• 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 Parkham plan realised

  • 2 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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

  • 4 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 5 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 6 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 7 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 8 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 9 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 10 New shipyard on schedule

  • 11 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 12 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 13

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 14 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 15 School's link with cargo ship

  • 16 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 17 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 18 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 19 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 20 Hartland's invitation

  • 21 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 22 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 23 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 24 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 25 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 26 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 27 Littleham family's five generations

  • 28 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 29 By pony and trap to market

  • 30 Centenary of Gazette

  • 31 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 32

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 33 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 34 Modern living at Bideford

  • 35 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 36 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 37 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 38 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 39 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 40 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 41 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 42 Over the bank together>
  • 43 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 44 No laughing matter

  • 45 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 46 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 47 New Post Office

  • 48 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 49 Just over a year old

  • 50 Penny for the guy

  • 51

    Relatives all over the world
  • 52 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 53 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 54 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 55 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 56 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 57 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 58 Clovelly nightmare

  • 59 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 60 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 61 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 62 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 63 New look for Torrington Lane

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

  • 65 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 66 From Bobby to Brian

  • 67 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 68 Off on a great adventure

  • 69 Appledore's largest

  • 70 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 71 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 72 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 73 No sale of Springfield House

  • 74 Torrington in 1967

  • 75

    First prize
  • 76 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 77 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 78 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 79 Waldon Triplets
  • 80 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 81 Pannier Market's future?

  • 82 Jumble sale fever

  • 83 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 84

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 85 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 86 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 87 Private home for public pump

  • 88 New civic medallions

  • 89 Revenge in style

  • 90 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 91 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 92 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 93 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 94 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 95 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 96 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 97 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 98 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 99 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 100 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 101 Torrington's new amenity

  • 102 Devil sent packing

  • 103 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 104 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 105 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 106 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 107 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 108 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 109 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 110

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 111 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 112 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 113 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 114 He beat the floods

  • 115 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 116 A story to tell!

  • 117 Northam footballers of the future

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

  • 119 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 120 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 121 Puppet characters introduced

  • 122

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 123 Out of puff!

  • 124 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 125 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 126 Police station view of Bideford

  • 127 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 128 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 129 New choral society's growing response

  • 130 New addition to Quay front

  • 131 The art of the thatcher

  • 132 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 133 North Devon Driving School

  • 134 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 135

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 136 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 137 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 138 Twenty-one yachts

  • 139 All for the love of a lady!

  • 140 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 141

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 142 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 143 Bideford loses training ship

  • 144 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 145 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 146 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 147 New life for Hartland organ

  • 148 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 149

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 150 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 151 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 152 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 153 Sweets derationing

  • 154

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 155 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 156 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 157 Second Monte Carlo Rally

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

  • 159 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 160 Some 240 exhibits

  • 161 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

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

  • 163 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 164 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 165 Hartland postman retires

  • 166

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 167 Hartland Dancers
  • 168 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 169 Some mushroom!

  • 170 Traditions and skills still there

  • 171 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 172 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 173 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 174 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 175 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 176 The cab at the corner>
  • 177 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 178 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 179 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 180 So this is the mainland!

  • 181 Picking the pops

  • 182 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 183 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 184 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 185 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 186 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 187 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 188 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 189 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 190 Sight of a lifetime

  • 191 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 192 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 193 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 194 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 195 Riverside mystery

  • 196 Last train from Torrington

  • 197 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 198 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 199 Filming at Hartland

  • 200

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 201 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 202 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 203

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 204 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 205 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 206 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 207 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 208 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 209 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 210 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 211 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 212 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 213 Service with a smile

  • 214 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 215 Six footed lamb

  • 216

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 217 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 218 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 219 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 220 It really was the 'last time'

  • 221 Ships at Bideford

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

  • 223 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 224 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 225 They are parted pro-tem

  • 226 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 227

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 228 Blanchards ad.>
  • 229 Torrington children build igloo
  • 230 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 231 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 232 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 233 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 234 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 235 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 236 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 237 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 238 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 239 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 240 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 241 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 242 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 243 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 244 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 245

    Married in 1908
  • 246 First ship in 8 years

  • 247 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 248 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 249 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 250 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 251 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 252 A roof-top view - where?

