• 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 When horses score over the tractor

  • 2 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 3 Northam's almshouse

  • 4 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 5 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 6 New addition to Quay front

  • 7 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 8 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 9 Hartland postman retires

  • 10 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 11 All for the love of a lady!

  • 12 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 13 New civic medallions

  • 14 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 15 Some mushroom!

  • 16 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 17 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 18 The Geneva marionettes

  • 19

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 20

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 21 Simple Item 138
  • 22

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 23 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 24 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 25 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 26 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 27 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 28 Peter poses for TV film

  • 29 Cruising down the river

  • 30 They are parted pro-tem

  • 31 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 32 Clovelly custom

  • 33 Clovelly nightmare

  • 34 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 35 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 36 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 37 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 38 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 39 Finished in 1876

  • 40 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 41 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 42 End of the line

  • 43 Bideford computer stars

  • 44

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 45 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 46 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 47 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 48 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 49 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 50

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 51 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 52 Blanchards ad.>
  • 53 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 54 School crossing patrol begins

  • 55 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 56 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 57 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 58 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 59 School's link with cargo ship

  • 60

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 61 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 62 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 63 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 64

    Relatives all over the world
  • 65 It really was the 'last time'

  • 66 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 67 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 68 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 69 Can spring be far away?

  • 70 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 71

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 72 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 73 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 74 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 75 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 76 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 77 Sight of a lifetime

  • 78 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 79 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 80 A bird of their own!

  • 81

    First prize
  • 82 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 83 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 84 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 85 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 86 In their new robes and hats

  • 87 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 88 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 89 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 90 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 91 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 92 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 93 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 94 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 95 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 96 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 97 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 98 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 99

    Exhibition of school work
  • 100 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 101 Penny for the guy

  • 102 Appledore's largest

  • 103 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 104 He beat the floods

  • 105 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 106 New life for Hartland organ

  • 107 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 108 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 109 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 110

    Bidefordians
  • 111 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 112 Bridging the stream

  • 113 A man and his wheel

  • 114 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 115 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 116

    Building works
  • 117 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 118 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

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

  • 120 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 121 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 122 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 123 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 124 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 125 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 126 Riverside mystery

  • 127 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 128 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 129 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 130 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 131 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 132 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 133 Weare Giffard potato

  • 134

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 135

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 136 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 137 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 138 Torrington children build igloo
  • 139 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 140 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 141 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 142 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 143 Six footed lamb

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

  • 145 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 146 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 147 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 148

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 149 Loads of black and white

  • 150

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

  • 152 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

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

  • 154

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 155 All aboard the ark

  • 156 Bideford loses training ship

  • 157 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 158 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 159 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

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

  • 161 Sweets derationing

  • 162 Parkham plan realised

  • 163 New Post Office

  • 164 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 165

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 166 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 167 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 168 Bideford regatta

  • 169

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 170 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 171 Life begins at 80

  • 172 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 173 Picking the pops

  • 174 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 175 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 176 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 177 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 178 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 179 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 180 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 181 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 182 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 183 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 184 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 185 New choral society's growing response

  • 186 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 187 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 188 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 189 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 190 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 191 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 192 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 193 So this is the mainland!

  • 194 Filming at Hartland

  • 195 Centenary of Gazette

  • 196 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 197 Variety in summer weather

  • 198 The art of the thatcher

  • 199 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

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

  • 201 What's the time?

  • 202 New Lundy stamps

  • 203 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 204 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 205 Northam footballers of the future

  • 206 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 207 For crying out loud!

  • 208 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 209 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 210 Warmington's garage ad

  • 211 The cab at the corner>
  • 212 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 213 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 214 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 215 Capers on the cobbles

  • 216 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 217 Jumble sale fever

  • 218 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 219 Hartland's invitation

  • 220

    New gateway
  • 221 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 222 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 223 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 224 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 225 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 226 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 227 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 228 New shipyard on schedule

  • 229 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 230 No laughing matter

  • 231 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 232 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 233

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 234 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 235 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

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

  • 237 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 238 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 239

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 240 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 241 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 242 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 243 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 244 Happy Days!

  • 245 Over the bank together>
  • 246 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 247 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 248 Picking the pops

  • 249 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 250 Revenge in style

  • 251 Ships at Bideford

  • 252 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 253 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 254 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 255 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 256 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 257

    Married in 1908
  • 258

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 259 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 260

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 261 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 262 New art gallery opened

  • 263 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 264 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 265 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 266 Artisans' Club

  • 267 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 268 Twenty-one yachts

  • 269 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 270 Burnard family reunion

  • 271 Police station view of Bideford

  • 272 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 273 Caught in the act>
  • 274 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 275 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 276 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 277 Decontrol of meat

  • 278

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 279 Pannier Market's future?

