• 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 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 2 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 3 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 4 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 5 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 6 Twenty-one yachts

  • 7 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 8 Appledore's largest

  • 9 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 10 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 11 Picking the pops

  • 12 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 13 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 14 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 15 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 16 Service with a smile

  • 17 Out of puff!

  • 18 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 19 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 20 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 21 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 22 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 23 Northam footballers of the future

  • 24 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 25 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 26 Warmington's garage ad

  • 27 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 28 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 29 Bideford regatta

  • 30 It really was the 'last time'

  • 31 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 32 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 33 Clovelly nightmare

  • 34 Private home for public pump

  • 35 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 36 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 37

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 38 Parkham plan realised

  • 39 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 40 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 41 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 42 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 43 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 44 New shipyard on schedule

  • 45 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 46 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 47 Last train from Torrington

  • 48 Simple Item 138
  • 49 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 50 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 51 Police station view of Bideford

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

  • 53 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 54 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 55 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 56 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 57 Torrington's new amenity

  • 58 Steep street of old Bideford

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

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

  • 61 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 62 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 63 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 64 New civic medallions

  • 65

    Was a missionary
  • 66 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 67

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 68 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 69 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 70 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 71 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 72 So this is the mainland!

  • 73 Loads of black and white

  • 74 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 75 School crossing patrol begins

  • 76 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 77 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 78 All aboard the ark

  • 79 First ship in 8 years

  • 80 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 81 Capers on the cobbles

  • 82 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 83 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 84 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 85 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 86 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 87 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 88 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 89 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 90 From Bobby to Brian

  • 91 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 92 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 93

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 94

    New gateway
  • 95 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 96 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 97 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 98 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 99 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 100 Cruising down the river

  • 101 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 102 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 103 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 104 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 105

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 106 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 107 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 108 Peter poses for TV film

  • 109 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 110 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 111 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 112 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 113 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 114 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 115 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 116 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 117

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 118

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 119 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 120 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 121 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 122

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 123 New look in the hayfields

  • 124 Variety in summer weather

  • 125 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 126 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 127 Hartland postman retires

  • 128 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 129

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 130 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 131 Revenge in style

  • 132 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 133 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 134 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 135 Blanchards ad.>
  • 136 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 137 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 138 Pannier Market's future?

  • 139 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 140 Artisans' Club

  • 141 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 142 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

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

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

  • 145 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 146 Mobile missionary

  • 147 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 148 Centuries old but today busier than ever

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

  • 150 Finished in 1876

  • 151

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 152 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 153 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 154 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 155 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 156 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 157 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 158 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 159 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 160 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 161 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 162

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 163 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 164 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 165 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 166 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 167 By pony and trap to market

  • 168 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 169 Bridging the stream

  • 170 Caught in the act>
  • 171 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 172

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 173 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 174 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 175 Emergency ferry services

  • 176 Over the bank together>
  • 177 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 178

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 179

    First prize
  • 180 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 181 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 182 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 183 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 184 When horses score over the tractor

  • 185 Ten year old scrambler

  • 186 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 187 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 188 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 189 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 190 Penny for the guy

  • 191 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 192 In their new robes and hats

  • 193

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 194 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 195 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 196 Some mushroom!

  • 197 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 198 New choral society's growing response

  • 199 A bird of their own!

  • 200 Torrington children build igloo
  • 201 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 202 No sale of Springfield House

  • 203 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 204 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 205 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 206

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 207 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 208 The cab at the corner>
  • 209 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 210 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 211 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 212

    Relatives all over the world
  • 213 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 214 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 215 Six footed lamb

  • 216 Life begins at 80

  • 217

    Exhibition of school work
  • 218 Just over a year old

  • 219

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 220 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 221 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 222 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 223 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 224 New Lundy stamps

  • 225 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 226 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 227 Jumble sale fever

  • 228 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 229 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 230 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 231 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 232 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 233 Recognise this resort?

  • 234 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 235 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 236 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 237 Puppet characters introduced

  • 238 Some 240 exhibits

  • 239 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 240 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 241 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 242 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 243 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 244 Can spring be far away?

