• 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 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 2 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 3 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 4 Capers on the cobbles

  • 5 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 6 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 7

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 8 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 9 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 10 A man and his wheel

  • 11 Private home for public pump

  • 12 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 13 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 14 Clovelly nightmare

  • 15

    Bidefordians
  • 16 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 17 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 18 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 19 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 20 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 21 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 22 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 23 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 24 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 25 Mobile missionary

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

  • 27 A roof-top view - where?

  • 28 Police station view of Bideford

  • 29

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 30 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 31

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 32

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 33 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 34 Bideford loses training ship

  • 35 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 36 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 37

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 38 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 39 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 40 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 41 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 42 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 43 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 44 In their new robes and hats

  • 45 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 46 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 47 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 48 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 49 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 50 Cruising down the river

  • 51 Just over a year old

  • 52 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 53 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 54

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 55 New addition to Quay front

  • 56 Getting up steam for tomorrow

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

  • 58 Out of puff!

  • 59 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 60 Decontrol of meat

  • 61 North Devon Driving School

  • 62 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 63 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 64 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 65 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 66 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 67 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 68 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 69 Ten year old scrambler

  • 70 Off on a great adventure

  • 71 Jumble sale fever

  • 72 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 73 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 74 The art of the thatcher

  • 75 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 76 Picking the pops

  • 77 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 78 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 79 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 80 Artisans' Club

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

  • 82 Bridging the stream

  • 83 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 84 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 85 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 86 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 87 Littleham family's five generations

  • 88 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 89 Peter poses for TV film

  • 90 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 91 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 92 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 93 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 94 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 95 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 96 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 97 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 98 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 99 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 100 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 101 Traditions and skills still there

  • 102

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 103 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 104 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 105 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 106 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 107 Happy Days!

  • 108 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 109 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 110 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 111 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 112 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 113 He beat the floods

  • 114 No laughing matter

  • 115 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 116 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 117 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 118 Can spring be far away?

  • 119 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 120 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 121 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 122 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 123

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 124 First ship in 8 years

  • 125 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 126 Devil sent packing

  • 127 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 128 New shipyard on schedule

  • 129 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 130 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 131 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

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

  • 133 School's link with cargo ship

  • 134 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 135 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 136 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 137 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 138

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 139 Six footed lamb

  • 140 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 141 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 142 Some mushroom!

  • 143

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 144 Penny for the guy

  • 145 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 146 New civic medallions

  • 147 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 148 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 149 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 150 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 151 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 152 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 153 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 154

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 155 Modern living at Bideford

  • 156 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 157 When horses score over the tractor

  • 158

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 159

    First prize
  • 160 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 161 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 162 Finished in 1876

  • 163 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 164 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 165 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 166

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 167 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 168 Some 240 exhibits

  • 169 Loads of black and white

  • 170 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 171

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 172 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 173 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 174 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 175

    Relatives all over the world
  • 176 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 177 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 178 Recognise this resort?

  • 179 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 180 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 181 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 182 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 183 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 184 No sale of Springfield House

  • 185 Puppet characters introduced

  • 186 Revenge in style

  • 187 Filming at Hartland

  • 188 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 189 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 190 School crossing patrol begins

  • 191 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 192 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 193 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 194 So this is the mainland!

  • 195

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 196 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 197 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 198 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 199 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 200 It really was the 'last time'

  • 201 A bird of their own!

  • 202 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 203 Hartland postman retires

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

  • 205 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 206 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 207 New choral society's growing response

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

  • 209 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 210 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 211 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 212 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 213 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 214 By pony and trap to market

  • 215 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 216

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 217

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 218 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 219 Warmington's garage ad

  • 220 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 221 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 222 Big develolpment at Calveford

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

  • 224 Bideford computer stars

  • 225 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 226 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 227 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 228 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 229 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 230 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 231 Picking the pops

  • 232 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 233 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 234 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 235 Ships at Bideford

  • 236 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 237 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 238 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 239 New art gallery opened

  • 240 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 241

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 242 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 243 Calf thinks of mare as mum

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

  • 245 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 246 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 247 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 248 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 249 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 250 Northam footballers of the future

  • 251 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 252 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 253 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 254 For crying out loud!

  • 255 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 256 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 257 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 258 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 259 All aboard the ark

  • 260 The cab at the corner>
  • 261 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 262 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 263 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 264 Hartland's invitation

  • 265 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 266 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 267 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 268 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 269 All for the love of a lady!

  • 270 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 271 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 272 Centenary of Gazette

  • 273 New Lundy stamps

  • 274 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 275

    Exhibition of school work
  • 276 Waldon Triplets
  • 277 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 278 Last train from Torrington

  • 279 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 280 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 281 What's the time?

  • 282 Appledore's largest

  • 283 113 years at Instow

  • 284 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 285 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 286 Record player of 80 years ago

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    New gateway
  • 288 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 289 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 290 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 291 Torrington in 1967

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

  • 293 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 294 Emergency ferry services

  • 295 Pannier Market's future?

