• 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 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 2 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 3 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 4 Puppet characters introduced

  • 5 Devil sent packing

  • 6 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 7 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 8 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 9 Sight of a lifetime

  • 10 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 11 Happy Days!

  • 12

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 13 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 14 For crying out loud!

  • 15 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 16 The cab at the corner>
  • 17 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 18 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 19 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 20 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 21 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 22 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 23

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 24 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 25

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 26

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 27 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 28 Riverside mystery

  • 29

    New gateway
  • 30 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 31 Some mushroom!

  • 32 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 33 School's link with cargo ship

  • 34 In their new robes and hats

  • 35

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 36 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 37 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

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

  • 39 Bideford loses training ship

  • 40 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 41 Pannier Market's future?

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

  • 43 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 44

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 45 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 46 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 47 Water Board mains spread through villages

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

  • 49 Salmon netting at Bideford

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

  • 51

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 52

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 53 Littleham family's five generations

  • 54 Emergency ferry services

  • 55 Hartland's invitation

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

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

  • 58 Buckland goes to County Show

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

  • 60 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 61 Variety in summer weather

  • 62 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 63 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 64 Blanchards ad.>
  • 65 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 66 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 67 A man and his wheel

  • 68 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 69 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 70 Jumble sale fever

  • 71 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 72 End of the line

  • 73 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 74 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 75 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 76 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 77 New art gallery opened

  • 78 Torrington in 1967

  • 79 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 80 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 81

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 82 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 83 Artisans' Club

  • 84

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 85 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 86 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 87 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 88 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 89 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 90 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 91 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 92 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 93 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 94 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 95 Just over a year old

  • 96 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 97

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 98 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 99 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 100 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 101 Ten year old scrambler

  • 102 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 103 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 104 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 105 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 106 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 107 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 108 Private home for public pump

  • 109 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 110 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 111 New Lundy stamps

  • 112

    Was a missionary
  • 113 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 114 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 115 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 116 School crossing patrol begins

  • 117 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 118 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 119 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

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

  • 121 New civic medallions

  • 122 Filming at Hartland

  • 123 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 124 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 125 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 126 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 127 He beat the floods

  • 128 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 129 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 130 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 131 Over the bank together>
  • 132 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 133 Appledore's largest

  • 134 All for the love of a lady!

  • 135 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 136 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 137 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 138 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 139 Clovelly nightmare

  • 140

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 141 Weare Giffard potato

  • 142 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 143

    Bidefordians
  • 144 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 145

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 146 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 147

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 148 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 149 Northam footballers of the future

  • 150 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 151 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 152 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 154 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 155 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 156 Circus comes to town

  • 157 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 158 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 159 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 160 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 161 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 162 Recognise this resort?

  • 163 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 164 Life begins at 80

  • 165 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 166 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 167 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 168 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 169 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 170 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 171 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 172 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 173 New Post Office

  • 174 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 175 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 176 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 177 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 178 Simple Item 138
  • 179 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 180 Clovelly custom

  • 181 All aboard the ark

  • 182 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 183 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 184

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 185 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 186 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 187 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 188 Some 240 exhibits

  • 189 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 190 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 191 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 192 Ships at Bideford

  • 193 Unique holiday adventure!

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

  • 195 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 196 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 197 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 198 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 199 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 200 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 201 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 202 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 203 Caught in the act>
  • 204 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 205 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 206 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 207 Can spring be far away?

  • 208

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 209 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 210 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 211 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 212

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 213 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 214 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 215 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 216 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 217 Capers on the cobbles

  • 218 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 219 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 220 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 221 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 222 It really was the 'last time'

  • 223

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 224 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 225 Bridging the stream

  • 226 A roof-top view - where?

  • 227 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 228 Twenty-one yachts

  • 229 Revenge in style

  • 230 New shipyard on schedule

  • 231 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 232 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 233 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 234 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 235 Modern living at Bideford

  • 236 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 237 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 238 Out of puff!

