2 June 1950
Persistence usually brings its reward… as residents of Elmdale Terrace, Bideford, and its immediate neighbourhood can testify.
Built one-ended, the terrace opens on to the old Northam road. A stream bars the direct route to the Kingsley Road and bus stops. For those on the other side of the stream a visit to the sub-post office at Stanhope Terrace on the old Northam road meant a round-about journey.
But, through the persistence of residents and the work of 81 years old Mr Harry Verren, of 15 Elmdale Terrace, the obstacle of the
7 July 1950
But no bomb ‘winkled out’ this house – it has not yet been built.
Off the Northam Road, Bideford, Mr Arthur Beer has a site for four houses, but only three people with licences for houses to be built. Two of those three wanted end houses, hence the gap in the middle, a commentary on present day building regulations. The slats from the two houses bordering on the gap seem to be stretching out their hands in
13 February 1959
which has stood for many years is vanishing. It is the old stone chimney which towers over the now disused area in New Road, known locally as the ‘tan-yard’.
Most of the yard, once a prominent centre of industry in the town, was owned by the Clinton Estate Company until their recent sale when it came into the possession of two local firms – the Reg Sussex motor-cycle business, and Messrs Sing and Gist, plumbers and dealers.
A spokesman told a Gazette reported that the two firms had not yet finally decided what should be done with the
…25 November 1960
After the Surveyor (Mr L J Dunn) had confessed: “I am a bit of a square when it comes to architecture”, Bideford Rural Council on Tuesday refused planning permission for a house which a nurse wishes to build in the Monkleigh locality.
The Surveyor told members that it was a two-storey building with a mono-pitch roof covered with aluminium. The external walls would be painted white with black plinths. The design was the first of this modern type in the district, he said. Although internally the house was very functional, it would be out of
23 June 1950
The remains of the old toll cottage are on the other side of the bridge, which has a deceptive ‘hump’ as those motorists who have gone over it at a crisp speed have found out. The meadow scene looks peaceful in our picture but on occasions during the winter the arches are flecked with foam and the road flooded by a turbulent river Torridge.
Gazette article dated 23 June 1950
…30 June 1950
A glance at the top and bottom of the photograph illustrates the 'before and after' effect. It appears that just at that moment a shoe-shine was being given.
Gazette article dated 30 June 1950