• 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 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 2 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 4 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

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

  • 6 A man and his wheel

  • 7 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 8 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

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

  • 10 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 11 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 12 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 13 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 14 Littleham family's five generations

  • 15 It really was the 'last time'

  • 16 New civic medallions

  • 17 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 18 For crying out loud!

  • 19 Finished in 1876

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

  • 21 They are parted pro-tem

  • 22 New addition to Quay front

  • 23 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 24 When horses score over the tractor

  • 25 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 26 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 27 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 28 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 29 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 30

    Married in 1908
  • 31 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 32

    Exhibition of school work
  • 33 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 34 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 35 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 36

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 37 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 38 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 39 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 40 Hartland postman retires

  • 41 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 42 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 43 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 44 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 45 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 46 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 47

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 48 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 49 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 50 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 51 New Lundy stamps

  • 52 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 53 Picking the pops

  • 54

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 55 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 56 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 57 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 58 So this is the mainland!

  • 59 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 60 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 61 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 62 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

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

  • 64 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 65 Traditions and skills still there

  • 66 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 67 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 68 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 69 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 70 No sale of Springfield House

  • 71 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 72 Over the bank together>
  • 73 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 74 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 75 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 76 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 77 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 78 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 79 Caught in the act>
  • 80 Capers on the cobbles

  • 81 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 82 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 83 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 84 Peter poses for TV film

  • 85 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 86 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 87 Westward Ho! combined op

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

  • 89 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 90 Pannier Market's future?

  • 91 Northam's almshouse

  • 92 Parkham plan realised

  • 93

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 94 Blanchards ad.>
  • 95 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 96 What's the time?

  • 97 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 98 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 99 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 100 The cab at the corner>
  • 101 Puppet characters introduced

  • 102

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 103 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 104 End of the line

  • 105 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 106 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 107 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 108 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 109 Out of puff!

  • 110 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 111 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 112 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 113 Off on a great adventure

  • 114 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 115 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 116 Bideford computer stars

  • 117 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 118 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 119 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 120 Revenge in style

  • 121 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 122 Weare Giffard potato

  • 123 Circus comes to town

  • 124

    Building works
  • 125 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 126 Picking the pops

  • 127 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 128 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 129 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 130 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 131 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 132 Appledore's largest

  • 133 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 134 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 135 Police station view of Bideford

  • 136 Artisans' Club

  • 137 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 138 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 139 School's link with cargo ship

  • 140 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 141 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 142

    New gateway
  • 143 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 144 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 145 Emergency ferry services

  • 146 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 147 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 148 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 149 Can spring be far away?

  • 150

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 151 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 152 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 153 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 154 From Bobby to Brian

  • 155 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 156 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 157 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 158 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 159 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 160 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 161 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 162 Modern living at Bideford

  • 163 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 164 By pony and trap to market

  • 165 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 166 Sight of a lifetime

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

  • 168 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 169 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 170 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 171 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 172 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 173

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 174 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 175 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 176 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 177 Some mushroom!

  • 178 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 179 113 years at Instow

  • 180 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 181 A story to tell!

  • 182 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 183 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 184 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 185 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 186 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 187 In their new robes and hats

  • 188 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 189 Warmington's garage ad

  • 190 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 191 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 192

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 193 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 194 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 195 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 196 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 197 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 198 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 199 Recognise this resort?

  • 200 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 201 All for the love of a lady!

  • 202 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 203 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 204

    Was a missionary
  • 205 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 206 He beat the floods

  • 207 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 208 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 209

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 210

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 211 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 212 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 213 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 214 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 215 Hartland Dancers
  • 216

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 217 No laughing matter

  • 218 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 219 Twenty-one yachts

  • 220

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 221

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 222 Clovelly nightmare

  • 223 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 224 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 225 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 226 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 227 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 228 Pretty pennies at Beaford

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

  • 230 Children's procession with foxgloves

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

  • 232 School crossing patrol begins

  • 233 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 234 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 235 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 236 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 237 A roof-top view - where?

  • 238 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 239 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 240 Bridging the stream

  • 241 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 242 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 243 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 244 Ten year old scrambler

  • 245 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 246 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 247 Happy Days!