  • 253 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 254 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 255 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 257 End of the line

  • 258 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 259 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 260 Weare Giffard potato

  • 261 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 262 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 263 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 264 A man and his wheel

  • 265 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 266 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 267 Northam's almshouse

  • 268 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 269 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 270 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 271 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 272 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 273 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 274 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 275 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 276 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 277 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 278 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 279 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 280 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 281

    Bidefordians
  • 282 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 283

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 284 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 285 Variety in summer weather

  • 286 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 287 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 288 Finished in 1876

  • 289 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 290 New Lundy stamps

  • 291 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 292 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 293 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 294

    New gateway
  • 295

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 296 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 297

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 298 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 299 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 300 Life begins at 80

  • 301 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 302

    Building works
  • 303 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 304 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 305

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 306 Emergency ferry services

  • 307 Bridging the stream

  • 308 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 309 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 310 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 311 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

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

  • 313

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 314 In their new robes and hats

  • 315 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 316 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 317 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 318 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 319 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 320 Farewell to passenger trains

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

  • 322 Warmington's garage ad

  • 323 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 324 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 325 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 326 Can spring be far away?

  • 327 All aboard the ark

  • 328 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 329 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 330 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 331 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 332 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 333 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 334 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 335 Recognise this resort?

  • 336 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 337 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 338 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 339 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 340 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 341 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 342 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 343 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 344 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 345 Loads of black and white

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

  • 347 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 348 Decontrol of meat

  • 349 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 350

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 351

    Exhibition of school work
  • 352 Happy Days!

  • 353 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 354 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 355 New look in the hayfields

  • 356 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 357 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 358

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 359 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 360 The Geneva marionettes

  • 361 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 362 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 364 Peter poses for TV film

  • 365 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 366 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 367 Circus comes to town

  • 368 What's the time?

  • 369 Bideford computer stars

  • 370 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 371 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 372 Capers on the cobbles

  • 373 A bird of their own!

  • 374

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 375 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 376 Simple Item 138
  • 377 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 378 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 379 113 years at Instow

  • 380 Cruising down the river

  • 381 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 382 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 383 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 384 Ten year old scrambler

  • 385 Caught in the act>
  • 386 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 387

    Was a missionary
  • 388 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 389 Artisans' Club

  • 390 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 391 New art gallery opened

  • 392 Burnard family reunion

  • 393 Pretty pennies at Beaford

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

  • 395 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 396 School crossing patrol begins

  • 397 Bideford regatta

  • 398 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

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

  • 400 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 401 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 402 Mobile missionary

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

  • 404 For crying out loud!

  • 405 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 406 Clovelly custom

  • 407 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 408 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 409 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 410 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 411 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 412 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 413 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 414 When horses score over the tractor

  • 415 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 416 Picking the pops

  • 417 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 418

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 419 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 420 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 421 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 422 Spray dodging - the new pastime

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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Safe door weighing two tons!

New strong room door

Arrival of a new strong-room door at Barclay’s bank in High Street, Bideford, attracted a crowd of interested sightseers.

8 July 1955 Safe door

Weighing two tons, five hundred-weights, and manufactured by Messrs. Hobb, Hart and Company of London, the door travelled by rail to Bideford then by lorry and finally by crane to the bank.

Gazette article 8 July 1955

 

Peter poses for T.V. film

Post donkey loaded with Christmas mail

Peter, the post donkey at Clovelly, poses undisturbed as Mr J. Hardman (right) the sub-postmaster, and postmen Messrs. H.W,. Parratt (at front) and Cecil Braund, load Christmas mail on his back and the proceedings are filmed for T.V. newsreel by Mr J. Dooley, seen standing under the Post Office sign.

30 December 1955 Peter posts for T.V. film

Gazette article 30 December 1955

 

 

Appledore boy is youngest recipient of R.N.L.I. vellum

Masterly handling of 18 ft boat when rescuing two boys

Ten year old Robert Cann of 20 Irsha Street, Appledore, has become the youngest person ever to be awarded the thanks on vellum of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution since the Institution was founded in 1824.

21 October 1955 Appledore boy is youngest recipient

Robert rescued two boys in a rowing boat on August 16 last. The two boys were aged 8 and 11 and were in difficulties when swimming in a strong tide. Robert single-handed manned his father’s 18 feet rowing boat and pulled across a four knot tide to reach the boys. After they had been rescued he knew it would be impossible to pull back to the point from which he had left. He therefore carried on until he reached the farther shore and pulled the boat single-handed round Appledore Point.

Gazette article 21 October 1955

 

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