• 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 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 2 For crying out loud!

  • 3 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 4 Hartland postman retires

  • 5 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 6 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 7 A story to tell!

  • 8 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 9 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 10 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 11 A man and his wheel

  • 12 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 13 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 14 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 15 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 16 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 17 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 18 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 19 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 20 Parkham plan realised

  • 21

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 22 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 23 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 24 It really was the 'last time'

  • 25 Weare Giffard potato

  • 26 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 27 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 28 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 29 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 30 The art of the thatcher

  • 31 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 32 Panto time at Westward Ho!

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

  • 34 A roof-top view - where?

  • 35

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 36 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 37 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 38 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 39 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 40 No sale of Springfield House

  • 41 Finished in 1876

  • 42 Blanchards ad.>
  • 43 They are parted pro-tem

  • 44 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 45 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 46 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 47 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 48 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 49

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 50 Torrington children build igloo
  • 51 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 52 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 53 New look in the hayfields

  • 54 Twenty-one yachts

  • 55 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 56

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 57 School's link with cargo ship

  • 58 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 59 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 60 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 61 Peter poses for TV film

  • 62

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 63 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 64

    Was a missionary
  • 65 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 66 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 67 Warmington's garage ad

  • 68 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 69 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 70 Simple Item 138
  • 71 Out of puff!

  • 72 Happy Days!

  • 73 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 74

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 75

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 76 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 77 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 78 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 79 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 80 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 81 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 82 Devil sent packing

  • 83 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 84 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 85 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 86 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 87 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 88 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 89 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 90 The cab at the corner>
  • 91 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 92 New choral society's growing response

  • 93 In their new robes and hats

  • 94 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 95 Appledore's largest

  • 96 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 97 Mobile missionary

  • 98 Torrington in 1967

  • 99 He beat the floods

  • 100 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 101

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 102 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 103 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 104 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 105 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 106 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 107 Circus comes to town

  • 108 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 109 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 110 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 111 Artisans' Club

  • 112 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 113 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 114 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 115 Life begins at 80

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

  • 117

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 118 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 119

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 120 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 121 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 122 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 123 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 124 Picking the pops

  • 125 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 126 No laughing matter

  • 127 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 128 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 129 Bideford computer stars

  • 130 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 131 Clovelly nightmare

  • 132 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 133 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 134 Penny for the guy

  • 135 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 136 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 137 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 138

    Bidefordians
  • 139 Hartland Dancers
  • 140 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 141 Clovelly custom

  • 142 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

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

  • 144 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 145 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 146 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 147 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 148 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 149 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 150 Variety in summer weather

  • 151 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 152 Modern living at Bideford

  • 153 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 154 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 155 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 156 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 157 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 158 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 159 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 160 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 161 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 162 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 163 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 164 A bird of their own!

  • 165 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 166 113 years at Instow

  • 167 All for the love of a lady!

  • 168 Centenary of Gazette

  • 169 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 170 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 171 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 172 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 173 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 174 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 175 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 176 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 177 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 178 Decontrol of meat

  • 179 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 180 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 181 Pannier Market's future?

  • 182 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 183 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 184 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 185 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 186 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 187 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 188 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 189 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 190 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 191 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 192 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 193 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 194 When horses score over the tractor

  • 195

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 196 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 197

    New gateway
  • 198 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 199 Some mushroom!

  • 200 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 201 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 202 Gloves fit for a king!

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

  • 204

    Exhibition of school work
  • 205 Puppet characters introduced

  • 206

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 207 Traditions and skills still there

  • 208 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 209 Spray dodging - the new pastime

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

  • 211 Six footed lamb

  • 212 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 213 Can spring be far away?

  • 214 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 215 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 216 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 217 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 218 New addition to Quay front

  • 219 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 220 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 221

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 222 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 223 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 224 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 225 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 226

    Married in 1908
  • 227 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 228 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 229

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 230 Jumble sale fever

  • 231 Just over a year old

  • 232 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 233 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 234 Northam's almshouse

  • 235 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 236 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 237 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 238 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 239 Waldon Triplets
  • 240 Emergency ferry services

  • 241 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 242 New Post Office

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

  • 244 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 245 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 246 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 247 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 248 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 249 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

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

  • 251 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 252 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 253 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 254 Police station view of Bideford

  • 255

    Relatives all over the world
  • 256 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 257 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 258 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 259 Riverside mystery

  • 260 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 261 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 262 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 263 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 264 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 265 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 266

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 267 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 268 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 269 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 270 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 271 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 272

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 273 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 274 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 275 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 276 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

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    First prize
  • 278 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

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

  • 280 Bideford loses training ship

  • 281 Torrington's new amenity

  • 282 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 283 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 284 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 285

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 286 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 287 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 288 By pony and trap to market

  • 289 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 290 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 291 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 292 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 293 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 294 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 295 North Devon Driving School

  • 296 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 297 Hartland's invitation

  • 298 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 299 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 300 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 301 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 302 Last train from Torrington

  • 303 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 304 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 305 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 306 What's the time?

