• 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 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 2 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 3 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 4 Blanchards ad.>
  • 5 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 6 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 7 Picking the pops

  • 8 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 9 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 10 Bridging the stream

  • 11 Bideford computer stars

  • 12 Artisans' Club

  • 13 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 14 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 15 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 16 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 17 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 18 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 19 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 20 By pony and trap to market

  • 21 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 22 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 23 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 24 Finished in 1876

  • 25 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 26 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 27 Jumble sale fever

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

  • 29 School's link with cargo ship

  • 30 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 31

    First prize
  • 32 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 33 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 34 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 35 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 36 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 37 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 38 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 39 Last train from Torrington

  • 40 New art gallery opened

  • 41 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 42 What's the time?

  • 43 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 44 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 45 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 46 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 47 Puppet characters introduced

  • 48 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 49 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 50 Variety in summer weather

  • 51 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 52 Recognise this resort?

  • 53 Simple Item 138
  • 54 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 55 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 56 No laughing matter

  • 57 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 58 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 59 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 60 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 61

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 62 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 63

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 64 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 65 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 66

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 67 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 68 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 69 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 70 Torrington's new amenity

  • 71

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 72 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 73 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 74 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 75

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 76 New shipyard on schedule

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

  • 78 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 79 Torrington children build igloo
  • 80 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 81 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 82 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 83 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 84 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 85 New Lundy stamps

  • 86 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 87 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 88 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 89 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 90 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 91 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 92

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 93 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 94 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 95 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 96 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 97 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 98

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 99 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 100 Ten year old scrambler

  • 101 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 102 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 103 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 104

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 105

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 106 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 107 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 108 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 109 Revenge in style

  • 110 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 111 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 112 Six footed lamb

  • 113 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 114 New Estate's view of estuary activities

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

  • 116 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 117 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 118

    Was a missionary
  • 119 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 120 Ships at Bideford

  • 121 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 122 Torrington in 1967

  • 123 First ship in 8 years

  • 124 113 years at Instow

  • 125 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 126 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 127 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 128

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 129 Circus comes to town

  • 130 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 131 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 132 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 133 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 134 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 135 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 136

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 137 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 138 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 139 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 140 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 141 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 142

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 143 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 144 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 145 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 146 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 147 Can spring be far away?

  • 148 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 149 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 150 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 151 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 152 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 153 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 154 Hartland postman retires

  • 155 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 156 Off on a great adventure

  • 157 Emergency ferry services

  • 158 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

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

  • 160 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 161 Picking the pops

  • 162 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 163 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 164 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 165 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 166 Capers on the cobbles

  • 167 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 168 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 169 No sale of Springfield House

  • 170 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 171 In their new robes and hats

  • 172 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 173 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 174 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 175 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 176 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 177 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 178 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 179 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 180 Just over a year old

  • 181 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 182 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 183 Modern living at Bideford

  • 184 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 185 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 186 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 187 Service with a smile

  • 188 For crying out loud!

  • 189 Clovelly nightmare

  • 190 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 191 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 192 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 193

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 194

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 195 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 196 New Post Office

  • 197 End of the line

  • 198 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 199 New look in the hayfields

  • 200 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 201 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 202 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 203 A roof-top view - where?

  • 204 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 205 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

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

  • 207 Caught in the act>
  • 208 New civic medallions

  • 209

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 210 Dismantling of wireless mast

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

  • 212 Peter poses for TV film

  • 213 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 214

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 215 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 216 From Bobby to Brian

  • 217 Out of puff!

  • 218 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 219 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 220 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 221 Centenary of Gazette

  • 222 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 223 Police station view of Bideford

  • 224 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

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

  • 226 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 227 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 228 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 229 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 230 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 231 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 232 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 233 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 234

    Bidefordians
  • 235

    Married in 1908
  • 236 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 237

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 238 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 239 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 240 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 241 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 242 New life for Hartland organ

  • 243 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 244 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 245 Northam's almshouse

  • 246 Littleham family's five generations

  • 247 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 248 Hartland Dancers
  • 249 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 250 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 251 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 252 Northam footballers of the future

  • 253 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 254 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 255 Riverside mystery

  • 256 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 257 Private home for public pump

  • 258 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 259 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 260 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 261 Some 240 exhibits

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

  • 263 Happy Days!

