• 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 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 2 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 3 School's link with cargo ship

  • 4 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 5 Twenty-one yachts

  • 6 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 7 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 8 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 9 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 10 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 11 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 12 Life begins at 80

  • 13 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 14 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 15 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 16 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 17 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 18 Torrington children build igloo
  • 19 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 20 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 21 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 22 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 23 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 24 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 25

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 26 No sale of Springfield House

  • 27

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 28 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 29 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 30 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 31

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 32 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 33 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 34 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 35 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 36 In their new robes and hats

  • 37 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 38 Decontrol of meat

  • 39 Liked holidays here - so starts business

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

  • 41 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 42

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 43 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 44 Modern living at Bideford

  • 45 Revenge in style

  • 46 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 47 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 48

    First prize
  • 49 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 50 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 51 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 52 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 53 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 54 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 55 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 56 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 57 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 58 Picking the pops

  • 59 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 60 New choral society's growing response

  • 61 Bideford computer stars

  • 62

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 63 School crossing patrol begins

  • 64 Northam footballers of the future

  • 65 Bridging the stream

  • 66 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 67 New Post Office

  • 68 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 69 New addition to Quay front

  • 70 Police station view of Bideford

  • 71 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 72 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 73 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 74 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 75 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 76 Over the bank together>
  • 77 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 78 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 79 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 80 North Devon Driving School

  • 81 113 years at Instow

  • 82 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 83 Hartland's invitation

  • 84 A story to tell!

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

  • 86 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 87

    Was a missionary
  • 88 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 89 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 90 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 91 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 92 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 93 Born 1883 - still going strong

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

  • 95 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 96 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 97 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 98 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 99 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 100 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 101 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 102 Northam's almshouse

  • 103 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 104 Littleham family's five generations

  • 105 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 106 Hartland Dancers
  • 107 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 108 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 109 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 110 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 111 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 112 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 113 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 114 Clovelly nightmare

  • 115 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 116 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 117 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 118 Mobile missionary

  • 119 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 120 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 121 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 122 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 123 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 124 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 125

    Relatives all over the world
  • 126 Bideford regatta

  • 127 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 128 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 129 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 130 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 131 Finished in 1876

  • 132 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 133 Off on a great adventure

  • 134 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 135 New Lundy stamps

  • 136 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 137 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 138 A man and his wheel

  • 139 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 140 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 141 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 142 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 143 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 144 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 145 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 146 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 147

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 148 He beat the floods

  • 149 Sight of a lifetime

  • 150 Burnard family reunion

  • 151 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 152 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 153 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 154 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 155 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 156 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 157 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 158 Emergency ferry services

  • 159 Last train from Torrington

  • 160 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 161 Peter poses for TV film

  • 162 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 163

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 164

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 165 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 166 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 167 Centenary of Gazette

  • 168 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 169 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 170

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 171 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 172 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 173 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 174 Circus comes to town

  • 175 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 176 Picking the pops

  • 177 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 178

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 179 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 180 Ten year old scrambler

  • 181 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 182 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 183 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 184 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 185 The Geneva marionettes

  • 186 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 187 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 188 Puppet characters introduced

  • 189 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 190 All for the love of a lady!

  • 191 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 192 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 193 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 194 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 195 Can spring be far away?

  • 196 Just over a year old

  • 197 New look in the hayfields

  • 198

    Married in 1908
  • 199 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 200

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 201 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 202 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 203 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 204 Bideford loses training ship

  • 205 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 206 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 207 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 208 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 209 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 210 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 211 By pony and trap to market

  • 212 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 213 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 214 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 215 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 216 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

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

  • 218

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 219 Filming at Hartland

  • 220 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 221 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 222 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 223 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 224 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 225 Simple Item 138
  • 226 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 227 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 228 A bird of their own!

  • 229 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 230 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 231 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 232 Recognise this resort?

