• 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 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 2 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

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

  • 4 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 5 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 6 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 7 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 8 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 9 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 10 Over the bank together>
  • 11 New civic medallions

  • 12 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 13 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 14 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 15 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 16 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 17 Finished in 1876

  • 18 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 19 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 20 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 21 Train returns to Westleigh straight

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

  • 23 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 24 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 25 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 26 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 27 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 28 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 29 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 30 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 31

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 32 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 33 Clovelly nightmare

  • 34

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 35 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 36 Some mushroom!

  • 37 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 38

    Married in 1908
  • 39 Hartland's invitation

  • 40 New art gallery opened

  • 41 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 42 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 43 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 44 A man and his wheel

  • 45 Waldon Triplets
  • 46 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 47 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 48 He beat the floods

  • 49 Getting up steam for tomorrow

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

  • 51 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 52

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 53 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 54 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 55 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 56

    Bidefordians
  • 57 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 58 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 59 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 60 Bideford's new market opens next week

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

  • 62 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 63 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 64 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 65 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

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

  • 67 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 68

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 69 Bideford regatta

  • 70 Artisans' Club

  • 71 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 72

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 73 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 74 Peter poses for TV film

  • 75 New Post Office

  • 76 When horses score over the tractor

  • 77 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 78 By pony and trap to market

  • 79 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 80 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 81 New life for Hartland organ

  • 82 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 83 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 84 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 85 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 86 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 87 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 88 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 89 Cruising down the river

  • 90 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 91 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 92

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 93 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 94

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 95 School crossing patrol begins

  • 96 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 97 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 98 Ten year old scrambler

  • 99 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 100 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

  • 102 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 103 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 104 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 105 New look in the hayfields

  • 106 Twenty-one yachts

  • 107 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 108

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 109 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 110 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 111 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 112 The art of the thatcher

  • 113 Bideford computer stars

  • 114 Blanchards ad.>
  • 115

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

  • 117 Caught in the act>
  • 118 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 119

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 120 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 121 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 122 North Devon Driving School

  • 123 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 124 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 125 Sweets derationing

  • 126 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 127 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 128

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 129

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 130 New Lundy stamps

  • 131 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 132 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 133 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 134 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 135 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 136 Jumble sale fever

  • 137 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 138 Variety in summer weather

  • 139 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 140 Bridging the stream

  • 141 Hartland Dancers
  • 142 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 143 For crying out loud!

  • 144 Service with a smile

  • 145 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 146 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 147 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 148 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 149 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 150 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 151 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 152 Burnard family reunion

  • 153 Simple Item 138
  • 154 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 155 Clovelly custom

  • 156 A roof-top view - where?

  • 157 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 158 Puppet characters introduced

  • 159 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 160 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 161 Riverside mystery

  • 162 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 163 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 164 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 165 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

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

  • 167 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 168 Circus comes to town

  • 169 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 170 Filming at Hartland

  • 171 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 172 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 173 Parkham plan realised

  • 174 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 175 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 176 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 177 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 178 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 179 Happy Days!

  • 180 Life begins at 80

  • 181 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 182 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 183 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 184 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 185 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 186 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 187 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 188 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 189 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 190

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 191 Out of puff!

  • 192 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 193 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 194 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 195 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 196 Picking the pops

  • 197 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 198 Torrington's new amenity

  • 199 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 200 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 201 First ship in 8 years

  • 202 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 203 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 204 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 205 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 206 Modern living at Bideford

  • 207 End of the line

  • 208 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 209

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 210 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 211 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 212 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 213 From Bobby to Brian

  • 214 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 215 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 216 A bird of their own!

  • 217 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 218 Hartland postman retires

  • 219 In their new robes and hats

  • 220 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 221 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 222 Private home for public pump

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

  • 224 Pannier Market's future?

  • 225 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 226 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 227 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 228 Recognise this resort?

  • 229 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 230 Devil sent packing

  • 231 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 232 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 233 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 234 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 235

    New gateway
  • 236 New shipyard on schedule

  • 237 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 238 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 239 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 240

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 241 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 242 School's link with cargo ship

  • 243 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 244 Loads of black and white

  • 245 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 246 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 247

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 248 All for the love of a lady!

