• 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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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 2 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 3 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 5 New civic medallions

  • 6 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 7 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 8 Waldon Triplets
  • 9 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 10 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 11 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 12 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 13 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 14 Private home for public pump

  • 15 Finished in 1876

  • 16 Bideford loses training ship

  • 17 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 18 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 19

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 20 Emergency ferry services

  • 21

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 22 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 23 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 24

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 25 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 26 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 27 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 28 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 29 Happy Days!

  • 30 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 31 Caught in the act>
  • 32 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 33 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 34 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 35 New look in the hayfields

  • 36 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 37 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 38 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 39 Picking the pops

  • 40 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 41 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 42 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 43 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 44 Northam's almshouse

  • 45 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 46 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 47 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 48 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 49 Blanchards ad.>
  • 50

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 51 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 52 A sense of humour in advertising

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

  • 54 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 55 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 56 No laughing matter

  • 57 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 58 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 59 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 60 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 61 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 62 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 63 Six footed lamb

  • 64

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 65 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 66 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 67 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 68 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 69 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 70 Out of puff!

  • 71 New shipyard on schedule

  • 72 Last of Bideford factory chimney

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

  • 74 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 75 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 76 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 77 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 78 All aboard the ark

  • 79 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 80 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 81 Hartland's invitation

  • 82 Northam footballers of the future

  • 83

    Relatives all over the world
  • 84 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 85 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 86 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 87 A man and his wheel

  • 88 Modern living at Bideford

  • 89

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 90 Entente cordiale in Bideford

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

  • 92

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 93 Devil sent packing

  • 94 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 95 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 96 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

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

  • 98 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 99 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 100 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 101 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 102 The art of the thatcher

  • 103 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 104 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 105 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 106 Torrington's new amenity

  • 107 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 108 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 109 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 110 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 111 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 112 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 113

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 114 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 115 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 116 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 117 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 118 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 119 Littleham family's five generations

  • 120 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 121 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 122 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 123 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 124 School crossing patrol begins

  • 125 It really was the 'last time'

  • 126 Bridging the stream

  • 127 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 128 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 129

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 130 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 131 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 132 Beach search for mines takes longer

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

  • 134 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 135 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

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

  • 137 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 138 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 139 All for the love of a lady!

  • 140 Clovelly custom

  • 141 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 142 Bideford computer stars

  • 143 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 144 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 145 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 146 Filming at Hartland

  • 147 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 148

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 149 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 150 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 151 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 152 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 153 Traditions and skills still there

  • 154 Revenge in style

  • 155 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 156

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 157 End of the line

  • 158 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 159 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 160 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 161 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 162 Hartland postman retires

  • 163 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 164 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 165 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 166 Recognise this resort?

  • 167 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 168 The creative urge on Saturday morning

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

  • 170 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 171 When horses score over the tractor

  • 172 Hartland Dancers
  • 173 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 174 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 175 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 176 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 177 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 178 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 179 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 180 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 181 113 years at Instow

  • 182 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 183 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 184 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 185

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 186 Some 240 exhibits

  • 187

    Building works
  • 188 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 189 A roof-top view - where?

  • 190 New addition to Quay front

  • 191 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 192 First ship in 8 years

  • 193

    Bidefordians
  • 194 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 195 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 196 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 197 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 198 The Geneva marionettes

  • 199 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 200 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 201 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 202 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 203 Torrington children build igloo
  • 204 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 205 Capers on the cobbles

  • 206 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 207 New Post Office

  • 208 Bideford regatta

  • 209 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 210 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 211

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 212 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 213 Quads join a Langtree happy family

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

  • 215 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 216 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 217 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 218 Twenty-one yachts

  • 219

    Exhibition of school work
  • 220 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 221 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 222 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 223 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 224 School's link with cargo ship

  • 225 Pannier Market's future?

  • 226 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 227 Simple Item 138
  • 228 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 229 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 230 Picking the pops

  • 231 Clovelly nightmare

  • 232 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 233 Appledore's largest

  • 234 What's the time?

  • 235 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 236 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 237 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 238

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 239

    Married in 1908
  • 240 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 241 Sight of a lifetime

  • 242 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 243 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 244 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 245 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 246 New Lundy stamps

  • 247 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 248 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 249 Mobile missionary

  • 250 For crying out loud!