  • 248 The art of the thatcher

  • 249 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 250 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 251 New choral society's growing response

  • 252 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 253 Northam footballers of the future

  • 254 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 255 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 256 Clovelly custom

  • 257 Sweets derationing

  • 258 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 259 Centenary of Gazette

  • 260 Torrington in 1967

  • 261 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 262 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 263 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 264 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 265 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 266 New life for Hartland organ

  • 267 Ships at Bideford

  • 268 Cruising down the river

  • 269 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 270 Six footed lamb

  • 271 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 272 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 273 Floral dancing at Appledore

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

  • 275 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 276 First ship in 8 years

  • 277 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 278 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

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    Bidefordians
  • 280 Torrington children build igloo
  • 281 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 282 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 283 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 284 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 285 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 286 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 287 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 288 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 289 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 290 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 291

    Relatives all over the world
  • 292 Variety in summer weather

  • 293 Bideford loses training ship

  • 294 Waldon Triplets
  • 295 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 296 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 297 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 298 Just over a year old

  • 299 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 300 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 301 Penny for the guy

  • 302 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 303 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 304 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 305 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 306 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 307 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 308 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 309 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 310 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 311 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 312 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 313 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 314 Private home for public pump

  • 315 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 316 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 317 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 318 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 319 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 320 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 321 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 322 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 323 Sooty is quick on the draw

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

  • 325 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 326 Panto time at Westward Ho!

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

  • 328 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 329 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 330 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 331 Burnard family reunion

  • 332 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 333 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 334 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 335 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 336

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 337 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 338 Devil sent packing

  • 339 Mobile missionary

  • 340 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 341 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 342

    First prize
  • 343 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 344

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 345 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 346 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 347 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 348 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 349 North Devon Driving School

  • 350 Filming at Hartland

  • 351 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 352 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 353 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 354 Torrington's new amenity

  • 355 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 356 New Post Office

  • 357 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 358

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 359 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 360 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 361 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 362 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 363 Decontrol of meat

  • 364 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 365 Service with a smile

  • 366 Bideford regatta

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

  • 368 Hartland's invitation

  • 369 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 370 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 371 Life begins at 80

  • 372 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 373 The Geneva marionettes

  • 374 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 375 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 376 All aboard the ark

  • 377 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 378 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 379 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 380 Riverside mystery

  • 381 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 382 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 383

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 384

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 385 New shipyard on schedule

  • 386 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 387

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 388 Jumble sale fever

  • 389 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 390 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 391 Last train from Torrington

  • 392 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 393

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 394 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 395 Simple Item 138
  • 396 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 397 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 398 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 399 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 400 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 402

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 403 A bird of their own!

  • 404 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 405 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 406 New art gallery opened

  • 407 New look in the hayfields

  • 408 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 409 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 410 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 411 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 412 Loads of black and white

  • 413 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 414 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 415 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 416 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 417 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 418 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 419 Some 240 exhibits

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 421 Television comes to Torridge District

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
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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  • 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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  • 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 scene near Sandymere

Favourite spot on Northam Burrows

Beside the ridge beside the sea, a holiday scene on Northam Burrows near Sandymere, a favourite spot for picnics of visitors and local folk alike.

26 August 1960 Holiday scene near Sandymere

Gazette article 26 August 1960

 

Life begins at eighty

Appearing on TV programme

Photographed after taking part in recording T.W.W.’s ‘Life begins at eighty’ at the Queen’s Hall, Barnstaple are (left to right):

3 June 1960 Life begins at eighty

Mr Bryan Michie, the compere, Mrs L. Hearn of North Street, Northam aged 87; Mrs Belle Taylor (guest singer) of Rock Cottage, the Quay, Appledore aged 81; and Mr William Eastman of Avon Road, Bideford also aged 81.

Gazette article 3 June 1960

 

 

Designed and made in Bideford

Work for London church named after Devon saint

An artist and a blacksmith, near neighbours in Bideford are playing a part in the rebuilding of a church in Whitechapel, London, dedicated to a Devon saint, St Boniface. The church was completely demolished during the war by a bomb dropped during the blitz.

The artist is Mr Reginald Lloyd of the Strand and the blacksmith Mr Peter Harding of North Road.

20 May 1960 Designed and made in Bideford

Mr Lloyd was invited to design the 36-foot long Communion rails, an oratory screen and pulpit carvings. The pulpit will be of pre-cast concrete with slate panels, carved by Mr Lloyd in his Bideford studio. The Communion rails are being made by Mr Harding.

Gazette article 20 May 1960

 

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