  • 280 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 281 113 years at Instow

  • 282 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 283 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 284 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 285 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 286 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 287 Torrington's new amenity

  • 288 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 289 A story to tell!

  • 290 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 291 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 292 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 293 Devil sent packing

  • 294 New look in the hayfields

  • 295 Littleham family's five generations

  • 296

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 297 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 298 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 299 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 300 Ten year old scrambler

  • 301 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 302 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 303 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 304 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 305 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 306 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 307 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 308

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 309 Off on a great adventure

  • 310 Out of puff!

  • 311 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 312 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 313 Traditions and skills still there

  • 314 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 315 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 316 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 317

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 318 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 319 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 320 Recognise this resort?

  • 321 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 322 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 323 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 324 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 325 Liked holidays here - so starts business

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

  • 327 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 328 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 329 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 330

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 331 X-ray shoe fitting

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

  • 333 A roof-top view - where?

  • 334 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 335 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 336 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 337 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 338 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 339 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 340 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 341 Private home for public pump

  • 342 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 343 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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

  • 345 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 346 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 347 Circus comes to town

  • 348 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 349 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 350 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 351 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 352 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 353 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 354 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 355 Waldon Triplets
  • 356 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 357 Emergency ferry services

  • 358 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 359 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 360 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 361 First ship in 8 years

  • 362 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 363 Puppet characters introduced

  • 364 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 365 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 366 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 367 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 368 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 369 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 370 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 371 Sailing to victory at Appledore

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

  • 373 Torrington in 1967

  • 374 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 375 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 376 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 377 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 378 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 379 Some 240 exhibits

  • 380 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 381 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 382 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 383 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 384 By pony and trap to market

  • 385 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 386 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

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

  • 388 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 389 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 390

    Was a missionary
  • 391 Hartland Dancers
  • 392 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 393 North Devon Driving School

  • 394 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 395 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 396 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 397 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 398 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 399 Last train from Torrington

  • 400 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 401 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 402

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 403 Modern living at Bideford

  • 404 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 405 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 406 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 407 Just over a year old

  • 408 From Bobby to Brian

  • 409 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 410 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 411 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 412 Service with a smile

  • 413 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 414 No sale of Springfield House

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

  • 416 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 417 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 418 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 419 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 420

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 421 Mobile missionary

  • 422 Appledore Juniors Football
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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Bideford proclaims Queen Elizabeth

Hopes at Bideford ceremony

Ald. W.E. Ellis seconded a resolution paying homage to her Majesty and pledging the unswerving loyalty of the Borough Council at a special meeting of the Council at Bideford Town Hall following the reading of the official proclamation.

15 February 1952 Bideford proclaims Queen Elizabeth

A fanfare of trumpets by members of Bideford Town Silver Band followed the call of the Town Crier (Mr S. Braund) for silence.

After the proclamation had been read by the Town Clerk (Mr F.C. Blackway) from the Town Hall balcony, a prayer for the new Queen was spoken by the Mayor’s Chaplain (Rev. Isaac Bond) and the Rector of Bideford (Preb. J.A. Durling) led the singing of the hymn ‘O God our help in ages past.’

Gazette article 15 February 1952

 

Bideford triplets’ first birthday party

Birthday cake specially made

Bideford’s triplets, children of Mr and Mrs H.S. Waring of Barton Tors, Bideford, became one year old last week and a birthday cake with three candles was specially made for the occasion.

1 February 1952 Bideford triplets first birthday party

Mrs Waring shows the triplets their first birthday cake. From left to right the triplets are Margaret, Brian and Elizabeth.

Except for minor colds, the triplets had a clean bill of health over the past twelve months. Elizabeth and Margaret now tip the scales at 20 lb. and 18 lb. respectively. Brian now weighs 15 lb. but has an advantage over his sisters in that he now has ten teeth, compared with Elizabeth’s eight and Margaret’s five.

Gazette article 1 February 1952

Dismantling of wireless mast

At Appledore end of Burrows

One of the smaller steel lattice wireless masts which, for about ten years, have been a prominent feature in that corner of Northam Burrows between Northam and Appledore, is in the process of being dismantled.

1 February 1952 Distmantling of wireless mast

The mast, which is 325 feet high, is being taken down in 21-feet sections and will be re-assembled in Wales to replace a similar mast damaged in the recent gales.

Gazette article 1 February 1952

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