  • 251 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 252

    First prize
  • 253 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 254 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 255 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 256 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 257 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 258 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 259 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 260 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 261 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 262 Peter poses for TV film

  • 263 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 264 A story to tell!

  • 265 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 266 Ships at Bideford

  • 267 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 268 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 269 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 270 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 271 Torrington in 1967

  • 272 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 273 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 274 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 275 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 276 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 277 By pony and trap to market

  • 278 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 279 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 280 Revived market off to splendid start

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

  • 282 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 283

    Was a missionary
  • 284 Artisans' Club

  • 285 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 286 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 287 Ten year old scrambler

  • 288 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 289 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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

  • 291 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 292 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 293

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 294 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 295 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 296 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 297 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 298

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 299 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 300 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 301 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 302 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 303 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 304 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 305 Jumble sale fever

  • 306 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 307 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 308

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 309 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 310 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 311 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 312 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 313 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 314 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 315 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 316 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 317 Some mushroom!

  • 318 Just over a year old

  • 319 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 320 Centenary of Gazette

  • 321 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 322 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 323 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 324 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 325 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 326 Puppet characters introduced

  • 327 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 328 Warmington's garage ad

  • 329 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 330 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 331 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 332 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 333 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 334

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 335 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 336 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 337 Last train from Torrington

  • 338 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 339 Sweets derationing

  • 340 They are parted pro-tem

  • 341 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 342 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 343 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 344 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 345 Service with a smile

  • 346 Weare Giffard potato

  • 347 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 348 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 349 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 350 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 351 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 352 Variety in summer weather

  • 353

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 354 Riverside mystery

  • 355 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 356 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 357 In their new robes and hats

  • 358 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 359 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 360 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 361

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 362 New choral society's growing response

  • 363 New art gallery opened

  • 364 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 365 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 366 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 367 No sale of Springfield House

  • 368 Watch the dicky bird!

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

  • 370 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 371 Over the bank together>
  • 372 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 373 So this is the mainland!

  • 374 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 375

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 376 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 377 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 378 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 379 Cruising down the river

  • 380 The cab at the corner>
  • 381 Police station view of Bideford

  • 382 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 383 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 384 Off on a great adventure

  • 385 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 386 Parkham plan realised

  • 387 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 388 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 389 He beat the floods

  • 390

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 391 North Devon Driving School

  • 392

    New gateway
  • 393 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 394 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 395 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 396 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 397 A bird of their own!

  • 398 Penny for the guy

  • 399 Life begins at 80

  • 400 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 401 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 402

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 403 From Bobby to Brian

  • 404 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 405 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 406 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 407 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 408 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 409 New life for Hartland organ

  • 410 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 411 Burnard family reunion

  • 412 Loads of black and white

  • 413 Can spring be far away?

  • 414 Decontrol of meat

  • 415 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 416 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 417 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 418 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 419 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 420 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 421 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 422 Circus comes to town

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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  • 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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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’s shelter for the aged

Shelter on Castle Hill

The old people’s shelter on Castle Hill, Torrington, built at a cost of £171, was officially opened by the Mayor of Torrington, Col. J.E. Palmer, on Saturday. At the ceremony were Torrington Council members and local old folk who will use the shelter.

22 April 1960 Torringtons shelter for the aged

Gazette article 22 April 1960

 

 

 

Picking the pops

Juke Box Jury in Bideford

The ‘Juke Box Jury’ which at the ‘Cat’s whisker’ coffee bar, Bideford, held what is hoped to be the first of a series of sessions.

11 March 1960 Picking the pops

Left to right : Mr Reg Bennett (proprietor and chairman for the evening), and the jury – Ronald Burridge, Elizabeth King, Brian Osborne, Pearl Thomas and Brian Trick.

Gazette article 11 March 1960

 

 

Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

Donkeys at Broomhayes

A long-felt wish to have a donkey or a pony as a pet at this children’s convalescent home has come true. The two donkeys which have been cared for by the children are a mother and daughter known as Mother Donkey and Sonia. They were to have returned to Woolacombe shortly to resume a summer task of giving rides on the beach. However on hearing how attached they had become to his two donkeys during the winter, Mr Albert Moon of the Castle, Woolacombe, sent a message ‘Please keep Mother Donkey.’

25 March 1960 Broomhayes children keep their winter pet

Mother Donkey will be able to continue to give the children their morning rides and walking with them.

Gazette article 25 March 1960

 

 

 

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