  • 239 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 240 Picking the pops

  • 241 No laughing matter

  • 242 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 243 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 244 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 245 Off on a great adventure

  • 246 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 247 They are parted pro-tem

  • 248 When horses score over the tractor

  • 249 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 250 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 251 Picking the pops

  • 252 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 253 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 254 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 255 New life for Hartland organ

  • 256 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 257 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 258 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 259 Decontrol of meat

  • 260 Hartland Dancers
  • 261 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 262 Warmington's garage ad

  • 263 Torrington children build igloo
  • 264 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 265 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 266 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 267 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 268 What's the time?

  • 269 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 270 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 271 Six footed lamb

  • 272 Police station view of Bideford

  • 273 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 274 From Bobby to Brian

  • 275 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 276 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 277

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 278 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 279 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 280 A bird of their own!

  • 281 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 282 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 283 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 284 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 285 Peter poses for TV film

  • 286 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 287 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 288 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 289 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 290 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 291 Bideford computer stars

  • 292 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 293 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 294 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 295 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 296 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 297 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 298 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 299 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 300 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 301 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 302 North Devon Driving School

  • 303 Waldon Triplets
  • 304

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 305 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 306 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 307 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 308 Traditions and skills still there

  • 309 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 310 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 311 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 312 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 313 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 314 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 315 Northam's almshouse

  • 316 No sale of Springfield House

  • 317 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 318 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 319 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 320 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 321 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 322 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 323 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 324 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 325 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 326 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 327 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 328 The Geneva marionettes

  • 329 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 330 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 331 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 332 Finished in 1876

  • 333 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 334 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 335 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 336 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 337 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 338 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 339 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 340

    First prize
  • 341 Burnard family reunion

  • 342 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 343 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 344 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 345 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 346 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 347 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 348 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 349 Parkham plan realised

  • 350 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 351 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 352 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 353 Service with a smile

  • 354 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 355 Torrington's new amenity

  • 356 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 357 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 358 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 359

    Married in 1908
  • 360

    Building works
  • 361 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 362 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 363 Cruising down the river

  • 364 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 365 New look in the hayfields

  • 366 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 367 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 368 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 369 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 370 Penny for the guy

  • 371 Centenary of Gazette

  • 372 113 years at Instow

  • 373 New addition to Quay front

  • 374 Last train from Torrington

  • 375 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 376 Mobile missionary

  • 377

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 378 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 379 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 380 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 381 So this is the mainland!

  • 382 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 383 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 384 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 385 New choral society's growing response

  • 386

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 387 The art of the thatcher

  • 388 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 389 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 390 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 391

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 392 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 393 First ship in 8 years

  • 394 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 395

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 396

    Relatives all over the world
  • 397 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 398 Sweets derationing

  • 399 Bideford regatta

  • 400 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 401

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

  • 403 By pony and trap to market

  • 404 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 405 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 406 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 407 Loads of black and white

  • 408 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 409 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 410 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 411

    Exhibition of school work
  • 412 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 413 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 414 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 415 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 416 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 417 A story to tell!

  • 418 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 419 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 420 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 421 Hartland postman retires

  • 422 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

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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Torrington Church’s new organ

Replaces 140 year old instrument

Pictured is the new electric organ recently installed in Torrington Parish Church to replace an older instrument which had been in use for some 140 years. The new organ was dedicated last month by the Bishop of Exeter (Dr R.C. Mortimer).

Costing £2,500 it is the work of the John Compton Organ Company. Woodwork was executed to the design of the diocesan architect Mr Herbert Read, of Exeter.

28 October 1949 Torrington churchs new organ

In the right foreground is the keyboard of the instrument which is set back and to one side.

Gazette article 28 October 1949

 

Down at the dump – something stirs

Smoke from Jennetts refuse dump

During the summer there have been many complaints about the smelly smoke emitted from underground fires at Jennetts refuse dump.

21 October 1949 Down at the dump

The smoke has drifted down river, particularly at night, and besides being unpleasant has ‘fogged up’ a stretch of road with two corners.

Gazette article 21 October 1949

 

 

Sweets derationing

Laundon’s ad. 19 August 1949

19 August 1949 Sweets derationing

 

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