  • 233 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 234 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 235 Variety in summer weather

  • 236 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 237 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

  • 239

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 240 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 241 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 242 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 243

    Bidefordians
  • 244 Service with a smile

  • 245 From Bobby to Brian

  • 246 First ship in 8 years

  • 247 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 248 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 249 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 250 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 251 Weare Giffard potato

  • 252 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 253 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 254 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 255 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 256 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 257 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 258 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 259 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 260 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 261 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 262 Six footed lamb

  • 263 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 264 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 265 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 266 Cruising down the river

  • 267 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 268 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 269 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 270 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 271 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 272 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 273 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 274 They are parted pro-tem

  • 275 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 276

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 277 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 278 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 279

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 280 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 281 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 282 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 283 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 284 Some 240 exhibits

  • 285 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 286 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 287 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 288 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 289 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 290 End of the line

  • 291 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 292 Appledore's largest

  • 293 Private home for public pump

  • 294 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 295 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 296 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 297 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 298 Pannier Market's future?

  • 299 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 300 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 301 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 302 Happy Days!

  • 303 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 304 All aboard the ark

  • 305 The cab at the corner>
  • 306 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 307 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 308 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 309 Loads of black and white

  • 310 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 311 Penny for the guy

  • 312 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 313 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 314 Torrington's new amenity

  • 315 Hartland postman retires

  • 316 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 317 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 318

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 319

    New gateway
  • 320 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 321 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 322 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

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

  • 324 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 325 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 326 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 327 Sweets derationing

  • 328 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 329 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 330 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 331 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 332 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

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

  • 334 No laughing matter

  • 335 New shipyard on schedule

  • 336 Blanchards ad.>
  • 337 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 338 Traditions and skills still there

  • 339 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 340 Caught in the act>
  • 341 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 342 It really was the 'last time'

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

  • 344 Ships at Bideford

  • 345 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 346 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 347 Artisans' Club

  • 348 When horses score over the tractor

  • 349 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 350 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 351

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 352

    Building works
  • 353 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

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

  • 355 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 356 For crying out loud!

  • 357 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 358

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 359 Clovelly custom

  • 360 A roof-top view - where?

  • 361 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 362 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

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

  • 364 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 365 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 366 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 367 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 368 Capers on the cobbles

  • 369 Passing of a Torrington landmark

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

  • 371 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 372 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 373 New art gallery opened

  • 374

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 375 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 376 Some mushroom!

  • 377 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 378 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 379

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 380 New life for Hartland organ

  • 381 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 382 Out of puff!

  • 383 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 384 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 385 Torrington in 1967

  • 386 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 387 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 388 So this is the mainland!

  • 389 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 390 Parkham plan realised

  • 391 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 392 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 393 Warmington's garage ad

  • 394 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 395 Waldon Triplets
  • 396 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 397

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 398 Jumble sale fever

  • 399 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 400 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 401 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 402 Saving money, wear and tear

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

  • 404

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 405 Riverside mystery

  • 406 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 407 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 408

    Exhibition of school work
  • 409 New civic medallions

  • 410 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 411

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 412 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 413 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 414 What's the time?

  • 415 Devil sent packing

  • 416 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 417 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 418 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 419

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 420

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 421 The art of the thatcher

  • 422 Faints as she wins national competition

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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Westward Ho! public conveniences

Westward Ho! Public Conveniences Get Go Ahead

15021957 WHo toilets
 

Date of Picture 1927

At Westward Ho! on a site adjoining the Front putting green and bus terminus and car parks, much-advocated additional public conveniences have been erected. At their November meeting Northam Urban Council were told that, after renewed Council representations, the Ministry of Housing and Local Government had had "second thoughts" and had agreed to issue the necessary loan consent.

 

Torrington Youth Club Rewarded

Torrington Youth Club Rewarded With Party

Torrington Youth Club
 

In recognition of their good work, the revitalised Torrington Youth Club were given a party in the Town Hall.

 

Bideford A.F.C annual dinner

Bideford A.F.C Annual Dinner

Bideford AFC
 

Mr Bill Finn, Gordon Harris, Graham Moore, Mike Harris, Jimmy Harris, Len Daniel, Billy Evans and Roy Drew wait to tuck into a plate of turkey.

 
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