• 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 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 2 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 3 What's the time?

  • 4 Bideford loses training ship

  • 5 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 6

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 7 Recognise this resort?

  • 8 Northam footballers of the future

  • 9 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 10 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 11 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 12 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 13

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 14 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 15 Weare Giffard potato

  • 16 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 17 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 18 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 19 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 20 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 21 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 22 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 23

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 24 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 25 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 26 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 27 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 28 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 29 Waldon Triplets
  • 30

    New gateway
  • 31 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 32 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 33 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 34

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 35 Jumble sale fever

  • 36 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 37 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 38 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 39 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 40 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 41 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 42 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 43

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 44

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 45 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 46 A bird of their own!

  • 47 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 48 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 49 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 50 New civic medallions

  • 51

    Building works
  • 52 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 53 Decontrol of meat

  • 54 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 55 No laughing matter

  • 56 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 57 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 58 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 59 Cruising down the river

  • 60 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 61 Penny for the guy

  • 62 Littleham family's five generations

  • 63

    Bidefordians
  • 64 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 65 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 66 New addition to Quay front

  • 67 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 68 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 69 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 70 The art of the thatcher

  • 71 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 72 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 73 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 74

    First prize
  • 75 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 76 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 77 Bideford regatta

  • 78 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 79 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 80 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 81 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 82 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 83 Police station view of Bideford

  • 84 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 85 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 86 Hartland Dancers
  • 87 Northam's almshouse

  • 88

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 89 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 90 Service with a smile

  • 91 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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

  • 93

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 94 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 95 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 96 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 97 School crossing patrol begins

  • 98 Saving money, wear and tear

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

  • 100 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 101 Just over a year old

  • 102 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 103 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 104 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 105 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 106

    Married in 1908
  • 107 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 108 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 109 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 110 A man and his wheel

  • 111

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 112 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 113 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 114

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 115 Mobile missionary

  • 116 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 117 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 118 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 119 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 120 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 121 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 122 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 123 Filming at Hartland

  • 124 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 125 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 126 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 127 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 128 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 129 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 130

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 131 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 132 Some mushroom!

  • 133

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 134 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 135 Revenge in style

  • 136 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 137 Clovelly custom

  • 138 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 139

    Was a missionary
  • 140 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 141 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 142 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 143 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 144 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 145 From Bobby to Brian

  • 146

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

  • 148 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 149 Out of puff!

  • 150 Torrington in 1967

  • 151 Finished in 1876

  • 152 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 153 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 154 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 155 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 156 Simple Item 138
  • 157 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 158 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 159 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 160 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 161 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 162 By pony and trap to market

  • 163 New life for Hartland organ

  • 164 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 165 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 166 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 167

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 168 Sight of a lifetime

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

  • 170 Torrington's new amenity

  • 171 113 years at Instow

  • 172 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 173 Variety in summer weather

  • 174 Ships at Bideford

  • 175 School's link with cargo ship

  • 176 Hartland's invitation

  • 177 New shipyard on schedule

  • 178

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 179 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 180 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 181 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 182 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 183 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 184 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 185 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 186 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 187 Bideford computer stars

  • 188 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 189 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 190 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 191 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 192 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 193 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 194 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 195 Riverside mystery

  • 196 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 197 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 198 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 199 Last train from Torrington

  • 200 First ship in 8 years

  • 201 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

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

  • 203 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 204 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 205 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 206 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 207 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 208 They are parted pro-tem

  • 209 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 210 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 211 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 212 Warmington's garage ad

  • 213 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 214 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 215 Artisans' Club

  • 216 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 217 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 218 Can spring be far away?

  • 219 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 220 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 221 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

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

  • 223 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 224

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 225 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 226 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 227 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 228 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 229 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 230 Capers on the cobbles

  • 231 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 232 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 233 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 234 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 235 Picking the pops

  • 236 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 237 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 238 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 239 Picking the pops

  • 240 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 241 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 242 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 243 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 244 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 245 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 246 He beat the floods

  • 247 Appledore's largest

  • 248 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 249 Pannier Market's future?

  • 250 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 251 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 252 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 253 No sale of Springfield House

  • 254 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 255 Parkham plan realised

  • 256 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 257 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 258 Modern living at Bideford

  • 259 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 260 A roof-top view - where?

  • 261 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 262 Centenary of Gazette

  • 263 Emergency ferry services

  • 264 Life begins at 80

  • 265 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

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

  • 267 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 268 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 269 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 270 Bridging the stream

  • 271 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

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

  • 273 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 274

    Exhibition of school work
  • 275 Private home for public pump

  • 276 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 277 Peter poses for TV film

  • 278 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 279 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 280 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 281

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 282 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 283 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 284 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 285 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 286 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 287 New art gallery opened

  • 288 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 289 The Geneva marionettes

  • 290 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 291

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 292 Some 240 exhibits

  • 293

    Relatives all over the world
  • 294 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

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

  • 296 Off on a great adventure

  • 297 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 298 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 299 North Devon Driving School

  • 300 Torrington children build igloo
  • 301 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 302

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 303

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 304 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 305 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 306 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 307 When horses score over the tractor

  • 308 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 309 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 310 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 311 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 312 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 313 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 314 Six footed lamb

  • 315 Ten year old scrambler

  • 316 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 317 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 318 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 319 Twenty-one yachts

  • 320 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 321 Happy Days!

  • 322 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 323 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 324 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 325

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 326 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 327 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 328 End of the line

  • 329 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 330 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 331 Clovelly nightmare

  • 332 Devil sent packing

  • 333 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 334 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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

  • 336 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 337 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 338

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 339 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 340 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 341 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 342 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 343 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 344 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 345 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 346 Sweets derationing

  • 347 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 348 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 349 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 350 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 351 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 352 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 353 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

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

  • 355 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 356 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 357 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 358 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 359 The cab at the corner>
  • 360 New Lundy stamps

  • 361 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 362 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 363 For crying out loud!

  • 364 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 365 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 366 Traditions and skills still there

  • 367 It really was the 'last time'

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

  • 369 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 370 Burnard family reunion

  • 371

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 372 Puppet characters introduced

  • 373 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 374 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 375 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 376 New choral society's growing response

  • 377 Circus comes to town

  • 378 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 379 Loads of black and white

  • 380 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 381

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 382 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 383 In their new robes and hats

  • 384 All aboard the ark

  • 385 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 386 New Post Office

  • 387 A story to tell!

  • 388 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 389 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 390 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 391 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 392 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 393 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 394 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 395

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 396 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 397 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 398 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 399 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 400 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 401 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 402 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 403 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 404 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 405 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 406 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 407 Hartland postman retires

  • 408 New look in the hayfields

  • 409 All for the love of a lady!

  • 410 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 411 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 412 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 413 So this is the mainland!

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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