• 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 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 2 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 4 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 5 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 6 Northam's almshouse

  • 7 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 8 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 9 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 10 New life for Hartland organ

  • 11 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 12 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 13 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 14 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 15 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 16 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 17 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 18

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 19 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 20 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 21

    First prize
  • 22 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 23 Some mushroom!

  • 24 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 25 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 26 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 27

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 28 The cab at the corner>
  • 29 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 30

    Was a missionary
  • 31 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 32 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 33 Westward Ho! combined op

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

  • 35 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 36 Picking the pops

  • 37 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 38 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 39 Twenty-one yachts

  • 40

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 41 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 42 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 43 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 44 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 45 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 46 Off on a great adventure

  • 47 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 48 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 49 Life begins at 80

  • 50 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 51 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 52 In their new robes and hats

  • 53 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 54 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 55 Torrington children build igloo
  • 56 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 57 Hartland Dancers
  • 58

    Relatives all over the world
  • 59 Pretty pennies at Beaford

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

  • 61 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 62 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 63 Caught in the act>
  • 64 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 65 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 66

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 67 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 68 From Bobby to Brian

  • 69 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 70 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 71 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 72 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 73 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 74 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 75 Filming at Hartland

  • 76 The Geneva marionettes

  • 77 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 78 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 79

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 80 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 81 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 82

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 83 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 84 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 85 Last train from Torrington

  • 86 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 87 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 88 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 89 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 90 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 91 Pannier Market's future?

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

  • 93 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 94

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 95 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 96 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 97 Artisans' Club

  • 98 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 99 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 100 Traditions and skills still there

  • 101 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 102 Over the bank together>
  • 103 Clovelly nightmare

  • 104 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 105 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 106 First ship in 8 years

  • 107 Can spring be far away?

  • 108 Northam footballers of the future

  • 109 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 110 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 111 Loads of black and white

  • 112 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 113 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 114 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 115 Private home for public pump

  • 116 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 117 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 118 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 119

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 120 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 121 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 122 New civic medallions

  • 123 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 124 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 125 Happy Days!

  • 126 No laughing matter

  • 127 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 128 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 129 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 130 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 131 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 132 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 133 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 134 It really was the 'last time'

  • 135 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 136 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 137 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 138 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 139

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 140 Warmington's garage ad

  • 141 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 142

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 143 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 144 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 145 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 146 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 147 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 148

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 149 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 150

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 151 Police station view of Bideford

  • 152 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 153 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 154 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 155 The art of the thatcher

  • 156 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 157 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 158 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 159 Service with a smile

  • 160 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 161 Torrington's new amenity

  • 162 Devil sent packing

  • 163 Circus comes to town

  • 164

    New gateway
  • 165 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 166 New Post Office

  • 167 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 168 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 169 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 170 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 171 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 172 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 173 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 174 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 175 Calligrapher extraordinary

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

  • 177 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 178 Six footed lamb

  • 179

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 180 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 181 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 182 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 183 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 184 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 185 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 186 Out of puff!

  • 187 113 years at Instow

  • 188 Weare Giffard potato

  • 189 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 190

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 191 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 192 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 193 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 194 By pony and trap to market

  • 195 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 196 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 197 Appledore schooner broadcast

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

  • 199 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 200 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 201 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 202 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 203 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 204 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 205 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 206

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 207 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 208 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 209 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 210 What's the time?

  • 211 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 212 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 213 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 214 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 215 Hartland's invitation

  • 216 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 217 A story to tell!

  • 218

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 219 Capers on the cobbles

  • 220 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 221 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 222 End of the line

  • 223 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 224 All for the love of a lady!

  • 225 School crossing patrol begins

  • 226 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 227 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 228 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 229 New choral society's growing response

  • 230 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 231 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 232 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 233 Riverside mystery

  • 234 Bideford regatta

  • 235

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 236 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 237 Jumble sale fever

  • 238 Recognise this resort?