  • 245 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 246 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 247 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 248 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 249 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 250 New art gallery opened

  • 251 New addition to Quay front

  • 252

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 253 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 254 A man and his wheel

  • 255 Bideford loses training ship

  • 256 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 257 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 258 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 259 Waldon Triplets
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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 261 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 262 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 263 North Devon Driving School

  • 264 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 265 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 266 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 267 Clovelly custom

  • 268 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 269 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 270 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 271 Decontrol of meat

  • 272 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 273 Wishing well is pixielated

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

  • 275 Northam's almshouse

  • 276

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 277 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 278

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 279 The Geneva marionettes

  • 280 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 281 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 282 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 283 Riverside mystery

  • 284 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 285 School's link with cargo ship

  • 286 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

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

  • 288 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 289 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

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

  • 291

    Building works
  • 292 What's the time?

  • 293 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 294 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 295 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 296 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 297 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 298 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 299 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 300 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 301 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 302 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 303 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 304 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 305 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 306 Off on a great adventure

  • 307

    Bidefordians
  • 308 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 309 Torrington in 1967

  • 310 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 311 Ships at Bideford

  • 312 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 313 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 314 Sweets derationing

  • 315 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 316 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 317 Colour TV salesman at eight

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

  • 319 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 320 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 321 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 322 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 323 Littleham family's five generations

  • 324 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 325 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 326 No laughing matter

  • 327 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 328 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 329 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 330 Picking the pops

  • 331

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 332 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 333 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 334 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 335 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 336 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 337 New Post Office

  • 338

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 339 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 340 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 341 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 342 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 343 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 344 Burnard family reunion

  • 345 For crying out loud!

  • 346 Devil sent packing

  • 347

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 348 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 349 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 351 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 352 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 353 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 354 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 355

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 356 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 357 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 358 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 359 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 360 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 361 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 362 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 363 Hartland Dancers
  • 364 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 365 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 366 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 367 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 368 A story to tell!

  • 369 Weare Giffard potato

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

  • 371 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 372 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 373 Sight of a lifetime

  • 374 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 375 New life for Hartland organ

  • 376 Happy Days!

  • 377 They are parted pro-tem

  • 378 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 379 Bideford computer stars

  • 380 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 381 Hartland's invitation

  • 382 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 383

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 384 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 385 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 386 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 387 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 388 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 389 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 390 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 391 113 years at Instow

  • 392 Circus comes to town

  • 393 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 394 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 395 All for the love of a lady!

  • 396 End of the line

  • 397 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 398 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 399 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 400 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 401 He beat the floods

  • 402 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 403 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 404 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 405 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 406 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 407 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 408

    Married in 1908
  • 409 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 410 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 411 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

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

  • 413 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 414 Traditions and skills still there

  • 415 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 416 The art of the thatcher

  • 417 Centenary of Gazette

  • 418 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 419 Modern living at Bideford

  • 420 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 421 Filming at Hartland

  • 422 A roof-top view - where?

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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  • 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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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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Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film

Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film, 31 January 1969Teenagers make horror film

Children Make Their Own Horror Film

31 January 1969

Frustrated at not being allowed to see X certificate films at the cinema, 14-year-old Peter Jackson and his friends ‘protest’ by making their own horror film in East-The-Water. Shot on 8mm film, ‘Return of The Mummy’ stars Peter’s sister Tina (aged 10, female lead) and friends Stephen Sherbourne (title role), Rudy Lee and David Wilson. The film will be about 10 minutes long, end with the mummy being burnt at the stake and hopefully is to be shown at Bideford Secondary School.

 

Torrington Children Build Igloo

Torrington Children Build Igloo

Torrington Children Build Igloo

A Touch Of The Frozen North At Torrington

28th February, 1969

During the severe weather, Torrington Blue Coat children built themselves an igloo in Barley Grove.

Westward Ho! Tennis Club Prizewinners in 1967

Prizewinners of Westward Ho! Tennis Club received their awards at the club's annual dinner.

1967 Westward Ho! Tennis Club

The awards were distributed by Mrs Rendle, sister of the president, Mr Arthur Saunders.

Awards were given to Wally Worwood, Mrs Rosemary Hughes, Miss Janine Trapnell, Donald Colwill, Fred Pittman, Mrs Margaret Petherbridge, Miss Margaret Mortimer, Derek Johns, Miss Pam Plum, and Peter White.

Gazette article 3 November 1967

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