• 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 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 2 Ten year old scrambler

  • 3 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 4 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 5 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 6 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 7 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 8 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 9 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 10 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 11 Sweets derationing

  • 12 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 13 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 14 A bird of their own!

  • 15

    Building works
  • 16 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 17 Hartland's invitation

  • 18 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 19 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 20 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 21 Cruising down the river

  • 22 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 23 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 24 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 25

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 26 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 27 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 28 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 29 New addition to Quay front

  • 30 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 31 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 32 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 33

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 34 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 35 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 36 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 37 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 38 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 39 End of the line

  • 40 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 41 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 42 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 43 Hartland Dancers
  • 44 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 45 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 46 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 47 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 48 Appledore's largest

  • 49 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 50 Out of puff!

  • 51 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 52 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 53 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 54 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 55 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 56 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 57 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 58 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 59 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 60 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 61 Capers on the cobbles

  • 62 New life for Hartland organ

  • 63 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 64 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 65 Weare Giffard potato

  • 66 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 67 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 68 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 69 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 70 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 71 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 72 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 73 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 74 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 75 Service with a smile

  • 76

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 77 New shipyard on schedule

  • 78 Revenge in style

  • 79 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 80 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 81 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 82 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 83 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 84

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 85 Bideford regatta

  • 86 Devil sent packing

  • 87 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 88 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 89 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 90 Traditions and skills still there

  • 91 First ship in 8 years

  • 92 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 93 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 94

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 95 Modern living at Bideford

  • 96 From Bobby to Brian

  • 97 Happy Days!

  • 98 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 99 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 100 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 101 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 102 New Post Office

  • 103 It really was the 'last time'

  • 104 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 105 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 106 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 107 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 108 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 109 Decontrol of meat

  • 110 Picking the pops

  • 111 Hartland postman retires

  • 112 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 113 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 114 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 115 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 116 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 117 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

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

  • 119 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 120 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 121 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 122 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 123

    First prize
  • 124 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 125 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 126 Littleham family's five generations

  • 127 Centenary of Gazette

  • 128 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 129 The Geneva marionettes

  • 130 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 131

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 132 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 133 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 134 No sale of Springfield House

  • 135 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 136 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 137 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 138 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 139 Six footed lamb

  • 140 Just over a year old

  • 141 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 142 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 143 A roof-top view - where?

  • 144 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 145 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 146

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 147 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 148 School crossing patrol begins

  • 149 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 150

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 151 New civic medallions

  • 152 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 153 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 154 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 155 Puppet characters introduced

  • 156

    Relatives all over the world
  • 157 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 158

    Bidefordians
  • 159 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 160 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 161 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 162 Circus comes to town

  • 163 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 164 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 165 For crying out loud!

  • 166 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 167 Filming at Hartland

  • 168

    Was a missionary
  • 169 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 170 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 171 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 172 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 173 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 174 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 175 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 176 Some 240 exhibits

  • 177 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 178 Clovelly custom

  • 179 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 180 Police station view of Bideford

  • 181 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 182 Finished in 1876

  • 183 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 184 He beat the floods

  • 185 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 186 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 187 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 188 Torrington children build igloo
  • 189 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 190

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 191 New choral society's growing response

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

  • 193 By pony and trap to market

  • 194 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 195 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 196 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 197 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 198 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 199 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 200 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 201 Loads of black and white

  • 202 Can spring be far away?

  • 203 So this is the mainland!

  • 204 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 205 Northam's almshouse

  • 206 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 207

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 208 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 209 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 210 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 211 Jumble sale fever

  • 212 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 213 North Devon Driving School

  • 214

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 215 Penny for the guy

  • 216 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 217 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 218 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 219 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 220 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

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

  • 222 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 223 Peter poses for TV film

  • 224 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 225 Bideford loses training ship

  • 226 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 227 Warmington's garage ad

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

  • 229 Northam footballers of the future

  • 230

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 231 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 232 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 233

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 234 Torrington's new amenity

  • 235 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 236 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 237 Waldon Triplets
  • 238 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 239 Artisans' Club

  • 240 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 241 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 242 In their new robes and hats

  • 243 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 244 Pannier Market's future?