  • 249 Just over a year old

  • 250

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 251 Torrington in 1967

  • 252 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 253 Capers on the cobbles

  • 254 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 255 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 256 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 257 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 258 The Geneva marionettes

  • 259 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 260 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 261 New addition to Quay front

  • 262 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 263 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 264 Bideford loses training ship

  • 265 Northam footballers of the future

  • 266 It really was the 'last time'

  • 267 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 268 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 269 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 270 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 271 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 272 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 273 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 274 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 275 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 276 Traditions and skills still there

  • 277 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 278 Penny for the guy

  • 279 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

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

  • 281 Littleham family's five generations

  • 282

    Exhibition of school work
  • 283 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 284 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 285 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 286 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 287 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

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

  • 289 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 290 Mobile missionary

  • 291 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 292 Picking the pops

  • 293 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 294 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 295 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 296 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 297 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 298 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 299

    Building works
  • 300 Some 240 exhibits

  • 301 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 302 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 303 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 304 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 305 Can spring be far away?

  • 306 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 307 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 308 They are parted pro-tem

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

  • 310

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 311 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 312 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 313 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 314

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 315 Last train from Torrington

  • 316 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 317 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 318 Appledore's largest

  • 319 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 320 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 321 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 322 The cab at the corner>
  • 323 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 324 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 325 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 326 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 327 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 328

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 329 No laughing matter

  • 330 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 331 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 332 Six footed lamb

  • 333 Ships at Bideford

  • 334 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 335 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 336 Centenary of Gazette

  • 337 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 338 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 339 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 340 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 341 Decontrol of meat

  • 342 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 343 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 344 A story to tell!

  • 345 113 years at Instow

  • 346 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 347 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 348 Emergency ferry services

  • 349 Off on a great adventure

  • 350 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 351 Northam's almshouse

  • 352 Weare Giffard potato

  • 353 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 354

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 355 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 356 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 357 Torrington children build igloo
  • 358 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 359

    Was a missionary
  • 360 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 361 No sale of Springfield House

  • 362 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 363 Warmington's garage ad

  • 364 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 365 New choral society's growing response

  • 366 Sight of a lifetime

  • 367 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 368 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 369 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 371 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 372 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 373 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 374 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 375 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 376

    First prize
  • 377 Revenge in style

  • 378 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 379 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 380 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 381 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 382 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 383 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 384 So this is the mainland!

  • 385 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 386 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 387 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 388

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 389 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 390 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 391 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 392 What's the time?

  • 393 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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

  • 395 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 396 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 397

    Relatives all over the world
  • 398 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 399 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 400 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 401 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 402 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 403 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 404 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 405 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 406 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 407 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 408 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 409 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 410 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 411 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 412 All aboard the ark

  • 413 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 414 Police station view of Bideford

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

  • 416 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 417 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 418 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 419 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 420 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 421

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
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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Town council to retain house

No sale of Springfield House

Bideford Town Council have declined to sell Springfield House to Devon County Council. The Town Council were told by the Borough Surveyor Mr H.J. Denne that because of the proposed harbour extension and the expanding trade of the cattle market, they should retain it for their own use.

12 February 1965 Town council to retain house

The Town Clerk (Mr L.B. Galliford) said the County Council were seeking a site for a handicapped persons’ centre and an old people’s home.

Gazette article 12 February 1965

 

Photo mural in Bideford bank

From the steps of the Bideford branch of the Westminster Bank

one can look down the Quay to Bideford’s famous 600 year old bridge. That visual atmosphere has now been pictured inside the banking hall. This week a 12 foot long photographic mural has been erected.

4 December 1964 Photo mural in local bank

The photograph was taken by Castle Studio, Torrington, and enlarged by a specialist firm. The mural was fixed to the wall by Messrs. Shapland and Petter and then came the finishing touches by Mr R. Newbold, the photographer, seen at work in the picture above. Watching him (left) is Mr K.E. Taylor, the branch manager.

Gazette article 4 December 1964

 

They never miss a game at Torrington

Veterans William Reed, 90 (right) and Tom Cudmore, 83,

have been Torrington supporters for years and still never miss a match, come rain or shine.

6 November 1964 90 and 83 they never miss a game

Mr Reed says that Torrington’s best team played soon after the first world war and can remember practically every player who has turned out for Torrington.

His friend Mr Tom Cudmore also never misses a match, come rain, hail or snow.

Gazette article 6 November 1964

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