• 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 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 2 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 3 Some 240 exhibits

  • 4 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 5 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 6 Loads of black and white

  • 7 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 8 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 9 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 10 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 11 A man and his wheel

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

  • 13 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 14 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 15 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 16 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 17 For crying out loud!

  • 18 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 19 Traditions and skills still there

  • 20 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 21 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 22 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 23 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 24 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 25 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 26 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 27 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 28 Riverside mystery

  • 29 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 30 Private home for public pump

  • 31 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 32 New civic medallions

  • 33 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 34 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 35 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 36 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 37 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 38 Over the bank together>
  • 39 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 40 Clovelly custom

  • 41 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 42 New choral society's growing response

  • 43 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 44 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 45

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 46 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 47 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 48 In their new robes and hats

  • 49 School's link with cargo ship

  • 50 Cruising down the river

  • 51 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 52 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 53 All aboard the ark

  • 54 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 55 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 56 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 57 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 58 Northam's almshouse

  • 59 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 60 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 61 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 62 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 63 Life begins at 80

  • 64

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 65 Finished in 1876

  • 66 A bird of their own!

  • 67 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 68 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 69 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 70 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 71 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 72

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 73 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 74 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 75

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 76 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 77 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 78 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 79

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 80 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 81 New look in the hayfields

  • 82 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 83 Northam footballers of the future

  • 84 Modern living at Bideford

  • 85 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 86 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 87

    Relatives all over the world
  • 88 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 89 Police station view of Bideford

  • 90 Bridging the stream

  • 91

    Exhibition of school work
  • 92 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 93 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 94 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 95 North Devon Driving School

  • 96 Centenary of Gazette

  • 97 Recognise this resort?

  • 98 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 99 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 100 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 101 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 102 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 103 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 104 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 105 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 106 Torrington's new amenity

  • 107 Bideford loses training ship

  • 108 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 109 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 110 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 111 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 112 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 113 Ten year old scrambler

  • 114

    Building works
  • 115 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 116 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 117 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 118 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 119 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 120 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 121 He beat the floods

  • 122 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 123 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 124 Devil sent packing

  • 125

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 126 New art gallery opened

  • 127 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 128 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 129 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

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

  • 131 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 132 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 133 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 134

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 135 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 136 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 137

    Bidefordians
  • 138 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 139 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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

  • 141 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 142 Simple Item 138
  • 143 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 144

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 145 Caught in the act>
  • 146 Parkham plan realised

  • 147

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 148 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 149 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 150 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 151 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 152 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 153 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 154 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 155 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 156 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 157 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 158

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 159

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 160 Capers on the cobbles

  • 161 Happy Days!

  • 162 It really was the 'last time'

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

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

  • 165 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 166 Out of puff!

  • 167 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 168 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 169 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 170 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 171 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 172 Jumble sale fever

  • 173 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 174 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 175 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 176 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 177 Peter poses for TV film

  • 178 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 179 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 180 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 181 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 182 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 183 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 184 Ships at Bideford

  • 185 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 186 Twenty-one yachts

  • 187 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 188 Six footed lamb

  • 189 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 190 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 191 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 192 All for the love of a lady!

  • 193 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 194 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 195 Service with a smile

  • 196 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 197 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 198 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 199 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 200 No sale of Springfield House

  • 201 The art of the thatcher

  • 202 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 203 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 204 New Post Office

  • 205 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 206 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 207 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 208 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 209 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 210 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 211 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 212

    Was a missionary
  • 213 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 214 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 215 Torrington children build igloo
  • 216 Picking the pops

  • 217 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 218 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 219 Mobile missionary

  • 220 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 221 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 222 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 223 Bideford regatta

  • 224 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 225 Littleham family's five generations

  • 226 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 227 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 228 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 229 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 230 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 231 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 232 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 233 The cab at the corner>
  • 234 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 235 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 236 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 237 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 238 Filming at Hartland

  • 239

    Married in 1908
  • 240 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 241 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 242 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 243 Penny for the guy

  • 244 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 245 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 246 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 247 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 248 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 249 New Lundy stamps

  • 250 Hartland postman retires

  • 251 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 252 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 253 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 254 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 255 A story to tell!