  • 307 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 308 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 309 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 310 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 311 Recognise this resort?

  • 312 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 313 Service with a smile

  • 314 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 315 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 316 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 317 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 318 Off on a great adventure

  • 319 Ships at Bideford

  • 320

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 321 Ship-in-bottle world record

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

  • 323 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 324 Private home for public pump

  • 325 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 326 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 327 Sight of a lifetime

  • 328 New art gallery opened

  • 329

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 330 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 331 Caught in the act>
  • 332 Burnard family reunion

  • 333 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 334 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 335 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 336 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 337 Loads of black and white

  • 338 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 339 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 340 Northam footballers of the future

  • 341 New Lundy stamps

  • 342 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 343 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 344 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 345 Ten year old scrambler

  • 346 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 347 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 348 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 349 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 350 Filming at Hartland

  • 351 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 352 New civic medallions

  • 353 Bideford regatta

  • 354 New life for Hartland organ

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    Building works
  • 356 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 357 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 358 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 359 So this is the mainland!

  • 360 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 361 Some 240 exhibits

  • 362 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 363

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 364

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 365

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 366 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 367 End of the line

  • 368 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 369 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 370 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 371 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 372 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 373 Revenge in style

  • 374 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 375 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 376 Capers on the cobbles

  • 377 Picking the pops

  • 378 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 379

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 380 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 381 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 382 First ship in 8 years

  • 383 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 384

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 385 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 386 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 387 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 388 From Bobby to Brian

  • 389 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 390 All aboard the ark

  • 391 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 392 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 393 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 394 Sweets derationing

  • 395 Over the bank together>
  • 396 New shipyard on schedule

  • 397 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 398 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 399 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 400 Littleham family's five generations

  • 401 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 402 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 403 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 404 Cruising down the river

  • 405 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 406 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 407 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 408 The Geneva marionettes

  • 409 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 410 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 411 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 412 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 413 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 414 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 415

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 416 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 417 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 418 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 419 School crossing patrol begins

  • 420 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 421 Bridging the stream

  • 422 River scenes that enchant the visitors

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’s private wharves busier

Shipping at Bideford

Bideford’s private wharves were at their busiest since the war when the picture was taken. The latest to be deepened for coastal vessels is that of Messrs. I. Baker and Sons Ltd. in the foreground where m.v. ‘Celebrity’ is discharging cement. At the Devon Trading Co., Ltd. in the background the m.v. ‘Stan Woolaway’ is discharging gravel.

29 March 1956 Bidefords private wharves busier

If need be, Bideford, including its municipal quays, can now accommodate five vessels of aggregate tonnage of 3,500 at the same time and handles sea-cargoes averaging 2,000 tons weekly.

Gazette article 29 March 1956

 

Water Board mains spread through villages

Now approaching Weare Giffard

The North Devon Water Board’s mains are seen here approaching Weare Giffard. By the end of May many of the villages will be enjoying a piped supply to their homes for the first time. The pipe line through the village comes via Monkleigh as a branch off the trunk main and the total cost is estimated at £23,900.

27 January 1956 Water Board mains spread through villages

In other parts of the district the branch main from Little Torrington had now been laid to beyond Buckland Brewer with offshoots to Frithelstock and Monkleigh. Mains were laid in Parkham and the link between Buckland Brewer and Parkham would be completed by the end of May.

Gazette article 27 January 1956

 

 

Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

Orders worth £15,000 already received

Manufacture of a paint that is claimed to be the answer to the home decorator’s prayer – the tin can be knocked over and the paint will not spill – has been begun by a Bideford firm, Devon Paints Ltd. at its factory at the Pill, Bideford.

13 January 1956 Bideford firm develolps new non spill paint

Experiments to produce the new paint began when the firm’s managing director, Mr E.N. Osborne, heard of two new types of jelly varnish produced in America. The firm will be building up a production of a thousand gallons a week at the first stage and nine men are employed at the factory at present. A new store is in the process of erection in the vicinity to cope with the demand for the new paint.

Gazette article 13 January 1956

 

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