 Polish custom on Pancake Day

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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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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