  • 256 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 257 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 258 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 259 113 years at Instow

  • 260 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 261 From Bobby to Brian

  • 262 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 263 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 264 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 265 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 266 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 267 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 268 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 269 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 270 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 271 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 272 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 273 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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

  • 275 Circus comes to town

  • 276 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 277

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 278 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 279

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 280 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 281 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 282 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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    First prize
  • 284 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 285 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 286 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 287 Some mushroom!

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

  • 289 Bideford computer stars

  • 290 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 291 No laughing matter

  • 292 New life for Hartland organ

  • 293 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 294 Pannier Market's future?

  • 295 Just over a year old

  • 296 Artisans' Club

  • 297

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 298 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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

  • 300 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 301 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 302

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 303 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 304

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 305 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 306 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 307 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 309 Variety in summer weather

  • 310 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 311 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 312 Emergency ferry services

  • 313

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 314 Sight of a lifetime

  • 315 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 316 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 317 Weare Giffard potato

  • 318 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 319 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 320 Torrington in 1967

  • 321 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 322 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 323 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 324 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 325 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 326 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 327 Can spring be far away?

  • 328 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 329 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 330

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 331 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 332

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 333 A roof-top view - where?

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

  • 335 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 336 New addition to Quay front

  • 337 Hartland's invitation

  • 338 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 339 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 340 School crossing patrol begins

  • 341 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 342 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 343 Burnard family reunion

  • 344 What's the time?

  • 345 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 346 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 347 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 348 Picking the pops

  • 349 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 350 Off on a great adventure

  • 351 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 352 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 353 Childrens' model of Torrington

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

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

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 357 The Geneva marionettes

  • 358 End of the line

  • 359 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 360 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 361 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 362 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 363 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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    New gateway
  • 365 First ship in 8 years

  • 366 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 367 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 368 So this is the mainland!

  • 369 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 370

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 371 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 372 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 373 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 374

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 375 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 376 Sweets derationing

  • 377 By pony and trap to market

  • 378 They are parted pro-tem

  • 379 Revenge in style

  • 380

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 381 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 382 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 383 Decontrol of meat

  • 384 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 385 Blanchards ad.>
  • 386 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 387 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 388 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 389 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 390 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 391 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 392 Last train from Torrington

  • 393 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 394 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 395 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 396 When horses score over the tractor

  • 397 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 398 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 399 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 400 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 401 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 402 Appledore's largest

  • 403 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 404 Clovelly nightmare

  • 405 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 406 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 407 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 408 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 409 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 410 Puppet characters introduced

  • 411 Waldon Triplets
  • 412 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 413 Hartland Dancers
  • 414

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 415

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 416 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 417 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 418 New shipyard on schedule

  • 419 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 420 Warmington's garage ad

  • 421 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 422 Fleet of foot and fair of face

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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Rowing triumphs at Bideford

‘Fours’ and ‘eights National Championships

Bideford Amateur Club’s senior fours crew won the senior coxed four championship and with it The ‘Daily Herald’ cup,  and the West of England crew of eight held off the challenge of the North London holders to win the senior eights championship.

16 September 1955 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

Gazette article 16 September 1955

 

By pony and trap to market

Last link with old days at Bideford 

Perhaps Bideford’s last link with the days when ponies and traps parked outside the Pannier Market far outnumbered motor-cars is provided by Miss Maud Jeffery of Lower Netherdowns, Weare Giffard.

8 July 1955 Safe door weighing two tons

She has been driving her pony and trap into town every week for the past forty years and used to trade outside the market and along Grenville Street.

There is a stable adjoining her cottage occupied by her 10 year old pony Billy.

Gazette article 9 September 1955

 

America’s tribute to ‘J.H’

‘One of golf’s immortals’

A big surprise came to Mr J.H. Taylor, former Open golf champion on five occasions, when a special envoy arrived to present to him an illuminated scroll bearing the signatures of some 150 of America’s ‘senior’ golf professionals as a tribute to ‘one of golf’s immortals.’

8 July 1955 Americas tribue to J

Gazette article 8 July 1955

 

 

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