  • 264 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 265 It really was the 'last time'

  • 266 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 267 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 268 The Geneva marionettes

  • 269 Sight of a lifetime

  • 270 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 271 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 272 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 273

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 274 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 275 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 276 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 277 Cruising down the river

  • 278 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 279 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 280 Warmington's garage ad

  • 281 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 282

    New gateway
  • 283 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 284 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 285 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 286 Twenty-one yachts

  • 287 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 288 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 289 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 290 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 291 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 292 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 293 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 294 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 295 Appledore's largest

  • 296 Hartland's invitation

  • 297

    Relatives all over the world
  • 298 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 299 Mobile missionary

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 301 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 302 So this is the mainland!

  • 303 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 304 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 305 A man and his wheel

  • 306 Penny for the guy

  • 307 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 308 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 309 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 310 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 311 He beat the floods

  • 312 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 313 Devil sent packing

  • 314 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 315 Clovelly custom

  • 316 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 317 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 318 They are parted pro-tem

  • 319 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 320 A bird of their own!

  • 321 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 322 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 323 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 324 Loads of black and white

  • 325 Over the bank together>
  • 326 Decontrol of meat

  • 327

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 328 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 329 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 330 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 331 All for the love of a lady!

  • 332 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 333 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 334 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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

  • 336 The art of the thatcher

  • 337 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 338 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

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

  • 340 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 341 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 342 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 343 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 344 School crossing patrol begins

  • 345 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 346 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 347 Traditions and skills still there

  • 348 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 349 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 350 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 351 Waldon Triplets
  • 352 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 353 Parkham plan realised

  • 354 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 355

    Exhibition of school work
  • 356 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 357 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 358 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 359 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 360 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 361 New choral society's growing response

  • 362 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 363 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 364 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 365 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 366 New addition to Quay front

  • 367

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 368 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 369 North Devon Driving School

  • 370 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 371

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 372

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 373 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 374 All aboard the ark

  • 375 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 376 Sweets derationing

  • 377 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 378 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 379 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 380 Life begins at 80

  • 381 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 382 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 383 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 384 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 385 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 386 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 387 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 388 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 389 Burnard family reunion

  • 390 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 391 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 392 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 393

    Building works
  • 394 Pannier Market's future?

  • 395 Some mushroom!

  • 396 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 397 The cab at the corner>
  • 398 Filming at Hartland

  • 399 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 400 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 401 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 402 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 403 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 404 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 405 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 406 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 407 When horses score over the tractor

  • 408 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 409 Weare Giffard potato

  • 410 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 411 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 412 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 413 Bideford regatta

  • 414 Bideford loses training ship

  • 415 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 416 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 417 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 418

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 419 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 420 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 421 A story to tell!

  • 422

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
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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Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

Bideford High Street in August

Holiday traffic is kept gently on the move. Pavements are thronged with shoppers, many of them holiday-makers bringing a gay touch of beach-wear or, if skies are not favourable, wearing the now almost ubiquitous plastic mackintosh.

13 August 1954 Holiday traffic

Gazette article 13 August 1954

 

 

Decontrol of meat – 5 July 1954

Pre-war quality

Pre-war quality in sausages and cooked meats will be back again with decontrol of meat next week.

2 July 1954 Decontrol of meat

Remember the queues at our shop in the High Street? Now no need to queue, you’ll get the best of pork, bacon, sausages and cooked meats at Frayne’s, High Street, Bideford.

Gazette ad 2 July 1954

Children’s procession with foxgloves

Procession for St Nectan's festival

Carrying foxgloves, children from Hartland and Welcombe took part in a procession at St Nectan’s Church, Hartland, on Sunday morning.

25 June 1954 Childrens procession with foxgloves

Foxgloves grow in profusion in the parish and the carrying of them at the festival of the Saint arises from the legend that when robbers beheaded St Nectan foxgloves sprang up where his blood was shed.

Gazette article 25 June 1954

 

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