• 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 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 2 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 3 School crossing patrol begins

  • 4 Weare Giffard potato

  • 5 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 6

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 7 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 8 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 9

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 10 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 11 All for the love of a lady!

  • 12 Police station view of Bideford

  • 13 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 14 In their new robes and hats

  • 15 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 16 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 17 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 18 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 19 Over the bank together>
  • 20 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 21 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 22 Blanchards ad.>
  • 23 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 24 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 25 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 26 Off on a great adventure

  • 27 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 28 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 29 Mobile missionary

  • 30 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 31 Recognise this resort?

  • 32 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 33

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 34 New life for Hartland organ

  • 35 No sale of Springfield House

  • 36 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 37 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 38 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 39 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 40 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 41 Torrington children build igloo
  • 42 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 43 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 44 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 45 All aboard the ark

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

  • 47 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 48 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 49 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 50 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 51 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 52 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 53 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 54 Six footed lamb

  • 55 Bideford loses training ship

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

  • 57

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 58 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 59

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 60

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 61 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 62 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 63 Puppet characters introduced

  • 64 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 65 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

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

  • 67 Jumble sale fever

  • 68 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 69 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 70 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 71 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 72 Cruising down the river

  • 73 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 74

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 75 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 76 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 77 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 78

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 79 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 80 Sweets derationing

  • 81

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 82 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 83 From Bobby to Brian

  • 84 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 85 New addition to Quay front

  • 86 New shipyard on schedule

  • 87 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 88 Variety in summer weather

  • 89 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 90 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 91 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 92

    New gateway
  • 93 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 94 Twenty-one yachts

  • 95 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 96 Last train from Torrington

  • 97 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 98 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 99 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 100 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 101 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 102 Just over a year old

  • 103 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 104 New Post Office

  • 105 They are parted pro-tem

  • 106 Caught in the act>
  • 107 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 108 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 109 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 110 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 111 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 112

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 113 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 114 Circus comes to town

  • 115 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 116 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 117

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 118 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 119 New civic medallions

  • 120 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 121 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 122 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 123 Appledore's largest

  • 124 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 125 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 126 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 127 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 128 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 129 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 130 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 131 Clovelly custom

  • 132 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 133 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 134 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 135 Traditions and skills still there

  • 136

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 137 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 138 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 139 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 140

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 141 Decontrol of meat

  • 142 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 143 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 144 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 145 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 146 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 147 Peter poses for TV film

  • 148 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 149 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 150 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 151 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 152

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 153

    Exhibition of school work
  • 154 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 155 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 156 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 157 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 158 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 159 A story to tell!

  • 160 Service with a smile

  • 161 A bird of their own!

  • 162 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 163 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 164 A man and his wheel

  • 165 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 166 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 167 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 168

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 169 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 170 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 171 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

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

  • 173 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 174 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 175 Warmington's garage ad

  • 176 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 177

    First prize
  • 178 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 179

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 180 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 181 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 182 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 183 Sight of a lifetime

  • 184 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 185 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 186 The cab at the corner>
  • 187 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 188 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 189 He beat the floods

  • 190 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 191 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 192 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 193

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 194 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 195 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 196 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 197 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 198 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 199 Out of puff!

  • 200 Torrington in 1967

  • 201 So this is the mainland!

  • 202 Revenge in style

  • 203 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 204 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 205 Hartland Dancers
  • 206 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 207 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 208 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 209 New Lundy stamps

  • 210 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 211 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 212 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 213 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 214 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 215 The Geneva marionettes

  • 216 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 217 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 218 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 219 Torrington's new amenity

  • 220 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 221 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 222 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 223 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

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

  • 225 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 226 Some mushroom!

  • 227 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 228

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 229 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 230 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 231 By pony and trap to market

  • 232 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 233 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 234 No laughing matter

  • 235 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 236 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 237 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 238 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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

  • 240 Hartland postman retires

  • 241 A roof-top view - where?

  • 242

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 243 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 244 Ten year old scrambler

  • 245 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 246 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 247 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 248 Life begins at 80

  • 249 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 250 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 251 Picking the pops

  • 252

    Married in 1908
  • 253

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 254 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 255 Clovelly nightmare

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

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

  • 258 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 259

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 260 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 261

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 262

    Was a missionary
  • 263 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 264 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 265 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 266 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 267 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

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

  • 269 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 270 Filming at Hartland

  • 271 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 272 Burnard family reunion

  • 273 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 274 Happy Days!

  • 275 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 276 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 277 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 278 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 279 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 280 Can spring be far away?

  • 281 Riverside mystery

  • 282 It really was the 'last time'

  • 283 Pannier Market's future?

  • 284 Bideford regatta

  • 285 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 286 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 287 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 288 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 289 Finished in 1876

  • 290 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 291 Designed and made in Bideford

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

  • 293 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 294

    Building works
  • 295 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 296 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 297 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 298 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 299 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 300 113 years at Instow

  • 301

    Bidefordians
  • 302 Northam's almshouse

  • 303 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 304 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 305

    Relatives all over the world
  • 306 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 307 Littleham family's five generations

  • 308 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 309 New look in the hayfields

  • 310 Devil sent packing

  • 311 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 312 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 313 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 314 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 315 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 316 First ship in 8 years

  • 317 School's link with cargo ship

  • 318 Picking the pops

  • 319 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 320 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 321 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 322 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 323 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 324 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 325 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 326 Bideford computer stars

  • 327 Private home for public pump

  • 328 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 329 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 330 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 331 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 332 The art of the thatcher

  • 333 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 334 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 335 Hartland's invitation

  • 336 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 337 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 338 Northam footballers of the future

  • 339 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 340 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 341 Bridging the stream

  • 342 Loads of black and white

  • 343 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 344 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 345 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 346 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 347 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 348 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 349 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 350 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 351 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 352 Centenary of Gazette

  • 353 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 354 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

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

  • 356 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

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

  • 358 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 359 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 360 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 361 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 362 When horses score over the tractor

  • 363 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 364 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 365 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 366 New choral society's growing response

  • 367 End of the line

  • 368 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 369 A sense of humour in advertising

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

  • 371 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 372 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 373 Waldon Triplets
  • 374 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 375 Some 240 exhibits

  • 376 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 377 What's the time?

  • 378 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 379 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 380 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 381 North Devon Driving School

  • 382 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 383 New art gallery opened

  • 384 Ships at Bideford

  • 385 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 386 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 387

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 388 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 389 Modern living at Bideford

  • 390 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 391 Capers on the cobbles

  • 392 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 393 Penny for the guy

  • 394 Simple Item 138
  • 395

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 396 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 397 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 398 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 399 Emergency ferry services

  • 400 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 401 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 402 For crying out loud!

  • 403 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 404 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 405 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 406 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 407 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 408 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 409 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 410 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 411 Artisans' Club

  • 412 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 413 Parkham plan realised

  • 414 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 415 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 416 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 417 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 418

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 419 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 420 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 421 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 422 Photo of town's first car wins prize

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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  • 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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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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Gelignite Found At Woolsery

Army bomb disposal experts from Salisbury on Saturday removed 30 three-inch sticks of gelignite discovered in a shed adjoining a house at Cross Park, Woolsery.

17.11.1972 gelignite

The explosive was found by Mr A C Perkins, who told the Gazette he had lived in the house all his life. "I have an idea how it got there, but I don't want to comment" he said.
Said to be about 10 years old and in a damp state, the gelignite was on a shelf.
Gazette article dated 17 November 1972

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