  • 296 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 297 Clovelly custom

  • 298 New Post Office

  • 299

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 300 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 301 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 302

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 303 Variety in summer weather

  • 304

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 305 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 306 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 307 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 308 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 309

    Was a missionary
  • 310 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 311 New look in the hayfields

  • 312 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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

  • 314 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 315 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 316 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 317 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 318 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 319 Bideford regatta

  • 320 Northam's almshouse

  • 321 Hartland Dancers
  • 322 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 323 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 324 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 325 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 326 Sweets derationing

  • 327 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 328 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 329 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 330 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 331 They are parted pro-tem

  • 332 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 333 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 334 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 335 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 336 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 337 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 338 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 339 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 340 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 341

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 342 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 343 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 344 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 345 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 346 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 347 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 348 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 349 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 350 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 351 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 352

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 353 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 354 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 355 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 356 Burnard family reunion

  • 357 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 358 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 359 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 360 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 361 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 362 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 363 Simple Item 138
  • 364 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 365 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 366 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 367 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 368 Weare Giffard potato

  • 369 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 370 Riverside mystery

  • 371 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 372 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 373 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 374 Torrington's new amenity

  • 375 Life begins at 80

  • 376 Twenty-one yachts

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    Building works
  • 378 Parkham plan realised

  • 379 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 380 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 381 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 382 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 383 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 384

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 385 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 386 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 387 Torrington children build igloo
  • 388 Service with a smile

  • 389 Circus comes to town

  • 390

    Married in 1908
  • 391

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 392 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 393 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 394 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 395 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 396 Sight of a lifetime

  • 397 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 398 Calligrapher extraordinary

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

  • 400 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 401 End of the line

  • 402 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 403 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 404 New life for Hartland organ

  • 405 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 406 The Geneva marionettes

  • 407 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

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

  • 409 Buckland goes to County Show

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

  • 411 A story to tell!

  • 412 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 413 From Bobby to Brian

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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  • 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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  • 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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Maintaining The Family Tradition

Buckland Brewer brothers win in ploughing matches

Brothers David and Norman Poole maintained the family tradition at the Torridge Group of Young Farmers’ Clubs’ ploughing match on Friday, carrying off five prizes between them.

The match was at Gribble, Little Torrington, the farm of the President, Mr G Crocker. The group incorporates Bradworthy, Buckland Brewer, Hartland, Little Torrington, Shebbear and Clawton clubs. Group leader is Mr A Bewes, chairman Mr D Crocker, hon. treasurer Miss A Goaman and joint hon. secretaries Messrs D Daniel and D Cobbledick.

Results – N Poole; B Cottle; A Watts; D Poole; E Ley; K Redwood; J Luxton; H Geatches; T H Kiff; J H Nott; P J Edwards; W H Bulledl; J B Westaway; R W Tapp; M Westcott; M Ward; A Andrew; J Heard; R Cawsey; E Grigg; M Dymond; C Johns; M Westcott; J Luxton; L Goaman; R Hutchings; and J Bond.

3.11.1961 Farming Gribble

Gazette article dated 3 November 1961

Pusehill Farm sold

£27,500 For An Abbotsham Farm

3.2.1950 Abbotsham farm Pusehill

On Tuesday, at Mitchell’s Café, Bideford, Messrs Hannaford Ward and Southcombe Ltd, negotiated the sale of Pusehill Farm, Abbotsham, for Mr L Bellew, the various lots selling for a total of £27,500.

The sale attracted a record attendance, and the bidding was very keenly contested. The six lots were disposed of as follows:

Lot 1: Pusehill House, buildings and 80 acres of land - £10,600 to Mr A P Tucker, of Westward Ho!
Lot 2: Small holding comprising 17 acres - £3,800 to Mr William Beer, of Bideford.
Lot 3: 49 acres of freehold land, known as ‘Gainsboroughs’ - £3,250 to Mr A P Tucker.
Lot 4: Two fields totalling 15½ acres - £2,750 to Mr A Reed, of Northam.
Lot 5: 22 acres of land - £3,750 to Mr E G Bean, of Abbotsham.
Lot 6: 19½ acres of meadow land - £3,350 to Mr A P Tucker

Gazette article dated 3 February 1950

Triplets with a Trio of Lambs

These early lambs

provide triple proof that the long winter days will not last for ever and that Spring is on the way

20.1.1978 Waldon Triplets with lambs

Triplets Donna, Tracey (Tracie) and Jackie Waldon, 14 year old daughters of Mr and Mrs Brian Waldon, of 18 Barton Tors, Bideford, found the young lambs appealing playmates when they visited Southcott Ash Farm, Parkham, the home of Mr and Mrs R L Dunn. Coincidentally, the lambs were all born on the same day, too, although to two different mothers.

Gazette article dated 20 January 1978

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