  • 245 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 246 Off on a great adventure

  • 247

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 248 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 249 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 250 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 251 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 252 Ships at Bideford

  • 253 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 254 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

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

  • 256 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 257 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 258 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

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

  • 260 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 261 Bridging the stream

  • 262

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 263 All aboard the ark

  • 264 What's the time?

  • 265 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 266 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 267 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 268 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 269 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 270 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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

  • 272 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 273

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 274 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 275 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 276

    New gateway
  • 277 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 278 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 279 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 280 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 281 Riverside mystery

  • 282 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 283 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 284 Twenty-one yachts

  • 285 Recognise this resort?

  • 286 Sight of a lifetime

  • 287 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 288 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 289 The cab at the corner>
  • 290 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 291 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 292 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 293 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 294 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 295 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 296 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 297 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 298 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 299 A story to tell!

  • 300 No laughing matter

  • 301 New Lundy stamps

  • 302 Private home for public pump

  • 303 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 304 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 305 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 306 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 307 They are parted pro-tem

  • 308 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 309 The art of the thatcher

  • 310 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

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

  • 312

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 313 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 314 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 315 Torrington in 1967

  • 316

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 317

    Exhibition of school work
  • 318 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 319 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 320 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 321 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 322 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 323 All for the love of a lady!

  • 324 New art gallery opened

  • 325 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 326 Clovelly nightmare

  • 327 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 328 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 329 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 330 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 331 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 332

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 333 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 334 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 335 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 336 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 337 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 338 Simple Item 138
  • 339 Burnard family reunion

  • 340 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 341 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 342 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 343

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 344 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 345 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 346 Last train from Torrington

  • 347 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 348

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 349 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 350 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 351 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 352 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 353 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 354

    Married in 1908
  • 355 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 356 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 357 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 358 New look in the hayfields

  • 359 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 360 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 361 Emergency ferry services

  • 362 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 363 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 364 Parkham plan realised

  • 365 Variety in summer weather

  • 366 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 367

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 368

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 369 Picking the pops

  • 370 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

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

  • 372 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 373 Mobile missionary

  • 374 Some mushroom!

  • 375 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 376 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 377 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 378 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 379

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 380 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 381 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 382 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 383 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 384 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 385 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 386 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

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

  • 388 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 389 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 390 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 391 Bideford computer stars

  • 392 School's link with cargo ship

  • 393

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 394 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 395 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 396 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 397 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 398 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 399 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 400 When horses score over the tractor

  • 401 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 402 Life begins at 80

  • 403 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 404 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 405 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 406 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 407 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 408 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 409 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 410 A man and his wheel

  • 411 113 years at Instow

  • 412 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 413 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

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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Well-Known Artisan Golfer

Members of Northam Golf Club, which he had earlier served for twenty-eight years as secretary, were bearers at the funeral at Northam Parish Church on Friday of Mr T J F Webber, formerly of 6 Searle Terrace, Northam.

1950 Mr Webber golfer


Mr Webber, who was 89, died on May 22nd. He was a retired postal official.
The funeral service was conducted by the Rev E B Bridger (Vicar). Mrs D Kelly was at the organ.
Immediate mourners were: Mr George Webber, Mr Leo Webber, Mrs L Webber, Mr Norman Webber, Mrs N Webber, Mr and Mrs R Jeffery, Mrs Wrey, Mrs W Chapman, Miss Esme Webber, Mr George Wrey and Mr Fred Webber, Mr Leonard Spry and Mr John Spry.
Other attending were: Mr and Mrs W Mills, Mr and Mrs C Gale, Rev H P D Pinhey, Rev J C A S Muller, Messrs J H Taylor, S Heard, W A S Bromell (also representing Mr and Mrs E H Trapnell), R T Bennett, J Jeffery, Mesdames W Kelly, W E Babb, Jenkins, E Beaumont, Jeffery, W Littlejohns, H Glover, A Mitchell, Burch, Hill, E R Rendle; Misses F Kelly, J Shutt, R Barber (also representing Mr W E Ellis), Lawrence and F E Kelly.
Floral tributes included: Mr J Jeffery and family; from brother Jim and family; Laura and Will Chapman; Emma, Frances, Lilly and Billy; the Northam Golf Club; members of Bideford Liberal Club; members of Bideford Putting Green; Miss Ruby Barber; Miss Janie Shutt.
Funeral arrangements were by Mr H T Hancock, Lenards Road, Northam.
The full Gazette article is dated 2 June 1950

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