  • 239 New Lundy stamps

  • 240 School's link with cargo ship

  • 241 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 242 Appledore's largest

  • 243 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 244 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 245 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 246 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 247 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 248 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 249 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 250 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 251 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 252 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 253 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 254 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 255 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 256 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 257 Centenary of Gazette

  • 258 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 259

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 260 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 261 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 262 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 263

    Married in 1908
  • 264

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 265 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 266 Peter poses for TV film

  • 267 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 268 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 269 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 270 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 271 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 272 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 273 Waldon Triplets
  • 274 Quads at Thornhillhead

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 276 All aboard the ark

  • 277 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 278 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 279 New art gallery opened

  • 280 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 281 Ships at Bideford

  • 282 Fleet of foot and fair of face

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

  • 284 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 285 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 286 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 287 Sweets derationing

  • 288 A roof-top view - where?

  • 289 A bird of their own!

  • 290 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 291 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 292 Just over a year old

  • 293

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 294 Ship-in-bottle world record

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

  • 296 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

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

  • 298 Revenge in style

  • 299 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 300 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 301 Torrington in 1967

  • 302 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 303 Picking the pops

  • 304 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 305

    Building works
  • 306 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 307 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 308 So this is the mainland!

  • 309

    Bidefordians
  • 310 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 311 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 312 Ten year old scrambler

  • 313 Hartland postman retires

  • 314 Decontrol of meat

  • 315 For crying out loud!

  • 316 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 317 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 318 Bridging the stream

  • 319 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 320 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 321

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 322 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

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

  • 324 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 325 New look in the hayfields

  • 326 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 327 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 328 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 329 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 330 New addition to Quay front

  • 331 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 332 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 333 Parkham plan realised

  • 334 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 335 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 336 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 337 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 338 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 339

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 340 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 341 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 342 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 343 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 344 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 345 Variety in summer weather

  • 346 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 347 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 348 A man and his wheel

  • 349 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 350 Penny for the guy

  • 351 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 352 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 353 North Devon Driving School

  • 354 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 355 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 356 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 357 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 358 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 359 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 360 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 361 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 362 Puppet characters introduced

  • 363 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 364 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 365 Modern living at Bideford

  • 366 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 367 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 368 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 369 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 370 New shipyard on schedule

  • 371 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 372 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 373 He beat the floods

  • 374 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 375 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 376 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 377 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 378 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 379 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 380 No sale of Springfield House

  • 381 Cruising down the river

  • 382 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 383 Clovelly custom

  • 384 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 385 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 386 When horses score over the tractor

  • 387 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 388 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 389 Littleham family's five generations

  • 390 Bideford loses training ship

  • 391 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 392 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 393 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 394

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 395 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 396 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 397 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 398 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 399 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 400 Bideford computer stars

  • 401 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 402 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 403 Blanchards ad.>
  • 404 Sight of a lifetime

  • 405 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 406 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 407 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 408 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 409 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 410

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 411 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

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

  • 413 Burnard family reunion

  • 414 Finished in 1876

  • 415 Some 240 exhibits

  • 416 Simple Item 138
  • 417 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 418 They are parted pro-tem

  • 419 Emergency ferry services

  • 420 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 421 Mobile missionary

  • 422 John Andrew Bread Charity
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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Young Country Dancers of Hartland

The Country dancers pictured are members of the Church Senior Club at Hartland, and were formed into a dancing group just one month ago.

1954 Hartland dancers


The dancers made their first public appearance at a Christmas Fair at Hartland, and can be seen in their Old English period costumes made by Mrs W K Somerton. Mrs A T H Jones is accompanist. On Monday they gave their second performance at the Hartland Church Club social.
In the picture are - J Fanson, J Heard, D Pollard, A Jeffery, N Beer, P O'Donnell, J Hopper, S Dayman, J Pomeroy, R Heard, H Dayman, P Burrows.

Appledore Juniors in third round of the Pickard Cup in 1954

Appledore Juniors, who are top of the Northern Division of the Kingsley League, are now in the third round of the Pickard Cup.

1954 Appeldore juniors football

Seen from left to right are: J Lamey, A Brennan, D Martin, S Cox, M Braund, H Birchall, A Lamey, Freddie Lamey, G Cornish, T Waters, L Lamey, R Hocking, G Wright and D Curtis

Richards Brothers' Reunion in 1947

A happy reunion for the Richards brothers, mostly of Bideford, took place at Exeter recently.

1947 Richards Brothers reunion
Samuel Richards, J B Richards, Harry Richards and John Richards are sons of the late Mr and Mrs John Richards of Dolton. 
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