• 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 Filming at Hartland

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    Jinxed School Trip
  • 3 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 4 Bridging the stream

  • 5 Picking the pops

  • 6 Torrington children build igloo
  • 7 Clovelly custom

  • 8 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

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

  • 10 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 11 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 12 So this is the mainland!

  • 13 Appledore's largest

  • 14 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 15

    Was a missionary
  • 16 Hartland Dancers
  • 17 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 18 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 19 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 20 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 21 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 22 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 23 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 24 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 25 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 26 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 27 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 28 Decontrol of meat

  • 29 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 30 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 31 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 32

    Building works
  • 33 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 34 Parkham plan realised

  • 35 Peter poses for TV film

  • 36 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 37 Loads of black and white

  • 38 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 39 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 40 Off on a great adventure

  • 41 Penny for the guy

  • 42 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 43 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 44

    New gateway
  • 45 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 46 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 47 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 48 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 49 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 50 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 51 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 52 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 53 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 54 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 55 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 56 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 57 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 58 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 59 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 60 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 61 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 62 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 63 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 64 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 65 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 66 Jumble sale fever

  • 67 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 68 The art of the thatcher

  • 69 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 70 The cab at the corner>
  • 71 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 72 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 73 Warmington's garage ad

  • 74 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 75 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 76 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 77 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 78 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 79 113 years at Instow

  • 80 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 81 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 82 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 83 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 84 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 85 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 86 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 87 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 88 Waldon Triplets
  • 89 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 90

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 91 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 92 Cruising down the river

  • 93 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 94 Bideford regatta

  • 95 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 96 Emergency ferry services

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

  • 98 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 99 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 100 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 101 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 102 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 103 Some mushroom!

  • 104 All aboard the ark

  • 105 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 106 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 107 New shipyard on schedule

  • 108 Weare Giffard potato

  • 109

    Relatives all over the world
  • 110 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 111 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 112 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 113 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 114

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 115 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 116 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 117 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 118 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 119 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 120 Out of puff!

  • 121 Just over a year old

  • 122 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 123 Capers on the cobbles

  • 124 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 125 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 126 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 127 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 128 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 129 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 130 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 131 Recognise this resort?

  • 132 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 133 Artisans' Club

  • 134 Happy Days!

  • 135 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 136 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 137

    First prize
  • 138 A story to tell!

  • 139 It really was the 'last time'

  • 140 Life begins at 80

  • 141 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 142 Sight of a lifetime

  • 143

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 144 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 145 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 146 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 147 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 148 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

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

  • 150 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 151 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 152

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 153 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 154 Police station view of Bideford

  • 155 Pannier Market's future?

  • 156 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 157

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 158 New life for Hartland organ

  • 159 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 160 Revenge in style

  • 161 Riverside mystery

  • 162

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 163

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 164 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 165 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 166 Northam footballers of the future

  • 167

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 168 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 169 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 170 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 171

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 172 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 173 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 174 End of the line

  • 175 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 176 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 177 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 178 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 179 A bird of their own!

  • 180 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 181 Picking the pops

  • 182

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 183

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 184 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 185 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 186 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 187 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 188 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 189 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 190 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 191 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 192

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 193 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 194 Some 240 exhibits

  • 195 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 196 The Geneva marionettes

  • 197 Modern living at Bideford

  • 198 Service with a smile

  • 199 Sweets derationing

  • 200 School crossing patrol begins

  • 201 Hartland's invitation

  • 202 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 203 North Devon Driving School

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

  • 205

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 206 A man and his wheel

  • 207 New Post Office

  • 208 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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

  • 210 In their new robes and hats

  • 211 New choral society's growing response

  • 212 Mobile missionary

  • 213

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 214 Littleham family's five generations

  • 215 New look in the hayfields

  • 216 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 217 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 218 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 219 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 220 Ten year old scrambler

  • 221 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 222 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 223 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 224 Westward Ho! combined op

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

  • 226 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 227 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 228 Finished in 1876

  • 229 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 230 Hartland postman retires

  • 231 When horses score over the tractor

  • 232

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 233 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 234 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 235 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 236 First ship in 8 years

  • 237 All for the love of a lady!

  • 238 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 239 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 240 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 241 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 242 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 243 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 244 No sale of Springfield House

  • 245 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 246 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 247 Bideford loses training ship

  • 248 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 249 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 250 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 251 Private home for public pump

  • 252 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 253 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 254 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 255 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 256 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 258 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 259 Bicycle now does donkey work

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

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

  • 262 Twenty-one yachts

  • 263 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 264 Six footed lamb

  • 265 By pony and trap to market

  • 266 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 267 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 268 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 269 Torrington's new amenity

  • 270 Simple Item 138
  • 271 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 272 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 273 A roof-top view - where?

  • 274 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 275 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 276 Puppet characters introduced

  • 277 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 278 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 279

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 280 School's link with cargo ship

  • 281

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 282 What's the time?

  • 283 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 284 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 285 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 286 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 287 New art gallery opened

  • 288 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 289 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 290 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 291 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 292 Circus comes to town

  • 293 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 294 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 295 Torrington in 1967

  • 296 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 297 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 298 Unique holiday adventure!

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 300 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 301 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 302 From Bobby to Brian

  • 303 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 304 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 305 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 306 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 307 Traditions and skills still there

  • 308 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 309 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 310 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 311 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 312 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 313 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 314 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 315 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 316 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 317 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 318 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 319 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 320 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 321 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 322 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 323 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 324 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 325 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 326 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 327 Ships at Bideford

  • 328 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 329

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 330 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 331 Northam's almshouse

  • 332 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 333 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 335 Devil sent packing

  • 336 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 337 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 338 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 339 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 340 They are parted pro-tem

  • 341

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 342 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 343 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 344 Train returns to Westleigh straight

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

  • 346 Centenary of Gazette

  • 347 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 348 He beat the floods

  • 349 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

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

  • 351 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 352 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 353 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 354 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 355 No laughing matter

  • 356 Burnard family reunion

  • 357 Clovelly nightmare

  • 358 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 359

    Bidefordians
  • 360 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 361 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 362 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 363 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 364 For crying out loud!

  • 365 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 366 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 367 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 368 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 369

    Married in 1908
  • 370 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 371 New addition to Quay front

  • 372 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 373

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 374 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 375 Variety in summer weather

  • 376 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 377 Last train from Torrington

  • 378 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 379

    Exhibition of school work
  • 380 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 381 Can spring be far away?

  • 382 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 383 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 384 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 385 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

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

  • 387 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 388 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 389 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

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

  • 391

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 392 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 393 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 394 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 395 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 396 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 397 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 398 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 399 New Lundy stamps

  • 400 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 401 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 402 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 403 Bideford computer stars

  • 404 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 405 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 406 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 407 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 408 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 409 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 410 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 411 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 412 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 413 New civic medallions

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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  • 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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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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Melhuish trustees appointed 7th January 1972

Melhuish trustees appointed 7th January 1972

Melhuish trustees appointed

The appointment in the High Court Chancery Division of new trustees for the Melhuish estate means that occupiers of Melhuish property may now be able to apply to acquire the freehold of their property.

Mr Alan Gardner, Clerk of Northam Urban Council, told Gazette "It is a very interesting development and obviously the Council will have to consider what to do".

Zero hour nears 27th February 1970

Zero hour nears 27th February 1970

Zero hour nearsIn little more than a month "the ballon will go up" for a number of people - those who hope to substantiate a claim to the Melhuish Estate, largely comprising Northam Burrows and, it is said, a substantial section of Appledore, and those who occupy what is said to be Melhuish property.  March 28th is the reputed date on which the 200 yr old lease fall in, and from that date a number of claimants will - for who knows how long? - be perched on a knife edge flanked by hope and fear.

Northam Urban Council as lords of the manor will, says their Clerk, Mr A Gardner, carry on on behalf of the freeholders until they turn up.

Golf Club to sell Burrows rights for £5? 25th August 1961

Golf Club to sell Burrows rights for £5? 25th August 1961

Golf club to sell BurrowsMellhuish: Royal North Devon Golf Club have agreed to sell to Northam Urban Council the manorial rights of Northam Burrows for a nominal sum of £5 - subject to a satisfactory outcome of a few points of detail.

The Golf Club acquired the manorial rights in 1895 from the then Lord of the Manor, Mr A L Christie, of Tapeley, Instow.  The 200 year lease of the 800 acres of the Burrows lapses in 9 years time and the Urban Council may then try to acquire the freehold rights.

The Clerk of Northam Council, Mr A Gardner said that the Council wanted to have more control over the Burrows and had borne in mind the question of coast protection for which they have a £500,000 scheme.

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